Plenty of Nothing

Women Drinking Beer, by Manet

Women Drinking Beer, by Manet, circa 1878. Part of the Burrell Collection in Glasgow. Source.

102nd Emperor's Cup, Semi-Finals

Victory Kickoff!! cosplay. Source.

It's the Emperor's Cup semi-finals.

Match No. 85: Ventforet Kofu (J2) [1 - 0] Kashima Antlers (J1)    Upset

Kashima Antlers won the 2016 Emperor's Cup. Ventforet have never made it past the quarter-finals before.

Match No. 86: Kyoto Sanga (J1) [1 - 2] Sanfrecce Hiroshima (J1)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the 1965, 1967 and 1969 Emperor's Cups under the name Toyo Kogyo. Kyoto Sanga are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year, and the 20th anniversary of their 2002 Emperor's Cup.

Victory Kickoff!! website.

The Byre

The Farmhouse and the Byre, two white buildings in the centre of the picture, were thought to be the oldest football stadium structures in the world before they were demolished last year as part of the refurbishment of Lesser Hampden. Today's game, however, is at Ochilview Park. Source.

Morton visit Queen's Park for a fixture postponed from September 10th because of the Queen's death. The game takes place at busy (see below) Ochilview Park, as Lesser Hampden is still not ready for soccer.

Queen's Park are currently second in the Championship with 16 points, Morton eighth with 8.

The Spiders are managed by Owen Coyle who has been in the job since June.

Queen's Park's Lee Kilday played for Morton from 2014 to 2019. Jai Quitongo and Grant Gillespie played for Queen's Park from 2020 till this spring.

Queen's Park were the top Scottish football club of the late nineteenth century, when they won the Scottish Cup ten times and were twice English FA Cup runners-up. They remained staunchly amateur until 2019, which allowed them to take the Scottish Amateur Cup twelve times even though they were playing in the SFL. As soon as they abandoned amateurism, or maybe it was as soon as they hired Leeann Dempster as chairperson, they began to climb the table.

When was the last time that Queen's Park were in the top half of the Scottish League? They finished 1981-82 in 8th place in Division One, which meant there were 17 clubs above them and 20 below. Before that was 1957-58 when they finished 18th in the top division.

This was a Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup Round One match.

The draw for the next round of the Challenge Cup was held today. Morton will [visit Raith Rovers.]

[Morton win 1 - 2 on goals by Kabia and Muirhead.]

Also today:

Cove Rangers (7th) [3 - 1] Dundee (5th)

Gala Fairydean Rovers [2 - 0] Dalbeattie Star

Fixtures at Ochilview Park, October 2022:

October 1      Queen's Park vs Raith Rovers

October 2      Stenhousemuir Women vs Westdyke

October 4      Queen's Park vs Morton

October 8      Stenhousemuir vs Annan

October 9      Stenhousemuir Women vs Rossvale

October 14    Queen's Park vs Arbroath 

October 15    Stenhousemuir vs Stirling Albion

October 22    Stenhousemuir vs East Fife (Scottish Cup)

October 29    Queen's Park vs Dundee

Morton in the Scottish 2nd XI Cup, 1900 to 1950:

1903/9/12      R1    Renton 3 - 4 Morton    Protested, Morton later scratched.

1913/9/6        R1    Partick Thistle 1 - 0 Morton

1914/9/5        R1    Morton 4 - 2 Rangers

1914/10/10    R2    Clyde 6 - 1 Morton

1928/2/x        R1    Morton vs Queen's Park    A draw.

1928/2/x        R1    Morton vs Queen's Park    QP advanced.

1932/2/x        R1    bye

1932/2/20      R2    Morton 0 - 2 Motherwell

1933/2/15      R1    Motherwell 6 - 6 Morton

1933/2/22      R1    Morton 1 - 3 Motherwell

1934/2/3        R1    Airdrieonians 2 - 2 Morton

1934/2/17      R1    Morton 3 - 5 Airdrieonians

1935/2/23      R1    Morton 4 - 2 Queen of the South

1935/3/2        R2    bye

1935/3/20      R3    Hearts 4 - 0 Morton

1936/2/x        R1    Celtic wo/scr Morton

1937/2/6        R1    Queen of the South 7 - 2 Morton

1938/2/12      R1    Morton 0 - 2 Celtic

1939/2/15      R1    Morton 1 - 1 Airdrieonians    Morton won coin-toss.

1939/2/18      R2    Morton 2 - 1 Ayr United

1939/3/4        R3    Rangers 5 - 0 Morton

1940/3/20      R1    Morton 3 - 3 Partick Thistle

1940/3/29      R1    Partick Thistle 2 - 0 Morton

1941/4/19      R1    Clyde 0 - 4 Morton

1941/4/26      R2    Morton 1 - 1 Falkirk

1941/5/3        R2    Falkirk 3 - 1 Morton

1942/4/17      R1    Hibs vs Morton    Hibs advanced.

1943/4/10      R1    Morton 0 - 2 Hibs

1944/4/15      R1    Morton 2 - 2 Falkirk

1944/4/22      R1    Falkirk 2 - 0 Morton

1945/4/21      R1    Airdrieonians 0 - 3 Morton

1945/5/x        R2    bye

1945/5/5        R3    Morton 0 - 0 Motherwell

1945/5/12      R3    Motherwell 1 - 3 Morton

1945/5/19      SF    Morton 2 - 5 Hearts

1946/8/24      R1    Morton 5 - 1 St Mirren

1946/9/11      R2    Morton 6 - 1 Celtic

1947/2/x        R3    bye

1947/4/19      SF    Morton 1 - 4 Hibs

1947/9/15      R1    Kilmarnock 2 - 1 Morton

1948/9/13      R1    Kilmarnock 0 - 1 Morton

1948/11/6      R2    Motherwell 3 - 2 Morton

1949/9/13      R1    Third Lanark 1 - 4 Morton

1949/10/15    R2    Morton 3 - 2 Celtic

1950/1/28      R3    Morton 1 - 1 Rangers

1950/3/15      R3    Rangers 1 - 2 Morton

1950/3/25      SF    Falkirk 5 - 0 Morton

1950/9/9        R1    Ayr United 4 - 3 Morton

(Source: Scottish Football Historical Archive.)

Brighton Speedway School Bus Races

Source.

Girl in Yellow Sweater (1936)

Girl in Yellow Sweater by Prudence Heward. Source.

Venice of the North

Firhill Stadium and Firhill Basin. Source.

Seventh-place Morton visit first-place Partick Thistle by the shores of Firhill Basin. Morton are coming off a win against Ayr United and Partick Thistle a loss to Falkirk in the Challenge Cup last weekend.

Willie Collum is referee.

Last season Morton won one and lost one at Firhill.

Partick have scored 16 goals in 7 league matches. Morton have scored 6. Partick's top scorer is Brian Graham with 5 goals, 3 in league play and 2 in the League Cup. He started out with Morton from 2006 to 2011.

Morton's biggest ever win at Firhill was:

1915/4/3        Partick Thistle 1 - 5 Morton

But Partick Thistle beat Morton 5 - 0 at Firhill in 1906, 2009 and 2011.

Partick Thistle are managed by Ian McCall, who has been in the job since September 2019. He was Morton manager for a while in 2000.

Firhill Stadium included a greyhound track from 1928 until 1957. Once Clyde FC's Shawfield adopted greyhound racing in 1930 there were two SFL stadia where you could bet on the dogs through the Thirties, Forties and Fifties.

Read about Partick Thistle's fan ownership adventures here.

[Partick Thistle 5 - 1 Morton. Oof. Morton goal by Muirhead.]

The other Championship matches:

Ayr United (2nd) [0 - 1] Inverness CT (4th)

Cove Rangers (9th) [2 - 0] Arbroath (10th)

Hamilton Accies (8th) [0 - 2] Dundee (5th)

Queen's Park (3rd) [1 - 0] Raith Rovers (6th)

Other matches:

Gretna 2008  3 - 1 Gala Fairydean Rovers (September 28)

Gala Fairydean Rovers [3 - 4] Celtic B

Forres Mechanics [4 - 3] Rothes

Largs Thistle [0 - 2] Kilwinning Rangers

Livingston [2 - 0] Morton Women (tomorrow)

Charnock Richard [5 - 1] FC Isle of Man

Mito HollyHock [0 - 1] JEF United Chiba (tomorrow)

Waseda University 1 - 4 Komazawa University (September 28)

Meiji University [4 - 0] Waseda University

Bogolle.D.Tsugaru [1 - 0] Primeiro Fukushima (tomorrow)

This ends the Tohoku League schedule. Bogolle are safe from relegation.

HFX Wanderers 0 - 2 Pacific FC (September 27)

After this result HFX Wanderers can't make the playoffs.

HFX Wanderers [1 - 2] Atletico Ottawa

[HFX goal by Salter. Wanderers were swept by Atletico this season.]

Bohemians 1 - 0 UCD (yesterday)

PEC Zwolle 1 - 1 Jong Ajax (yesterday)

Sion [1 - 3] Winterthur (tomorrow)

Minaj [0 - 1] Dynamo Kyiv (tomorrow)

CF Montréal U23 [3 - 1] Royal-Sélect de Beauport

This ends the PLSQ schedule.

Historical matches:

September 28, 1966    Morton 4 - 1 Brechin

Morton played nine games in September 1966.

October 1, 1966    Morton 6 - 0 Clydebank

September 28, 1977    Morton 4 - 1 Hamilton

Four goals for McGhee!

October 1, 1977    Airdrieonians 0 - 1 Morton

Goal by Ritchie.

Port Glasgow Athletic 1886-87:

1887/5/21      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 5 Hibs

1887/5/14      Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 4 Thornliebank

1887/5/7        Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 Partick Thistle

1887/4/30      East Stirlingshire 3 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic

1887/4/23      2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 4 2nd Vale of Leven

1887/4/23      Vale of Leven 7 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1887/4/16      Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 1 Cambuslang

1887/4/9        Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 3 Airdrieonians

1887/4/2        Cambuslang 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1887/3/26      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 0 Partick Thistle

1887/3/19      Dumbarton 1 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1887/3/12      St Mirren 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1887/3/5        2nd Renfrew 1 - 3 2nd Port Glasgow Athletic

1887/3/5        Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 1 Renfrew

1887/2/26      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 1 Rangers (Greenock)

1887/2/19      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 2 St Mirren

1887/2/12      2nd Vale of Leven 5 - 2 2nd Port Glasgow Athletic

1887/2/12      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 5 Vale of Leven

1887/2/5        Kilmarnock 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1887/1/22      2nd Port Glasgow 6 - 1 2nd Clyde

1887/1/22      Arthurlie 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup R4

1887/1/1        Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 5 Our Boys (Dundee)

1886/12/25    Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 3 Vale of Leven    SCup R6

1886/12/11    2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 1 Lyle Athletic

1886/12/11    Paisley Athletic 1 - 8 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup R3

1886/12/4      Belgrove 4 - 1 Broadfield (Port Glasgow)    Played at Greenock.

1886/12/4      Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 2 St Bernard's    SCup R5

1886/11/27    Dumbarton Athletic 3 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1886/11/20    Port Glasgow Athletic 8 - 0 Cartvale    friendly

1886/11/20    Port Glasgow Athletic wo/scr Cartvale    RCup R2

1886/11/13    Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 3 Morton    2nd XI Cup R1

1886/11/13    Morton 4 - 4 Port Glasgow Athletic (protested)  

1886/11/13    bye    SCup R4

1886/11/6      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 2 East Stirlingshire

1886/10/30    Port Glasgow Thistle 6 - 0 Broadfield (at Clune Park)    Greenock and District Junior Cup

1886/10/30    Hibs 2 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1886/10/30    bye    RCup R1

1886/10/23    Abercorn 1 - 5 Port Glasgow Athletic    SCup R3

1886/10/16    2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 3 2nd Northern

1886/10/9      Port Glasgow Athletic 7 - 4 Kilmarnock

1886/10/2      St Mirren 2 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic    SCup R2

1886/9/25      Port Glasgow Athletic 8 - 3 Morton             

1886/9/11      Port Glasgow Athletic 10 - 1 Johnstone Harp    SCup R1

1886/9/4        Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 Dumbarton Athletic

1886/8/28      2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 3 2nd Hearts

1886/8/28      Hearts 2 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic

1886/8/21      2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 0 Ayr Strollers

1886/8/14      Morton 2 - 0 Port Glasgow*       Morton FC amateur athletic sports

1886/7/24      St Mirren 3 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic    St Mirren FC athletic sports

*30 minutes each way.

(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; Scottish Football Historical Archive for the Renfrewshire Cup and 2nd XI Cup; Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)

Pardubice

Dominik Hašek tended goal for Pardubice from 1980 to 1989, and again in 2009-10.

Sparta Prague visit Pardubice.

Pardubice were Czechoslovak champions in 1973, 1987 and 1989, and Czech champions in 2005, 2010 and 2012. They finished fifth in the standings last year and went out in the quarter-finals.

The city of Pardubice is famous for its electronics, explosives and gingerbread.

The earliest game that I can find between these two teams was:

1956/11/24    Pardubice 2 - 4 Sparta Prague

(Source.)

[Pardubice 2 - 3 Sparta Prague.]

Noh Masks at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Source. Pitt Rivers Museum.

Dimorphos versus the Colisseum

The European Space Agency took a page from Magritte or possibly Zardoz to lend a sense of proportion to the recent DART asteroid redirect mission. Source.

Donald Keene as Basho

A hanging scroll with calligraphy by Donald Keene and an ink drawing by Kiro Uehara showing Keene in the guise of the poet Basho. Source.