QUEEN’S PARK will always hold a special place in Ian McCall’s heart. The Glasgow club were the first to take a punt on the Partick Thistle manager as a player and offer him first-team football, and the 58-year-old is adamant that the Spiders gave him a platform that acted as a springboard for his entire football career.
The Jags host Owen Coyle’s team this afternoon and will be hoping to strengthen their grip on top spot in the table with another Firhill win. That challenge will be made a little more difficult due to the absence of centre-half Kevin Holt, who is awaiting the results of a scan after leaving Pittodrie on crutches on Wednesday evening.
McCall was given a rude awakening into life as a professional player with Queens – their manager at the time was a certain Mr Eddie Hunter – but he believes the famously angry coach gave him the kick up the backside that his career needed.
