Stan Butler Says

There was of course a third local club , Dumbarton Harp, who played in the Third Division in the 20s. Have a place in Thistle’s history as the opponents in the first ever match at Firhill, a Scottish Cup tie in 1909, scoring the very first Firhill goal. The match ball is on display in the Firhill boardroom with Dumbarton Harp’s name on it.

He was also affectionately known as Ian Flute.

If I remember correctly, Thistle wore this strip once or twice when the idea of “shirt sponsorship” was being mooted. Like an “advert for an advert”, it was to show prospective advertisers what their name on the shirt would look like. Now, out of context, yes it has a weird look.

Thanks for the replies. I have joined the Pollok forum and it looks excellent. I agree that Friday night flood-lit matches have their own attraction - particularly if you live locally - will be interesting to see what the crowd is.

This thread has had a somewhat esoteric start. Is it alright if it’s used for general Pollok chat… can’t see any Pollok stuff elsewhere…. so can I ask:: why is the South Challenge Cup match v Camelon next weekend switched to the Friday night?

Aye, remember the golden Lambie days, pre-Bosman and internet, turn up on Saturday and a complete stranger playing in midfield, would take half match to work out who it was!

I was privileged to witness Tiny’s last ever match - Ayr United v Thistle @ 1990s … linesman injured and a call for any qualified referee in the crowd to step in. Big cheer from both sets of fans when this old but still unmistakable giant figure emerged from the tunnel , resplendent (as always) in shirt and tie , SFA blazer, and grey flannels tucked into a pair of old football socks, and in the only pair of size 13 football boots to be found at Somerset Park. Tiny duly took up a position midway between the halfway and goal lines, and didn’t budge an inch for the rest of the match. Cue several controversial offside flags raised from Tiny’s unique vantage point. No-one argued with him.

I’m a Thistle fan - just clocked Danny Fucking Masterton’s smiling coupon in the middle of the front row. You could have warned us.

I trust Queens Park will be disciplining their number 5 Fox for spitting at the Partick Thistle support near the end.

The PTFC Trust Facebook statement reveals that each adult season ticket holder has a “vote”, and on the next line the words “democratic” and “representative” are used. This presumably means one thing: there will be (and quickly) an election, in which all season ticket holders, including for example and of course Foundation members, can participate in as candidates and voters. We should look forward to the hustings.

Last night was dramatic but an appalling game of football. Perhaps no-one should be surprised that Dick Campbell was at the heart of it. This has always been his speciality - turgid teams in low quality football. 16 years ago today his duff Partick Thistle side (Mark Roberts excepted) fluked that play-off penalty win over Peterhead - seems he used all his rotten luck up then. Ironically, playing for Peterhead that day was a young Bobby Linn.

Perhaps unfairly, but it was always a bit personal between Dick Campbell and Thistle fans. I know myself and my friends found him to be a dislikeable blowhard. - full of shite like his very first interview when he sneered at the possibility of relegation under his charge - which of course then happened, and his crap about being “a miner’s son frae Fife” when in real life he was a double glazing salesman. This could all be tolerated if a team is winning - no wonder Arbroath fans are happy with him - but the knives were out at Firhill as his car-crash of a side made the eyes bleed week in week out. As said before he did sign the.fantastic Mark Roberts, and his teams certainly fought hard and gave us some great moments in a sea of absolute dross . Dick will unfortunately never be liked at Firhill, but I suppose you can say the same thing about The Great Lambie and Falkirk fans!

Wee Stevie Ross was of course the goalie in Tommy Bryce’s famous “Worst Thistle Team In History” , in 98-99. Absolute comedy team. Going further back, for me the worst Thistle goalie ever was Nelson Still, who should have changed his first name to “Stood”.

Everyone’s a winner here. Rangers can upgrade their manager from a position of strength at the top of the league. Gerrard leaves to join a genuinely big English club, after fulfilling his remit of stopping 10 in a row, and he no longer has to hide his daughter Lourdes. Sorted.

Thistle - Killie hatred was big in the 70s and 80s as said. Battles on and off the park. But yes it’s not really there now. The sub-plot for Thistle is the disadvantage of not having a local rivalry to speak of - most clubs gain from having one, and it’s obviously box-office.. I still see our rivals to hate as the Old Firm, but obviously for many years now they just ignore us mostly. It was never Clyde or Queens Park, though we had a thing back in the day with Clydebank and The Airdrie Section B , till they literally died on us. Right now we just need someone to hate us.