PARTICK Thistle Football Club have pledged their support in calling on the council to rename Maryhill Library after Maria Fyfe, who was a passionate supporter of the team.

The former MP for Maryhill, who represented the area from 1987-2001, passed away in December, last year, aged 82.

Last week, Keiran O’Neill, Labour and Co-op Candidate for Maryhill and Springburn, sent a letter to Glasgow City Council calling for the library, which housed her constituency office, to be named after Maria.

And now a cross-party group of politicians have joined his calls, along with Gerry Britton, chief executive of Patrick Thistle, who will be writing to the council supporting the campaign.

Mr O’Neill said: “I am grateful to colleagues from across the political spectrum for their support in renaming Maryhill’s historic library after the late Maria Fyfe.

“In addition to this, I am delighted that Patrick Thistle Football Club, of which Maria was a passionate and dedicated supporter, will be writing to the council supporting our campaign to have her honoured.

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“Since we initially proposed this idea the response has been so positive and heartening – it just shows how much Maria meant to so many people.

“So few of public spaces in our city are named after the amazing women of Glasgow, I am confident given the public response so far that Glasgow City Council will right that wrong and honour one of our city’s most impressive and sorely missed daughters.”

Last month, the Glasgow Times reported that Stephen Fyfe, Maria’s son, paid tribute to her. He said: “She was always very supportive of Partick Thistle, she went more often than me. In 1998 when Partick Thistle were almost going bankrupt she bought one million B-shares, which were probably worth nothing, but it was just a way of getting money to the club.”

Mr O’Neill, Labour councillor for Maryhill, Jane Morgan, along with Labour MSP Johann Lamont and Tory MSP Annie Wells have all signed a new joint letter to the council chief executive.

SNP MSP and MP for Maryhill, Bob Doris and Patrick Grady, have also indicated their support and will be writing to the council.