Partick Thistle make a rare successful European appearance

AMID a sea of white, one participant of the Pamplona bull run shone out from the rest - by wearing the bright yellow colours of Partick Thistle.

Gus Ritchie, from Kilmarnock, wore the Glasgow team's new strip as he took part in the San Fermin festival in Spain.

The shirt was specially delivered to the Partick Thistle fanatic by sports firm Greaves just ahead of the run to make sure he stood out from the crowd. Runners traditionally wear a white uniform for the event.

Stephen McCranor, of Greaves Sports, said: "The new kit did not come out until the day of the bull run so we got the manufacturers to ship out a jersey to him just in time."

The Pamplona bull run is not without controversy, with many branding it cruel and dangerous.

This year's event has already seen an Australian man gored in the leg and others badly hurt.

Navarra Hospital reported four people taken in for treatment.

Three had injuries to the face or back, suffered either in falls or because they were trampled, and the fourth was a 24-year-old Australian man who taunted a brown bull in the bullring that marks the end of the sprint.

The man waved his arms at the 1,200-pound bull, then slipped and fell and the bull pinned him to the ground and gored him, piercing a vein. It said his life was not in danger.

When bulls finish the run by trotting into the ring, runners are supposed to keep clear and let handlers with capes or long, thin sticks guide animals into stalls, as crowds in the stands cheer.

Another of the injured was a man who fell to the ground early in the run and saw virtually the entire pack of bulls run over him. The festival has six more runs to go over the weekend.