Jaggernaut
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I wanted to give my first three thoughts for the name "Blair," but as the first had to do with despicable acts and lies, I decided not to go there.
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If he is better than before and still has the legs, then perhaps there would be a place for him if we are still in the Championship next year. But if we go up, we need much better than that.
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1 hour ago, Third Lanark said:
Is that Danny Devine who played or us in the premier league
I thought he was consistently awful when he was with us, and I wouldn't expect him to have improved at ICT.
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Right to left: John Hansen, Nobby Clark. Not sure who's next......
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3 minutes ago, Weebaw1 said:
It was Kenny and 10 diddies every week. I often wondered what his thoughts were.
Yes, and he seems happy to take part in Hall of Fame events and such like. What does he really think?
Surely a podcast crying out there, or have I missed it?
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4 hours ago, The Thistle Archive said:
It would indeed, that also came out on Twitter. An exciting wee sub-plot, he could also register a second 'Grand Slam' vs. Ayr on Saturday; 2 in one season would be unprecedented!
Reminds me of 'The Prisoner' when Patrick McGoohan asked the great computer who controlled everyone... WHY? The thing blew up! It was a most unsatisfactory ending to the series, but maybe it was brilliant.
The query does bring some great but hard questions... were Thistle and Ayr playing a top flight match or a championship match? And it it's a top-flight match, does that mean you're relegated if you lose it? And what of the Thistle v Ross County fixtures? Were Thistle playing a top-flight game or were Ross County playing a Championship game?
After 20 years and hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of labour, we've pondered everything to the nth degree. Statistics absolutely demand black lines, there can be no grey. One of the biggest decisions we made was to consult with fellow historians and to follow precedent. This is why - after much debate - we ruled out the Second World War alternative leagues as 'Official League' games, and it's also why we struck off the 5 SFL games of 1939-40 which were deemed void by the SFL itself. On the same basis, the consensus amongst historians and stottos is that play-off games are a separate competition, and we're even more comfortable with that than the wartime lines, it's a fairly easy decision to take when you consider hard the aforementioned questions.
Edited to add: it's also worth noting that play-off games existed over 100 years ago before there was automatic promotion/relegation. These would determine who would be in the re-election ballot at the league AGM. There's never been any doubt whatsoever about the status of those games, decidedly and categorically non-league affairs in all the books and published goals tables. Again - the precedent is set.
Our deeply considered drawn lines are permanently laid out on our 'About' page under 'Match Category Definitions'...
http://thethistlearchive.net/about
So much awe-inspiring material there, I'll limit my comment (actually not football-related) to this:
"The Prisoner:" Maybe the best ever series in the history of television.
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16 hours ago, The Thistle Archive said:
Most of your post-Airdrie updates in place, with a packed edition of 'Stats Watch'. Donald Wilson's capture nails it!
Partick Thistle 4 Airdrieonians 0 →
A MONUMENTAL SEASON FOR GRAHAM
● Amazingly, it's the first half-time stalemate in the league at Firhill in over a year, Queen's Park on 7 April 2023 being the last. Even more amazingly, Thistle won 4 nil that day too. ● Kerr McInroy hits double figures for competitive assists this season, now joint-top with Steven Lawless in that chart. ● Aidan Fitzpatrick hits the 20 mark in terms of goals/assists combined in all competitions this season. ● Brian Graham - the Division's top-scorer - has now scored against every team in the league this season! ● Brian Graham's brace (his 13th for the club) moves him onto 20 league goals for the season and he becomes only the 4th post-War to hit such a figure. The 3 other members of this super-exclusive club are Willie Sharp (22, 1953-54), Frank Coulston (21, 1970-71) & Maurice Johnston (22, 1982-83). See our (fully sortable) Top Scorers per season tables for the preceding 148 years. ● Brian Graham's tally of 24 goals in all competitions this term is the highest of any Thistle player since Maurice Johnston (35) in 1982-83. ● It's an impressive 3 goals in his 288 minutes for Ricco Diack who has scored in both home league matches with Airdrie this season. On both occasions he scored within 7 minutes of personal action! ● Points-per-game king of 2023-24 is undoubtedly Zander MacKenzie with just 2 losses in 22 games in all competitions this term. See our 'Squad Stats 2023-24' table (note: select the 'full' tab) to drill down more. ● For only the second time in the latest two league seasons, there are no bookings. The other instance? Versus Airdrie at the Excelsior back in August. What's going on?! ● In all competitions, Thistle have now registered 10 consecutive home wins versus Airdrieonians (2009 to date), extending the club-record in the H2H. ● Thistle qualify for the Premiership play-offs for the third successive season, where they will play… Airdrieonians! Third time lucky? ● Kris Doolan's Thistle remain unbeaten in 13 games played in the months of April and May. (c/o Matt Greer!) ongoing sequences: ● 6 competitive games without defeat, 16th Mar 2024 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games, 27th Oct 2023 to 2nd Dec 2023. Joint club-record: 16 games, 15th Nov 1975 to 21st Feb 1976 & 30th Sep 2000 to 13th Jan 2001.) ● 28 games in 3rd place (30th Sep 2023 to date), an extension of the club-record for a position outwith outright top or bottom. Overall, it's the longest run since the club-record of 33 games in bottom pace (12th), set between 20th Sep 2003 and 15th May 2004. ● 33 consecutive competitive appearances for Lewis Neilson, 15th Sep 2023 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Steven Lawless - 60 games, 18th Feb 2023 to 6th Apr 2024. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)
I'm for sure not looking forward to a third consecutive failure to win promotion through the play-offs. Would that be a first for any team? Would we ever be in a position to call any other team "bottlers"?
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I thought Airdrie played some good football in the first half, whereas we were generally losing at the first touch. The second half was another story! No "failures" in the team, but special mentions for Mitchell, Milne, Muirhead, McBeth, McInroy. And so as to spread it beyond the "Ms," Robinson, Fitpatrick and Graham.
Good entertainment , a decent crowd, and sunshine!
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Great burst forward from Bannigan and no checking back, but instead a superb forward pass! And Ricco showing again what we hope to see more of from him.
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Nifty footwork, nifty turn, nifty shot exactly where it needed to go!
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Good "scavenging" goal by BBG, picking up the scraps.
I might be wrong, but I get the feeling that in olden times (e.g. when Roughie was playing), keepers would routinely clutch those kinds of shots to their chest. But now they make little effort to do that, opting to just block and parry most of the time, with some disastrous consequences.
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Brilliant pass to Fitzy by McInroy! And Fitzy did the rest perfectlly.
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9 hours ago, Woodstock Jag said:
Statistical pedants are the vital core of our support.
Usually with narrowing confidence intervals as the season's normal distribution of scores progresses.
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Deserved.
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Back row, left to right: Tommy Rae, Charlie Smith, Ian Dick(?)., Bobby Gray, Donnie McK, Brian Ralston, Jackie Campbell, ?, ?, John Gibson, Bobby Houston
Front row, left to right: Jackie Husband, Bobby Gray Snr, Jim Mullen (?), Archie Lochrie (?), ?, ?, Eddie the Pru Man.
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Jackie Campbell,........ ?
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R.I.P.
Much too young!
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Will be wearing this for tomorrow's game at Kirkcaldy.
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Great read!
Would love BBG to keep banging them in all the way to the Premiership.
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Time to give Zander some consecutive starts.
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I was wondering what a Hogan was, thinking that it might be own goals by Jags players!
Not that I'm aware of any OG's by Joe in his 12-year spell at Thistle, his only senior club.
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Bad news for Stevie and for us.
Got to make the best of what we have; here's hoping that the players and coaches can produce some positives out of this, and that we supporters will give them even more encouragement.
Here's hoping for a full recovery for Stevie, who's been great for us.
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13 hours ago, jaggy said:
It’s funny how time changes your memories. I always thought he had a moustache
Maybe you're thinking of Eddie, the Pru man
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Eddie Prudham: the best short-term loanee we never got to keep!
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That might also qualify for furthest south...