The Sunnylaw Jag Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 To be totally honest I was beginning to think the old memory was playing tricks on me, since I definetly thought I remembered such an incident, but didn't want to say so in case anyone thought I was making it up out of "bigotry". Aside from the totally biased officials, what in retrospect still wrankles is that that was probably the year our name was on the cup, since I'm sure as ever you can be with Thistle that we would have beaten Hibs in the final. Was that not the year we pumped them senseless at Firhill? What that game shows for me at any rate is that when your accused of exageratting the amount of help they've had over the years is that its not paranoia but the plain ad honest truth. No doubt we'll see this again next year if Sevco look like struggling in their quest to win promotion back to "their rightful place" in the top tier The thing about that game was the fact it was not televised due to industrial action so there has never been the chance to look at that goal again, even though we know it was onside. As to the final didn't it take about three games to decide and each one, more toe-curlingly boring than the one before IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Most of us take the lows in our stride. Comes with the territory supporting the Jags and certainly the older you get the easier it becomes. The one exception to that rule (well with me anyway) is when you become aware that some of the players you've been watching making losing look easy aren't trying and/or are disinterested.Thus making a mockery of their.profession. That's something I can't shrug off. So I guess the lowest I've felt, apart from the obvious times like Tannadice etc, has to be sometime during the Campbell era. Leaving a game after yet another defeat to some club that have never played or even had any aspiration to play in the top division, knowing fine well you'll be watching the same lot the following week is most painful. As for the best moments the victory over Morton coming after the disappointment of the Cup Final (tho' I wasn't that upset myself) is well up there. Big crowd, kick off held up, and if we're all honest I'm sure, an air of apprehension. That to me was more of a cup final than the game that went before. Great night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 The thing about that game was the fact it was not televised due to industrial action so there has never been the chance to look at that goal again, even though we know it was onside. As to the final didn't it take about three games to decide and each one, more toe-curlingly boring than the one before IIRC. I'm pretty sure that the h un linesman knew perfectly well that his cheating would not be seen on tv, and that made it easier for him to do his worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Most of us take the lows in our stride. Comes with the territory supporting the Jags and certainly the older you get the easier it becomes. The one exception to that rule (well with me anyway) is when you become aware that some of the players you've been watching making losing look easy aren't trying and/or are disinterested.Thus making a mockery of their.profession. That's something I can't shrug off. So I guess the lowest I've felt, apart from the obvious times like Tannadice etc, has to be sometime during the Campbell era. Leaving a game after yet another defeat to some club that have never played or even had any aspiration to play in the top division, knowing fine well you'll be watching the same lot the following week is most painful. As for the best moments the victory over Morton coming after the disappointment of the Cup Final (tho' I wasn't that upset myself) is well up there. Big crowd, kick off held up, and if we're all honest I'm sure, an air of apprehension. That to me was more of a cup final than the game that went before. Great night. You've just got me in the mood for watching the highlights of that Morton game again (for the umpteenth time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Also, not so much the Dunfermline game last year so much, more, on leaving the stadium, seeing everybody with great big smiles on their coupons. Unusual enough to be a happy Firhill memory of mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulful_jag Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Best: Celebrating promotion with a 0-0 at home to Forfar; Lindau's hat-trick at Stirling and more party time; the sheer relief of Peterhead; Paterson's goal to win the cup replay v Inverness; Andy Gibson's cup replay winner v Dundee; Shaw scoring twice to win at Parkhead; and Gerry Britton scoring to round off a 3-0 win over Rangers at Firhill. Worst: The sheer pain of the Dundee United Playoff misery is only beaten by the utter depression felt in the early days of Save the Jags. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Worst: Got to be a toss up between the Dundee United play off game at Tannadice and the Ayr United game at Firhill. Someone else mentioned the drive home after the Utd game and the funny thing is that is what I remember as the worst part. Sheer numbness. The Ayr game was a shambles from start to finish and was torture to watch. Best: Two came last season - Doolan's equaliser v Queen of the South was brilliant, even although we went on to lose the match on penalties and Christie's winner v Airdrie was incredible and the moment I knew we would win the league. Others have mentioned beating Rangers 3-0 at Firhill which was great but I also remember as a youngster early eighties victories against them 4-3 at home and 2-0 away. The Celtic victory at Hampden was a great performance and the Inverness midweek replay with Shaggy scoring on a soaking wet night was special. Peterhead, as many have mentioned is up there as well. Glasgow Cup victory (1981 I think?) with Iain Jardine scoring a wonder goal too. However, best of them all for me was beating Celtic at Celtic Park on our first season back in the top league. The support we had that day was huge and the atmosphere we created will live with me forever. Would love to know how many Jags were there. P.S. How come nobody has mentioned the Tennents Sixes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagsman Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 as stay in paisley winning league at old st mirren park seeing paisley rednyellow that day was amazing also me and my dad and his pals dancing in a circle outside the ground celebrating worst any game under tommy bryce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie Thistle Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Best: Celebrating promotion with a 0-0 at home to Forfar; Lindau's hat-trick at Stirling and more party time; the sheer relief of Peterhead; Paterson's goal to win the cup replay v Inverness; Andy Gibson's cup replay winner v Dundee; Shaw scoring twice to win at Parkhead; and Gerry Britton scoring to round off a 3-0 win over Rangers at Firhill. Worst: The sheer pain of the Dundee United Playoff misery is only beaten by the utter depression felt in the early days of Save the Jags. summed mine up perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Just about any game featuring Barry Smith in red'n'yella represented a new nadir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danish jag Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Best: 5-1 against Dunfermline last season. 1971 League Cup Final Worst: 0-6 against Gretna. The Aberdeen game that got snowed off when they were beating us and then they trashed us the following Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Worst Ayr united game, it seemed the world had ended that day and there was no way back Best Forfar 0-0 game after years in the wilderness we were finally back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb1876 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 This is brilliant! So many memories come back, Shaggies free kick in the pouring rain up at Inverness was immense, winning the league at Love St and the home dismal 0-0 with Forfar (when they should really have had a pen!) were both highlights! Save the jags was also a highlight as the fans really did show what could be done, I also remember playing in the 24 hour game and I'm seem to remember that day hearing that we would be fine as a deal would be done with the Bank. Dundee and Ayr Utd games must be the worst, although some really poor players and performances under Bryce and Bunnet had me wondering if I'd ever see a decent side again. Puts the team we have now into perspective, it's always great to be a Thistle fan but now we have a great group playing a style of football we hope to see for a long while. Add the investment in the future through the generous donation from the Weir's and looking forward to more good times to come. Final point would be almost any game that Chic Charnley played in, always liable to a bit of magic. I also remember him being fouled just in front of the Airdrie(?) fans in the shed, they were giving him pelters when the physio came over and he pulled his shorts down a bit and pointed to his backside for treatment! Genius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 (edited) Best - 1971 League Cup Final Worst - Losing 4-0 at home to Clyde and them taking the pish out of Johnny Tuffy for the entire second half Edited October 13, 2013 by crazy davie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 surprised that anyone that supported the Jags for 21 years chose Peterhead as his highlight Surely 2001, 2002 & 2013 championships must be better?? for me, the highs are already mentioned: I missed 71 lc final & 76 championship. so need to go for 92 promotion,01, 02 & 13 championships as well as Geordie Shaw at Parkhead, 3-0 v h*ns and the 3-1 thrashing of the tims at Hampden lows. there can be only 2, du in play off & ayr game in 97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muscat Jag Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Best: League Cup Final '71. Worst: Tannadice play-off. Same. Other stand-outs were the first (yes we did it twice) 4-3 against Rangers in the 70s and the 3-1 against Celtic at Hampden. The only thing that comes close to Tannadice was being robbed by a disgraceful refereeing decision in the 79 semi. I didn't find the Ayr play-off as bad; tbh we were awful that day and deserved the result we got, unlike Tannadice where we really put in a performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglemon Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Same. Other stand-outs were the first (yes we did it twice) 4-3 against Rangers in the 70s and the 3-1 against Celtic at Hampden. The only thing that comes close to Tannadice was being robbed by a disgraceful refereeing decision in the 79 semi. I didn't find the Ayr play-off as bad; tbh we were awful that day and deserved the result we got, unlike Tannadice where we really put in a performance. Tannadice was so sad because we were denied a stonewll 2nd penalty and then McLaren should have been stopped on the bye line by 2 Jags players- one was Greg Watson. Simply rugby tackling him down and being booked would have done the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veejag Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 The thing about that Dundee United team is the amount of money they spent on that team. Bowman, Coyle, McLaren, Winters - must've been on huge wages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) The worst moments were being relegation candidates under Tommy Bryce in the old Second Division. Going down to the fourth tier was a dismal prospect. Then John Lambie came back in and we were back in the SPL in two years. The promotions under Lambie are second to the 71 Cup Final, obviously the best moment. The third best moment was promotion this year. ETA - the relegations under Britton/Whyte and Dick Campbell were the second and third worst moments. Edited October 14, 2013 by kni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulful_jag Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 summed mine up perfectly! Can't believe I forgot to list the 2002 party at Love St (I bet Derek Fleming remembers it well) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Peebles Tackle Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 BEST: Last season - winning the league at Falkirk then having Archie, Shaggy & Maxi coming in to the pub - LOTS of fizzy stuff was opened... WORST: THAT free kick against Ayr United. Still can't quite believe it happened... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milhouse Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 A moment frozen in time: a sunny day in Edinburgh and Lambie's last game in charge. Alex Burns scores a late winner to make it 3-2 and Lambie brings on Chich Charnley for the last 5 mins. Best Thistle manager of all time? Certainly in my lifetime. You felt like you could trust him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 A moment frozen in time: a sunny day in Edinburgh and Lambie's last game in charge. Alex Burns scores a late winner to make it 3-2 and Lambie brings on Chich Charnley for the last 5 mins. Best Thistle manager of all time? Certainly in my lifetime. You felt like you could trust him. Was that not Gerry Collins' "first" game in charge? That's what I thought, and it's always blotted the memory, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 LEAgue cup 71 LEAp of faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partick Panther Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 BEST--League Cup Final which I was at aged 16.Followed by the 3-2 win over Rangers at Firhill in 1st Game of season 71-72.Followed by the 8-3 win over Motherwell at Firhill. WORST-- Not going to the 2-1 win at Parkheid in 92 due to a massive hangover!!!! Followed by the 4-1 loss to Rangers in 92 at Firhill. Followed by the 1-0 defeat to Honved in seaon 71-72. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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