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Firstly, our opposition are no strangers to issues of name-changes and financial impropriety. Initially formed as an amateur outfit in the early 1940s, the club was known for around 30 years as Ferranti Thistle – a works team of the old engineering company found in various places across central Scotland. However, in 1974, Thistle beat off competition from six other clubs to win a place in the reformed three-tier Scottish…