Wee Dublin end of Cappielow Park, with Titan Crane. Photo source.
Falkirk FC visit Cappielow today for a league match in the shadow of Greenock's enormous crane. And in the shadow of Morton's 6 - 0 loss to Motherwell too. Morton might need that crane to swing in a container or two of import supporters to replace the homegrown ones who walked out of Fir Park at the half last Saturday when thescore was 5 - 0 Motherwell. To judge by the forum at GreenockMorton.org the season is now officially lost and the call for Allan Moore's head has begun. I can't find a comprehensive database but it looks like last week's score was Morton's worst Scottish Cup result of at least the post-WWII era. Can someone finish this sentence for me? "Morton's 6 - 0 loss was their worse Scottish Cup result since ____ A.D."
Rangers also lost. Since the League Cup began they have gone without a major trophy only twenty years out of sixty-five. This season could be the twenty-first occasion. They're out of the League Cup and the Scottish Cup, and sit second in the Premier League.
Falkirk, on the other hand, are doing all right. They are still in the Scottish Cup and the Challenge Cup, and along with Dundee still have a realistic chance of catching Ross County at the top of the table. They haven't lost a league match since November.
[But here's good news for Morton. Falkirk's Farid El Alagui, the division scoring leader, is serving a suspension.]
Livingston on the other other hand have fired manager Gary Bollan.
Morton play five games over the next fifteen days: Falkirk today, Hamilton, Partick, Ross County, and Hamilton again.
Largs will try again to get in their fourth round Scottish Junior Cup match against Arniston.
[The BBC Sport live updates page is getting roundly defamed on Twitter today, on account of it not updating. Plus it's done up in Livingston FC colours.]
[There's a movement afoot to replace Allan Moore with Fabio Capello aka Fabio Cappielow.]
[FT 0 - 0. Every First Division fixture ends in a draw except Livingston 3 - 1 Partick.] [Largs won!]
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