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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 3h

And right on cue with PT brothers being in vogue, our 18s last night featured young Harry Stanway on the breakthrough, they grow up so fast! 👀

👉 thethistlearchive.net/2025-26-youth

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 4h

📍 Thistle Pin #25 is a bit of a milestone for @thejagsfoundation.bsky.social well done to all, and marking it with the Hansen brothers is classy! TTA pages for both brothers are fattened, including the source article for the chosen photo, here it is in the Sunday Post of 24 March 1974... 🇧🇪

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The Jags Foundation @thejagsfoundation.bsky.social · 8h

Introducing... the Hansen Bros Pin 📌

Thistle Pin number 25 commemorates the two defensive supremos from Sauchie who donned the Red and Yellow more than 450 times between them

Get yours on TJF's shop from 7pm tomorrow (Thursday) ⏰

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 11h

12/20 Willie Paul, almost inevitably, scored Partick Thistle’s first-ever goals in the SFL...

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Willie Paul 12 — Thistle join the Scottish Football League – milestone man strikes again!

Summertime politics, with Andrew Smith of Thistle at the very forefront, had resulted in the expansion of the Scottish Football League which now consisted of a ten club First Division and a ten club S...

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 15h

On this night 2021, six appeal at New Douglas Park, Tiff tears them apart, 5 goals came in a 21 minute glory spell...

👉 thethistlearchive.net/match-2021-1...

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 1d

11/20 Willie started 1892-93 on a high by scoring in the first-ever win over Celtic, but ended the season as a linesman!

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Willie Paul 11 — A return to form

After a couple of mediocre seasons by his standards, 1892-93 was a bit of a bounce-back for Willie as he rose again to the top of the scoring charts (with 19 goals in the 'All Games' category) for the...

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 1d

The TOM DOONAN find gives us a 100% image fill with Tranmere Rovers, they'll be dancing in the streets of Birkinhead tonight!

👉 thethistlearchive.net/connections-...

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Half Man Half Biscuit - Joy Division Oven Gloves [Official Audio]

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 1d

We're absolutely delighted to be meeting TOM DOONAN for the very first time; 12 goals in 13 games for the Jags in the mid-1940s.

👉 thethistlearchive.net/tom-doonan

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 1d

JOHN COLQUHOUN is the latest Jag to be de-mystified, with thanks to the excellent @spireitehistory.bsky.social; yet another addition to the 'Partick Thistle Returned'.

👉 thethistlearchive.net/john-colquhoun

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Andy Mitchell @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social · 1d

The very first Scottish Football Annual was published 150 years ago this week in 1875. You can read a digitised copy on my website. www.scottishsporthistory.com/digitised-bo...

Digitised books and articles

This is a personal selection of published articles and books on Scottish sport history. There is a wealth of interesting material online, from digitised books to scholarly research, which I will...

www.scottishsporthistory.com

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 1d

On this day 2012, STEVEN CRAIG wins it at Cowdenbeath; Thistle are through to the Challenge Cup final. Same again in this anniversary season would be nice! #COYJ 🇧🇪

👉 thethistlearchive.net/match-2012-1...

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 2d

Obviously not, it's accurate!

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 2d

10/20 Willie Paul makes history on a dramatic opening day...

www.thethistlearchive.net/willie-paul%...

Willie Paul 10 — League football arrives at Inchview – guess who scored on day 1?

And so it was that in Thistle’s seventeenth (and Willie Paul’s ninth) season, League football began for the club, as we started our campaign in the inaugural Scottish Alliance. It was straight into co...

http://www.thethistlearchive.net/willie-paul–the-first-partick-thistle-giant-10

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 2d

On this day 1934, Thistle down the Rangers to secure the first Glasgow Cup. The players took the Cup to the Adelphi for the after-match celebrations! 👀

👉 thethistlearchive.net/match-1934-1...

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The Jags Foundation @thejagsfoundation.bsky.social · 2d

Next week marks the 54th anniversary of that famous day when Partick Thistle “had no chance”.

Later this week we’ll be launching the 25th Thistle Pin.

Two Jags legends commemorated… but who could they be? 🤔

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 3d

On this day 1996, Jimmy Bone's East Fife are routed at Firhill and there's a hat-trick for GARETH EVANS in the 6-0 win. (sorry Jimmy 🙏) 👀

👉 thethistlearchive.net/match-1996-1...

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 3d

#PTFCStatsWatch 👀

- Did you know? Partick Thistle have a 100% win-rate in the Ullevaal Stadion, 2 wins out of 2! 👊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇳🇴

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 3d

9/20 “The cheap thrill of spending Goose Fair Thursday in Nottingham behind him, Willie returned to Thistle as suddenly as he had abruptly departed, and he was back home at Inchview without explanation by late-October.”

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Willie Paul 9 — A new era beckons

The real big news for the club was happening off the park this season. The Scottish Football League was proving to be a big success, getting all the press coverage and drawing the largest gate receipt...

http://www.thethistlearchive.net/willie-paul–the-first-partick-thistle-giant-09

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 3d

Morton Scorers chart updated... ALEXANDER KINLOCH SAMUEL now just 5 behind his Uncle Jimmy! 👀

👉 thethistlearchive.net/versus-greenock-morton

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 4d

#PTFCStatsWatch 👀

1-0 Morton HT. In 'All Games' there's been a first half goal in each of the opening 17 matches of 2025-26. You need to rewind to 1895-96 to find a longer opening run, when (almost certainly) all 40 games had a first-half goal.

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 4d

8/20 Another gold medal for Willie; Thistle snubbed in Scottish League talks; now 5 goals in 3 matches for Scotland...

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Willie Paul 8 — A Scottish record-maker

Willie's haul of four for the country laid the foundation for a successful campaign which ended with Scotland sharing the British title with England, both securing 5 points in these pre goal-average d...

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The Jags Foundation @thejagsfoundation.bsky.social · 12d

Share your memories 🗣️

Make your personal and family story part of the Jags 150th anniversary book

Partick Thistle: A People's History ⤵️
thejagsfoundation.co.uk/a-peoples-hi...

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#OurClub #OurStory #OurMemories

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 5d

First class work! 👌🧐

Chesterfield Football History @spireitehistory.bsky.social · 5d

This week’s random reserve player de-mystified: 🧵
On January 22nd, 1927, for their Midland League game against Barnsley Reserves, Chesterfield fielded a goalkeeper named JC Colquhoun. It was his only recorded game in Chesterfield colours, and he was said to be (1/5)

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 5d

7/20 Eleven in the household; doing the Rangers over (again); British champions; top scorer (again); Rangers on the sniff...

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Willie Paul 7 — Great cheer on the home front

One of the most interesting aspects of Willie Paul’s Thistle career is how so much history was being created season by season – in many ways his career time span mirrors the consolidation and evolutio...

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The Thistle Archive @thethistlearchive.bsky.social · 5d

BOBBY HOWITT bundles it home, Thistle 2 Rangers 0. #OTD 1953, Jags are through to an unlikely League Cup Final vs. East Fife. Trainer Arthur Dixon suffers a heart-attack and is rushed to hospital, where he recovered after some time.

👉 www.thethistlearchive.net/match-1953-1...

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