THISTLE ABLE TO WEATHER RUNAROUND

ALEX RAE doesn't fear travel sickness — brought on by 770 miles in a week - flooring Jags, even if it left fans on the road to ruin.

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Partick Thistle head for Arbroath today, which is sandwiched by visits to Cove in the Challenge Cup after Storm Bram forced a call-off just over an hour before kickoff in midweek.

Rae, assistant to Mark Wilson, reckons common sense should've prevailed long before then but believes his boys can cope amid a quartet of games away from Firhill.

Rae, who dubbed news supporters' buses back to Balmoral on Tuesday will be subsidised by Jags the "right thing for the club to do", said: "We met a fan in the hotel where we had food prior to the game, an elderly gentleman.

"And Mark was complimentary, 'Thanks so much for your support coming all this way up.... He said it was one of the grounds he wanted to tick off so he's stayed overnight.