Fred Angelo

No.

Looks like the SFA has allowed Newgers to sign up all the players they need up until the beginning of September, then there's an embargo for a year, then they can sign up all the players they want for the next season. A meaningless sanction, so they should have no trouble moving up the divisions. In any case, the reformed leagues for season 13/14 will be "jerry"mandered, so that Newgers will be back in the top tier by season 14/15, if not before.

According to the BBC, the Scottish Football League has approached broadcasters with a package to show up to 25 live Rangers matches in Division Three next season. I'm not sure I favour this, as I presume the SFL will be paying the broadcasters.

The bottom line is that we support Partick Thistle FC and not an individual person, such as David Beattie. It would be different if it was a dictatorship and he was the Fuehrer. But the board and the fans have a say in what happens at the club, to a greater and lesser extent respectively. If Mr Beattie has gone against the wishes of the board, that would be unfortunate. However I'm sure Mr Beattie is expecting the support of the board, whatever he may or may not have said, done or voted. It may be the case that the board finds itself between the devil and the deep blue sea, which might explain the ambiguity of what has been said by the club to date. The issue will not go away, but we will all continue supporting Partick Thistle, more or less. The more or less will depend on whether or not the club is open and honest about how it voted on this issue. On a personal note, in my correspondence with the club on this matter, I pledged to purchase a season ticket if the club backed the newco SFL 3 option instead of the newco SFL 1 option. Now, if the club can be open and honest about how it voted, irrespective of whether it voted yes or no to the newco in SFL1, I pledge that I will buy a season ticket.

Really sorry, but I suspect we are being fed weasel words. Although the club is implying that we were one of the 25, sadly I believe we were one of the five. Let's ask for a plain unequivocal statement in plain English. Were we one of the 25 or one of the 5?

Oldage?

Don't tell me Owen Coyle's been sighted close to Firhill...

Glasgow has only one team.

Ayr United will be relegated. Stirling will be promoted. Airdrie Undead will win the play-off competition and stay up. Even if they don't, some other team will go bust and they will stay up somehow.

Good to see some old friends have also got a trial.