Bobbyhouston Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 With current situation will the legacy that Colin Weir left be closed down due to financial impact of Corona Virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 This was posted on the Academy Facebook page on 21st March: Academy Director Update: ‘It’s been just over a week now since all football in scotland was put on hold for the foreseeable future. This has presented numerous challenges for everyone, and we are no different at the academy. Following the advice of the governing bodies all academy group activity is currently cancelled until further notice but we have been working behind the scenes to ensure all of our staff, players and families will remain active and connected in the weeks ahead. I contacted all of our staff in the early part of last week to inform them there will be no changes to our staffing or financing in the months ahead and all coaches will remain active (and paid) as we move to an innovative new way of working. We will look after our people as much as we can. We have also been busy developing a new, innovative online learning resource that will be launched on Monday. Our players and their families will have access to online coaching, training resources and group challenges so our academy community stays connected. We have had great input from several first team players who will be contributing to our new structure while they continue to train at home. Thanks to all of the guys who have bought into the ideas and contributed so far. It’s a challenging time for us all but sticking together and staying connected is one way we can all support each other through these challenges. Our new way of working will be launched on Monday and all players & families will be contacted with further details. Look after yourselves, your families and those who need support in your local communities. Hopefully see you all soon! Best wishes, Scott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 I would expect the Academy and Women’s team to re-start when the health outlook improves and sport comes back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 TBH as long as the club survives i don't really care about the added extras, selfish i know but the first team is the bread and butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 Will Partick Thistle FC survive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, sandy said: I would expect the Academy and Women’s team to re-start when the health outlook improves and sport comes back. I think that both of these will be necessary for the health and well-being of communities when we come out the other side of this pandemic. Football, at all levels has been in need of a shake-up for a long time. So, like many areas of society, we should be looking at getting things right from the ( re) start and the womans' and youth set-ups need to be part of this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARu-Strathbungo Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 14 hours ago, scotty said: I think that both of these will be necessary for the health and well-being of communities when we come out the other side of this pandemic. Football, at all levels has been in need of a shake-up for a long time. So, like many areas of society, we should be looking at getting things right from the ( re) start and the womans' and youth set-ups need to be part of this. Gordon, I agree with what you say, this virus is ripping up the rulebook in many ways, and it would be nice to think that something good might come out of something so destructive. Perhaps the obvious [IMO] would be an opportunity to rearrange football in Scotland better to serve communities, and perhaps one of the more obvious one is the ideas coming from the Juniors / Lowland leagues to establish a functioning pyramid system for men's football and woman's football, this is something I think could benefit the Scottish game massively and move us away from leagues of only 10 teams ………………… or will just end up with the bigots from Govan and the bigots from Parkhead calling the shots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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