page_title: Partick Thistle F.C.
section_title: Club culture and fanbase
hierarchical_section_title: Partick Thistle F.C. / Club culture and fanbase
caption_attribution_description: English: Thistle play Kilmarnock at Firhill.
context_page_description: Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. The club have been members of the Scottish Professional Football League since its formation in 2013. Thistle currently compete in Scottish League One, the third tier of the SPFL structure, following relegation from the Scottish Championship in the 2019–20 season.
  Since 1936, Thistle have played in their distinctive red-and-yellow jerseys of varying designs, with hoops, stripes and predominantly yellow tops with red trims having been used, although in 2009 a centenary kit was launched in the original navy-blue style to commemorate 100 years at Firhill. Since 1908 the club have won the Scottish Second Division once and the Scottish First Division six times, most recently in 2013. Thistle have won the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup in 1921 and 1971 respectively.
  The club are currently managed by Ian McCall in his second spell in charge.
context_section_description: The club has a relatively modest fanbase which is mostly centred around Northern Glasgow, although they do have pockets of fans from across the globe. Being in close proximity to a large student population the club attracts many new fans from the local universities.
  The club prides itself on being non-sectarian and, therefore, not involved in the Old Firm division.
  Since the 1980s, the club has a small hooligan firm called the North Glasgow Express.
caption: Thistle playing Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership(September 2013)
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