The Jags Foundation welcomes the substantial new investment that has today been made into the Football Club. We thank lead investor Donald McClymont, and his fellow investors, who have between them injected £500k of new capital into the Club. Why this investment is needed This investment was necessary because of the erosion of reserves suffered…
The Jags Foundation welcomes the SFA, SPFL and SWPL’s joint statement opposing more onerous regulation of football supporters’ buses. We hope the widespread strength of feeling expressed across the Scottish footballing community encourages the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain to think again, and to drop their plans. Effective and proportionate policing has to begin from…
Sunday’s hugely successful open day at Firhill saw several new sign-ups to The Jags Foundation. We’d like to thank every one of those new members – adult and junior – for supporting fan ownership. Among them are four members of Partick Thistle Women’s FC: captain Demi Falconer; current longest-serving player Clare Docherty; defender Leah Robinson;…
The fan ownership journey for The Jags Foundation has been one of disappointments at various times, but incredible highs too. The highs have always been caused by interactions with our members. Fan ownership delivered Today, we are able to share a momentous high with our members. We can confirm that The Jags Foundation, together with…
The Jags Foundation is delighted to announce our latest recruit. Kris Doolan, the men’s team manager, has joined the ranks of our now almost 1400 members. Kris has always been incredibly supportive of Thistle-fan-led initiatives, first in his time as a player and now as manager. We all know the affection he holds for our…
At the TJF AGM this evening, we were pleased to announce the results of the 2023 director elections. The campaign was a strong one, with six very promising candidates. Although there were only three vacancies, we are confident that all six will have something important to contribute to the fan ownership journey in the next…
Thank You The Partick Thistle support really are a special group of people. At TJF, knowing that the financial situation at the Club was challenging has weighed on our minds for some time. We knew the truth had to come out, but we were nervous as to how the fans would respond to it. We…
The following statement was shared with the Club Board in advance of publication. We are also grateful to the Club Board for advanced sight of their statement on financial disclosure. The TJF Board was invited to a meeting around the time of the formation of the Interim Club Board last year. At that meeting, Duncan…
Our survey on the Conference League proposal has now concluded. Thank you to the 384 members who took part. What were the key findings? The TJF membership is decisively against the inclusion of B-teams in the Scottish football pyramid. The headline figures from the three questions we asked are as follows: Nearly 75% oppose even…
A significant number of our members have been in touch to ask us about our and the Club’s positions on the so-called “Conference League”. This is an alleged proposal to insert a new division in Scottish football between League Two and the Highland and Lowland Leagues. The new league would host the B-teams of a…