TJF Board
Election Candidates
2025
Six nominations were received for the three vacancies in the TJF Board due to arise at the 2025 AGM in June.
A member ballot will take place to determine the elected candidates. The three highest-ranked candidates will be elected for a term of up to three years.
Members of TJF over the age of 16 have been sent information about how to cast their ballot. Voting will commence by Sunday 1st June. All ballots must be cast no later than 10pm BST on Sunday 15th June 2025.
If you are eligible to vote but have not received your e-ballot by Sunday 1st June please email contact@thejagsfoundation.co.uk.
You can find the list of candidates, in alphabetical order by surname, complete with personal statements, below.
David Brown
I was elected to the current TJF board for a one-year term and I am standing again for an extended term.
Now in my 61st glorious year, I believe that the Fan Ownership model is key in preserving our heritage and building our future at PTFC.
This past year (our first full season, within fan ownership) has been enlightening and deeply fulfilling. From standing on an empty freezing concourse labelling shirts in December to the logistics of coordinating the TJF takeover to engaging with our membership and the various issues, ideas, and initiatives that they have.
A large part of work done this year has been engaging with Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities with the purpose of developing new relationships with the academic and student bodies that would lead to an increase in our future fanbase. This has been hugely rewarding and we have a model in place with the club now that will allow us to scale this exercise into other Unis, Colleges and schools, including departments such as Sports Science and Sports analytics.
I respectfully stand again and hope to continue to add value to the Foundation, our members and the football club.
Graeme Cowie
It’s been a privilege to serve my fellow Jags fans since 2022. I’ve worked with talented and dedicated people from different walks of life and learned a lot in that time. And I’m willing to do it all again! I feel I have more to contribute, and I want to mentor and support the next generation of fan leaders, before stepping back.
Community organisations are stronger when they have a mix of fresh faces and institutional memory. My face is anything but fresh but, having served already on TJF’s board, as one of its core office-bearers and as one of its trustee reps, I have driven forward several important initiatives. I want to ensure those are properly embedded as we move towards a more “normal” fan ownership experience. I want to build on TJF’s Census to put fans more firmly at the centre of everything the Club does.
My three priorities, if re-elected, would be:
(a) fan dialogue – making the Club’s default instinct to consult, involve and explain
(b) sustainability – holding the Club Board to account for their financial strategy and delivery
(c) keeping fan ownership fresh and fun – growing the Jags community off the pitch
Simon Dickson
Jags-mad since 1979, I’m a television executive who has worked in senior roles for Channel 4, ITV and the BBC, and run two successful production companies.
Highly experienced at generating new ideas and overseeing their delivery, I’ll be capable of coming up with TJF fundraising initiatives and getting them over the line.
I was the producer behind Channel 4’s long-running hit series “First Dates” and once crash-landed a Boeing 727 in the Mexican desert for a TV documentary. For “The Plane Crash” I managed a team of hundreds of people – proving I’m capable of tackling major project management challenges.
Most of my shows involved complex negotiations with big companies and organisations. This taught me how to balance the priorities of different stakeholders – often against the clock and on tight budgets. If I’m elected I will use this experience to foster meaningful outcome-focused collaboration between TJF and Thistle.
Promoting my shows in the media has given me tons of experience of marketing and communications. I will use this to help TJF and Thistle paint a picture of their shared vision, winning the trust of increasing numbers of our fellow supporters and deepening their engagement with our fan-ownership adventure.
Charly McGlinchey
I became a Partick Thistle fan recently. Although I’ve always enjoyed football, I disliked the sectarian divide—despite having family on both sides of the Old Firm. A relative invited me to a Thistle game, and I was instantly drawn in by the community feel. It was welcoming, with no religious overtones, and I now attend all home matches, feeling part of the PTFC community.
This connection led me to volunteer with the Charitable Trust’s Extra Time programme. Seeing its impact on the local community deepened my appreciation for how football unites people. I’ve also taken part in events with the Jags Foundation and Proud Jags, and supported Football v Homophobia month as an Ally.
Since becoming a fan, I’ve only ever felt included. Outside football, I work in a secondary school, running a programme for Care Experienced young people. I build strong relationships with volunteer mentors—some of whom also support Thistle. My compassionate nature drives me to help others, and I believe my experience aligns with the club’s values.
I’d love to be a voice for those who’ve felt alienated from football and found a sense of belonging at Firhill—just as I did.
Ben Parker
I was born and brought up in north Glasgow and went to my first Thistle game in the late-1980s with my dad.
There have been many highs, however for me the biggest low was the ‘Save the Jags’ campaign.
That is why I believe it is important for the fan representatives to be able to hold the Club Board to account on the financial, commercial and corporative governance decisions being made.
I have been a Chartered Accountant for 15 years and would bring my experience as a Finance Director in the energy sector to properly scrutinise cash management, budgeting and all other financial risk areas.
This, and a pro-active fundraising drive, is the sensible financial footing our club always needs to be on.
More than just that, as a fan representative, I want to listen to and properly represent, the views of the majority of Jags fans. I think it is important not to come into this already in a certain mindset or with an established view on the ways things should be done.
I want the club to do more in our community, working with local charities on social causes which affect our fans and the wider Glasgow area.
Max Ramsay
Being on the TJF board would cement my journey as a lifelong Jags fan, my son is now a fourth-generation fan and loving the journey. Personally, volunteering and supporting the club at this time is important to me as my dad can longer get to matches, and I am at a time in my life when volunteering is important.
Since moving home to Glasgow in August last year, my son and I have enjoyed getting to home & away games, travelling on the Jordanhill Supporters bus. My son’s journey as a Jags fan started with his first kit, bought to celebrate Thistle’s promotion to the Premier in 2013. He was the only kid in nursery in Sydney, Australia in a Jags kit.
Professionally, I have 20+ years of exec-level leadership in digital media & publishing, including 10+ years as CTO of sports technology and fan engagement consultancies, working on BT Sports, DAZN, BeIN. I could bring experiences from here to help push fundraising.
My son recently celebrated his thirteenth birthday in May at Somerset Park, a great result and birthday night out but also inspired the name for his new pet; we now have a cat called “Lambie”.