Thistle Men - Scottish Cup Finalists 2021
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:00
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Thistle Men - Scottish Cup Runners-up to Newlands on 28th August 2021 - Thistle men went down in a fighting display 5-3 to Newlands in the Scottish Cup Final held at Newlands. The Newlands team comprised mostly of the Stirling University squad with Thistle losing the decisive match closely on a champions tiebreak and had oppotunities in earlier matches holding 2 match points in the 3v3 tie which was also lost on a champions tiebreak. The team photo is left to right, Mark Gaffney (who featured in earlier rounds) , Neil McPhee, Colin Fleming (former fulltime player and represented Britian in the Davis Cup ), Fraser Swan, Shamael Chaudhry, Tim Weir, Euan Bell (captain), and Thistle President John Paterson.