Partick Thistle Football Club (FC) has unveiled plans to create a new £4 million training ground.

A location for the new facility is yet to be decided. However, the Club has entered into an agreement with Three Black Cats, a company set up by the Weir family for long term investments, to build the development.

The future site depends on a variety of factors including; what facilities are required, the surfaces available and the weather. In addition, the training ground will be designed to accommodate all of the club's year-long needs at one location.

David Beattie, Chairman of Partick Thistle, said: "It has been a long-held ambition of this Club to have its own training ground. The Board is ecstatic that we will now have that facility. Most importantly, it won't just be for first team use but for our youth academy, women's team and everyone else who is part of our football club.


"We are grateful to Three Black Cats for their vote of confidence in us. Ian Maxwell will lead for the Thistle side in this project to ensure that this training ground will for work us in the years ahead. The money we currently spend on facilities around Glasgow will be used to service our lease and costs at the new ground."

A spokesman for Three Black Cats said: "We have been looking for a new long term investment opportunity and believe that this new project will work for us and Partick Thistle. Thistle's ongoing stability – through the Club management's financial prudence and through the Board's strong leadership – persuaded us that this development is a worthwhile investment. It will be an exciting project and we are keen to get on with securing land as soon as possible.

"It is our intention to have the facility completed and operational within two years and will work closely with Thistle to ensure that it is fit for purpose."

(LM)