Monday 10th July, 2023 at 3:30pm
The newly strengthened Partick Thistle board, led by interim chairman Alistair Creevy, have been busy and focussed reviewing all departments of the football club and this includes the Thistle Weir Youth Academy.
The academy would have required a review this summer regardless given it has been historically funded by Colin Weir and that funding stream closed off following Colin’s passing in 2019.
The current position is that the club and the academy are working closely together to explore funding solutions to enable the continuation of full academy operations for next season and beyond.
A number of potential sponsors and partners have already been engaged with by the club and academy and those conversations are being progressed as priority on a daily basis.
We have today written to parents/guardians with this update and will be liaising with them over the next few weeks to discuss this current position further and endeavour to keep them fully updated throughout the process.
Should any sponsor, supporter or member of the business community wish to get in touch regarding sponsorship of the academy or any other funding proposal or ideas, they can contact TWYA director Paul McDonald via email at: or by calling 0141 579 1971.
We thank all involved in the academy for their continued support and will provide further updates later this summer.