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  1. Interesting point about BBC TV coverage Norgethistle. Is it correct clubs don't get anything for being televised? Seems strange any club would have agreed to that given that it only results in less income overall. Can clubs "refuse" to be selected? BBC must be pleased with the outcome. There have been some decent matches this season - ironically including Thistle's.
  2. This is well past tedious. Being swept along on the tide of so-called fan ownership doesn't mean an end to financial worries. They will always exist. Clubs at our level will always need investment from whatever source they can find in order to survive. Our club must be the only beneficiary of funding from a multi-millionaire but, in short time, have to rely on a random cup draw to be able to play the wages. Business men have put £500k into the club. From all reports they would like to top that up to £1m yet here we are squabbling about if it should be allowed and why, who said (or didn't say) what, where, when etc. Please find an alternative platform for all this stuff. First and foremost we're a football club and this is a football forum.
  3. Wouldn't disagree with any of that. The worry is surely that this was against a team that is demonstrably the worst in the Premiership by a mile and only 3 positions ahead of us in the mythical 42-club league. They've won twice in 25 matches, shipping 42 goals in that time. We are often told there's nothing much between the lower part of the premiership and the upper part of the Championship and "league expansion" gets an airing. Are they that much worse than the other 11? There must be some reason they are so easy to beat but Thistle never really looked like finding it.
  4. 8 mins highlights up on Airdrie TV.
  5. Yesterday was 50 up for Doolan. W 26 D 15 L 9 Goals F 102 A 60.
  6. A common typo. If you go into the British Newspaper Archive this morning and key in "Patrick Thistle" you'll see there are 2,925 "hits".
  7. Statistically, you are correct Jagfox. Since joining the SFL in 1893/94 Thistle have beaten teams in a (then) higher division just 7 times. · 1899/00 St Bernard’s (Div 1). Thistle in Div 2. · 1982/83 Kilmarnock, eventually! (Prem Div). Thistle in 1st Division. · 1988/89 St Mirren after a replay (Prem Div). Thistle in 1st Division. · 1999/00 Livingston (Div 1). Thistle in 2nd Division. · 2000/01 Dundee after a replay (Prem Div). Thistle in 1st Division. · 2005/06 Inverness CT after a replay, ET and penalties (Prem Div). Thistle in 2nd Division. · 2023/24 Ross County (premiership). Thistle in Championship. Remember of course that between 1902/03 and 1969/70 Thistle spent 61 consecutive seasons in the top flight so beating a team in a higher league was impossible. Keep a look out for more on this in the Stats Watch in The Thistle Archive later today.
  8. When you've finished with hospitality and the toilets is there any spare cash left to upgrade the floodlights? They've deteriorated badly over the last few seasons. When I see Friday night matches on BBC I'm struck how much brighter other clubs' are.
  9. But Maxwell is SFA, not SPFL. Please don't tell me "the company" in these rules means the SFA. That would be even worse!
  10. Someone keep me right here but if I've understood this gibberish, (ignoring the VAT for the moment) for every £100 in receipts in ticket/gate receipts... Take in £100. £15 goes to club immediately. Leaves £85. £42.50 goes to SPFL. Club retains remaining £42.50. Total club income from the match therefore £57.50. Is that correct? In one sense a home play-off match is no different to a league match. The away team does not share the "gate". The SPFL do not get a cut. (Do they? ) If so, then the obvious question is why the SPFL get their mitts on £42.50 of every £100 generated. Who voted for that nonsense?
  11. My favourite anecdote about "Big Tiny" was when Jimmy Johnstone thought Celtic should have had a penalty (the ball went out for a goal-kick). As they were walking back up towards the half-way line Johnstone says to Wharton "Haw Mr Wharton, that wis a penalty" to which the reply came "I think when you read your Sunday Post tomorrow Mr Johnstone, you'll find it wasn't".
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