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…
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…
The thirteenth Thistle Pin depicts a man who is as well known to referees as he is the Firhill faithful. Associated as much with stories about samurai swords and traffic cones as footballing brilliance. We’re proud to present the Chic Charnley Pin! Lambie’s Lad James Callaghan Charnley began his senior career with St Mirren, going…
Our twelfth Thistle Pin sees us return to the League Cup winning team. Bobby Lawrie, the Jags’ outside left, wearing number 11, scored the second Thistle goal of four on that famous day in October 1971. Bobby’s time at Thistle Bobby was signed by Thistle in 1969 under Scott Symon, after a spell playing for…
We’ve now reached the tenth Thistle Pin in the series. We have sold more than 1700 Pins to date, to more than 400 different members, which is well beyond our most optimistic of expectations. Your enthusiasm on this journey has enabled us to raise funds not just for TJF, but also Jags For Good (including…
The ninth design in the Thistle Pins series will need no introduction to Jags fans who are regulars at Petershill on Sunday afternoons. We are delighted to announce the launch of the Hawksworth Pin. Just over a year ago, Partick Thistle inducted Mhairi Hawksworth into the Jags Hall of Fame. Mhairi was the first member…
For us, Thistle Pins is as much about telling the history of Partick Thistle as anything else. When choosing the legends to be depicted in each Pin, we try to strike a balance between the old and the new, so that Thistle fans of all ages have a stake in it. But this month we’ve…
Bidh cuimhne mheasail aig cuid den luchd-taic againn air Thistle Pin na mìos seo. Air a’ mhìos seo, tha sinn a’ toirt urram do Iain Èàirdsidh MacCoinnich a rugadh air aon de na h-Eileanan an Iar, eilean ìosal, uaine Thiriodh. Chanadh mòran den luchd-taic gur e an cluicheadair a b’ fheàrr a bh’ againn a-riamh…
Two millennia ago in Bethlehem, the Nativity story has it that Three Kings came bearing gifts for the baby Jesus. As a tribute to that tradition, and to raise money for a good local cause, we will be launching the Three Kings Pin on Friday 16th December at 7pm. About the Three Kings Pin The Three…
We are delighted to announce today that the fourth Thistle Pin is the McQuade Pin! The Mad Monk Denis McQuade, known as the Mad Monk (because he briefly contemplated entering the priesthood) spent 8 years as a player at Thistle. Denis played for the Jags more than 300 times, scoring 76 goals in competitive games….