![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.renfrewshire24.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Copy-of-Logo-Placement-for-Event-Poster-1.jpg?resize=640%2C800&ssl=1\"){kind=logo}
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paisley Pirates are inviting supporters past and present to celebrate the ice hockey club’s 80th birthday at Vienna\u2019s Nightclub in Paisley.<\/p>\n
The event will take place on Friday 28th August as the club prepares to mark eight decades of ice hockey.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1946, the Pirates will celebrate the anniversary with an evening looking back at the history of the club and ahead to the new season.<\/p>\n
Fans will have the chance to meet the 2026\/27 Paisley Pirates squad, alongside former players and club legends.<\/p>\n
The full 2026\/27 team will be officially introduced during the evening, while the club’s new season jerseys will also be revealed for the first time.<\/p>\n
Live interviews will take place throughout the event, with stories from across the club’s history and a look ahead to the anniversary season.<\/p>\n
Paisley Pirates Marketing & Communications Manager Calum Wilson said:\u00a0\u201cOur 80th anniversary is about much more than one season. It is an opportunity to celebrate everyone who has been part of the Paisley Pirates story over the last eight decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to bring together the current team, former players, supporters and people from across Paisley to celebrate that history together. There have been so many people who have contributed to this club over the years, and this is a chance for fans to be part of a genuinely important occasion for the Pirates.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re also incredibly excited to introduce the team for the new season and reveal our 80th anniversary jerseys for the first time. Most importantly, we\u2019re looking forward to being right here in Paisley and celebrating with everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event also marks the beginning of a new partnership between Paisley Pirates and Vienna\u2019s Nightclub, which has been announced as a sponsor of the club for the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n
The Paisley Pirates 80th Birthday Party will take place at Vienna\u2019s Nightclub on Friday 28th August.<\/p>\n
Doors open at 7pm, with the event starting at 7.30pm.<\/p>\n
It is a ticketed event, with full ticket purchasing information to be announced shortly through the official Paisley Pirates social media channels.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paisley Pirates are inviting supporters past and present to celebrate the ice hockey club’s 80th birthday at Vienna\u2019s Nightclub in Paisley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ice-hockey"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?fit=1448%2C1086&ssl=1",1448,1086,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1",640,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1",640,480,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?fit=1448%2C1086&ssl=1",1448,1086,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?fit=1448%2C1086&ssl=1",1448,1086,true],"joomsport-thmb-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?fit=310%2C233&ssl=1",310,233,true],"rn-home-thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?resize=320%2C200&ssl=1",320,200,true],"rn-home-rect":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?resize=480%2C300&ssl=1",480,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Ricky Kelly","author_link":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/author\/mudricky\/"},"category_info":"Ice Hockey<\/a>","tag_info":"Ice Hockey","comment_count":"0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paisley-Pirates-party-80th.jpg?fit=1448%2C1086&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185351,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185349\/revisions\/185351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}