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Partick Thistle is a Scottish football team
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the Scottish thistle is one of our emblems and an other is a kilt
The Scottish League cup in the year 1972 was won by Partick Thistle.
Legend says that a Norse army was invading a Scottish camp during the night. One of the Norse soliders stood on a thistle, cried out in pain and alerted the Scottish army to their presence.
Thistle funnel is named after the thistle flower, which it resembles in shape. The narrow stem and wide top of the funnel are similar to the long stem and bulbous head of a thistle plant. The name is descriptive of the funnel's appearance.
Partick Thistle plays professional association football (soccer). The football club is a member of the Scottish Premier League.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club.
The team that was beaten in the Scottish League Cup finals of 1954 was Partick Thistle.