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A good 1-0 victory in what was, as expected, a tight game. Keeps us 3 points clear in 7th and 9 points ahead of Montrose in 10th (the final relagation spot). QP and Dundee Utd are already down.

There are a couple of things about the issue of signing players from outwith Scotland I wonder about. Firstly, we have had players (good and bad) from England before now - where did they stay and why is it such an issue now? For example, back in the 1990s we signed Rod McDonald - did he stay down south and travel up for games, did he rent a place or did the club have properties they put players up in? Secondly, it was not long ago when Ayr picked up good players like Akinyemi & Adeloye from the lower tiers of English football that we were told this is what we should look to do. I think because some of our signings from "down south" have not been great is not a reason to give up on that large market totally. I mean we have signed plenty of players from Scotland who have been rubbish so do we say let's not sign anymore from Scotland. We just need to make better judgements on the players we do sign (easier said than done though).

I don't know but to be honest I would have my doubts that we have a deal in place for Imrie (or anybody else) at this stage. Just some online speculation (but if Imrie gets the job then I told you so first).

I wonder if it is too late to do a Dundee United and see if Falkirk fans are willing to pay £42 for a ticket? Also, I see Firhill is hosting the Glasgow Cup final on the 29th of April. I hope we get a decent fee for this.

Seeing as I am too old now for rolling easter eggs and nothing better to do I will post this. Not sure where to post this but seems to be the one doing the rumours tonight. “Glover was in cappielow yesterday before his team left to go to blackpool. He said there was a guy talking to dougie shaking his hand saying I’ll not see You befor you leave but all the best with Patrick next year. And apparently dougie sort of grabbed him away from where glover and all tnat where standing and told Him to keep quiet as it’s not public yet” Taken from Morton's fan forum (and I don't know who Glover is).

I am not a social media person and I must say I would much prefer we went back to the good old days when someone from the Evening Times, Daily Record or Sun would turn up during the week and on the Saturday you would get a decent sized article and a picture of John Lambie dressed up like a pantomime dame!

Just posting this even though I do wonder if we would be making signings at this point. Transfers Scotland @transferscot Morton midfielder Iain Wilson has reportedly agreed to join Partick Thistle in the summer.

A home game against Spartans with a 1pm kick off. Always a tough game against Spartans so will need to be at our best to get 3 points and stay "best of the rest". https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-fixture/partick-thistle-wfc-v-spartans-wfc-20th-april-2025/#match-preview

My hope for next season is that we learn from this this season's mistakes, the key one being not to over complicate things. It seems to me that this season we have tried to be too clever on and off the park. Get the coaching team in place as soon as is practical, have some stability behind the scenes (seemed this season we were creating and advertising for new roles every other week) and work on breaking even whilst forgetting about documentratries.

From what I can tell we have 14 first team players signed up for next season. Really though that is 13 with Martin's injury. Keepers: None Defenders: Ashcroft, McBeth, O'Reilly Midfielders: Chalmers, Crawford, Fitzpatrick, Lawless, MacKay, MacKenzie, Martin, Stanway & Turner Strikers: Diack & Graham So if we assume a 22 man squad that leaves 8 signings with 2 being keepers. The midfield is the area that, for me, has not performed this season but we don't have much room for manoeuvre there. Also, we can't be as reliant on Graham up front. Plenty of work to be done so will be interesting to see how things develop.

https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/ptfc-lotto-result-another-rollover-sees-jackpot-increase-to-5500/

Victory last night keeps us in 7th place, 9 points ahead of the 3rd bottom team. We are at home on Sunday against Spartans who are 1 point behind us.

Back in action this evening away to Queens Park with an 8pm kick off. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-fixture/queens-park-wfc-v-partick-thistle-wfc-16th-april-2025/

For this season it is the bottom 3 who will be automatically relegated with the top team for the next tier being promoted to get a 10 team league in place for next season. Not sure of how relegation/promotion is going to work next season.

I wonder if next season we will see any of these ideas being used by our Head Coach. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy87wxl33j5o