The Thistle Archive

Did you know? Partick Thistle have a 100% win rate on the 19th June, which seems quite right to mark Robert Reid's big 90th today! In this great wee piece from 1978, James Dunbar reports on Robert and his Thistle daft family... Firhill fanatics →

99 and out, what a pity 😔

Programme collector Miles McClagan has very generously been scanning his vast collection and uploading it to flickr for everyone to view. 40 Partick Thistle matches are covered from 1971 to 2006. On our brand new list page, you can get a flick through any of the fully scanned programmes by clicking on any of the image links which will open up a new window on the flickr site. Enjoy! Fully scanned programmes →

Our recently launched 'Z-list' adds another layer to the PTFC story. Much scope for development, submissions welcome... Match Lists (Men's Z-List) A place for all of the excluded matches from the first or second team schedules, as well as the miscellaneous men's matches which don't fit either of the first/second team categories. Includes competitive matches which were voided for any reason, matches where the important data is unknown or too doubtful to be included in either of the main sections, legends-type matches which don't fit the contemporary teamline of the day, closed door matches which were deliberately scheduled to be private, non-public domain affairs, and matches which were scheduled but never played. 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-00 1900-01 1901-02 1902-03 1903-04 1904-05 1905-06 1906-07 1907-08 1908-09 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26 1926-27 1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39 1939-40 1940-41 1941-42 1942-43 1943-44 1944-45 1945-46 1946-47 1947-48 1948-49 1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25

The fascinating new discovery of Partick Thistle twin brothers from the 1870s; a chance letter, the birth of Association football in Brechin, and Partick Thistle's first-ever match north of the Tay... Partick Thistle's pioneering twins of Brechin! →

We're marking the day of Jimmy McGowan's birth with an excellent new entry to our virtual museum today... read all about it... 👀 TTAM-0039 Footballer of the year programme, 31 January 1955 →

@stuthejag spoke to him today researching Fred, Craig said it was "some two days" 😄

Haha, shout out for wee Johnny Flanagan !

This time last week, we couldn't even spell his name, never mind having a picture or a bio to speak of! Today, we're delighted to present 1930s winger FRED HINCHLIFFE whose grandson was Craig Hinchliffe, Thistle goalie from around 15 years ago... Fred Hinchliffe →

^ Thank you BB, appreciated, it can only be this way. As everyone knows, we've been great champions of BBG for 5 years - he's earned it. It'll be a great pity if it ends like this...

Turned down the GB Olympics team in 1960, was a mainstay of the Thistle team which finished 3rd in 1963, later scored at the Bernabeau in 1971! Gordon's page at the Archive is now developed more fully in tribute. Gordon Whitelaw →

^ Yes, apart from Gary Caldwell (was trying to forget about him), the first 5 will feature. Others in that category are Adam McLean, Jimmy Bone & Kenny Miller.

^ No, the parameters were laid out in the introduction. Good point though. The capped (non-playing) Thistle managers include Davie Meiklejohn, Scot Symon, Willie Thornton, Bertie Auld, Pat Quinn, Bobby Watson, Gary Caldwell and, now, Mark Wilson!

A sneaky wee Thursday night match newly discovered, and it's pretty big news on the Thistle history front with a first-team debut for WILLIE PAUL, 6 months earlier than previously thought. The ritual humiliation of Partick continues, it would soon be 11 wins on the bounce. Die! Thu-05-Jun-1884 Partick Thistle 5 Partick 1 (Friendly) →

"Do you want a flake in that love?"