Inverness Caledonian Thistle lost to Partick Thistle 1-3. 2469 people witnessed this Scottish Championship (2nd tier)clash between Caley, 3rd in the division, and The Jags, 2nd to bottom.
Next week Thistle take on Queen of the South who are one point above them.
Caley take on Ayr Utd who sit one place above them in second place, but 5 points better off.
Partick Thistle are a Glasgow based club in Maryhill and they have not been in Partick since 1908. They played in Partick prior to this from their founding in 1876. They joined the Scottish Football Alliance (i.e. league football) in 1891.
Former players include Alan Hansen, Mo Johnston, Alan Rough and Bertie Auld. Famous supporters are Robert Carlyle, David Hasselhoff and Jeremy Corbyn! Don't ask.
Their mascot, Kingsley, was designed by Turner Prize nominated David Shrigley as part of a sponsor deal with a Californian company investment firm, Kingsford Capital Management.
He'll frighten the life out of your children.PTFC also supports Thistle Weir Ladies FC since 2014, now known as PT Women's FC and an academy.
They also have 9 players out on loan to Fort William FC.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle is best known for The Sun news report when they beat Celtic in the Cup which read: "Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic are Atrocious". One of its mascots is Lionel Nessi, after the Loch Ness monster and Messi of course.
Fondly known as Caley Thistle or Caley Jags, the club formed when the Caledonian FC and Inverness Thistle merged in 1994.
Clachnacuddin FC was another "Highland" club, having been part of the three clubs to form the North of Scotland FA in 1888, that nearly joined in, but remained independent, .
Ross County is another club that may be considered "local rivals".
In 1996 ICTFC moved into the new Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.
In 2009 was managed by Terry Butcher! The present squad includes a lot of Scots, of course, and a lad from Eire, but also a Bulgarian, a Canadian and a Brazilian.
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