The Thistle Archive Posted December 21, 2023 Report Share Posted December 21, 2023 A tour of Norway was reward for getting to the Scottish Cup final in 1930. It “set the Norwegians agog” and the Jags were described as “elegant” and “dazzling”. From Firhill to the Fjords, our brand new 'Partickle' tells the story of Thistle's first-ever encounters with continental opposition, and how they flew the flag for Scotland and wowed the locals… Welcome To Norway Mr. Lambie, Jackson & Co! → 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotterJag Posted December 21, 2023 Report Share Posted December 21, 2023 Really enjoyed that. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 An absolutely superb article, and good to see the stadiums used are still there (Bislett has been completely remade and is no longer gravel), I’ve been to 3 of them. Not only would the sea journey have taken nearly 2 days back then, but the journey from Bergen to Oslo was around 12 hours then, the team would have spent almost 2 days on the road (rail and sea) before playing their first game the next day (or that day if they took sleeper from Bergen to Oslo). I can’t imagine today’s players accepting that. Of the teams we played, both Vållernga and Brann are still top tier, Lyn are 1 league down and the others have had a decline in fortunes since the 20’s and 30’s (where they challenged for cups and titled) and are now 4th or 5th tier. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanhill Jag Posted December 23, 2023 Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 Excellent Article - Well done 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted December 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 Glad you enjoyed it folks and thanks for the interesting footnotes Norge. Looking closely at the opposition line-ups (we now have 5 of them) we can see several Norwegian internationalists of the day. We could do a whole new Partickle... Best of the season to all Thistle fans... skål! 🥃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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