Thistle stars raring to go

Photo by Jeff Holmes

Partick Thistle spent Tuesday lunchtime taking over Glasgow's George Square.

Hundreds of fans packed the city centre to see the new home kit being unveiled, meet some of the players and, of course, get a glimpse of Kingsley the mascot.

It's been a summer of upheaval at Firhill with first team regulars such as Stephen O'Donnell, Conrad Balatoni, Scott Fox and Kallum Higginbotham leaving.

Ryan Stevenson is still there and he's been telling Gordon Duncan how much he's looking forward to coming up against Higginbotham and Kilmarnock.

Kris Doolan was Thistle's top scorer last season, despite spending long spells on the bench due to the arrival of Lyle Taylor.

With Taylor now gone, Doolan says he'll be more than happy to welcome the next rival to his starting spot:

Dan Seaborne missed the latter stages of the 2014/15 season due to an ankle injury.

The defender told Gordon Duncan having to watch from the sidelines has made him even more keen to get going this season: