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This Is It – May 2026
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I won’t lie, folks. This is possibly the biggest month I’ve experienced in a Football Manager save in a long time. With that in mind, there is so much at stake, I’d like to share a poem by the late, great Walter Wintle to manifest a positive outcome to this nerve-shredding season in domestic and […]
Thick And Fast – April 2026
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Before we get into the really good stuff in this blog, I would like to release the following statement regarding something I said in an earlier blog post regarding Scotland’s 2026 World Cup qualification chances. You see, I was unaware that despite finishing second in the group, with no apparent playoff visible, Scotland had missed […]
Deas, Deas, Deas – March 2026
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To paraphrase the great Sabrina Carpenter, this month is Short N’ Sweet due to the international break in the last week, so lets get right into it, we’ve got a lot going on in a short space of time! Our first game in March was the first leg of our Conference League Round of 16 […]
The Swedish Thing – February 2026
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Welcome back, one and all! After a bit of time away and gradually working myself back into playing the game again, I can finally get some posts out more regularly. Fingers crossed I can keep it up, but my biggest problem isn’t necessarily starting things, it’s always keeping them going/finishing them. Anyway, here’s the latest […]
Wire In The Blood – January 2026
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Welcome back to another edition of Wallace Til I Die. I know that updates haven’t been as forthcoming and that is for a few reasons, mainly writer’s block and the nagging doubt that absolutely nobody gives a shit about the blog to entice me to start writing.With FM25 being delayed until next year, I think […]
Badd Bud: In Your House – The 2025 Scottish League Cup Final
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Months of action boiled down to this one game, 90 (or 120 and penalties) separated us from a second League Cup triumph under my stewardship. Standing in my way was a St. Mirren side who are having a decent season by their standards, sitting in eighth place in the Premiership and comfortably clear of the […]
Against The Machine In Florence – December 2025
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December is always a hectic month in the Scottish Premiership with games crammed in before the small mercy of a couple of weeks off, if that, for a winter break that I think is unfair and should be extended to the entire SPFL and not just the top flight. We began the month with a […]
The Baku Beyond – November 2025
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I’ve had most of this written for ages, but owing to my own mental health and also playoff nerves, I’ve had to keep coming back to it. – Marc A pivotal month began with a trip to Kirkcaldy to face Raith Rovers. The euphoria of that playoff triumph over Kilmarnock has faded for Raith, who […]
A View To A Kiltie – October 2025
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Hello once again and welcome to another update of Wallace ‘Til I Die! We’re into October now and we have an entire month spent within Glasgow, with our only away game this month being against Celtic. Hope you enjoy it because we’ve got our first steps in the Europa Conference League and a very eventful […]
Perhaps They’ll Listen Now – September 2025
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So…August went a little bit better than expected and we found ourselves atop of (admittedly, an embryonic) Scottish Premiership table. Some important games are coming up, including a League Cup quarter-final and a trip to Ibrox. But before we can get into that, there’s one more bit of summer transfer business to take care of […]
Who Wants To Be A Thistle Player? – July/August 2025
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Hello and welcome to another new season of Wallace ‘Til I Die! We’re into the 2025/26 season now, my fourth in charge and the regens are starting to creep into the game now, as you will see when you look at our transfer activity. Whether you have been reading from day one, or have just […]
In The End – April/May 2025
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Hello and welcome to the final edition of Wallace ‘Til I Die for the 2024/25 season. A hearty thank you to everyone who has read, liked and shared the blog over the years. It means a great deal to me because I know a blog isn’t as impressive as folk who stream on Twitch, even […]
International Duty – A Catch-Up With The Scotland National Team
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With Thistle now out of Europe, the Scottish Premiership drawing to a conclusion, and the split on the horizon, it’s time to take a little detour and catch up with the Scotland National Team and see how their 2024/25 season has been shaping up. Scotland qualified for Euro 2024 in Germany and found themselves in […]
Remember Who We’re Talking About Here – March 2025
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Before we could focus on domestic matters, it was back to the land of chocolate, cheese and watches (Switzerland) for the draw for the Last 16 of the UEFA Europa League. Considering the level of opposition left, I was content to receive my wee gift bag of expensive trinkets to take back to Glasgow. Our […]
The Marakanazo – February 2025
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Before we could get on with facing Celtic in the Premiership, it was time for a quick trip to Switzerland to take in the draw for the Europa League playoff round, which we had unexpectedly reached after thrashing Qarabag in our final league phase match. Being unseeded, it was a daunting prospect regardless of who […]
Hoops And Dreams – January 2025
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Hello and welcome to another edition of Wallace Til I Die! This month is a relatively exciting one, the transfer window is open and we have some HUGE matches both domestically in Scotland and in Europe, as our fate in the Europa League could come down to the very last match of the League Phase. […]
Little Drummer Boing (Boing) – December 2024
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Despite our strong record against them since promotion to the Premiership, the very mention of Livingston Football Club gives even the most stoic of Thistle fans the willies. We got off to a strong start against them on the opening day, crushing them by six goals to two, but the nagging fear of them doing […]
Resident Thistle Goth – November 2024
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With our European hopes fading and our domestic hopes starting to heat up, October had been a month of contrasts. So when Hibs visited Firhill in our first match in November, it would be a real litmus test for the season ahead, given our stinging defeat in Leith at the beginning of the season and […]
Getting Back On Track – October 2024
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Initially, September did not start well for us, as we continued upon a winless run in the Premiership that stretched back to the opening day. That was until a stunning first win over Rangers since 1993 kickstarted a magnificent run of three wins in a row in all competitions as Sporting CP and Inverness Caley […]
Gluten-Free Gladiators – September 2024
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After the heroics of our Europa League progression, it was back into Premiership action as we hosted an Aberdeen side out for a reaction after they were battered 3-0 in their last fixture against Celtic. With Jack McMillan not fully fit after coming off against Malmo, Ben McPherson got the nod at right-back in the […]
It All Begins Again – August 2024
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Welcome back to the first edition of the 2024-25 season of Wallace ‘til I Die. Last season was an unprecedented success, finishing third in the Premiership, recording our highest-ever points tally and reaching the semi-finals of both the League and Scottish Cups. With Europe to look forward to, there was more scope for exciting signings, […]
An End Is A Start – April/May 2024
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We began April like March, with a televised Friday night away game in the East. This time, however, it was struggling Livingston were the opposition as we looked to continue our march to European qualification. The home side were on a terrible run, having won just one game in 2024 and before that hadn’t won […]
Like Yer Da With Technology- March 2024
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After a long(ish) absence, I am back to give the one handful of people who read this more content as I use the much-publicised feature of transferring a save from FM23 to FM24 to bring you more Thistle action. Technology these days is wild, isn’t it? A/N: I want to make something clear for this […]
Escape From Accietraz – February 2024
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Ah, February, The month of love and my birthday. But before we get into that, it’s time to review the January transfer window. It was not a dramatic window of any kind, with the movements outward being essential clearing of younger players whose deals were coming up this summer and players who were very much […]
Wild Hearts Can Be Broken (By VAR) – January 2024
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After a short winter break, it was back to league action as we travelled across Glasgow to the East End to face a Celtic side eager to close the gap on Rangers at the summit. The first fortnight of the transfer window had brought about no incomings to Firhill due to a mixture of underwhelming […]
There On Merida – December 2023
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A/N: Welcome back to another installment of Wallace ‘Til I Die. I can only apologise to those of you who may have been waiting for a new post for some time. My long-serving laptop of almost seven years stopped working adequately enough for me to put the blog out. The keyboard had stopped working and […]
Getting Aw Excited – November 2023
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*Robin Williams impersonating Richard Nixon voice* It’s me, I’m back again! After an eventful few weeks for me personally and for Thistle, I am delighted to get back to writing on the blog. There were the highest of highs and some seriously low lows, but that is all in the past now and I can’t […]
Learning On The Job – October 2023
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September brought the low of a bruising defeat at Firhill to one of the league’s better sides and the extreme high of defeating Celtic for the first time since 1995. Owing to the international break, there were only three league fixtures this month, two of them away from Firhill, which has proven to be a […]
Please, Please Mention The VAR – September 2023
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After a decent first month back in the Premiership that put us fifth in the embryonic league table and in with a chance of a return to Hampden in the League Cup, September had the potential to be a really tough month for us if results and performances didn’t go to plan. There were no […]
OK, Computer – August 2023
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Our first Premiership campaign since 2018 began like our last first campaign in years, with a home game against Dundee United. Now managed by one-time club icon and Everton legend Duncan Ferguson, United finished the last campaign in 8th place and comfortably away from any relegation worries. It was a familiar look for most of […]
Cannon Athletic – July 2023
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After a memorable season that saw us coast to an unprecedented treble of league, league cup and challenge cup, we regrouped for pre-season with most of the boys who got us there still intact. Everyone who played a significant part in getting us promoted from the Championship was, at the very least, under contract until […]
Something For The Rest Of Us – 2022/23 SPFL Review
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Celtic made up for disappointment in both domestic cups by cruising to a second consecutive league title under manager Ange Postecoglou, winning the top-flight by 16 points from cross-city rivals Rangers. There was some solace for Rangers as they retained the Scottish Cup with a 4-1 win over Kilmarnock. The biggest surprise came in the […]
That Don’t Imbrechts Me Much – April/May 2023
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April, and the quest to finish with the record points total in the Scottish second tier, began with a trip to Aberdeen to take on Cove Rangers. A game that lacked quality throughout only came to life in the 40th minute when Stevie Lawless and Kyle Turner combined to set up Brian Graham, but his […]
Glory Days – March 2023
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Bruce Springsteen once regaled fans with stories of Glory Days, a misty-eyed recollection of a man’s youth that he reflected back on in his thirties. Except, at Firhill, it was very much in the present as we paraded the League Cup a week on from our stunning triumph against Celtic before our match with Raith […]
Hope Over Fear – The 2023 Scottish League Cup Final
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When you think about it, there should be nothing daunting about a cup final. You’re there on merit, regardless of the strength of the opposition you have faced and beaten on the way. Yet somehow, you become consumed by your mind as you face up to playing in it. This was Thistle’s seventh national cup […]
Dr. Snow – February 2023
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As well as being my birthday month, February means the closing of the transfer window. Activity in G20 was decidedly low-key, with only one arrival and many players being informed I would not be taking up their options for 2023/24. Arriving on a loan deal until the end of the season from Liverpool was Dominic […]
The Red Lichtie District – January 2023
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New Year, new me? Nah, same old Thistle. We began 2023 with a trip to Ochilview to take on a QP side performing way below their real-life counterparts. They are one of three sides adrift at the bottom of the table, along with Cove Rangers and Raith Rovers. Brian Graham returned to the starting lineup […]
Schwake Me Up Inside – December 2022
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December is full of great things, all to do with Christmas, the food, the drink and the music, all good things. Do you know what isn’t fun? A trip to Aberdeen to play Cove Rangers, the team we played the week before in the Scottish Cup. In real life, this game spawned probably the wildest […]
Everybody Hurts – November 2022
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Still reeling from the news of Stuart Bannigan’s injury ruling him out for a number of weeks ahead of a crucial run of games, including two against second-placed Dundee, our worlds were rocked on the Thursday before our home game with Dundee when Ross Docherty went down with a hip injury. After agreeing that sending […]
Death Cab For QP – October 2022
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October began as September had done and gave us two away games in a row, the first of these was a jaunt up the A9 to Inverness to take on Caley, who we defeated in an entertaining game on the telly back in August. With no changes made to the side that defeated Morton 4-2 […]
Hex Appeal – September 2022
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Sneaking in at the end of August was the draw for the third round of the Challenge Cup, sponsored by the SPFL Trust. The competition is for the 12 Premiership reserve sides (Celtic, Hearts and Rangers B sides play in the sixth tier, everyone else’s does not), the 30 clubs from the Championship, League One, […]
Paisley Pandamonium – August 2022
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As July ticked into August, the first day of the new month was spent huddled around a monitor as we watched the outcome of the draw for the next phase of the League Cup. The list of teams read like a who’s who of Scottish Football: Celtic, Dundee United, Hearts, Rangers, Hibs and Aberdeen. All […]
Up For The Cup – July 2022
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With a short and sweet pre-season out of the way, our focus could now turn to our competitive games with the League Cup group stage. In our group of five, we faced fourth-tier sides Bonnyrigg Rose, Dumbarton and Stranraer and Premiership side St. Mirren, giving us an opportunity of qualifying as one of the best […]
Laying The Groundwork
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Hello everyone, I’m back with a new FM Blog chronicling my save with my beloved Partick Thistle. The release of the Winter Transfer Update has allowed me to start from scratch with no worrying. Before that, I used an update to tide me over until its release. As a result of the update, we start […]