fenski Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 At the risk of coming across as a curmudgeon, will their be an option not to have a name on the top? Quite like to maintain a sense of anonymity when out and about! 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 29 minutes ago, fenski said: At the risk of coming across as a curmudgeon, will their be an option not to have a name on the top? Quite like to maintain a sense of anonymity when out and about! 😀 Is it not one of these jobs where all the names are on the shirt? I'd probably prefer it without any names too 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Oh right.... 🙄 Er... Silly me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 42 minutes ago, fenski said: Oh right.... 🙄 Er... Silly me... Yeah, there's been a bit of confusion about this from a few folk! It's not a case of having the name on the back in big lettering like you would be able to get at Greaves (though presumably you could still get that done to this top once you've received it). The names of those who buy the top would instead get woven into the stripes, in a similar way to special tops done by Hearts and Morton. We've sold more than 350 tops so far (it's nudging up towards 400 and it would be great to reach that, as that was our stretch target). Once you take into account the players from the men's and women's teams, essentially more than 400 names will be woven into the shirt design. Obviously if you don't want your name on the design but want to buy the top, just tell us you want to opt out of the names list and we'll leave you off it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Thanks for clarifying. Pays to read the small print - especially zooming in to the inset pic on the website, hehe. Have ordered. And great to see such a decent response to the initiative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted October 3 Author Report Share Posted October 3 2 hours ago, Whitelees jag said: Will this one look anything like the player? The players and their families have been happy with them so far G. The club is also delighted with the 5 figure sum it’s put in the coffers of the club. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelees jag Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 22 hours ago, Norgethistle said: The players and their families have been happy with them so far G. The club is also delighted with the 5 figure sum it’s put in the coffers of the club. Suppose it covers the losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted October 4 Author Report Share Posted October 4 3 minutes ago, Whitelees jag said: Suppose it covers the losses. We are doing what we can to drive regular revenue into the club via our roughly £180k a year commitment, increasing membership to over 1800, regular selling of pins, selling of TJF strip (which is flying out). The more members, the greater the uptake of merchandise the greater the monthly contributions the Foundation can make to the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 1 hour ago, Whitelees jag said: Suppose it covers the losses. As curmudgeonly contributions go, I've seen better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 On 10/3/2024 at 7:02 PM, Norgethistle said: The players and their families have been happy with them so far G. The club is also delighted with the 5 figure sum it’s put in the coffers of the club. Finally got the board up on the wall with all the pin badges on it. Looks brilliant, with plenty of extra space still to fill. I have quite a few work meetings on Zoom and having the pin badges on the wall behind me invites questions and gives me an excuse to talk about Thistle (if any excuse were needed)! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 3 hours ago, partickthedog said: Finally got the board up on the wall with all the pin badges on it. Looks brilliant, with plenty of extra space still to fill. I have quite a few work meetings on Zoom and having the pin badges on the wall behind me invites questions and gives me an excuse to talk about Thistle (if any excuse were needed)! Any chance you could kindly post a picture or two of said board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 6 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: Any chance you could kindly post a picture or two of said board? This could start something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 3 hours ago, scotty said: This could start something. OK, here's mine, along with my collection (going back a few years) of other Thistle pins. The reason the Duffy pin looks different is because I had to print out a portrait shape backing card for it to fit and the ink is fading. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 4 minutes ago, scotty said: OK, here's mine, along with my collection (going back a few years) of other Thistle pins. The reason the Duffy pin looks different is because I had to print out a portrait shape backing card for it to fit and the ink is fading. That's excellent! Can't wait to see JJ's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowenBoys Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 33 minutes ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: That's excellent! Can't wait to see JJ's. I'm sure he's got something that he's sticking pins in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 1 hour ago, scotty said: OK, here's mine, along with my collection (going back a few years) of other Thistle pins. The reason the Duffy pin looks different is because I had to print out a portrait shape backing card for it to fit and the ink is fading. This is absolute class. We did look into whether we could do a backing board of some kind, but we concluded the margins would be too small and the storage too much of a logistical nightmare. But I really like the originality of that. I quite like that different folk have found their own way to present the Pins, that's unique to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 (edited) Here is mine with a different solution to the Duffy header challenge. Lots more space to fill! I hope this works. I am also trying to attach a photo of the signed Stevie Lawless shirt from the WeAreThistle sponsorship last year. Thank you again to all who contributed to this. I must say that I like having this on the wall. The name “Lawless” gives the impression that I am a sort of nihilistic threat to the established order. Edited October 5 by partickthedog Word omitted. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 17 minutes ago, partickthedog said: Here is mine with a different solution to the Duffy header challenge. Lots more space to fill! I hope this works. I am also trying to attach a photo of the signed Stevie Lawless shirt from the WeAreThistle sponsorship last year. Thank you again to all who contributed to this. I must say that I like having this on the wall. The name “Lawless” gives the impression that I am a sort of nihilistic threat to the established order. I can now see that I sort of put my face on the back of the Stevie Lawless shirt. Maybe an idea for the next TJF fundraiser (other faces are available). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 I have a question, ptd... What's your framing solution for the Lawless top? I've a few signed shirts I'd like to make wall-ready but never been confident enough to arrange it myself and was never sure if it was worth shelling out to get it done by someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 16 minutes ago, Woodstock Jag said: I have a question, ptd... What's your framing solution for the Lawless top? I've a few signed shirts I'd like to make wall-ready but never been confident enough to arrange it myself and was never sure if it was worth shelling out to get it done by someone else. I would have to confess that the club (as in Lewis Dickson at PTFC) arranged the framing for me. As for putting it on the wall, an ex-member of the TJF Board did this with the assistance of a couple of large picture hooks placed close together (the necessary string at the back of the picture was already there). I also received some helpful advice from the Football Committee (sorry, I made that last bit up). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 14 hours ago, scotty said: OK, here's mine, along with my collection (going back a few years) of other Thistle pins. The reason the Duffy pin looks different is because I had to print out a portrait shape backing card for it to fit and the ink is fading. Excellent! I think I can even remember most of the photos the templates came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted October 6 Author Report Share Posted October 6 A huge thank you to all the members who purchased a top. 530 sold which is way above our expectations, we will get orders finalized with O’Neills tomorrow and get these in our members hands before Xmas Thank you again 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 27 minutes ago, Norgethistle said: A huge thank you to all the members who purchased a top. 530 sold which is way above our expectations, we will get orders finalized with O’Neills tomorrow and get these in our members hands before Xmas Thank you again It’s a great fundraising idea which I believe you suggested and organised Stuart. So well done on your hard work you have put into it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 Norge has been the power behind so much of our merch-based fundraising. A great example of what you can do as a “Nomad” far from Firhill to support the wider Thistle community. But the success of this initiative is also a shared success of TJF working with the Club and its core commercial partners. There was, after all, a time when certain former custodians of the Club told us they didn’t need or want fan fundraising through our members organisation. To make this work, we needed the Club to make the representations to the football governing bodies to get special dispensation to be able to register the kit. They got on with it and got that done. Simply wouldn’t have happened 2 years ago. We needed the Club and Women’s Committee to make sure the kit sponsors were happy to forego their prominence for one game. They got it done. They got on board. The sponsors all “understood the assignment”. Our informal target was to sell 400 tops. I suspected that was a little ambitious. I have a track record for pessimism (as one of your Fan Reps on the Club Board, Allan McGraw will testify on TJF membership numbers). But the whole TJF board and the Club’s media teams really pushed promotion on this and it paid off. I don’t know how many Thistle kits Greaves sells a season, but I reckon 530 for a one-off design is pretty good going for a fanbase our size, mid-season. Most heartening of all? All the new members for whom this was the final wee nudge to get signed up. TJF is now an 1800 member organisation with over 100 new members in the last month. Lots of new TJF wristbands out in the post to our junior members this week too, which is great to see. TJF members now make up about 7 in 10 beneficiaries of the PTFC Trust, which shows you how broad a reach we now have into the wider fanbase. Let’s keep going up to 2000 and beyond! Monthly “pledged” income now up several hundred pounds on the summer, making our increased pledges from the summer a realistic and repeatable reality. This will also help us to put on more events for members and the wider fanbase, making being a Jags fan fun even when the product on the pitch isn’t (yet) where it needs to be. I want to thank all our members for your support. And I know tops and pins aren’t for everyone. But we’ve got ideas for future fundraising merch well into the new year. So keep tabs on the socials! 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 To avoid hijacking this thread, I've posted a picture of a Jags t-shirt on the General Chat forum. Does anyone have any information about the t-shirt? It looks cool, and I'd like one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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