After winning their four League Cup group games, Partick Thistle were battered on the opening day of the Championship at St Johnstone. A draw followed against Morton, but since then they won their three games against Ayr United, Ross County and Raith Rovers. St Johnstone look to be in a league of their own this season, but if Thistle win their game in hand, they will move three points clear of the pack in second place.
That means they are in form and will relish the chance of a home cup tie against League Cup holders and Scottish champions, Celtic. The wild weather due in Glasgow over the weekend will also give encouragement to the home side.
On paper, Thistle should not offer much resistance to Celtic. They don’t have the kind of money that even the likes of Kairat possess; I looked back a decade in Transfermarkt but there was not a single paid incomer in that period. You will recognise one of the frees they brought this summer – Tony Watt. 13 years after that goal, Tony signed for Thistle, the 14th senior club he has appeared for, which is quite a stat for a player who is still only 31.
Whatever ails Tony, he is a player who has talent which is greater than his messy CV suggests. He is good on the ball, can roll a defender and knows how to make the most of a big stage.
You and me might go on about 1967, but when Thistle fans indulge in history, it’s a League Cup game against Celtic they talk about. Celtic were red hot favourites that day but went down to a record final defeat. Learn from history and book a place in the semis, Celtic.
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Aha!
It’s Andrew Cavenagh.
He jets in on a plane,
To feel the iPox pain.
He ruffles Martin slightly.
Then sacks him most politely.
Happy Friday all from a still hot Kentucky.
Firhill for thrills!!
What happened to the bit about strategy you had in the offing, Paul?
Let’s trounce the Plastic Whistle
G’day from Bonnie Scotland Aipple. Congrats in avoiding work to get on to CQN so quickly.
Interesting evaluation of Tony Watt, Pablo
Might one reasonably infer you have ‘an eye for a player’?
😉😉😉
EMERALDBEE \O/ A DOUBLE NINER!! re: work
I have no meetings today! I shall act accordingly.
Any reason why we have not released our financial results ?
What we have here is a failure to communicate
MORAVCIK on 19TH SEPTEMBER 2025 12:10 PM
Any reason why we have not released our financial results ?
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‘World class in everything we do yearly accounts released……Saturday night 9.00pm 👍
The AIM market closes at 4.30pm, so results anytime after 4.31pm is my guess. Been released at 5.30pm last couple of times.
1971 – the year Partick Thistle beat Celtic in the lcf
2012 – the year Tony Watt scored vs Barcelona
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Surely BR wont add MArk Wilson to the list of Managers who have outwitted him of late.
Interesting, ongoing and increasingly multifaceted character assassination of the Celtic Chairman, Peter Lawwell posted on recent threads …
Let’s be clear shall we?
He’s the ‘coward’ and the ‘rat’ being talked about by certain posters.
I don’t recall Willie Haughey being described similarly 25 years ago – when he was accused of leaking to the press – but hey ho.
Just on Willie H, it was interesting to witness how quickly the perceptions of him held by some … switched this week following his public statement.
“Rich man retaining common touch” …
flipped to
“out of touch dinosaur” in the blink of an eye
Binary processing and positioning.
Just one of the modern world’s curses.
Circling back to Peter Lawwell
(who I’ve never met) …
… clearly a divisive figure.
And, partly, a mythical one.
I suspect the depth and entrenchment of that division MIGHT be a factor in determining what happens to him.
Again, hey ho. His problem, not mine.
One aspect of this I can’t reconcile?
How can someone simultaneously be ..
… a Machiavellian SOB
… who operates in the shadows
… with an unseen hand
… who secretly briefs against the manager
…like a cowardly rat who doesn’t have the guts to say it in public
While at the same time?
… being an indiscreet loudmouth who runs people down intentionally in open gatherings?
Perhaps we can add another characteristic to the Peter Lawwell mythology.
A split personality.
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Ah the childhood trauma of being in ShawlandsX as a 10 year old shopping for claes,getting weird messages of an unbelievable score from Hampden,into another shop then coming out to see hoards atop the 34 heading to Hampden.
Still find it odd to watch Thistle hit everything in.
That 34 bus ride would be the height of their success
Respect and play them of the park
HH
Let’s be clear. Whoever briefed against BR to The Sun harmed Celtic football club. They undermined the manager and risked severe turbulence and de-stabilisation within the Club.
This person has committed an act of gross misconduct. He should be identified and sacked.
Back to Basic.
With respect the character of our Celtic board is called into question.
It is that serious to me,its timing.its poor.its reflection on them.
It also shows a failure to communicate properly,
The question is who leaked to Hannah?
Ie briefed against our manager.
Their reasons behind it.
HH
That’s assuming it’s someone employed directly by the club?
Notthebus
Don’t knock Mark Wilson. He is managing at a higher level than Barry Ferguson ever had at any point in his career before getting a blazer at Ibrox.
Ferguson had been sacked by Clyde after a couple of years in SPFL 2, then had two seasons with Kelty Hearts in the Lowland League, winning promotion to SPFL2, before getting the Alloa job in SPFL 1 which he held onto for 8 months – winless for three months from December 2021 done for him.
He had been out of work for 3 years before getting the interim gig at Rangers.
Losing at home to Barry Ferguson must rank as the greatest professional humiliation of Brendan Rodgers’ career.
Since Celtic were knocked out of champs league qualifying, Toom tabard Nicholson has earned in excess of £45,000.
Im sure we’d all agree that’s money well spent.
We cant appreciate what he does. None of us have walked in his shoes. We’re lucky to have someone of his stature at the club. Et cetera
An T – cheers.
No arguments from me on communication
Any metaphorical report card has the board routinely failing this subject as far as I’m concerned.
A grown up football club would be going in to the weekend with a pretty straightforward agenda – beat a team from the lower league in a cup, give game time to new signings
A grown up football club would be going in to the weekend with a pretty straightforward agenda – beat a team from the lower league in a cup, give game time to new signings, play as many development players as is safe to do. Make sure we go into the huge game on Wednesday with the right frame of mind.
That would be nice, wouldnt it, approaching a football match looking forward to watching a football match
Yep, I’m hoping Sinisalo becomes the ‘cup keeper’, I would save KT and Maeda for Wednesday and would like to see a bit more from Balikwisha.
Yvonne Ridley 4 Glasgow
@yvonneridley
Can someone help out Pope Leo please:
UN says it’s genocide.
HRC says it’s genocide.
PVA says it’s genocide.
ICJ says it’s genocide.
ICC says it’s genocide.
Anyone who knows anything about genocide says it’s genocide. Everyone is lying except Israel who are committing genocide and ethnic cleansing.
https://x.com/yvonneridley/status/1968805814900027560#m
“Pope Leo condemns Israel’s mass killing in Gaza, says ‘not ready’ to call it genocide.”
These religions are full of guff!
The Vatican took $BILLIONS from Google, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Mainstream Media, to keep their mouths closed about the Covid Vaccine Genocide, telling Catholics to get the vaccine without telling them what was in it, leading their congregations like lambs to the slaughter.
All religions were written by the Lobby.
Wakey Wakey.
Back to Basics – Glass Half Full on 19th September 2025 12:08 pm
Interesting evaluation of Tony Watt, Pablo
Might one reasonably infer you have ‘an eye for a player’?
Dangerous stuff this. I can envisage a 2000 word article appearing on another blog stating that Paul67 is being lined up for the manager’s role under a new data analytics experiment.
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 19TH SEPTEMBER 2025 12:58 PM
Do you think theres such a thing as too much communication? I know it’s the way these days but since Brendan came back theres been a hell of a lot of it from him.
External rather than internal, l mean. I would imagine our internal comms is pretty non existent between the football and business departments.
“Pope Leo condemns Israel’s mass killing in Gaza, says ‘not ready’ to call it genocide.”
Of course he won’t call it genocide, he’s an American pope and probably backed by the zionists…
Does this mean Tony Watt might be filling our vacant lead striker position ?
With that Barca goal, it was reminiscnt of the young Michael Owen.
Oh well – at least he has that one memory.
https://x.com/CelticFC/status/1969016581855547737?t=dxjM7u-UgXcgUpI0dDu6Ow&s=19
The replies…….
https://x.com/CelticFC/status/1969016581855547737?t=dxjM7u-UgXcgUpI0dDu6Ow&s=19
The replies…….
Celtic were red hot favourite even at 2-0 down until Ronnie Glavin assaulted wee Jinky in revenge for a tackle a few minutes earlier.
Ten I was.
First of many Celtic heartbreaks
Maestro
Good to see Barrowfield open.
Cheers also for the football heritage podcast 👍
HH
Wild weather 🤔. Some rain on Saturday, sunny intervals and a gentle breeze on Sunday. Lazy weather forecast 😎
I hope to see Dane Murray and Colby Donovan start on Sunday.
https://www.celticnewsnow.com/news/new-barrowfield-training-centre-opens-its-doors/663070/
!!Bada Bing!! on 18th September 2025 11:23 pm
dessybhoy- Barrowfield is still not fully open ,as whoever’s in charge at the Celtic end of it,thought it was ok to change the plans from a sloping roof on one of the buildings, to a flat roof without permission, new building stuff required, it’s on Glasgow City website, letter of comfort stuff……World Class
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Bada Bing,
can you provide a link, I cant find it.
Strange iif true, I am puzzled as to why this change if designated as neccesary by the building contractor , would delay retrospective planning consents and occupancy certificates, , all seems pretty normal to me, You can open a site while having one part unable for use, Just takes documentation and reasoning, and would surely have been noted during site visits by the various planning dpeartments and authroities, the builder doesnt act in isolation.
I notice a rise isn speculative comment across the internet on things that people just do not know in relation to the build – such as not enough parking (strictly limited for new build btw) and why no stand (it wasnt approved away at the beginning of the process).
Offcourse, Celtic could have avoided this by having regular progress reports on the schedule of works.
Communicating a build programme , very very easy, delays in materials, weather impacts, and indeed council hold ups could all be explained,
and why not ?
Weebobbycollins on 19th September 2025 1:31 pm
“Pope Leo condemns Israel’s mass killing in Gaza, says ‘not ready’ to call it genocide.” Of course he won’t call it genocide, he’s an American pope and probably backed by the zionists
*is that the same Robert Francis Prevost, that spent the last 40 years working with the poor in Peru where he took Peruvian nationality, I doubt that the son of a lutheran and wee free has any time for a multi racial pontiff