Jaggernaut

A few of my non-Jags-supporting friends tell me that for them these were the best-ever Thistle outfits. I think that if forced to choose, I'd go for the v-neck version.

Excellent! Here's hoping the momentum continues......

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Jimmy Bone to Celtic from Norwich? What's Kevin James doing these days?

Jeezuz!!.... I never even noticed the Jags player's face (if it is a Jag) at the top right!! Now I'm really interested to know who the main man is. If not clarified in the next few hours, I'll be consulting my Official History book tomorrow morning! Not a bad wee thread, this one...... 😊

That's encouraging; looks like Doolan's enthusiasm and philosophy (and naivety?) are doing the trick! Here's hoping that we can all persuade one or two lapsed ST holders, or first-timers to get on board. (My bro is a dour, canny Scot..... his Jagzone account is still "suspended" after the old board-related shenanigans!)... hard work!). Monra Jags.

Nisbet is surely worth at least 20 million!

This book was lying in a drawer at my sister's place for a couple of years after I'd ordered it, until I finally picked it up on a recent visit (increasingly rare) to Scotland, several weeks ago. Has anyone else read it yet? I loved it, from start to finish. Although not entirely innocent of the odd cliche, Lorne Gardner has done a brilliant job of capturing the atmosphere of the build-up to that great day, and how the match and subsequent events unfolded, with quotes from all the Thistle players involved, and quotes from the time by Davie McParland and Jock Stein. And it's great to re-hear (in your head) those famous words of Arthur Montford as the goals went in. There are informative comments from members of DMcP's family, and also a couple of the Celtic players, all creating a terrific picture of that unforgettable day. Many football books I find quite staid, but this one is light and colourful, just like the Jags team of the time and Hampden Park on 23/10/71. Probably my favourite Thistle-themed book (though the Official History is the most consulted).

Great picture (love seeing the north end terracing cover). Would need to cheat by looking at a couple of squad photos, so will leave it to the resident Jags masterminds to do their bit.

Excuse my ignorance, but I seem to remember that pre-covid season tickets came in the form of a card (about credit card size), with a barcode (I think). Am I now completely out of touch? Is there still some kind of card, or booklet of vouchers for each match (hehe, going back in time now)? If so, can it be collected from the office (though that wouldn't be by me!)? By the way, a view shared among members of my Jags kin is that Tiffoney is no great loss. Yes, great to watch when fit and on form, but cost us as many goals as he created, through lack of awareness of other players' positions, sheer greediness, and/or rank finishing. Discuss.

Done!

I think we can probably do better for the same amount, or even less.

Dunno, but I thought the monthly subscription was a good idea, which I'll almost certainly use again (as my season ticket will be lying dormant somewhere throughout the entire season). I think once or maybe twice I got only one match in a month, but for the play-offs in particular I got all the home games, 15 quid the lot (not the Ross County away game, I'm happy to report). ETA: Yes, just as garryc wrote, above.

Their penalty might have been joke (though a sick one), but the denial of our penalty, which on video is completely a stonewaller, should be investigated. Maybe the Ross County chairman was able to receive some reassurance about the impending VAR decision from Doncaster, sitting beside him in the stand.

I like your thinking, but I think that over 3,000 season ticket holders is pie in the sky, although it would of course be brilliant. The "voluntary basis" idea sounds a lot like the "STJ 100" campaign (I don't remember the exact name) from back when we were in truly dire straits. My brother and I are on the list exhibited in the Aitken Suite. Are we near that point again?

Good luck to all of them who move on to try to "better" their earnings and their career. Although they all deserve praise for the past couple of months, the truth is that for one reason or another they pretty much all did too little too late for us.

Hasn't it always been thus for Thistle (and probably many other clubs)? Going back to the 60, then into the 70s, we've always had to walk a tightrope and sell our best players to stay afloat.

Will anybody at the SFA or among the refereeing community question why Sunday's referee thought it was correct not to award Thistle what was without any doubt a stonewall penalty? Will any of them ask why the referee was instructed to thought it best to change from a red to a yellow card when all the fouled Thistle player had to do for an almost certain goal was the simplest of passes to another player already in position to receive the ball? Will anybody question why the Dingwall police were simply allowed to give Ross County an undoubted advantage by dictating that the penalty shoot out would be as far away from the Thistle support as possible? No journalists interested in these anomalies? Maybe not, as the so-called OF is not sufficiently involved Corrupt as sport is, some people wouldn't be at all surprised if something like a vaguely justified "consultancy fee" (from a business that is nothing to do with football, because I'm now talking in general terms, not about Scottish football, of course!) appears in one or more people's bank accounts before too long.

Overall, we've been pretty damned impressive under Doolan, and the playoffs in particular have been spectacular, with people talking about Thistle's fantastic moves and goals scored, as well as the number of shut-outs the defence managed. So it's just a pity that on this one night it fell apart. Too many missed chances, and the defence asleep at the worst possible time. Top that with the curse of VAR and an inconsistent referee, and yet we came within a missed penalty of getting promoted. I'm hoping that many of the "occasional" supporters or even new ones that came along for the ride towards the very end of the season will come back regularly next season, giving more of what has been phenomenal support. As usual, I'll probably not see a single match in the flesh, but as soon as the season tickets for the next campaign are on sale, I'll be getting one. Doolan, and also the players, deserve support for next season.

I wouldn't be surprised if if we now also have a long list of unenviable records regarding the playoffs.

BBC text updates, which did a good job of reinforcing the growing sense of impending disaster.

And ICT will probably have got around half a million for the Cup Final.

On the BBC text they said it was done on the advice of the police.

Hard to take a penalty?