Jaggernaut Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 2 hours ago, The Thistle Archive said: 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 → I bet there are hundreds of articles and comments with Hinchy's name wrongly spelt. Probably more than any other Thistle player, though I still stumble with Flannagan, Flannigan, Flanigan, Fullanigan....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 2 hours ago, The Thistle Archive said: 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 → Looks like he's wearing a goalie jersey, or else he liked fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted June 6 Author Report Share Posted June 6 27 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said: I bet there are hundreds of articles and comments with Hinchy's name wrongly spelt. Probably more than any other Thistle player, though I still stumble with Flannagan, Flannigan, Flanigan, Fullanigan....... Haha, shout out for wee Johnny Flanagan ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 14 minutes ago, The Thistle Archive said: Haha, shout out for wee Johnny Flanagan ! Begin Again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 30 minutes ago, partickthedog said: Begin Again! There was a wee Jag called Johnny Flanagan He was gallus, even arrogant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanieD Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 53 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said: There was a wee Jag called Johnny Flanagan He was gallus, even arrogant... He went to Clyde and was never seen again Poor old Johnny Flanagan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 26 minutes ago, JeanieD said: He went to Clyde and was never seen again Poor old Johnny Flanagan Begin again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 5 hours ago, The Thistle Archive said: 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 → I noticed after the end of the recent Scottish Cup final that Craig is the GK coach at Aberdeen, so he might have got a winners medal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted June 6 Author Report Share Posted June 6 @stuthejag spoke to him today researching Fred, Craig said it was "some two days" 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 My memory is a bit hazy, but I seem to remember that Hinchy hadn't played for some time (though I thought he was OK in previous matches) but then had to play against Dunfermline at EE Park, and looked like he'd never played football in his life. Absolute howler, slow and all over the place, gifting them at least one goal. I think that might have been the last game he ever played for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 10 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: My memory is a bit hazy, but I seem to remember that Hinchy hadn't played for some time (though I thought he was OK in previous matches) but then had to play against Dunfermline at EE Park, and looked like he'd never played football in his life. Absolute howler, slow and all over the place, gifting them at least one goal. I think that might have been the last game he ever played for us. Sounds like the guy who took over from Gunn last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted June 10 Author Report Share Posted June 10 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 → 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 11 Report Share Posted June 11 Just spent a great half hour browsing through various items in the museum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted June 12 Author Report Share Posted June 12 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 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 → Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 1 hour ago, The Thistle Archive said: 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 → Love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted June 19 Author Report Share Posted June 19 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 → 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert's Ghost Posted June 19 Report Share Posted June 19 It's now a public holiday in the US! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 19 Report Share Posted June 19 All the best to Robert, my ex French and Latin teacher! Here's a wee story (again): Back in season 70-71 we had a late afternoon kick-off match at Stranraer (they had no floodlights), and to get there it meant I had to dog school and miss my French lesson. I went on the NW bus, if I remember correctly. Outside Stair Park, as I was waiting in the queue at the turnstyle I heard "Hello, Anderson..." and turned to see Mr Reid looking at me, as he walked with a companion towards the stand, for which he surely had a complimentary ticket. Like me, he was dogging school that afternoon! We exchanged a kind of ""We'll say no more about this" glance. We met at many matches, home and away, over the years. Two other Jags diehard teachers from the same school were Hector McLeod and Ian Woodburn. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted July 11 Author Report Share Posted July 11 Back in February 2024, we introduced an early version of the 'Thistle Honours' tab to Peter Lindau's page and, since then, we've been teasing improved versions here and there. Today, as the new League Cup campaign gets underway, we're delighted to announce the full roll out of the newly completed feature for all players who qualify. Using our PTFC honours list as the qualifying base, honours are awarded to any player who has contributed an appearance in any given tournament in any given campaign. As you can see from the screenshot below, the honours list page is now split with two tab options, one for the club overview, and one for the player's overview. 70 club honours are shared between 598 players resulting in 1139 individual honours. Via our new fully sortable table, you can drill down to the honours breakdown per player by clicking their name and selecting the 'Thistle Honours' tab on their profile page. On a more general note, the full roll out of these new tabs gives a handy reference point for all the players, anytime you happen to casually land on their profile page. Check it out... Partick Thistle FC honours list → 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 It's unbelievable what TTA guys give us. Really too much for any one person to take in, But a truly incredible database of facts, lists, and descriptions. More power to your elbows (or fingertips), guys. All heroes! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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