The tomb of Robert the Bruce, Dunfermline Abbey. Source.
Morton visit East End Park for a game against Dunfermline Athletic. Both teams played on Tuesday: Morton beat Brora in the Scottish Cup, and Dunfermline beat Ayr in a rearranged Championship match. The Pars are fourth in the Championship with 22 points. Morton are eighth with 16. When Morton and Dunfermline met in the first quarter of the season they played to a 1 - 1 draw.
Current undefeated streaks, league + cup:
5 Dundee United
3 Inverness CT
3 Arbroath
3 Morton
2 Dunfermline
1 Queen of the South
0 Ayr United
0 Dundee
0 Alloa
0 Partick
The other Championship matches:
Arbroath [1 - 1] Dundee*
[Arbroath advance in the Championship League Cup by receiving two yellow cards to Dundee's three.]
Dundee United [2 - 1] Alloa*
Inverness CT [2 - 0] Ayr United
Queen of the South [1 - 2] Partick Thistle
(*Championship League Cup, Round Two.)
[Dunfermline 3 - 1 Morton. Goal by Lyon.]
League One:
Clyde [0 - 0] Forfar
Dumbarton [0 - 2] Montrose
East Fife [0 - 0] Falkirk
Peterhead [3 - 0] Stranraer
Raith Rovers [1 - 0] Airdrieonians
It's the final of the 2019-20 Scottish League Cup tomorrow.
Rangers [0 - 1] Celtic, at Hampden
Previous Old Firm finals:
1957/10/19 Celtic 7 - 1 Rangers
1964/10/24 Rangers 2 - 1 Celtic
1965/10/23 Rangers 1 - 2 Celtic
1966/10/29 Rangers 0 - 1 Celtic
1970/10/24 Rangers 1 - 0 Celtic
1975/10/25 Rangers 1 - 0 Celtic
1978/3/18 Rangers 2 - 1 Celtic
1982/12/4 Celtic 2 - 1 Rangers
1984/3/25 Rangers 3 - 2 Celtic
1986/10/26 Rangers 2 - 1 Celtic
1990/10/28 Rangers 2 - 1 Celtic
2003/3/16 Celtic 1 - 2 Rangers
2009/3/15 Celtic 2 - 0 Rangers
2011/3/20 Rangers 2 - 1 Celtic
Rangers 9, Celtic 5.
2019-20 Scottish Junior Cup, Round Four replays and rearranged fixtures:
Rossvale 1 - 2 Auchinleck Talbot (Nov 30)
Glenafton [1 - 1] Irvine Meadow [Meadow win on PK.]
Rutherglan Glencairn [0 - 4] Petershill
Dundee North End [0 - 2] Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
(Just the West Premiership clubs.)
Sort the 2019-20 Championship clubs by most recent cup final, why don't you?
2017-18 Challenge Cup final Inverness CT
2016-17 Challenge Cup final Dundee United
2014-15 Challenge Cup final Alloa
2013-14 Challenge Cup final Partick Thistle
2012-13 Challenge Cup final Queen of the South
2009-10 Challenge Cup final Dundee FC
2007-08 Challenge Cup final Dunfermline
2001-02 League Cup final Ayr United
1992-93 Challenge Cup final Morton
none Arbroath
1907-08: Morton were away to Airdrieonians' park where they lost 3 - 0. The Ton had now lost seven in a row, including two to Airdrieonians. They were in 15th place.
1963-64: Morton were at home to Albion Rovers and won 3 - 1.
Games in which Morton surrendered five or more goals in the 2010s:
2019/9/28 Dundee United 6 - 0 Morton
2019/8/30 Inverness CT 5 - 0 Morton
2018/10/27 Ross County 5 - 0 Morton
2018/9/29 Morton 1 - 5 Ayr United
(Say what you like about Jim Duffy, he never let the other side score a manita on Morton.)
2014/5/3 Hamilton 10 - 2 Morton
2013/11/23 Morton 1 - 5 Livingston
2013/10/19 Cowdenbeath 5 - 1 Morton
2013/2/3 Dundee 5 - 1 Morton
2012/3/3 Raith Rovers 5 - 0 Morton
2012/2/4 Motherwell 6 - 0 Morton
2011/9/30 Partick Thistle 5 - 0 Morton
2011/2/5 Inverness CT 5 - 1 Morton
(Jan 1 2010 to Dec 31 2019. League and cup only.)
Port Glasgow Athletic versus St Mirren. In sixteen Scottish League meetings St Mirren took eleven wins, Port Glasgow four wins, with one draw.
Scottish Cup:
1886/10/2 St Mirren 2 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic R2
1907/2/9 St Mirren 4 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic R2
Renfrewshire Cup:
1883/9/15 St Mirren 3 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic
1886/1/23 Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 St Mirren (protested)
1886/1/30 Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 1 St Mirren
1891/2/14 Port Glasgow Athletic 0 - 4 St Mirren
1894/2/24 St Mirren 2 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic (protested)
1894/3/17 St Mirren 5 - 4 Port Glasgow Athletic
1896/2/29 St Mirren 0 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic (cup-winning game)
1897/4/10 Port Glasgow Athletic 0 - 1 St Mirren (abandoned)
1897/4/17 St Mirren (W) 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic
1898/4/23 St Mirren (W) 2 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic
1904/4/2 St Mirren 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic (abandoned)
1904/4/9 St Mirren 4 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic
1909/8/24 St Mirren 2 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic
Renfrewshire Coronation Cup:
1902/6/25 Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 0 St Mirren (cup-winning game)
(Sources: Scottish Football Historical Archive, Wikipedia.)
Swiss Challenge League: Winterthur [1 - 2] Lausanne-Ouchy (tomorrow)
Chrisnovic N'sa has signed on for another year with HFX Wanderers. Wanderers have also signed forward Ibrahima Sanoh from the Holland College Hurricanes. He played as an Atlantic Select in the 2018 friendly against Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Luca Gasparotto and Wataru Murofushi have re-signed with York9.
The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees won the FISU Women's University World Cup in Jinjiang, China last Saturday, beating Paulista Univerisity of São Paulo 1 - 0. Goal by Mikayla Morton. Story.
Tomorrow it's the quarter-finals of the 40th Empress's Cup:
Match No. 41: Nippon TV Beleza (N1) [5 - 0] Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama (N1)
Match No. 42: Chifure AS Elfen Saitama (N2) [3 - 2] Orca Kamogawa (N2)
Match No. 43: Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies (N1) [1 - 0] Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies (N1)
Match No. 44: INAC Kobe Leonessa (N1) [1 - 0] Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara (N1)
J1 ends today. J3 ends tomorrow.
The board of the JFL met Thursday and formally admitted Iwaki FC and Kochi United. Iwaki FC have already filed for 100-Year-Plan status, a prerequisite for advancement to J3.
Iwaki FC finish the year with a training match against Sendai University.
Elfen Saitama. Source. The technology is available for any club to take a starting-XI photo for every game they play, yet some clubs *CoughGreenockMorton* still don't do it.