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There was a topic on this some years ago (maybe even started by me). It would be hard not to notice the appearance of the street vendors outside Firhill, at Livingston in the last few weeks. Big Thistle crowds, so opportunities to sell Thistle related merchandise, and to these guys' credit (though they'll be doing the same at Ibrox and Parkhead every week), there's a pretty natty and varied selection of scarves, flags, badges etc. The must make money, or they wouldn't do it. And they must be tolerated (a) by the club, and ( by the polis, or they couldn't do it. But why is it these guys? What they're selling isn't expensive to produce (but for example they've got a black scarf with red and yellow bars, which I've been wanting for a while), yet PTFC never offer such an item. It seems to me that the Jags are missing out on an opportunity to make a not unreasonable amount of income from this kind of selling: scarves, ties, bunnets, badges, stationery, flags....THISTLE TARTAN ITEMS!!! We had it easy with Greaves these past few years, but now might be the time to try to crank up the commercialisation of the club as a brand. I know that that "c" word is sometimes dirty, but there can be good stuff sold that is popular.