Lottery winner Colin Weir has told Partick Thistle fans the club will be theirs for free within monthsLottery winner Colin Weir has completed the takeover of Partick Thistle and told fans he will hand the club over to them for free within months. He has also bought back parts of Thistle's ground at Firhill, bringing the stadium back to full club ownership after 10 years. Partick Thistle are set to become community-ownedWeir, 71, approached fans's group Thistle For Ever (TfE) in September and supported their offer to buy out Partick Thistle's majority shareholding in a move designed to make the club supporter-owned for the benefit of the community. The new fan ownership group will be similar to Motherwell's Well Society. Weir, who had previously invested significantly in Thistle and its Academy said: "Thistle for Ever (TfE) planted the thought of fan ownership as a real option in my mind.

Source: Sky sports November 21, 2019 09:11 UTC