One team in Glasgow Partick Thistle

Sorry for taking so long to get this up. The lucky winner of the strip was MMCF(aka Paul Dorrian).

Thanks to everybody who contributed. Even my Girlfriend who gave a tenner saying that it was cheap at the price to stop me moaning for a little while!

Here are the names:

Gucci £15 Craig Morrison
stuart_adam £10 Stuart Grierson
Fawltytowers £20 Martin Towers
willjag £10 willian Jarvis
West Ender £20 Jim Mackay
Honved £10 Tom Hogg
Woodstock Jag £20 Graeme Cowie
Shuggie £10 Hugh Cooper
Twinny £20 Christopher Mason
MMCF £20.00 Paul Dorrian
Jag of Arabia £25 George Harris
James Anderson £10
Graham £20
Allan Heron £20
GrantB £10
Gillian £10
Stewart Murray £10
Ailsa Connell-Wilson £10
Doni £10
Alan Murray £10
Martin Dempsey   £28.21

Partick Thistle 5 v 0 Greenock Morton

Saturday 29nd August 2009 3.00 pm Firhill Stadium
Reporter Alan Murray
Referee: John McKendrick
Attendance: 2,986

Thistle made a couple of changes with Ian Maxwell and Chris Erskine coming in for Stephen McKeown and Simon Donnelly.

This allowed for a change in formation to 3-5-2.

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Irn-Bru Scottish League First Division

Saturday 29th August 2009

Firhill Stadium

Kick-Off 3.00pm

Admission

Adults: £16.00

Concessions: £11.00

Under 16’s FREE

Referee: John McKendrick

On their way to Firhill this Saturday, Jags fans will not be asking “will we win to day”. It will be more like “will we score?” Anyway, come three o’clock, I am sure Mr. McCall will have come up with the answer to the problem and will put out a team that will bring our first three points in the league this season. Ian has more or less a full squad to pick from, so a visit to the tavern after the game could be on the cards.

Morton travel to Firhill with a major goalkeeping problem with their three top goalkeepers out injured. The problem is so bad that they had to register goalkeeping coach 43year old David Wylie, to cover for 19 year old rookie Ryan McWilliams.

A name for Jags fans to fear this Saturday is Peter Weatherson.A gentleman with a similar sounding name caused the Jags no end of trouble in our last two games.

Partick Thistle 1 v 2 Queen of the South

Tuesday 25nd August 2009 3.00 pm Firhill Stadium
Reporter Alan Murray with help from Calvin Murray
Referee: George Salmond
Attendance: 1,527

Standing in a rather long queue waiting to get my ticket to get in, I overheard Lance being told there was a late change in the line up. This change turned up to be Bryan Hodge who had suspected conjunctivitis. McCall then turned to David Rowson - who was expected to be rested for this game due to a sore shoulder.

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Saturday 22nd August 2009 3.00 pm Palmerston Park,
Reporter Stewart Murray
Referee: Charlie Richmond
Attendance: 2915

The day started pretty well actually, it was sunny, the drive to Dumfries was pleasant enough and we had a most enjoyable lunch in a cafe overlooking the river Nith (it was actually overlooking a car park next to the river but I’m trying to paint a picture here ok?).
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Irn Bru Scottish First Division

Saturday22 August 2009

Palmerston Park Dumfries

Kick-Off 3pm

Referee: Charlie Richmond

Admission

Adults £15.00

Concessions £6.00 [OAP's Students and Carers]

Under 16’s £3.00

Less able  FREE

A Couple in New Zealand awoke this week to find a naked man in their bed !The Australian had been staying with another guest, but during the night he wandered into the couples room. After admitting he couldn’t remember his friends name or room number the police gave him a ride home. With the travel difficulties getting home from  Dumfries, maybe the quickest way  would be a ride home with Strathclydes finest.

Ian McCall travels down to Palmerston with a problem, who to play up front. With Doolan, Hamilton and Sid all playing well and scoring at Forfar,the question is should he bring back Liam? It looks like Liam will start on the bench.

Queen of the South who are managed by 2 ex Jags in Gordon Chisholm and Kenny Brannigan, had a great victory against Dunfermline on Tuesday. I am sure Jags fans will give a warm welcome to ex Jag David Lilley and ex Airdrie Willie McLaren.

Train and Bus

Leave Glasgow Central [train] 11.03 Arrive Kilmarnock 11.41[Bus] Leave Kilmarnock 1151 Arrive Dumfries 13.55 [You can leave one hour later but the bus does not arrive till 14.49.]

Return  [Bus] Dumfries 17.40 Arrive Kilmarnock 1945 [Train] Leave Kilmarnock 1950 Arrive Glasgow Central 20.27

Fares £15.30 return

Children with Adult on this route only[not valid via Carlisle] FREE

Railcard £10.10

Match report - Forfar vs Partick Thistle Alba Cup
Tuesday 18 August 2009 7.45 pm Station Park,
Reporter Paul Murray
Referee: David Somers
Attendance: 532

In the lead up to last week’s Alan Archibald testimonial Chic Charnley said of Alan : ‘…he is one of those players that you don’t notice him when he’s in your team but when he’s not there you miss him.’ Well, as Alan, returning from injury, once again led out Thistle up at Forfar in a potentially very difficult Alba cup tie I hoped Chic’s slightly back handed choice of compliment would ring true and that Archie would have a quietly efficient evening marshalling the Thistle rearguard. Read More »

Partick Thistle 0 Ross County 0
Saturday 14 August 2009 3.00pm Firhill
Reporter Alan Murray
Referee: Crawford Allan
Attendance: 2,391

McCall chose to stick with his 4-3-3 formation but asked Mark Corcoran to swap wings to the right to accommodate Erskine on the left.

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Irn-Bru Scottish League First Division

Saturday 15th August 2009

Firhill Stadium Glasgow

Kick-Off 3pm

Referee: C.Allan

Admission

Adults: £16.00

Senior Citizens: £11.00

Youths [16-21] Full time education

Under 16’s FREE

On Tuesday, the country set donned their Berber jackets, jumped into their 4×4’s and set off to the moors for the start of the game season. This Saturday, Jags fans will be putting on their beloved strips and heading to Firhill for the game to start off our season at home against Ross County.

Ian McColl should be able to add the name of Willie Kinniburgh to his pool after Willies return to action in “Archie’s” testimonial on Tuesday night. If the rumours are right, we will be missing Liam Buchanan and possibly Stephen Mckeown

Ross County travel down to Firhill with ex Jags Scott Boyd and Paul Di Giacomo in their pool, Stuart Kettlewell and Steven Craig are well known faces to Jags fans and they will be in Derek Adams thoughts for Saturday, also in the pool will be ex Celt and Inverness Jag, Ian Vigurs and the “John Carew” of Ross County, 6′2” Garry Woods.

PARTICK THISTLE 1 LIVERPOOL XI 1

Alan Archibald Testimonial

Match report-Tuesday 11 August 2009

by Partick the Dog (with assistance from Wee Honk)

On Saturday 5^th April 1997, at East Fife’s old Bayview Stadium in front of less than 1000 fans, Murdo MacLeod unfolded his arms long enough to usher into the action a bullet-headed young defender to play his part in a 2-0 victory. Unlike other participants on that fateful day, such as “Big” Jim Slavin and Hreinn “Turbo” Hringsson, whose Thistle careers crashed and burned, Alan Archibald has over the past dozen years built himself into the archietexture of Partick Thistle Football Club.

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