Jags’ lottery windfall joy

Lottery winner Colin Weir has handed Partick Thistle a £ 6 0 0,0 0 0 d o n a t i o n f o r their youth academy.

We i r, a J a g s f a n a n d a major backer of the club, a n d h i s w i f e C h r i s t i n e wo n £ 16 1 mi l l i o n o n t h e Euromillions in 2011.

He said: “Players are comi n g t h r o u g h t o t h e f i r s t team and it’s great to see us really starting to grow our own. This money will help that to continue at pace and perhaps see money come back to the club as players move on.”