Eight Partick Thistle board members, including chair Jacqui Low have resigned after the Jags decision-makers yielded to a furious fanbase.
Jags fans have grown disgruntled with the leadership of the club and things hit boiling point earlier this season when they announced the transfer of shares from the Jags Foundation to the PTFC Trust - who many fans believe do not have the club's best interest at hearts and seek to dilute the fan ownership. Low and the board had denied that but it did little to quell the fury of supporters who have been heard chanting 'sack the board' at games and recently staged a boycott of their Scottish Cup tie with Kelty Hearts, which attracted a record low home crowd as a result.
Low had insisted she wouldn't bow to fans who wanted her gone but it has now been confirmed that she has walked along with seven others. A statement read: “Although all members of the Board were re-elected at last month’s AGM, a section of the fanbase, encouraged by a false narrative about fan ownership and ongoing negative commentary, has not moved on.
“It became clear that their actions could impact on the Club long term, particularly on match days, at a hugely important time for the team on the park. The disruption has already caused loss of potential sponsorship and, if allowed to go unchecked, it could do significant and real damage to the Club these fans claim to love.
“The Board discussed the best way to protect Thistle from this increasingly destructive behaviour. Sadly, we came to the conclusion that it meant us resigning for the good of the Club.
“It has been our great privilege to help steer the Club through Covid, demotion and other challenges in the last three years and we wish Manager Ian McCall, coaching staff and the team every success for the rest of the season. Likewise, we wish Brian Graham and the women’s team well for their season. We want to place on record our thanks to chief executive Gerry Britton, staff, volunteers and fans for all their support.
“We hope that by taking this action now, this will draw a line, allowing the Club to move forward and focus on football.”
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