Things don't look good at partick thistle and they don't seem to have any player's they can sell either . Tiffoney would probably have been there main asset and he's leaving for nothing which is a blow for them . I have respect for fans that follow clubs in Glasgow instead of becoming a old firm glory hunter like many others do . Hope they get out of the mess there in as I've never minded the Jags TBH .
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Thread: Partick thistle in trouble?
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08-06-2023 07:57 PM #1
Partick thistle in trouble?
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08-06-2023 09:31 PM #3
Never understood why Partick Thistle haven't actively pushed the club as the sane alternative to Glasgow's bigotfest. I don't mean in yer face 'support us we aint bigots' but in a more subtle way, in whatever form that may involve.
Perhaps even a subtle change to their badge to have it read 'Partick Thistle, Glasgow' in the same way as Hibs included Edinburgh in our badge at the start of the century. They could even actively push the club as the football destination for folk who don't want to be insignificant cogs in the massive corporate Ugly Sisters machine.
IMO they have missed a trick for decades by not aggressively marketing themselves as the alternative to Celtic and The Rangers and the club where religion or politics for that matter doesn't matter.
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08-06-2023 09:51 PM #5
Hope they’re able to steady the ship. Agree with those who have respect for the Jags and their supporters for turning their noses up at the widely available bigot fest in their city. I wanted them to win the playoffs.
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08-06-2023 09:58 PM #6
Just shows the danger of living beyond your means and relying on donations with no certainty of continuation.
Partick were supported with donations from lottery winner Colin Weir for several years but he died in 2019 and they’ve not been able to cut expenditure to meet the change in circumstances.
Maybe they were gambling on promotion to bring in the required funds to balance their books and that failed too.
Hope they come through these financial problems as I would liked to see them in the Premier division.
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08-06-2023 09:59 PM #7
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Good.
Have a combined bake sale with the charity thieves.
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08-06-2023 10:01 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It’s always a tough one as to how far they push the alternative image. Especially if they were ever to be completely open about being an alternative to sectarianism which of course would then bring the other two into somewhat disrepute. Obviously they’d be right, but we know how these things can go. Being named after Partick I’m not sure what difference adding Glasgow to the name or crest would make to be honest but I don’t see anything wrong with it- see West Ham.
Bottom line is, every team not just in Glasgow, Greater Glasgow but the whole country have similar issues that relate back to the overwhelming popularity of just two clubs. Regrettably, partick just happen to be the next door neighbour and until Scottish football can fundamentally change I don’t see that getting any better. Great club, great supporters and a great asset to the community. They’ve fought for years and I really hope they fight on for many more to come.
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08-06-2023 10:09 PM #9
When I studied in Glasgow I lived 5 minutes from Firhill, so went to a fair few matches and still retain a soft spot for Thistle. At the time I started watching them, the Save the Jags campaign was going as funnily enough they were in financial trouble. The Thistle fans are brilliant and I know they’ll do everything they can to rally round their club like they have done previously. Jacqui Low taking control was a disaster for the club, she ran it with scant regard for the good of the club and it’s only now she’s gone that the full extent of the problem has come to light.
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08-06-2023 11:09 PM #10
They should really have been suspended from football for the crime of demolishing one of the great behind goal terraces and replacing it with an open empty space of nothingness.
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09-06-2023 01:18 AM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
What actually happened?
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09-06-2023 05:14 AM #12
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Surely Hearts will help them out? Brothers in arms and all that.
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09-06-2023 06:12 AM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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09-06-2023 06:47 AM #15
I don't really mind the whole Hearts thing. Looking at it objectively the covid season was harsh on the teams involved (not that I can think of an obvious alternative that wouldn't have pissed off someone else). Had it been Hibs I'd have expected us to kick up a fuss too and 99.9% of people on here would be the same, whether they admit it to themselves now or not. In such situations you take allies where you can find them.
They have always struck me as a decent fanbase and a decent club. I tip my hat to anyone in the west who chooses not to support Celtic or Rangers. I met a guy the other day, his dad and brother are Hamilton fans and he supports Celtic, I instantly lost a bit of respect for him as that is the definition of a glory hunter. It's not something you can level at Partick Thistle fans.
Many on here know what it means to almost lose your club and there aren't many fanbases I would wish that on. I hope they pull through.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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09-06-2023 06:48 AM #16
The "good" posts, while I understand the reasoning, are poor.
Thistle is a good club with real fans. They jumped into bed with Hearts to try to stop their relegation, Hibs would have been the same had it been us.
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09-06-2023 07:26 AM #17
Noticed that Queens Park agreed to rent Hamdump from the SFA even although they have a purpose built Lesser Hampden in anticipation of a return to the big time but have decided to go ahead with it in any case for next season in the Championship
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09-06-2023 08:46 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote"...when Hibs won the Scottish Cup final and that celebration, Sunshine on Leith? I don’t think there’s a better football celebration ever in the game.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
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09-06-2023 08:51 AM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Hertz caused quite a fuzz I seem to remember about it too . They were 4 points off safety and had only won 4 games out of a possible 30 that season and there was little evidence they were going to escape the drop anyhow . They'd also played the same amount of games as teams above them .
Partick on the other hand had only lost 1 in there last 5 and were only 2 points behind QotS having played a game less. With the season coming to a abrupt end there was always going to be clubs unhappy especially the ones in the relegation spots though I do have a certain sympathy for partick in they had played a game less than the team above them which might have made all the difference in there survival.
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09-06-2023 10:12 AM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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09-06-2023 10:26 AM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
From what I can remember it wasn’t that they were campaigning for no promotion/relegation, it was that they wanted the leagues reconstructed to suit them.
My memories from the time are a bit hazy though.
Is the champagne still on ice?"...when Hibs won the Scottish Cup final and that celebration, Sunshine on Leith? I don’t think there’s a better football celebration ever in the game.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
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09-06-2023 10:33 AM #24This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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09-06-2023 10:41 AM #25
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Wondered why they had a flag with the Hearts crest on it when they played Ayr in the playoffs. Forgot about their love in. Delighted they didn't get promoted. Champagne on ice for another day.
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09-06-2023 10:53 AM #26
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09-06-2023 11:06 AM #28
I also see Livi are without a shirt sponser for next season. They're down a hole already but that will be a further blow to them if they can't get anyone.
"...when Hibs won the Scottish Cup final and that celebration, Sunshine on Leith? I don’t think there’s a better football celebration ever in the game.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
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09-06-2023 11:08 AM #29This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I didn't even remember that it was for one season only. What would have happened following season? 2 or even 3 relegations with clubs that might have been miles off bottom spot dragged in to the mire to protect Hearts top flight status?
**** them, and all who supported them."...when Hibs won the Scottish Cup final and that celebration, Sunshine on Leith? I don’t think there’s a better football celebration ever in the game.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
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09-06-2023 11:17 AM #30This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Most of their fans, going by the posts on their forum, thought that was embarrassing.
To me it's like the guys that turned up at a game between Hibs and St Mirren and displayed a flag with an Irish rebel leader on it... which some folk tried to explain with 'but he was a Hibs Supporter'.
You get strange people in every support.
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