The Jags Foundation is delighted to announce that its members have approved a new strategic partnership with the Thistle Weir Youth Academy. 703 members voted on two distinct but related proposals for TJF to provide support to the Youth Academy. The consultation questions Members were asked to give their verdict on two questions. Question 1:…
So many of us dreamt, as boys and girls, of captaining Partick Thistle to glory. Raising a trophy aloft at Hampden Park, while proudly sporting a red and yellow jersey. For one man, 52 years ago this week, that dream came true. There could scarcely be a more appropriate candidate for the fifteenth Thistle Pin…
We would like to thank the members that have been in touch with us about the investment process and outcome: both the positive and the messages containing challenge. Scrutiny matters because ultimately, we represent you: our members. We have prepared a document for the purposes of informing the fans in more detail about the investment…
Thanks to the fantastic dedication of TJF’s 1,650+ members, we are able to commit £10k every month to support Partick Thistle’s budget. Fan fundraising is now a firmly established part of the mix in making the Club a success on and off the park. As part of our long-term partnership with the Club, we are…
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…
It was great to see so many fans at the Banzo Testimonial fixture at Firhill in September, cheering on a Thistle stalwart. We hope the entertainment served up by Banzo – and his team-mates past and present – brought back some fond memories. The response to the Banzo Testimonial year has been phenomenal. The race…
The fourteenth Thistle Pin sees us traipse back 60 years, to an era in which Partick Thistle achieved their highest ever league finish. Cornelius McQuade Duffy, known as Neil, was the key goal threat in 1962-63, when only a spate of winter postponements could get in the way of an historic Jags title push. Neil’s…
It feels like Stuart Bannigan has been waiting forever to mark his decade of Thistle service. A global pandemic and a prolonged 2022-23 campaign got in the way, but now we’re almost there… Banzo’s career at Thistle has had it all. Starting in the youth team, progressing all the way to a first-team regular in…
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;…