Aliballibee

Cheers BB - will try to improve on mid-table mediocracy this year!

Having just found it (maybe a bad sign) and scrolling through the questions, the PTFC Trust FB page has been asked a number of reasonable questions and singularly refused to answer any of them!

For those not on FB latest Trust posting:

Thanks Javeajag & BB - just recently signed up to a VPN so still working out what I might be able to do with it. Cheers

If you are in the UK can you buy an annual subscription without using VPN or does the system recognise a UK IP address at purchase?

What happened to the "Transcard" (that name got old ), that enabled you to use buses, subway and trains? You only bought the ticket to cover the "Zones" you passed through - did they stop it?

Your picture reminded me of something I had forgotten about - an article from the Scotsman, dated 30th October 2001, which I kept and contains the same main picture.

This - is there any vehicle / discussion being had to encourage share owners / members of other fan based groups to join TJF, assuming we believe this is the best way forward?

Decent penalties - loved the "comedy gold" comment on the missed penalty

That looked onside - behind Turner when he crossed it!

Multiple posts on Twitter now confirming the passing of Adam Strachan - far too young.

Amazing that some sites still work better with Chrome / MS Edge or whatever browser you use and not all of them!

Wonder if he decided that this game was the highlight of his career and decided to hang up his gloves after that one.

Ultimately a doing for fake "Thistle"

Huge turning point with that Alegreia miss

Cheers - that's a joke, no matter how frustrated you are!

Is that tonight's game??

Penalty Ayr Utd

The BBC Scotland Stream is definitely Raith vs Killie; watching it just now. Thistle commentary online, Sportsound 810mw.

Fan ownership, by its very nature, must involve some kind of financial commitment, probably monthly or annually, to the club. However I don't see the need for this to be tied to the purchase of a season ticket, just a willingness to make a regular contribution. Looking at a recent interview with a "Well Society" member: Motherwell FC is the first top-flight club in the UK to be owned by their supporters. Every fan has the opportunity to become a member of The Well Society by paying as little as £5 a month and in turn the club is in the hands of those who care most about it. Given that we are approaching the end of the season (hopefully a week or two away yet) how easy would it be to "untie" seasons tickets from the Trust?

Thanks, I had a look at the Exeter Website and this stood out: Exeter City has been named as the best club for fan engagement across the top four tiers of English football – for the second year running. The club topped the Fan Engagement Index 2019/20, an index which scores each of the clubs from the Premier League to League Two on the relationship with their fans. It places each club in a league table comprising three areas: dialogue, governance and transparency. Exeter City topped the league, with fellow League Two clubs, Carlisle United and Cambridge United in second and third place respectively. Sounds like these are the sort of clubs we should be having a dialogue with, given their realistic comparisons.

Not directly related to the Statement but I wondered with Hearts making the Cup Final and 3rd place tied up what their fan ownership looked like. From an online article: Heart of Midlothian FC has become the UK's largest fan-owned club, after chair Ann Budge's majority shareholding was signed over to the Foundation of Hearts. Around 8,000 supporters who make monthly pledges to the group officially took ownership yesterday afternoon, of shares representing 75.1% of the club's capital for an aggregate cash consideration of £100,000 - at a price of 0.085 pence per share. That's a lot of supporters making monthly pledges and generating a decent amount. Does the model actually work with our (likely) reduced numbers?

A Jambo win and I'll rise from low-mid table obscurity to high-mid table obscurity

No messing about by Hibs!

Get in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!