Clinically Depressed

Probably a bit too soon, but an excellent gesture from the good folk on this forum. Health permitting, I hope to come along and join them in the stand.

It was my honour and privilege to have known and spent a lot of time with Derek. One of Thistles, and life in generals, true gentlemen. Gave so much to the club behind the scenes, and a man I am proud to consider a friend. He will be sorely missed.

Yup, that's the one Willjag. It was only a week or so ago that I found that one of Trigger with the cheesy smile. Gave me a couple of sleepless nights, that did! Picture number 10 was the one I'm chuffed at seeing again. That was fun to take. NIce [ics from a splendid site. Thanks Will.

Hello everybody. Heard about Brown's sad passing, so couldn't pay my respects without doing what a lot are doing and sharing a couple of fond stories. If you remember our back-to-back championships, when we clinched the 1st Division title, it occurred to me that since the 2nd Division title hadn't yet been decided, we were the champions of two divisions at the same time. I wrote to the old Bob Crampsey column in the Evening Times and he confirmed it was a World's first in footballing terms. I mentioned it to Brown, and when we were presented with the 1st Division trophy, he made sure the SFL didn't take the 2nd trophy away until we got it recorded for posterity. I still have those pictures. Another memory was at home reserve games in the mainstand where a load of us sat in front of the Directors box for a 90 minutes "sweeties and putting the near side linesman off" session. After each shout of abuse at the lino, the sweetie bag came out, and it was raised for any directors to grab one. We knew Brown's hand would be the first in the bag. The it would be Tom Hughes and finally Alan Cowan, almost as if he was waiting to see if they'd been poisoned first. Lots of laughs in more innocent and carefree times. R.I.P. Brown. The most approachable and pleasant Director we've had, IMVHO.

It'll be accompanied by a dedicated website, so look out for some pictures from two youth games yesterday taken by yours truly, when I came back temporarily as a favour to Mr. Britton in support of a fine initiative.

Just spotted this. Thanks Twinny. Every fan is always welcome to share my pics. It's all about us fans after all. I'm preparing for a couple of major photo projects in the Summer, but pain permitting, I'm hoping to be at Dumbarton for a last hurrah.

Thanks Davie. The milder weather makes mobility easier, so good to see the Springtime kick in again. Thanks Scotty, but I vigorously deny your "glory hunter" allegation, although someone DID catch a pic of me and some of my pals making our way to the game. ----------> http://gv.pl/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gun_cartoon_web.jpg

A rather large (well, very large, actually) selection of pics from the game against Dunfermline, and some post-match trophy presentation and celebration pics are now available for viewing below; - https://plus.google....7425?banner=pwa Was nice to be back for the past few games, thanks to the curative powers of Diclofenac, Co-Dydramol and Dihydrocodeine). Hope you enjoy these as much as you used to. Smiling families, a gifted Scotch pie, witnessing a near fight at half time, two pitch invasions, one half full bottle of champagne left on the pitch for one fan to enjoy, celebrating players and fans, one childish petulant act that I found awfully funny, one wee child at the end who got lost, but was reunited with her parents by the stewards. All in a day at Firhill. At the end end of the day, we can all say; - "WHA'S LIKE US? DAMN MANY, AND MAIST OF THEM WERE AT FIRHILL ON THE 27TH OF APRIL, 2013. Respect, CD. Edited to add. I'm also enjoying everyones own accounts of the day, either by picture or videos. Keep them coming! ------ (That's meant to be Thistle "on fire").

Will start creating my title celebration set (though I suspect they won't be as good as many, many camera phone pics taken from the pitch invasion) as soon as I eat a great big curry, down a few bottles of alcohol-free wheat beer and generally celebrate with mates, but thought the ones who couldn't make it today might enjoy seeing this: - https://plus.google....partnerid=gplp0 Some unique perspectives to come, but it's all about the fans for now.

Some of the lifeguards at Whitehill swimming pool came up and shook my hand this morning, and offered congrats. That was nice of them.

(sorry - couldn't resist it. I'll get me coat).

Humility = dignity. In other words, you can't truly have dignity without humility. Respect to you, and good luck to your team next season.

Just saw it, Davie. Thanks for the heads up, and nice to see the goals and celebrations shown professionally, but I prefer the emotions and views of the stand clips made by the two guys on their phones in other threads. (NO idea why I put in the wee guy wi' the tache).

Only the great Lord Jeff Stelling can officially declare us champions to make it official, so here it is You Tubed. (Apologies for shakiness - it's my first ever You Tube upload attempt). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S1MA4r1nS8&feature=youtu.be

Fair point. I suppose I should've put up the next pic where the Thistle players all have their hands in the air and shouting for a penalty, but as the cation said, it's a matter for the individual fan to make their minds up whether they think it's a handball or not. Personally, I was too busy taking pics with one eye, and watching a guy trying to eat two pies at the same time with the other.