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At the City End the pie queue was a bit slow at half-time (despite not being that long a queue). My steak pie was fine though, albeit I nearly dropped it when Erskine scored...

Considering it's broadcast in a language alien to most of its viewers, the BBC Alba coverage is probably more interesting to football fans than the punditry, analysis and features on offer for *any* other domestic football and probably most domestic sport. That's both worthy of praise and pretty damning for the rest of Scottish sports coverage.

Getting mobile pie-sellers going from about the half-hour mark is a good idea. If One Thistle et al are listening you should definitely suggest that to the Club.

Going to be my first home game of the season. In two minds as to whether to go in the New Shed or stay in the JH Stand.

World class!

A star for every million pounds they cheated the tax man out of. They could expand the United States to cover the whole Americas with that...

I couldn't help but notice that our squad isn't the deepest in the world. We've got a very good 1st 11, a decent 16, but not much beyond that especially given some are likely to be loaned out if they haven't been already. I don't think we necessarily need another striker, but an out-and-out winger wouldn't be sniffed at.

They had Jim Spence at the game for Open Mics. You'd think he could have come up with a decent thorough report.

Something like that, yeah. Obviously there will always be a limit to what they can do thanks to the closing hours requirement of 2:30pm but if we used the Aitken Suite in such a way as to allow a local brewery to try a few things out and generate a bit of marketing all parties could benefit and it might make it a place worth going to pre-match.

It might be a good idea to get some sort of sponsorship going with the Aitken Suite. Perhaps get a local brewery on-side?

If Airdrie have most of the squad they had in the play-off final last season there's not a chance in hell they'll be near the top come the crunch time. They were *horrendous*

Bizarre situation in the First Division at the moment. Not a single home side has scored so far, and all away teams are leading. Be interesting to see if it stays that way.

I really like it. But if there is one thing they change PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let it be the embedded video player for highlights. This one is gash. It was even worse when they used the stock quick-time one way back.

Would be interested to hear people's take on Shuggie Murray so far. I've not been to any of the pre-season games so far, but from what I've heard Lawless could be a decent find.

That wasn't offside.

A decent rule of thumb for Thistle fans we should perhaps learn to adopt: don't presume malice if incompetence would suffice.

Thank you Ian Maxwell. Hopefully the Club will learn from this PR shambles. They could have made lives so much easier for themselves. As long as there isn't a subsequent clear shafting with an SPL2 circumventing the overwhelming will of the fans in Scottish Football, I will be renewing my season ticket. I wasn't planning to before.

1. Given how clear it was the vote was going to fail, any Club voting Yes having not already declared intent to is stupid even from a Machavellian perspective. 2. How difficult can it really be to say "we, Partick Thistle, voted Yes" or "we, Partick Thistle, voted No". Failure to say the latter means everyone will think you did the former ANYWAY so if you did vote Yes people think you're cowards, and if you didn't then you're wasting a massive opportunity to boost your fan relations, morale and season ticket sales! Pish communication at best, and a pish excuse for representing the football club and the fans it exists to entertain at worst.

If we let Rangers into the SFL1 or equivalent by any means I'm going to watch the Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun next season. I say "going"... I mean look out my window.

Stewart Reagan should take note that the mere existence of Rangers, even as a latent idea, causes social unrest in Scotland.

The most equivocal unequivocal statement I've ever read.

I think the SFL should not admit them, because they don't have 3 years of accounts showing sound financial governance in respect of their business. Give Spartans a chance.

If you've nothing anti-NewCo to say, don't say anything at all.

I for one hope that the SFL admits Spartans to fill its vacancy. Point of principle likes.

Football as a sport seems very suspicious of intelligence.