Thursday 8th August, 2024 at 5:30pm
Another 50 Thistle fans have been added to the red and yellow army following the recent visit of players and parents from US-based football development programme Prep4Pro.
Led by Prep4Pro founder and former Thistle reserves player John Roach, the group spent more than a week in Scotland, bookending their trip by taking in our games away to Motherwell and at home to Morton.
During their stay the youngsters from Richmond, Virginia also took on a number of youth teams across Scotland including our own Partick Thistle Youth Academy on Friday evening.
Earlier on Friday, the party were welcomed to the Wyre Stadium at Firhill for a special tour, meeting the management team and players for pictures and autographs, enjoying a Q&A with Mason McCready and presenting Kyle Turner with his McCrea Financial Services Player of the Month award.
They were back in Maryhill less than 24 hours later as our Captain Sponsor in matchday hospitality, on the pitch at half-time for penalties before meeting James Lyon, Luke McBeth, man of the match Myles Roberts and captain Brian Graham after full-time.
We’d like to thank everyone at Prep4Pro for embracing all things Thistle and we warmly welcome all the children and parents into the red and yellow army.
A special thank you to John Roach for making the whole trip possible – with a bigger and better return already being planned in 2025 we look forward to helping build the relationship further next summer.
Haste ye back!
