The Partick Thistle Historian

03/01/2017

New headstone for Alex Raisbeck.

It is with a great deal of pride that we can announce that a new headstone for our great 1901 and 1906 title-winning captain Alex Raisbeck is now in place. After initially finding the original weather beaten headstone, with the help of The Friends of Anfield Cemetery, our search for family members began. Thanks to Alex's grandson Doug Raisbeck and the Raisbeck family, this new stone befits an Anfield icon.

02/05/2016

24 years ago today.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zReEgtJ1lE

Partick Thistle promotion decider v Forfar 1992

28/04/2016

Well worth a read.

  Alex Raisbeck deserves his place in the Pantheon of Anfield greats. The Scottish-born centre-back was Liverpool’s inspirational captain, making 341 appearances for the club, leading th…

11/03/2016

We are certain that this will be of interest to Thistle fans.

Some cracking pics and we are promised more to follow.

Sports

11/03/2016

It was with sadness that we learned of the passing of former player Billy Ritchie.

Ritchie joined Thistle from Rangers in 1968 and made his debut in a League Cup tie against Morton in August of that year.

In total Billy kept goal for Thistle on 77 occasions.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time.

19/02/2016

Sorry to learn of the enforced retirement of former on loan Jag Andy Wilkinson.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11701/10173608/andy-wilkinson-announces-retirement-after-concussion-injury

18/02/2016

04/01/2016

We're back with an article looking at the career of Alex Raisbeck.

http://partickthistlehistorian.blogspot.co.uk/

10/06/2015

It hasn't escaped my notice that despite this page not having been updated for, gulp, over a year it still gets views and likes.

The plan for a quarterly magazine hasn't been ditched but personal circumstances in the last year have considerably delayed things.

Meantime I have created a Partick Thistle Historian Blog where I intend to post articles from time to time.

The first one has now been posted. I'm working on removing my picture from it! :-)

http://partickthistlehistorian.blogspot.co.uk/

27/05/2014

Firhill in 1980.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaJn0DjQcOg

27/05/2014

Does anyone have any memories of our away games in England in the Anglo-Scottish Cup that you would like to share with us?

27/05/2014

This image is a Champion Trade Card, presumably part of a set of all Scottish clubs, from 1938.

It's nothing startling except for our colours being listed as Crimson and Primrose.

A chant of 'Crimson and Primrose Army' next season anyone?