You Couldn't Make It Up!

by Jack Little

Season 1969/70 tested the patience of many Thistle fans as they went from bad to worse. Slipping down the table towards relegation was bad enough but a perceived reluctance to get stuck in riled some fans. On 8/11/1969 the "Evening Times" carried a caustic letter from a reader that Thistle should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on the basis that "truly they are men with no thought of fight".

Publishing date An original Thistle Archive publication, 07-Sep-2020.
Latest edit date Latest edit version 02-Jun-2020.

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