Partick Thistle F.C. – The Match Programme #5

“Awrite mate what can I get for you?”

“Oryt pal can a get ae pint ae Ice Cold T, that’s right Tennents son. God’s only gift tae man, the sweetest of the Lord’s juicy baws seepin’ intae ae crystal cald vessel fir only £2.95 a pop laddie. Aye, wan Big Juicy please.”

“Fuckin’ great call laddie, for you, this Big Juicy is ON THE HOOSE!”

“Aw sensational! I’ll have tae tan it and boonce am afraid ya legend, am off tae the game.”

“Aw careful mate, dinnae wantae say that too loud, this is a Celtic boozer, yer no a Broxi Bear are yih?”

“Naw mate it’s cool man, am a Jag.”

“Ah whit?”

“A Jag.”

“A whit??”

“A JAG. A Partick Thistle fan?”

“A PARTICK THISTLE FAN?? Gimme that pint and get TAE FUCK ya gimp, yer fuckin barred!!”

We’re sure a conversation resembling this has happened somewhere in the annals of a Weegie boozer, maybe not quite as aggressive but still Partick Thistle are certainly the outcasts when it comes to professional Glasgow teams. When it would surely be so easy for a Glasgow born football fan to follow either Celtic or Rangers, why would they instead choose follow the Old Firm’s little cousin?

Family tradition? Born in Maryhill? Fancied bucking the trend?

Perhaps all three?

Who knows, which is why we thought we would restart the Tour with a proper rocket up the arse and go to visit the Championship’s hottest new islander.

Partick Thistle began life in 1876 in the borough of Partick situated on the Clyde River in Glasgow’s West End. A well known nugget of trivia is of course that Partick’s love affair with it’s namesake did not last long, the Jags packed their bags and left home searching for a new place to call their own. After 33 years of tried and failed relationships with various areas of Glesga they eventually found their perfect match in the lovely Maryhill and have played there ever since 1909.

The club themselves – in our short memory  – have always been a bit of a strange one really, being the seminal ‘yo-yo’ club in Scottish Football, fluttering around between divisions, never staying put for an extended period – the Jags were promoted 3 times and relegated 4 times between the years of 1996 – 2006, “up and down more times than a hookers breich’s”, some would say. However, this was not always the case, The Maryhill Mob did enjoy an early period of success, during which they beat Rangers 1-0 to clinch the Scottish Cup in 1921 and were only denied a second Scottish Cup in 1930, this time losing 2-1 to their old blue Glasgow foes.

Partick Thistle added again to the Firhill trophy cabinet in the 1970s when they won the Scottish League Cup under club legend Davie McParland, triumphantly beating the almighty Celtic 4-1 in the final!! The Yellow & Red Army stormed into a 4-0 shock lead at half-time and put in most probably the best performance in the history of the club after BBC broadcaster Sam Leitch had predicted, “It’s League Cup day here at Hampden Park where Celtic meet Partick Thistle, who have no chance.” A bit embarrassing for you Sammy boy. The man who lead them to victory that day – Jags saint Davie McParland – had recently passed away at the time of our visit and he seemed like an absolute idol to the Jags faithful, so rest easy big man.

It was not until we were actually on the train for Saturday’s clash with Falkirk that the pair of us realised we were heading straight into the jaws of Davie McParland Day at Firhill, where he was to be remembered for his achievements as Partick manager. Surely the Thistle players would have to be fired up; an uninspired 2-0 opening day loss to Ayr, first game of the new season on home turf between two of the Championship’s big boys and all wrapped up in the memory of a club hero’s memorial?

Saturday’s are back.

The above was certainly enough to fire us up as we were Glasgow Queen Street bound, ready to give 100% for the gaffer and not about to shy out of any 50/50s.

The tour is back.

Getting first to Maryhill and then to the ground itself was easy enough, a simple train to Glasgow Queen Street before a 30/40 minute trek towards the infamous West End of Glasgow saw us at Firhill Stadium no bother, with the exception of Aaron rambling Hibee shite the whole way “Martin Boyle this, Kamberi that” put a sock in it son. For the easier option (the lazy bastard option) you could always get off at Queen Street and then take the Subway to Kelvingrove, from which it is about a 10/15 minute walk. Staying true to our scaff roots we could not stomach the Subway fee and decided to try put some muscle on our stickman legs by walking there, taking in the Maryhill atmosphere as we went on our way.

The walk was more or less a straight line to the ground from Glasgow City Centre towards Maryhill, a place with ‘unique character’ shall we say? Who wants to follow a team supported by ‘Yahs’ and Poshos anyway? The ground eventually popped it’s heed round the corner of the aptly named Firhill Road and it was clear to see from the massive Partick mosaic on the wall immediately before the stadium that we had come to the right place.

Right beside the ground was a Partick Thistle loyal, selling scarves, flags, hats etc. we tried to reel him in for a bit of chat but he was not having any of it telling us simply ‘no’ twice when we asked for a photo with a scarf and then even of his stall. Well, we got one anyway, so ROOND YIH.

After hanging about for a bit and trying to do our ‘mysterious journos’ bit, we eventually found the main entrance to the stand where we were greeted by Jacqui Low, Chairman of Partick Thistle and someone who we had been excited to interview since speaking to her on Twitter a couple of days prior. Even right from the get-go she was totally different from any other Chairmen we had interviewed at this point, less of the holier-than-thou attitude and more of a ‘hug and kiss on the cheek’ attitude. Sadly, there was no kisses on the cheek for us, maybe next time though eh Jacqui? In all seriousness, she put us at ease straight away  and without even realising it Mikey had dropped the ‘Mrs Low’ formalities and started to just call her Jacqui, something which a lot of Chairmen might even see as a lack of respect but in this case it felt natural, casual even. Disarming Jacqui, very disarming.

Taking us out into the stadium itself we got a chance to sniff up the pre-match hue, the palpable feeling of anticipation in the air before any game of football. Jacqui summed it up in her own quirky way, by comparing the ground to a living breathing person, waiting in slumber over the course of the week and the club doing their bit to take care of her. Mowing and watering the turf, preening and prepping the stands, making her look a million dollars. Credit where it’s due, the pitch looked fucking sparkling, inviting on a game of the world’s most beautiful sport, the groundsmen had certainly done a number on us.

Speaking to Jacqui Low in the Firhill dugout (where we will be sitting again in 10 years time after guiding Partick to 4 successive league titles) we chatted to her about what it was like at the club since being relegated and how the Jags could start to move forward again after falling to the Scottish Championship for the first time in 5 years.

The chat we had with her is detailed below;

Q1. What have you set as the clubs goals for the upcoming season?

A: “It was made very clear through the whole of pre-season that the ambition is to return to the Premiership”. Jacqui also said that they fully believe that they can return to the top-flight this season. If they all think like this then it creates an atmosphere of a team that should be gaining promotion in their first season back in Scotland’s second tier.

Q2. Being relegated after 5 years in the Premiership, only a season after the Jags highest finish in 30 years, what are the biggest changes around here since going down?

A: “We’ve had a clear out of the team, allowed Alan [Archibald] to rebuild in the way that he wants to, it’s also difficult to do this as the season ended later for us and the window is short.” She also proudly mentioned that Partick had lost no sponsors since going down, in fact “we have gained about 5 or 6 new sponsors.” This is strange for a club which has just gone down, to be “financially stable and moving forward.” Jacqui carried on telling us “people are working beyond their hours, on and off the pitch, everyone has gotten together and had a chat about how we address this – we are one Partick Thistle”

Q3. Alan Archibald is perhaps seen as a bit of a club legend, over 400 appearances and guiding the club to that highly praised top 6 finish – saying that – with the manner that Partick went down last season do you think he has a point to prove this season?

A: “The board and I spoke to Alan; he was absolutely determined to show us he is the man, we all want to make things right.” It seemed that Jacqui and the club executives had spoken very seriously to Archibald but you could tell they had absolute faith in him. She carried on admitting “I appreciate the fans are hurt, we allowed ourselves one day when we went down to be doom and gloom but football starts again. The fans are our club, without them what is the point in football?” She told us that Partick are “such an inclusive club, we are individuals.”

Q4. Leading on from the fans, how do you compete in Glasgow when you have the two Scottish giants on your doorstep?

A: Jacqui stated, “That’s always been our perennial problem really.” Admitting that there’s not much you can really do to compete, she told us that “our fans love coming here, it’s like a family and is so much fun.” She told us about various programmes in the community and how they take care of all the players’ families on game day – “so many things take us beyond just being a football club.”

Q5. It is the 2020/21 SPFL Season, a beautiful sunny day in Firhill the turf is like a bowling green, who are the Jags kicking off against?

“The Premiership, preparing for our 50^th Anniversary of winning the League Cup, kicking off against anyone, we don’t care who!”

Q6. And finally, what’s the score going to be?

A: “We win, not bothered, as long as we win”.

Coming towards the end of our interesting and thoroughly enjoyable discussion Jacqui knew exactly where to lead us, straight into the boozer, which is situated inside of the stadium. On our way to the Patrick watering hole, Aaron used a classic scaff tactic – “How much are tickets and where do we get them from?” Taking the bait, the gracious Mrs Low offered us two free tickets, which was the cherry on top of a delicious start to the reborn Tour of the Terraces. Thank you again Jacqui was a pleasure to chat with you and gain a deeper insight to Partick Thistle as a football club, seems like you want to create a real loving, family atmosphere for individuals to follow – fair play there’s not a lot of clubs that fully embrace those elements of the Gorgeous Game.

Arriving in the Firhill bar, two pints of Jaggy Thistle (Partick’s own lager) were the obvious choice to round off a norty wee start to the day. As we sat and drank our Jaggy Thistles, which are only £2.60 a pop by the way, the bar began to fill up with punters until there were no seats left, a couple even joined us at our table, which shows you how desperate they must have been to sit down.

After a couple Jaggies, we got to talking, turns out they were Jordan McGee’s Mum and Dad and they were there as Bairns for the day, supporting their lad against the team we were there covering. Feeling like we were behind enemy lines we sank our pints and headed out to set the record straight with the intention of interviewing a Partick fan for our Falkirk sinning.

We almost immediately spotted a slightly older looking gentleman across the street. Aged enough so that he would be able to give us a deep and informed discussion on what it is like to follow the Jags for life, not too old so that we would get the ramblings of a crazed senile lunatic. His name was Robert and he certainly had a passion for Partick, he seemed cynical but no wonder when your team has just been relegated.

Very interesting conversation below that we had with him that brought up some of the harsher aspects of Jag life;

Q1. What do you think the Jags goals should be for the upcoming season?

A: Robert stated that Partick should “definitely finish in the top four this season, we have a realistic chance but there are no guarantees.” He carried on telling us that “a lot of the fans here are disappointed, the display against Ayr was a shambles, we had 4 subs.” He also highlighted the lack of signings, saying “we could be in trouble; the club don’t seem to have ambition.” This was contradictory to what we we had seen inside the club of course, Robert didn’t seem convinced.

Q2. Why did Partick Thistle go down last season?

A: “The players were not committed and the manager lacks tactical awareness.” Quite a direct opening statement, “the club took a risk not signing anyone when we had a lot of injuries”. Robert made another point “bad decisions were made by the club at the start of the season and we never recovered”.

Q3. We spoke to a fan on Twitter who claimed that until last season Archibald could be mentioned in the same breath as McParland or Lambie, what do you think?

A: Robert laughed in my face. “Nooo not Lambie or McParland,” he said like a wise Partick sage. “Lambie and Davie McParland are way above him, Archibald can’t motivate the players, there’s a lack of drive.” He went on, “the problem with Archie is there’s no plan b, he doesn’t change things when you know you’re in a game.” Robert was a lot more relaxed now and was in his own wee ramble, “The fans think there’s a problem and I think the problem is the board are all mates, they’ve just added Alan Rough, yes he played for us but he’s just one of their pals and a semi-pundit.”

Q4. It is the 2020/21 Season and Maryhill is glowing, the Jags faithful are pinting in the Firhill Bar and who are Partick kicking off against?

A: “I think we’ll probably be in the Championship to be honest.”

Q5. And finally, what’s the score going to be today?

A: “I think it will most likely be 1-0 or 2-0 Falkirk.” Not the most optimistic of endings to an interview. 

Having raised a couple of interesting points, we left Robert to it in the end, he seemed like an extremely invested Jags fan and you could tell he was possibly still hurting from the relegation. Cannot blame him for coming across in a more pessimistic fashion contrasting to the club’s more optimistic view, as he’s the one paying week in week out to watch his beloved team go down. That said, I felt Jacqui Low and co. seemed to be making the right noises when we talked to them about the ambition and their vision for the future. Time will tell eh.

After our chat with Robert we had to get our beaky noses into the Club Shop and have a gander about the place, check out the vibes ‘n’ shit. Also situated in the Partick main stand, the club shop had a mannequin in the window which Mikey went to get a photo beside – an absolute golden oldie Thistle fan spotted this and offered Mikey his Partick top to get a photo in (he had something on underneath thankfully). This gesture epitomised the friendly, family, all-togetherness atmosphere that did permeate the club, even if many supporters feel let down or hurt at the same time.

Heading back up the Main Stand at Firhill, past our old friends the reception and Firhill bar, we ran into a little bit of crowd trouble. By little bit, we mean two guys shouting behind a line of stewards but still set the old adrenaline racing, lucky Aaron did not have his Stone Island or we’d have been in big trouble. The arguing was pretty intense between the Partick and Falkirk fan to be fair and was only stopped when two Bairns came down the hill chanting “YOU ARE MY FALKIIIRK, MY ONLY FALKIRK,” to which the rest of the Bairns waiting to get into the Colin Weir stand erupted and joined in fully blooded. Seemed like a fesity wee affair was in toe.

Using our free tickets to get into the John Lambie Stand and sitting with the Partick hardcore lot, we prepared to witness our first Tour of the Terraces game of the 2018/19 SPFL Season. Both teams very much needing a win after less than convincing opening days, pens and notepads at the ready. Let’s fuckin ‘AVE IT!

THE MATCH

We are now going to enter how the 90 minutes ended up going;

FIRST HALF

Both teams were walked out of the tunnel by referee Kevin Clancy on this bright, blue sky day in Maryhill. With the two sets of players and officials positioned around the center-circle, there was a rapturous minutes applause in honour of the one and only Davie McParland, if you’re up there you will have definitely heard the noise before kick off with both set of fans right up for it and a sizeable travelling Falkirk support.

Partick took a grip of the game right away, keeping possession tidily in the middle of the park, spraying balls out wide, with Erskin, Spittal and Storey all firing in low dangerous crosses but finding nobody in yellow and red. Soon the singing section was in full swing “Oh Maryhill, is wonderful, oh Maryhill is won-der-fuuul,” and shouts of “yellow red ARMY, yellow red ARMY,” belting out from around us in the John Lambie stand. Falkirk were trying to put a foot on the ball but lacked the quality to take a foothold in proceedings.

With Partick looking the more likely to score, tricky full back James Penrice picked up the ball, cut inside and made a jinky run into the box before letting fly with his left peg. The ball deflected off a Falkirk player, totally deceiving Leo Fasan between the sticks and just like that the onion bag was bulging.

Partick 1 Falkirk 0.

Great individual play from Thistle’s number 3, definitely a big slice of luck with the deflection but sometimes that’s all it takes in Soccerball. Over the tannoi came a Napoli-esque celebration “Goal scored by number 3… James,” to which the crowd responded “PENRICE,”. “James….” “PENRICE,” “James..” “PENRICE,” etc. etc. It was noisy and it was fun to be a part of.

The tannoi announcer did not have to wait long for his next moment in the Maryhill sun thanks to a moment of magic from the talismanic Erskine. Picking the ball up out wide from a lovely Blair Spittal pass and cutting inside, Erskine left a number of Falkirk defenders on their heels, before lashing a shot from the edge of the box. Fasan could only watch on as the ball slammed into the top bin, Partick Thistle 2-0 up after 29 minutes.

“Goal scored by number 10, Chris…” “ERSKINE,” “Chris…” “ERSKINE,”

It was all looking too easy for Partick and Falkirk just looked a cut below the Glasgow outfit. The Jags faithful were certainly in fine fettle, getting right behind their team and silencing the 400 or so Falkirk fans – who really did not have much to cheer – the exception being Partick’s Miles Storey allowing himself to be caught offside twice in quick succession. That tells you all you need to know from Falkirk’s side.

Both teams went up the tunnel with The Maryhill Magyars in the ascendancy, Falkirk would certainly need something to change if they wanted to claw themselves back into the game.

SECOND HALF

The Second Half kicked off with Miles Storey being caught offside again, not something you want to see so consistently from your main man up top but cannot have too many complaints when you lead 2-0. Jack Storer, number 17 for Thistle and a player we had heard about from numerous fans looked very composed in the middle of the park, making some cute touches as well as driving at the Falkirk back line. One for the future Jags?

It took until the hour mark for Falkirk to start getting the travelling support rallied. In the space of a minute the Bairns hit the crossbar twice, first from an Andrew Irving free-kick and then from the resulting corner a header which looked destined for the top corner rattled the bar. Again there was nothing on the score-sheet this season for Falkirk Football Club who tried to throw men forward but truly Partick looked comfortbale.

Partick held strong as Falkirk threw men forward in search of something and it was not until the 80th minute when a real clear cut chance arose. A low cutback across the Partick box found, who else, Jordan Mcghee, who’s parents we had been speaking to just hours earlier. In the true spirit of the team from Stirlingshire the young lad completely bottled his chance and sent it wide from 8 yards out.

Even Mikey could have buried it.

Erskine continued to look like George Best at the other end, taking possession and taking the Falkirk midfield for a spin. Keeping the ball well as to not allow Falkirk any sniff of hope, Partick looked like they were going to notch up a first 3 points of the season in deserved fashion.

It was not until very late on that Falkirk’s number 23 Rees Greenwood managed to snatch a consolation goal with a powerful half-volley into the bottom corner, take nothing away it was a tremendous finish. Overall though it was not enough and Partick Thistle entirely deserved the points at home to kick off their campaign, smiles all round the John Lambie Stand at full time.

This one’s for you Davie.

Tour of the Terraces MOTM: Chris Erskine – Arguably the highest regraded player who started on the pitch on Saturday and it showed. His run and finish for the first goal was supreme and he looked a player of Premiership quality, no question. He is a cracking talent for a Championship club, who played at real ease against the Bairns, dictating the pace of the game in middle and proving to be a real handful for Falkirk. He stood out the most to us therefore grabbing himself the prestigious title becoming the fifth man to be presented the TOTT MOTM. Well played son.

MIKEY’S RAMBLE

Well, where to start?

What a day out myself and Aaron both had in Glasgow’s West End. Right through from interviewing the humble and gracious Jacqui Low to watching Chris Erskine pull some Maradona shit out of his back pocket I had a great experience at Firhill, perfect way to restart the Tour of the Terraces.

The wanker running the stall was an exception to everyone else we spoke to at the club who seemed as if they were truly all cut from the same cloth. Suppose they are in a way but more so than any other club we have visited so far there was a truly intimate family atmosphere from the boardroom to the tea ladies. Yes, a lot of the supporters we spoke to did seem to be negative about the club but is that truly surprising when you have just been relegated, as well as the manner they went down in, which was less than inspiring. I think that come Christmas time the Yellow and Red Army will have some smiling to do because from what I saw they look like they could be putting teams to the sword in that division, if they can hit that top gear.

Chris Erskine and Jack Storer looked very exciting in the centre of the park, Blair Spittal  was often starting moves with clever passes. Up front Miles Storey got caught offside 6 times, which is shite lets be honest, looked not too shabby on the ball but that kind of awareness is not good enough really. Take nothing away from the rest of the team they looked up for it and were definitely the better side, notching the Tour’s first win for a team we’ve been covering.

The other side of that of course is that Falkirk looked an absolute shambles and unless they can change something fast they could be in serious trouble this season.

The board certainly made all the right noises when we spoke to them and not to straw her too much but Jacqui was the most friendly and welcoming of the Chairmen we have met so far on our travels, I would love the club to succeed under her guidance and for Alan Archibald to repay the faith that she has shown in him.

Weirdly enough it seemed almost that Partick Thistle fans truly were the ‘outcasts’ in a way of the Glasgow football scene, where everyone talks only about the Green and White or the Queen’s Blues. This was a different way to follow football in a city so dominated by two of the biggest football teams in Europe. You could see it everywhere, from the Proud Jags LGBT fan club to the old lad giving us his jersey for a photograph.

Aaron ever the optimist, had predicted Partick Thistle to finish 9th in this season’s Championship. I think even he knows that that’s not true after our visit as they did look like a tidy outfit, with players of top flight quality and a man who knows the club inside out like Archie leading the way I do think Partick will return to the top-flight this season and whilst it will not be easy, it is where the club has shown they belong in the past couple of seasons. I think this will most likely be achieved through the playoffs in an extremely competitive league but wouldn’t it be great to see them put those playoff demons to bed relegating Livi in the process?

Maybe not great for Livi fans but you get the storyline.

I think that The Ratings that I have given for the club are a fair reflection of how it is right now after relegation and an iffy start to the season but there’s no reason they cannot pick up a bit of speed, proving that they deserve to be mucking about with Scotland’s best. Good luck to Jacqui, Robert and all of the Thistle fans who gave it their all over 90 minutes for Partick Thistle.

Maybe Maryhill is wonderful?

AARON’S COLUMN

My Firhill virginity was taken from me on Saturday, as we made our first Tour stop of the season in Maryhill – home of another one of Glasgow giants: Partick Thistle Football Club.

What a way to kick start the Tour’s season than a wee visit to the ‘Dear Green Place’ with my sheepshagging companion Mr. Tucker. I love visiting Glasgow, never ever a dull moment goes by and usually a cracking day out – especially when I visited to watch the Hibs beat Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox earlier this year but shhhhhh. The club has well-polished facilities behind them, including an exceptionally well maintained pitch, cracking turf for the world’s greatest sport to be played on, hats off to the Jags groundsman. As you waltz inside reception, your eyes are immediately brought to the attention of the clubs two biggest achievements’ in the game, standing proudly and rightly so sits the Scottish Cup and its little brother the League Cup.

Tickets are usually £20 a shot for adults, £15 concessions and free if you’re Under 16 which is a great touch. Tucker and I were blessed by the lovely Jacqui Low with free admission, lucky we didn’t have to pretend to be 15 year olds to get in (only joking however, I’m sure if I tried I may have got in myself…). The pub within the ground that we went to was top notch. Inside it was £2.60 for a pint of Partick’s home grown ‘Jaggy Thistle’, a price that can’t be argued.

Unfortunately I had to TRY and enjoy my pint whilst watching Kyle Lafferty score a winner against Celtic, wasn’t quite what I was hoping for when I sat down…

Nonetheless the day went on and we took our seats in the stand that Jacqui advised. Alan Archibald’s squad is not off the standard that was in the top flight, having lost several key members, I personally did predict Partick to struggle in our podcast, and Saturdays visit has made me stick by my call unfortunately. Unless they strengthen before the window closes I can’t see them making the playoffs if I’m being brutally honest. As much as I would love to see it and share the same optimism as Jacqui and the board, I just simply can’t, so please prove me wrong. However, with that buzz surrounding the club’s every breathing second anything is possible.

On the day there can be no faults, 3 points in the bag against a Falkirk side who themselves will be looking to make playoffs minimum this year I would imagine. So there can’t be any complaints there in terms of the result. Erskine was outstanding in the middle of the park, with Storer looking lively on the wing – 2 key men for Thistle – Tam O’Ware at centre half also looked solid. In fairness, I can’t say I am at all impressed by Paul Hartley’s men who looked very flat and lacking a desire to go at Thistle. Will be interesting to see how they fare this season. Overall I see Thistle having a steady season, where they finish 5^th-7^th after which they can rebuild for a serious promotion push next season. I did predict them to finish 9th on our lovely podcast we done (check it out if you haven’t already) however, i think that is an unfair shout on reflection.

It was an absolute pleasure visiting Firhill on Saturday, which was severely amplified by the people we spoke to in and around the ground. A major shout-out to the Chairman herself, for making our journey ever so insightful and interesting. It was a privilege meeting Jacqui Low, very lovely woman who has a deep insight into the club, with a fantastic vision for Partick Thistle and a perfect attitude for guiding Thistle to where they should be. There’s a smashing atmosphere surrounding the club from within, where everybody seems to be on board, in terms of getting Thistle back to the country’s top division, which is exactly what they should be doing. With the drive and hunger to succeed I really can’t see it being any less than 3/4 seasons before they make their way back on the greatest stage of all, especially with the board, facilities and Alan Archibald behind them.

Oh and of course The Jags crazy looking mascot – Kingsley.

I would like to round off my moment in spotlight by thanking the fans and those at the club for making our Tour stop an absolute ball, and I’m sure we will see you in the top flight soon, many thanks Jags.

THE RATINGS

So there you have it Jags, an overall rating of 75 is pretty tasty we think for a newly relegated team, just go out there and do the business this season. If you’re a student or someone looking to get into football from Glasgow then there’s not many places more unique than Firhill, until next time Yellow and Red Army, it’s been a pleasure.