Plenty of Nothing

Martha Rountree

Martha Rountree, the creator of Meet the Press and its first host, was born 110 years ago yesterday. Source.

Mick Lyons

Mick Lyons (right) played for Everton from 1971 to 1982, and the Nova Scotia Clippers in 1991. Source.

Queen of the South host Morton. QoS are seventh in the Championship with 9 points, Morton ninth with 6. Morton have not won a league match since August 7th. This is their worst season start since 2013-14. (See below.) In terms of goalscoring, things are worse than 2013-14. Morton's top scorer in league play is Gary Oliver with 2 goals. Queen of the South's is Lee Connelly with 4. But, owing to the large number of crap teams in the Championship this year, Morton are still not out of touch with the pack. If they can win by 2 goals today they will leap above the Doonhamers, possibly as high as seventh place.

QoS won the first meeting 2 - 3 on August 21st. They will play Morton December 1st in the Challenge Cup.

This is the seventh year in a row that Morton and QoS have had each other as opponents. (See below.)

[QoS 0 - 0 Ton]

The other Championship matches:

Arbroath (5th) [1 - 1] Ayr United (6th)

Kilmarnock (3rd) [2 - 1] Hamilton Academical (8th)

Partick Thistle (4th) [0 - 0] Dunfermline (10th)

Raith Rovers (2nd) [1 - 1] Inverness CT (1st)

Random video:

Fixture Collectors.

Years in a row with at least one game against Morton, current:

7        Queen of the South

6        Dunfermline Athletic

5        Inverness CT

4        Ayr United; Partick Thistle

3        Arbroath

2        Raith Rovers; Montrose

Years in a row with at least one game against QoS, current:

7        Morton

6        Dunfermline Athletic; Partick Thistle

5        Inverness CT

4        Ayr United

3        Arbroath; Queen's Park

2        Raith Rovers

Morton after nine games, the past decade:

2012-13        9    5    3    1    20    13     +7    18    3rd

2014-15        9    5    0    4    16    12     +4    15    3rd, League One

2017-18        9    4    2    3    12      9     +3    14    5th

2020-21        9    4    2    3      9    12      -3    14    5th

2018-19        9    3    4    2    11    12      -1    13    6th

2016-17        9    3    3    3    13    12     +1    12    6th

2015-16        9    2    4    3      9    12      -3    10    6th

2019-20        9    3    1    5    11    21    -10    10    8th

2021-22        9    1    3    5      7    14      -7      6    9th

2013-14        9    1    3    5      9    17      -8      6    10th

It's the Scottish Cup, Round Two. The League Two clubs join the 30 winners from Round One. Let's continue to follow the remaining preliminary round teams, plus East Kilbride and Clydebank:

Annan [3 - 1] Jeanfield Swifts

Banks O' Dee [5 - 0] Nairn County    Upset

Broomhill [0 - 2] Tranent    Upset

East Kilbride [4 - 0] University of Stirling

Preston Athletic [0 - 2] Auchinleck Talbot

Sauchie Juniors [2 - 1] Dunipace

Stranraer [0 - 1] Darvel    Upset

Clydebank vs Elgin (October 25)

Other matches:

UCD 2 - 1 Treaty United (yesterday)

Winterthur [6 - 1] Kriens

HFX Wanderers [0 - 0] Forge

Largs Thistle vs Bonnyton Thistle (postponed)

1.FC Saarbrücken [1 - 1] Munich 1860

St Martins vs FC Isle of Man (postponed)

FA Vase: Billingham Synthonia [4 - 2] FC Isle of Man

RoPS [1 - 0] TPS

[This ends the Ykkonen season. TPS finish third and miss out on promotion.]

J2: Mito HollyHock vs Okayama (tomorrow)

JFL: Honda Lock vs FC Kariya (tomorrow)

Faroes: B36 vs Vikingur (tomorrow)

Royal Pari 0 - 1 The Strongest (October 19)

The Strongest [1 - 0] Real Potosi (today)

Concacaf League QF, first leg (October 20):

Santos de Guápiles 3 - 1 Forge

FAI Cup, semi-finals (yesterday):

St Patrick's Athletic 3 - 1 Dundalk

Bohemians 1 - 0 Waterford

AFC Champions League, semi-finals:

Al-Nassr 1 - 2 Al-Hilal (October 19)

Two Saudi clubs.

Ulsan Hyundai 1 - 1 Pohang Steelers (October 20)    Pohang win on PK.

Two South Korean clubs.

Europa League group stage, matchday 3:

Rangers 2 - 0 Brøndby (October 21)

Celtic 2 - 0 Ferencvárosi (October 19)

There are eight four-team groups in the Europa League group stage. Each team plays six games. Teams that finish in first place get a bye to the Group of 16. Second-place teams go to the next round, called the preliminary knockout round. Third-place teams drop to the Europa Conference League. Fourth-place teams are out. After matchday 3 Celtic and Rangers are in third place in their respective groups.

Scottish Junior Cup, Round Three:

(These are just the matches involving West of Scotland Premier Division clubs:)

Gartcairn [6 - 0] Beith Juniors

Petershill [3 - 0] Benburb

Irvine Meadow XI [5 - 2] Cumbernauld United

Cumnock Juniors [1 - 1] Largs Thistle [Largs win on PK.]

Carnoustie Panmure [3 - 4] Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Rossvale vs Irvine Victoria or Pollok

Irvine Victoria and Pollok were ejected for brawling. Rossvale advance.

Craigmark Burtonians vs Auchinleck Talbot (October 30)

Early Clydebank teams in the Scottish Cup:

Clydebank FC (I)

1888/9/1        R1    Clydebank 3 - 4 Vale of Leven Wanderers

1889/9/7        R1    Clydebank scr/wo Vale of Leven Wanderers

1890/9/13      R1    Clydebank 4 - 3 Kirkintilloch Athletic

1890/9/27      R2    Slamannan 5 - 2 Clydebank (protested)

1890/10/11    R2    Clydebank 5 - 2 Slamannan

1890/10/18    R3    Dumbarton 6 - 0 Clydebank

1891/9/5        R1    Clydebank 7 - 1 Grasshoppers

1891/9/26      R2    Vale of Bannock 0 - 7 Clydebank

1891/10/17    R3    Cowdenbeath 0 - 3 Clydebank

1891/11/7      R4    Bathgate Rovers 5 - 1 Clydebank

1892/9/3        R1    Clackmannan 4 - 1 Clydebank

1893/9/2        R1    Falkirk wo/scr Clydebank

1894/9/1        R1    Camelon wo/scr Clydebank

Clydebank Athletic

1890/9/6        R1    Campsie Hibernian 3 - 6 Clydebank Athletic

1890/9/27      R2    Clydebank Athletic 3 - 5 Kilsyth Wanderers

1891/9/5        R1    King's Park 5 - 3 Clydebank Athletic

1892/9/3        R1    Campsie wo/scr Clydebank Athletic

Clydebank United

1896/8/29      R1    Vale of Leven wo/scr Clydebank United

Clydebank FC (II)

1899/9/9        R1    Clydebank 1 - 1 Vale of Leven

1899/9/16      R1    Vale of Leven 4 - 0 Clydebank

1900/9/8        R1    Linthouse wo/scr Clydebank

1901/9/7        R1    Cameronians wo/scr Clydebank

(Source: The Beautiful Dribbling Game.)

1999-2000

October 23, 1999.    Morton played Falkirk at Cappielow and lost 2 - 3. Harry Curran and Warren Hawke scored for the Ton. Attendance 1409. Clydebank visited Broomfield to play Airdrieonians, losing 1 - 0. Attendance 1390.

Cowlairs FC results for 1891-92:

Scottish football went from no senior leagues in 1889 to three in 1891: the Scottish League, the Scottish Alliance, and the Scottish Federation, and Cowlairs were in none of them. Fortunately they had a good run in the Scottish Cup.

1892/5/28      Northern 6 - 1 Cowlairs              friendly

1892/4/23      Queen's Park 3 - 0 Cowlairs       friendly

1892/4/16      Johnstone 4 - 8 Cowlairs           friendly

1892/4/9        Northern 3 - 2 Cowlairs          North Eastern Cup SF

1892/3/19      Leith Athletic w - 3 Cowlairs        friendly    [faint scan]

1892/3/5        Cowlairs 4 - 0 Dykebar               friendly

1892/2/13      Cowlairs 1 - 3 Broxburn Shamrock    friendly

1892/1/23      Celtic 4 - 1 Cowlairs               Scottish Cup QF

1891/12/26    Leith Athletic 2 - 2 Cowlairs         friendly

1891/12/19    Cowlairs 11 - 2 Mid Annandale    Scottish Cup R6

1891/12/12    Cowlairs 3 - 2 Cambuslang   Scottish Cup R5

1891/12/5      Cowlairs 7 - 4 5th KRV           Scottish Cup R4

1891/11/28    Victoria United 2 - 4 Cowlairs     friendly

1891/11/21    Cowlairs 4 - 2 Abercorn              friendly

1891/11/14    Cowlairs 2 - 0 Wanderers           friendly

1891/11/7      Cowlairs 9 - 3 5th KRV (protested)    Scottish Cup R4

1891/10/31    Cowlairs 2 - 1 Renton                friendly

1891/10/24    Cowlairs 6 - 0 Methlan Park        friendly

1891/10/17    Cowlairs 5 - 0 Dalry              Scottish Cup R3

1891/10/3      Royal Albert 4 - 4 Cowlairs    Scottish Cup R2 replay

1891/9/26      Royal Albert 6 - 6 Cowlairs    Scottish Cup R2

1891/9/19      Cambuslang 1 - 0 Cowlairs    Glasgow Cup R1

1891/9/12      Battlefield 3 - 2 Cowlairs              friendly

1891/9/5        Motherwell 1 - 4 Cowlairs      Scottish Cup R1

1891/8/15      Cowlairs 9 - 0 Methlan Park        friendly

1891/8/8        Cowlairs 4 - 2 Clyde                    friendly

(Sources: The Glasgow Herald for friendlies and the Scottish Cup; Scottish Cup results were checked against The Beautiful Dribbling Game; SFHA for the North Eastern Cup.

Dulcinea (1962)

Millie Perkins starred in the 1962 release Dulcinea, also titled Girl from La Mancha. Source.

Abenaki Land

Source.

Demolition of Moxham Castle

Demolition of Moxham Castle, Sydney Nova Scotia, 1966. The mansion was built in 1890 in Lorain, Ohio by steel magnate A. J. Moxham, and then dismantled and moved to Sydney in 1898 when he took charge of the Sydney steel plant. But the Moxhams abandoned the house in 1902 when their son was killed in an accident at the plant.  Source. See also.

Gaulish Words in Dioscorides

Below is a list of Gaulish words found in Dioscorides, De Materia Medica (trans. Osbaldeston and Wood, 2000). De Materia Medica is a compendium of plants, animals and minerals and their medicinal uses, compiled by Pedanius Dioscorides around 60 AD. He identifies each plant by its Greek name, but often gives a number of alternate names, usually in Greek or Latin, but sometimes in Egyptian, Syrian, Dacian, Gaulish, etc.

Each Gaulish word is followed by the book and chapter number where it appears, the chapter heading (a Greek name in Latin all-caps), the Linnaean or other taxonomical name as suggested by Osbaldeston and Wood, and a common English name. I have only listed the words that Dioscorides specifically credits to the Gauls; there could be other Gaulish words attached to phrases like 'some others call it'. Because Dioscorides credits the Latin phrase piper apum (bees' pepper) to the Gauls I have included it in the list.

albolon        3.36 GLECHON.    Mentha pulegium.    Pennyroyal.

baccar        1.9 ASARON.    Asarum euopaeum.    Hazelwort.

beliucandas        4.115 MURIOPHULLON.    Myriophyllum spicatum.    Water milfoil.

bilinuntiam        4.69 UOSKUAMOS MELAS, UOSKUAMOS LEUKOS, UOSKUAMOS MELOIDES.    Hyoscyamus niger.    Henbane.

corna        2.208 ARGEMONE.    Papaver argemone.    Pale poppy.

ducone        4.175 CHAMAIAKTE.    Sambucus ebulus.    Dwarf elder.

gelasonen        3.132 GNAPHALION.    Filago germanica.    Cudweed.

iumbarum        4.16 LEIMONION.    Pyrola rotundifolia.    Wintergreen.

jupisellusum        1.103 ARKEOTHOS MEGALE, ARKEOTHOS MIKRA.    Iuniperus minor.    Lesser juniper.

laginum        4.150 ELLEBOROS.    Veratrum album.    Hellebore.

merisimorion        3.118 MELISSOPHULLON.    Melittis mellisophyllum.    Honey balm.

ousubim        4.148 DAPHNOIDES.    Daphne mezereum.    Laurel.

ousubim        4-149 CHAMAIDAPHNE.    Prunus laurocerasus.    Dwarf laurel.

pempedula    4.42 PENTAPHULLON.    Potentilla alba.    Cinquefoil.

piper apum        1.2 AKORON.    Iris pseudacorus.    Yellow flag.

ponem        3.127 ARTEMISIA MONOKLONOS, ARTEMISIA MONOKLONOS ETERA.    Artemisia vulgaris.    Mugwort.

sapana        2.209 ANAGALLIS, KORKOROS.    Anagallis arvensis.    Scarlet pimpernel.

scobie        4.174 AKTE.    Sambucus nigra.    Elder tree.

scubulum        4.71 STRUCHNOS KEPAIOS.    Solanum melongena.    Eggplant.

sistrameor        3.82 IPPOMARATHRON.    Foeniculum vulgare.    Wild fennel.

subites        2.210 KISSOS.    Hedera helix.    Common ivy.

tarbidolopion        2.153 ARNOGLOSSON, ARNOGLOSSON MIKRON.    Plantago major.    Greater plantain.

theximon        3.6 ARISTOLOCHIA KLEMATITIS.    Aristolochia clematitis.    Apple of earth.

thona        2.211 CHELIDONION.    Chelidonium majus.    Greater celandine.

Source: Dioscorides, Materia Medica.

Further reading: Dottin, La langue gauloise.

Yonten Gyatso

The Fourth Dalai Lama, Yonten Gyatso (reigned 1601-17) was Mongolian. Source.

Free Blades versus Red Eagles

Red Eagles. Source.

Tohoku Free Blades host Red Eagles Hokkaido, who are the rebranded Oji Eagles. They still play at Hackucho Arena in Tomakomai, but they are no longer a branch of Oji Paper Company. You can see all the Oji Eagles statistics here.

Now that the Eagles and Cranes have both rebranded, Nikkō Ice Bucks (created 1999) are the old man of the Japanese professional teams.

Red Eagles enter this game in first place, and Tohoku are second.

[Free Blades 2 - 5 Eagles]

The Old Merkat Cross

The Old Mercat Cross, Inverness. The pillar is probably 16th-century; a unicorn was added in 1900. Source.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle host Morton. Inverness are top of the division with 19 points. Morton are ninth with 6.

ICT have lead the Championship since Week Four. If Morton win today it'll be their first win against a division leader since they beat Ross County on January 4th, 2019.

Caley Thistle's only loss in league play came two weeks ago at the hands of Hamilton Academical. Morton's only win of the season was against those same Accies.

Both clubs were winners in the Challenge Cup last weekend. Morton beat Montrose, and ICT eliminated Elgin City.

Michael Gardyne of Caley Thistle played for Morton in 2007. ICT's Wallace Duffy was loaned by St Johnstone to Morton in 2020, but the deal was cancelled before he ever kicked a ball. No one on the current Morton roster has played for ICT.

Coming into today's games there are no rearranged fixtures pending in any of the four SPFL divisions, which seems unusual, but the same thing was true at this time in 2019.

This is the weekend the SPFL started last year.

[ICT 2 - 0 Morton]

The other Championship matches:

Hamilton Accies 1 - 6 Partick Thistle (yesterday)

Ayr United [2 - 1] Queen of the South

Dunfermline [2 - 2] Kilmarnock

Raith Rovers [2 - 1] Arbroath

Morton's most frequent opponents since October 16, 2011:

34 games        Queen of the South

29 games        Dunfermline Athletic

28 games        Falkirk

24 games        Dumbarton

24 games        Raith Rovers

23 games        Ayr United

Other matches:

UCD 1 - 0 Cork City (last night)

J2: Renofa Yamaguchi [2 - 2] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)

JFL: FC Kariya 2 - 1 Kochi United (yesterday)

Faroes: Klaksvik [3 - 1] B36 (tomorrow)

Thun 0 - 2 Winterthur (yesterday)

Winterthur are top of the league.

Clachnacuddin [0 - 4] Brora Rangers

Hallescher [2 - 3] 1.FC Saarbrücken

HFX Wanderers 1 - 0 Pacific (October 11)

This was a big win for the Wanderers and a big loss for Pacific. One own goal.

Cavalry [0 - 0] HFX Wanderers (tomorrow)

SWF Championship South: Falkirk [2 - 4] Morton (tomorrow)

Barnton 1 - 6 FC Isle of Man (October 13)

FC Isle of Man [8 - 3] Abbey Hulton United (today)

Tokyo Verdy Beleza [4 - 1] Elfen Saitama

TPS 1 - 1 Ekenas (October 14)

Coupe de France, Round Five (tomorrow):

Cholet RCC [0 - 8] USSA Vertou

AFC Champions League quarter-finals (East) (tomorrow):

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [2 - 3] Ulsan Hyundai

Pohang Steelers [3 - 0] Nagoya Grampus

Aberdeenshire Shield, Round One (October 13):

Banks O' Dee 4 - 2 Hermes

Inverurie Loco Works 3 - 0 Fraserburgh

Keith 2 - 1 Aberdeen University

Huntly 1 - 0 Turriff United

South Challenge Cup Round Two:

(mainly the North-West Zone:)

Largs Thistle [5 - 1] Glasgow Perthshire

Arthurlie [5 - 1] Benburb

Jeanfield Swifts [2 - 0] Broomhill

St Anthony's [2 - 0] Rutherglen Glencairn

Johnstone Burgh [1 - 2] Greenock Juniors

Saltcoats Victoria [1 - 8] Glasgow United

Harmony Row [0 - 5] Clydebank

Irvine Meadow [5 - 3] Kilwinning Rangers

Irvine Victoria [0 - 1] Vale of Leven

Vale of Clyde [0 - 4] Pollok

Renfrew wo/scr Westerton United

St Cadoc's [3 - 4] Petershill (tomorow)

St Peters [1 - 4] Beith Juniors

Rossvale [6 - 0] Campbeltown Pupils

Kilbirnie Ladeside [4 - 1] Port Glasgow

Yoker Athletic [0 - 3] Drumchapel United

Larkhill Thistle [0 - 3] East Kilbride

The 57th Shakaijin Cup was to have been played this week but was cancelled due to Covid in the host prefecture of Tochigi. (See the Japanese state of emergency map here.) Normally this tournament is used to determine the tenth and eleventh participants in the Regional Champions League in November. Now the soccer powers that be will rely on second- and third-place regional teams and the list of 100-Year Status clubs to fill in the vacancies.

The teams were to have been: Tochigi City (host), Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth, Nippon Steel Muroran, Ganju Iwate, Cobaltore Onagawa, Tokyo United, Criacao Shinjuku, Tsukuba FC, Tokyo 23, Toho Titanium, Vonds Ichihara Vert, Shinagawa CC Yokohama, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Toyama Shinjo Club, Toyota Kicking Team, FC Ise-Shima, Chukyo University, FC Bombonera, Arterivo Wakayama, Cento Cuore Harima, Ocacias Kyoto, St.Andrew's FC, Moriyama Samurai 2000, International Pacific University, Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima, Fukuyama City FC, FC Tokushima, Tadotsu FC, Veroskronos Tsuno, J-Lease FC, FC Nobeoka Agata, Nanakuma Tombies.

St.Andrew's FC is the team for Momoyama Gakuin University, which was founded by Anglican, not Presbyterian, missionaries.

Morioka Zebra in the Shakaijin Cup:

1969/11/8      R1    Morioka Zebra 5 - 2 Mazda Hiroshima

1969/11/9      R2    Urawa Club 3 - 0 Morioka Zebra

1971/11/22    R2    Morioka Zebra 0 - 4 Towa RE

1981/11/21    R1    Imabari SC 0 - 2 Morioka Zebra

1981/11/22    R2    Toho Titanium 1 - 0 Morioka Zebra

1998/11/22    R1    Morioka Zebra 0 - 4 Nippon Steel Oita

1999/11/13    R1    NTT Kyoto 4 - 0 Morioka Zebra

Source: Football of Japan.

1999-2000

October 16, 1999.    Morton and Clydebank met at Cappielow (Morton were the visitors) and Morton won 1 - 3. Garry Tweedie, Keith Wright and Paul McDonald scored for the Ton, Kris O'Neil for Clydebank. Attendance 758.

Renton FC results for 1891-92:

1892/5/7        Vale of Leven 1 - 1 Renton           SFL

1892/5/5        Renton 0 - 4 Celtic                        SFL

1892/4/30      Cambuslang 1 - 1 Renton            SFL

1892/4/9        Renton 0 - 3 Hearts                      SFL

1892/4/4        Clyde 1 - 3 Renton                       SFL

1892/3/26      Clyde 0 - 2 Renton                     friendly

1892/3/19      Rangers 5 - 2 Renton                   SFL

1892/3/12      Renton 5 - 2 St Mirren                 SFL

1892/3/5        Vale of Leven 1 - 4 Renton        friendly

1892/2/27      Queen's Park 3 - 0 Renton    Scottish Cup SF replay

1892/2/13      Renton 1 - 1 Queen's Park    Scottish Cup SF

1892/2/6        Renton 3 - 2 Hearts       Scottish Cup R3 replay (neutral)

1892/1/30      Hearts 2 - 2 Renton               Scottish Cup R3 replay

1892/1/23      Renton 4 - 4 Hearts               Scottish Cup R3

1891/12/26    Dumbarton 2 - 1 Renton               SFL

1891/12/19    Arbroath 0 - 3 Renton    Scottish Cup R2 (in Dundee)

1891/12/12    Rangers 2 - 2 Renton (later nullified)    SFL

1891/12/5      Renton 2 - 1 Abercorn                 SFL

1891/11/28    Renton 7 - 4 Ayr FC              Scottish Cup R1

1891/11/21    Renton 1 - 0 Third Lanark            SFL

1891/11/14    Abercorn 3 - 3 Renton                  SFL

1891/11/7      Renton 2 - 3 Dumbarton               SFL

1891/10/31    Cowlairs 2 - 1 Renton                friendly

1891/10/24    Renton 1 - 1 Cambuslang            SFL   

1891/10/17    St Mirren 2 - 1 Renton                  SFL

1891/10/10    Renton 3 - 0 Leith Athletic           SFL

1891/10/3      Third Lanark 1 - 1 Renton            SFL

1891/9/26      Renton 2 - 1 Clyde                      SFL

1891/9/12      Hearts 4 - 2 Renton                     SFL

1891/9/5        Celtic 3 - 0 Renton                       SFL

1891/8/29      Renton 3 - 0 Vale of Leven         SFL

1891/8/22      Leith Athletic 2 - 3 Renton          SFL

1891/8/15      Renton 1 - 4 Rangers                  SFL

(Sources: fitbastats; German Wikipedia for the Scottish Cup; Glasgow Herald for Abercorn and Cambuslang, and the friendlies.)

Woman Gathering Maples Leaves

From a series of prints by Katsukawa Shunsho illustrating The Tales of Ise. Source.