lady-isobel-barnett Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 9 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said: Isn't that the game that took place on the Tuesday afternoon? If so, I dogged school to be there, experiencing an early Cup disappointment at the hands of the tarts. Little did I know that several more would follow over the years. During the Oil Crisis/Petrol Rationing/Three Day Working Week/Miners Strike. Something like that??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Very Bitter Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 8 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: During the Oil Crisis/Petrol Rationing/Three Day Working Week/Miners Strike. Something like that??? Ah the good old days. Better than the shitshow that we are having these days anyway! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 41 minutes ago, Very Bitter Jag said: Ah the good old days. Better than the shitshow that we are having these days anyway! Ah, nostalgia 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlgarveJag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Not what it used to be, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanhill Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 23 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: Isn't that the game that took place on the Tuesday afternoon? If so, I dogged school to be there, experiencing an early Cup disappointment at the hands of the tarts. Little did I know that several more would follow over the years. I dogged School also - got three of the belt for it next day - the Chemistry Teacher grassed us up - in these days you really did “suffer” for the cause if memory serves there was a fair old Crowd that day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 On 2/14/2026 at 8:33 PM, ChiThistle said: Have these accounts been made public yet? Filed with Companies House? They have been filed with Companies House now so should be available to view in a few days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Jersey Jag Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 17 hours ago, Jordanhill Jag said: I dogged School also - got three of the belt for it next day - the Chemistry Teacher grassed us up - in these days you really did “suffer” for the cause if memory serves there was a fair old Crowd that day It was a few years later, but my favourite memory of a cup game was a night game at home to Hibs. No idea when it was but I think it was the quarter finals, and Hibs brought the biggest crowd I had seen to the shed (other than the ulgy sisters who literally swarmed all over the ground), which was split down the middle. Fantastic atmosphere that night, and I think Jim Melrose might have scored the second goal for us. Or was it a league game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyP Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 1 hour ago, New Jersey Jag said: It was a few years later, but my favourite memory of a cup game was a night game at home to Hibs. No idea when it was but I think it was the quarter finals, and Hibs brought the biggest crowd I had seen to the shed (other than the ulgy sisters who literally swarmed all over the ground), which was split down the middle. Fantastic atmosphere that night, and I think Jim Melrose might have scored the second goal for us. Or was it a league game? This one? http://thethistlearchive.wikidot.com/match-1978-03-07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter of '63 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 4 hours ago, New Jersey Jag said: It was a few years later, but my favourite memory of a cup game was a night game at home to Hibs. No idea when it was but I think it was the quarter finals, and Hibs brought the biggest crowd I had seen to the shed (other than the ulgy sisters who literally swarmed all over the ground), which was split down the middle. Fantastic atmosphere that night, and I think Jim Melrose might have scored the second goal for us. Or was it a league game? This cup game against Hibs featured a diabolical refereeing decision to rival Doolan's ghost goal against Morton and Donnie MacKinnon's saved header against Dundee mentioned recently in another thread. The ref clearly blew for offside, everybody stopped apart from the Hibs forward who smashed the ball into the net. The ref then decided that Bobby Houston who was lylng dazed on the goal line was playing them onside. Melrose's winner was a great Firhill moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted February 19 Author Report Share Posted February 19 The accounts are now available to view on Companies House: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC005417 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 First thoughts on the accounts :- 1) The women’s team loss equals the difference between budgeted loss and actual loss 2) The £360K is a red herring as it has no impact on the financial results - although it is important to know whether we spent the money first and needed a bail out or whether we got the money before spending it. 3) Cash position might not be as bad as it looks as debtors increased by the same amount as it fell. 4) Turnover trend is still up, despite it being lower against 2024. Only ticket income and prize money was down compared to 2023. I think if I worked in hospitality/commercial etc I would feel a bit aggrieved at the bashing I was getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcapmilkdrinker Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 I’m as fully committed to fan ownership as any exile can be, but I echo the thoughts of others here hoping for some kind of post-AGM communique. Many have commented on how rudderless we seem at the moment, football itself aside, and it’d be great to see a leadership position taken, and clearly outlined , by the majority shareholders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 We are expecting the Club Board's written responses to beneficiary AGM questions very shortly. I anticipate we will therefore be in a position to share these publicly later this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 49 minutes ago, Woodstock Jag said: We are expecting the Club Board's written responses to beneficiary AGM questions very shortly. I anticipate we will therefore be in a position to share these publicly later this week. This goes to highlight the fact that we are a fan owned but not fan run club. Too many people jump on the "blame TJF" bandwagon when the board are the ones who are failing when it comes to communicating with fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcapmilkdrinker Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 18 hours ago, Woodstock Jag said: We are expecting the Club Board's written responses to beneficiary AGM questions very shortly. I anticipate we will therefore be in a position to share these publicly later this week. Many thanks. Looking forward to hearing more about how we arrest what is obviously a very slippery slope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted February 24 Author Report Share Posted February 24 Being a nosey person I was looking to see how our championship rivals have been doing financially and it is only us and St Johnstone that have filed accounts so far at Companies House. Most other teams are due to submit accounts by 28th Feb (a couple are end of June). I was always told the later the accounts are submitted/AGMs held the worse the news so will be interesting (in a morbid way) to see how others have done. The main thing though is we need to get our house in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 On 2/23/2026 at 6:14 PM, scotty said: This goes to highlight the fact that we are a fan owned but not fan run club. Too many people jump on the "blame TJF" bandwagon when the board are the ones who are failing when it comes to communicating with fans. This is something that really needs to change in the near future, the club board is completely anonymous, never do interviews, never give updates, it’s almost as if they don’t want to communicate. With a club board now of 5 including Donald, someone needs to take the reigns on regular and transparent communication 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiThistle Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 6 hours ago, Norgethistle said: This is something that really needs to change in the near future, the club board is completely anonymous, never do interviews, never give updates, it’s almost as if they don’t want to communicate. With a club board now of 5 including Donald, someone needs to take the reigns on regular and transparent communication I’m sure someone will step up…….once the news is good. I wouldn’t expect the fan reps or the media guy to take the reins. I don’t know Caroline Mackie at all. Really just leaves Donald, whom I assume would be comfortable in that role given he’s probably involved in earnings calls and all sorts of shareholder comms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted February 25 Author Report Share Posted February 25 15 hours ago, ChiThistle said: I’m sure someone will step up…….once the news is good. I wouldn’t expect the fan reps or the media guy to take the reins. I don’t know Caroline Mackie at all. Really just leaves Donald, whom I assume would be comfortable in that role given he’s probably involved in earnings calls and all sorts of shareholder comms. If I recall correctly when Donald invested in the club he has the right to appoint someone to the Board to represent him so that might be an option. I must confess that I thought Caroline might step down from the Board as she is heavily involved with the womens team and might want to give her full attention to that in the same way that Elliot Gilmour did to focus on the academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted February 26 Author Report Share Posted February 26 For those interested in what other clubs are up to, Ayr have submitted their accounts: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC005950/filing-history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, Fawlty Towers said: For those interested in what other clubs are up to, Ayr have submitted their accounts: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC005950/filing-history Looks like they made a very small profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanito Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, Lenziejag said: Looks like they made a very small profit. Unless I am missing it, you don't a breakdown of outgoings so can't see what the football budget looked like? In comparison to income like gate/prize/sponsor money. Not unusual, but if one guy (or a group) is putting money up every season to ensure the books balance then a small profit is to be expected? The above would be an interesting comparison to our accounts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted February 27 Author Report Share Posted February 27 Morton's accounts submitted (not much detail). https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC003264/filing-history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 24 minutes ago, Fawlty Towers said: Morton's accounts submitted (not much detail). https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC003264/filing-history 40K loss and nae money 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_1876 Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 Wonder how much we will receive for hosting the Challenge Cup final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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