Anyone old enough to remember a trophy being paraded at Firhill?

I am lucky enough to have stayed next door to Alex Rae who brought the cup into our house in 1972 for me to see as a 6 year old...

Will this be the only Cup silverware in Glasgow this year? Does the Six Nations Championship count as a cup tournament ?

Big Blue Thistle almost won the FA Cup

Thistle's first English Cup victory was achieved in Blackburn thanks to goals from the prolific pair Paul and Johnstone. Towards the game Thistle scored two more, but both were disallowed. Team details here. Euphoria surrounded Partick following the win. A spokesman was disappointed that there was to be no Glasgow Exhibition "as they had intended displaying the English Cup".

A little too much euphoria, perhaps, as Thistle lost the following games at home to Dumbarton Athletic 1-0, and away to Dumbarton 1-2.

The draw presented treasurer McQuarrie with relief. The trip to Blackburn had lost the club money, but the second round draw gave Partick Thistle a home match with Fleetwood Rangers. The game remained even only for the first tem minutes before Willie Paul lead his forwards on a goalscoring spree against the visitors. The final score ended 7-0 to Thistle. Team details here.

Yet another defeat at the hands of Queen's Park (1-3) separated the English Cup ties - the third round match being a visit to Belfast to play the "Ulster cracks" Cliftonville. The home side had much of the play in the first half, although Partick Thistle led 3-0 at the break. In the second half Thistle dominated - Willie Paul scored four and Jerry Suter three. Cliftonville scored when Andrew Duff left his goal towards the end of the game, tired of having nothing to do. The final score was 11-1. Team details here.

Poor conditions made the games that survived in December meaningless. A 0-0 draw with Rangers at Kinning Park, and a 1-2 defeat by St Mirren of a weakened Thistle team were the only games that survived.

John Marshall was forced to retire due to illness.

For the second year in a row Thistle travelled south at New Year to play Everton at Anfield, minus their professional players. Johnstone scored for Partick Thistle in a 1-1 draw, prior to moving on to beat South Shore 3-2 in Blackpool.

Concerns were being expressed over the costs being incurred for travelling to the English Cup games. The fourth round game was against Old Westminster in London, again a long and expensive round trip. Rumours were rife in London that Partick Thistle would scratch, but were advised by London reporters that Old Westminsters were the weakest side left in the cup. Old Westminsters wanted to play the game at Leyton, but Partick Thistle insisted that it should be played at the Oval to allow for a bigger crowd and a bigger share of the receipts for the visiting club. The London club agreed.

The match at the Oval was very fast, with both defences playing well. The attendance was fair but Thistle's share of the gate did not cover the travelling expenses. A late goal beat Partick Thistle. Team details here.

How about the BT Premiership

What about the BT Premiership?

Congrats to Hawks - but this is literally a different league. I feel displaying the Calcutta cup may be more of a draw than the BT Cup (or whatever it is). Seriously - our S2 team were really excited at the prospect of seeing it, so many will go along on Friday, taking parents. Who knows if or how this will grow, but its a dman good step.

Huge plaudits to those making it happen.

Bad form to reply to one's own post, but...

Hugh, my apologies. I just realised the context of your comment.

I reckon Les was meaning Glasgow to be the 'Glasgow Warriors Pro Team', but your interpretation is valid.

So yes, silverware is won (again) in Glasgow. As I said before - congrats to Hawks. This is a really impressive achievement.

Careful, Robert Reid will be after you for plagiarism.

It wasn't Robert who wrote that it was Niall Kennedy

Sorry Hugh, I forgot it was Niall who did the book. There is a helluva lot of work involved in it. I suspect Robert provided a helping hand somewhere along the line.