Plenty of Nothing

Erindale College, 1973

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Anyang Halla

Nikko Icebucks versus Anyang Halla in pre-Covid times. Source.

Asia League Ice Hockey is back after two Covid-cancelled seasons. There are six teams: the five teams that participated in last year's Japan Cup plus Anyang Halla from South Korea. The Russian club PSK Sakhalin has been kicked out of the league.

Anyang Halla was founded as Mando Winia in 1994. They played in the Korean Ice Hockey League until that league and the Japanese league both folded in 2004. Halla then became founding members of Asia League Ice Hockey and have played there every year since, except for the two Covid years. Altogether Halla have been champions of the Korean League and Asia League Ice Hockey five times each. They wear blue, white and gold and play at Anyang Ice Arena (capacity 1,284) in Anyang, a satellite city of Seoul.

The club is sponsored by Halla Group, a Korean conglomerate, which also has an interest in Kiekko-Vantaa of the Finnish Mestis.

What did Anyang Halla do while the Asia League was shut down? There were several Korean tournaments to play in. Last season Anyang won the 76th National Ice Hockey Championship, beating Korea University, High1, Kwangyoon University and Yonsei University. They also won the 66th National Division and the 41st Yuhan Cheolbae.  And they played two exhibition games against ECHL teams in October 2021:

2021/10/15    Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6 - 1 Anyang Halla

2021/10/16    Atlanta Gladiators 3 - 2 Anyang Halla 

Source.

Three months after these games Atlanta signed Anyang veteran Sanghoon Shin. Source.

At one point Asia League Ice Hockey had three Korean teams. High1 left the league in 2019 but are still in existence. Daemyung Killer Whales however closed shop in 2021.

Today Anyang host Nikko IceBucks. [Anyang win 7 - 2.]

Anyang Halla's website is here. The governing body of South Korean hockey is the Korea Ice Hockey Association.

Toronto Transit Diorama

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Olomouc

Olomoucký orloj.

HC Olomouc was started in 1955, making the club a year older than the Rochester Americans. Their rink Zimni Stadion holds 5,500 spectators. They wear red and white and have a rooster as their emblem. They were champions of the Extraliga only once, in 1994. You can read the club's history here with the help of Google Translate.

Olomouc is the ancient capital of Moravia. There's a 15th-century astronomical clock built into the town hall which was refurbished the same year as HC Olomouc was founded and has proletarian figures that come out and take a turn whenever the hour strikes. Video.

There were several historical Olomouc hockey clubs: SK Olomouc (1912 - 1951); Olmützer EV; ČSS Olomouc.

Last season Olomouc and Sparta met four times and took two wins each. Olomouc finished ninth and went out in the first round of the playoffs.

David Krejčí who played many years for the Boston Bruins was with Olomouc last season.

[Olomouc 4 - 0 Sparta Prague.]

Port Glasgow Model Yacht Club Challenge Medal

The Port Glasgow Model Yacht Club Challenge Medal. Read about it here.

It's Round Three of the 2022-23 Scottish Challenge Cup, when Morton and the rest of the Championship enter the fray. They are joined by four cross-border clubs: Linfield and Clintonville from Northern Ireland, and The New Saints and Caernarfon Town from Wales.

The New Saints have been here four times before, the most of any cross-border team. They've played Forfar, Livingston (twice), St Mirren, Elgin, Queen of the South, Dumbarton, Queen's Park and Stenhousemuir. But to The New Saints the Challenge Cup is a mere amuse-bouche compared to UEFA competition, where TNS have played three dozen foreign clubs.

Linfield appeared in the 2016-17 cup when they faced Queen of the South, and 2017-18 when they played The Spartans and Dundee United.

Neither Cliftonville nor Caernarfon Town have been here before.

Livingston have had the most games against cross-border clubs: three for their first team (against Crusaders, and twice against The New Saints) plus one for their colt squad (against Sligo Rovers). Queen of the South and Rangers colts have each played three cross-border opponents. Morton have yet to meet even one.

Altogether in this round there are ten Championship clubs, ten from League One, three from League Two, three colt teams, two Highland League teams, two teams from Northern Ireland and two from Wales. Two of the colt teams, Rangers B and Celtic B, play in the Lowland League as guest clubs, and the third, Kilmarnock B, are in the Reserve League.

Colt teams were introduced into the Scottish Challenge Cup and the EFL Trophy in the very same month of August 2016, a pure coincidence.

Last year under manager Gus MacPherson Morton made it to the Challenge Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2014.

I can't think of the last time Morton played on a Thursday.

The matches:

Morton [1 - 1] Ayr United (today) [Morton win on PK. Lewis McGregor was the Morton goalscorer. Gillespie, Blues, Muirhead, Kabia and Grimshaw scored in the shootout.]

Not Ayr again. Morton draw a Championship opponent, and still have not faced a club outwith* the Scottish association.

*Scots for "from outside of".

Queen of the South [4 - 0] FC Edinburgh (today)

An all League One match.

Alloa [1 - 0] Airdrieonians (tomorrow)

Another all League One match.

Annan [1 - 2] Kelty Hearts (tomorrow)

The New Saints [0 - 3] Dundee (tomorrow)

Falkirk [2 - 0] Partick Thistle (tomorrow)

These two deserve each other.

Buckie Thistle [1 - 2] Linfield (September 24)

Buckie dress like Celtic, Linfield dress like Rangers.

Clyde [1 - 0] Caernarfon Town (September 24)

The chances of this pairing ever happening again are astronomical to one.

Peterhead [0 - 4] Elgin (September 24)

Cove Rangers [0 - 1] Raith Rovers (September 24)

Another all Championship match.

Arbroath [2 - 1] East Fife (September 24)

Inverness CT [3 - 3] Brechin (September 24) [ICT win on PK.]

Montrose [4 - 2] Kilmarnock B (September 24)

Cliftonville [2 - 3] Queen's Park (September 25)

At Solitude. Queen's Park have also played Connah's Quay Nomads and The New Saints in this cup.

Rangers B vs Hamilton Accies (November 8)

Dunfermline vs Celtic B (November 15)

These Old Firm colts just think they can play whenever.

Other matches (September 24 unless otherwise indicated):

Stranraer 3 - 2 Dumbarton (September 20)

HFX Wanderers vs Pacific (September 25) (postponed)

PLSQ: Royal-Sélect de Beauport [2 - 3] CS St-Laurent

Banks O' Dee [2 - 0] Forres Mechanics

Morton Women [3 - 3] Dryburgh Athletic (September 25)

Irlam 3 - 1 FC Isle of Man (September 20)

Isle of Man sit 15th in the NWCFL Premier.

FC Isle of Man [3 - 1] Lower Breck (FA Vase 2QR)

Bogolle.D.Tsugaru [3 - 0] Saruta FC

[Bogolle are safe from relegation. Coboltore Onagawa win the league.]

Arista Asama and Fukuyama City have won their leagues. [BTOP Thank Kuriyama have won the Hokkaido league.]

WE League Cup: Elfen Saitama [0 - 2] Urawa Reds (September 25)

Scottish Junior Cup, Round Two (mostly September 24):

Arthurlie [4 - 0] Lugar Boswell Thistle

Beith Juniors [2 - 0] Hermes

Cumnock Juniors [1 - 1] Ashfield {Cumnock win on PK.]

Darvel [10 - 1] Glentanar

Glasgow Perthshire [1 - 2] Kilbirnie Ladeside

Greenock Juniors [1 - 5] Rutherglen Glencairn

Hurlford [7 - 0] Dundee Downfield

Kirkkintilloch Rob Roy [3 - 0] Dundee North End

Larkhall Thistle [3 - 1] Benburb

Petershill 1 - 1 Irvine Meadow XI (Petershill win on PK.) (September 16)

Rossvale [2 - 4] Auchinleck Talbot

Rothie Rovers [1 - 5] Glenafton Athletic

Troon vs Irvine Victoria [postponed]

And many others.

The Canadian Premier League is going to reward regular season champions and playoff champions from here on and retroactively to the founding of the league. The regular season champions so far are:

2019    Cavalry

2020    Cavalry

2021    Forge

Playoff winners so far are:

2019    Forge

2020    Forge

2021    Pacific

Historical matches:

September 21, 1966    Aberdeen 3 - 0 Morton

This was the second leg of their League Cup quarter-final. Aberdeen won 4 - 3 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals. Morton's undefeated streak ends at 12 games.

September 24, 1966    Third Lanark 1 - 1 Morton

This was Morton's final match at Cathkin Park.

September 24, 1977    St Johnstone 1 - 3 Morton

Goals by McGhee and Ritchie (2).

Port Glasgow Athletic 1885-86

1886/5/29      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 4 Dennistoun Athletic

1886/5/22      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 1 Kilmarnock

1886/5/15      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 0 Cambuslang

1886/5/8        Strathmore (Dundee) 3 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1886/5/1        Port Glasgow Athletic 8 - 2 Ayr FC

1886/4/24      2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 11 - 1 2nd Cambuslang

1886/4/24      Cambuslang 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1886/4/17      Port Glasgow Athletic  3 - 3 Abercorn

1886/4/10      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 Thornliebank

1886/4/3        2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 2nd Abercorn

1886/3/27      Rangers 5 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic    2nd XI Cup SF

1886/3/27      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 5 Partick Thistle

1886/3/20      Abercorn 4 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup final

1886/3/13      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 Arthurlie

1886/3/6        Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 3 Annbank    2nd XI Cup R4

1886/2/27      Port Glasgow Athletic 7 - 0 Neilston    RCup SF

1886/2/20      Northern 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1886/2/13      Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 2 St Mirren

1886/2/6        Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 2 Hibs    2nd XI Cup R3

1886/1/30      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 1 St Mirren

1886/1/23      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 St Mirren (protested)    RCup R3

1886/1/16      Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 3 Rangers

1885/12/26    Third Lanark 4 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    SCup R5 replay

1885/12/19    Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 Third Lanark    SCup R5

1885/12/12    Port Glasgow Athletic 7 - 0 Neilston    2nd XI Cup R2

1885/11/21    Port Glasgow Athletic 13 - 1 Waterloo    RCup R2

1885/11/14    St Mirren 5 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/11/14    bye    SCup R4

1885/10/31    Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 Cartvale    SCup R3

1885/10/?      Lanemark L - W Port Glasgow Athletic    2nd XI Cup R1

1885/10/10    Neilston 0 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic    SCup R2 replay

1885/10/3      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 Neilston    SCup R2

1885/9/26      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 0 Woodvale (Thornliebank)

1885/9/19      2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 5 2nd Airdrieonians

1885/9/19      Airdrieonians 5 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/9/12      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 1 1st Renfrewshire RV    SCup R1

1885/9/5        Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 3 Arthurlie    score uncertain

1885/8/29      Abercorn vs Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/8/22      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 1 Wishaw Swifts

Port Glasgow Athletic received more of the Glasgow Herald's attention than did Morton this season.

It isn't till 1886 that the Herald begins to sort football scores into Scottish, English and rugby categories.

(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. Several Monday Heralds are missing.)

Ottawa Roundhouses

This CNR roundhouse was near the present-day Queensway's Nicholas Street turnoff. Source.

This CPR roundhouse was at Nepean Bay just to the west of Lebreton Flats. Source.

The remains of this turntable built in 1871 for the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway were uncovered just a little to the west of the CPR one. Source.

The Canadian Northern Railway had a roundhouse at 300 West Hunt Club Road. Source.

The Canadian Atlantic Railway had a roundhouse on Elgin Street. Source.

Rhinoceros

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Tokugawa Era Confectionary Catalogues

These catalogues of the Toyaea Confectionary Company are dated 1695, 1707 and 1824. Source.

Port Glasgow Athletic to 1885

Port Glasgow Athletic 1884-85:

1885/6/6        Morton 2 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic (abandoned)    G&DCCup final

1885/5/30      Morton 0 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic    G&DCCup final

1885/5/26      Port Glasgow Athletic W - L Southern    G&DCCup SF

1885/5/9        Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 3 Hibs

1885/5/2        Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 2 Greenock Northern

1885/4/25      Northern 1 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    Played at Hyde Park.

1885/4/18      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 3 Thornliebank

1885/4/11      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 0 Harp (Dundee)

1885/3/28      Third Lanark 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/3/21      Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 1 Morton    RCup final

1885/3/14      Port Glasgow Athletic 9 - 1 Airdrieonians

1885/3/7        Hearts 3 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/2/28      Port Glasgow Athletic 7 - 3 Southern (Greenock)

1885/2/21      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 0 Paisley Olympic    RCup SF replay

1885/2/14      Paisley Olympic 2 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup SF

1885/2/7        Thistle 7 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/1/31      Port Glasgow Athletic 8 - 1 Pilgrims (Glasgow)

1885/1/24      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 3 Dumbarton

1885/1/17      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 Renfrew

1885/1/10      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 3 2nd Partick Thistle

1885/1/3        Port Glasgow Athletic W - L Tyne

1884/12/27    Port Glasgow Athletic 10 - 3 Neilston    RCup R3

1884/12/20    Northern (Greenock) 3 - 5 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/12/13    Kilmarnock 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    2nd XI Cup R3 replay

1884/12/13    Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 2 Thistle (Glasgow)

1884/12/6      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 3 Airdrieonians

1884/11/29    Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 0 Clyde

1884/11/22    Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 4 Kilmarnock    2nd XI Cup R3

1884/11/22    Mearns Athletic 0 - 12 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup R2

1884/11/15    Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 6 Queen's Park

1884/11/1      Johnstone 2 - 4 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup R1

1884/10/25    Port Glasgow Athletic 7 - 2 Arthurlie    2nd XI Cup R2

1884/10/25    Thornliebank 2 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    SCup R2 replay

1884/10/18    Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Thornliebank    SCup R2 replay

1884/10/11    Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 3 Abercorn

1884/10/4      Thornliebank 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic (protested)    SCup R2

1884/9/27      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 Partick Thistle

1884/9/20      Clyde 3 - 0 Port Glasgow 3rd XI

1884/9/20      Pollokshields Athletic 2 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/9/13      Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 1 1st Renfrewshire RV    SCup R1

1884/9/6        2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 4 2nd Abercorn

1884/9/6        Abercorn 0 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/8/30      2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 4 2nd Kilmacolm*

1884/8/30      Kilmarnock 2 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/8/23      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 Hearts

*Likely Kilmarnock.

G&DCCup = Greenock and District Charity Cup

RCup = Renfrewshire Cup

SCup = Scottish Cup

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

Port Glasgow Athletic 1883-84:

1884/5/3        2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 2 Alclutha (Dumbarton)

1884/4/19      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 2 Morton

1884/4/12      Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Pilgrims (Glasgow)

1884/3/29      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 Clyde

1884/3/22      2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 0 2nd Possilpark

1884/3/1        Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 5 Kilmarnock Athletic

1884/2/23      Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Thornliebank

1884/2/16      2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 2nd Clyde

1884/2/16      Clyde 0 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/2/2        2nd Partick Thistle 2 - 0 2nd Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/2/2        Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 Partick Thistle

1884/1/19      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 1 Lyle Athletic

1883/12/29    Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 0 Queen's Park 2nd XI

1883/12/22    2nd Johnstone Athletic 5 - 1 2nd Port Glasgow Athletic

1883/12/15    Morton 2 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1883/12/8      2nd Linthouse 4 - 3 Clune Park Swifts, Port Glasgow

1883/12/8      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 1 St Mirren

1883/11/10    Port Glasgow Athletic 7 - 1 Renfrew

1883/11/3      Cowlairs 0 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1883/10/20    Kilmarnock Athletic 6 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic    2nd XI Cup R2

1883/10/6      Partick Thistle 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1883/9/29      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 3 Arthurlie    SCup R2

1883/9/22      2nd Johnstone 1 - 3 [2nd] Port Glasgow Athletic

1883/9/22      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 1 Johnstone

1883/9/15      St Mirren 3 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup R1

1883/9/15      Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 3 Johnstone Rovers    2nd XI Cup R1

1883/9/8        Lochwinnoch scr/wo Port Glasgow Athletic    SCup R1

1883/9/8        Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 1 Cowlairs    (very blurry)

1883/9/1        Kilmarnock Athletic 6 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1883/8/25      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 3 Arthurlie    ("on their new field")

RCup = Renfrewshire Cup

SCup = Scottish Cup

Are Clune Park Swifts the same as 2nd Port Glasgow Athletic?

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

Morton vs Port Glasgow Athletic, December 15, 1883:

    PORT-GLASGOW ATHLETIC v. MORTON.--Played at Cappielow Park, Greenock. Notwithstanding that rain fell nearly all the afternoon about 2000 spectators were present. The field was in very bad condition, but both teams went into their work with a will, and the game was a hard one all through, being sometimes, indeed, pretty rough. In the first half, though both goals were frequently in danger, time was nearly up before anything was gained. Latterly, Nugent got on the ball and centered in good style. Morton missed the ball right in front of goal, but Barrie came up in the nick of time and sent the ball through, thus drawing first blood for the Morton. Nothing more was done in this half. On change of ends for some time the play was of a give and take nature, when the "Port" began to press the Morton, and things looked bad, but the ball grazed the posts and went behind. Both teams now wrought harder than ever. For a time the "Port" again pressed the Morton, and a corner was the result. Hunter took the kick and placed the ball right in the mouth of the Morton's goal, when it was breasted through. From the kick-off till within five minutes of time the game was very open, good runs being made on both sides. The Morton now played with great dash, Gillespie especially doing good work, and had the game well in hand. The ball being shot to the left, that wing took it well up the field, and the "Port" backs being pressed with the ball behind. Nugent took the kick and landed the ball in good position, but the "Port" cleared their goal, only, however, to give the Morton another corner on the opposite wing. Walker took this one, which was also placed well, but it was kicked out, when Barr returned it, and scored the winning point for the Morton amidst great cheering. The ball was just kicked off when time was called. The match thus resulted in favour of the Morton by two goals to one. The Athletics played well all through. Hunter, as usual, put in some good shots, and Graham and M'Kerrall played a nice game. The Morton were in good form. The forwards played a first-rate game, the wings specially showing up. The half-backs and backs also played splendidly. The goalkeepers had not a great deal to do, but did their work well. Teams. -- Port-Glasgow Athletic -- Goal, Blackadder; backs, Stewart and Ritchie; half-backs, M'Kenzie and M'Garry; forwards, Hunter, M'Grannachan, Stewart, Thomson, Graham, and M'Kerrall. Morton -- Goal, Tobin; backs, Roberts and Greig; Half-backs, Walker, Ramsay, and Barr; forwards, Gillespie, Barrie, Morton, M'Klaren, and Nugent. Mr Goudie, of the Rangers, acted as referee.

Glasgow Herald, December 17, 1883, page 9.

Two seasons of Port Glasgow Athletic:

    POST-GLASGOW ATHLETIC. The match secretary's report for the past season shows the total number of matches played to have been 35, compared with 22 in the previous season. Of these, the following were won, lost, and drawn.--1883-84--Won, 17, lost, 11, drawn, 7, goals won, 94, lost, 62; in club's favour, 32. 1882-83--Won, 11, lost, 5, drawn, 6, goals won, 73, lost, 42; in club's favour, 31. (Glasgow Herald, May 19, 1884, p. 8.)

Or you could say:

                   G    W   D     L      F      A     GD     P

1883-84    35    17    7    11    94    62    +32    41

1882-83    22    11    6      5    73    42    +31    28

This article is a little gem because it shows how far the three sources The Beautiful Dribbling Game, Scottish Football Historical Archive, and the Glasgow Herald, can be relied on. So far, using these sources, I have found records of 17 Port Glasgow matches in 1882-83 and 29 in 1883-84, so five are still to be found in 1882-83 and six in 1883-84. The place to look for them would be the Greenock Telegraph.

Port Glasgow Athletic 1882-83

1883/5/12      Harp (Dundee) (a draw) Port-Glasgow Athletic

1883/5/5        Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 1 Morton

1883/3/3        Johnstone Rovers 2 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1883/2/24      Port Glasgow Athletic 0 - 1 Arthurlie    RCup R3

1883/1/20      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 2nd [illegible]

1883/1/13      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 0 Lyle Athletic (formerly Ladyburn)

1882/12/16    Morton 0 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1882/12/9      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 2 Kilbarchan    RCup R2

1882/12/2      2nd [Johnstone] Athletic 2 - 2 2nd Port Glasgow (at Mossbank Park)

1882/11/4      Johnstone 3 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1882/10/28    Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 5 Kilmarnock Athletic    SCup R3

1882/10/21    Port Glasgow Athletic 11 - 2 Woodside    RCup R1

1882/10/7      Sir John Maxwell 2 - 6 Port Glasgow Athletic    SCup R2

1882/9/30      Sir John Maxwell 5 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic (protested)*   SCup R2

1882/9/23      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 2 Queen's Park (Hampden XI)

1882/9/9        Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 2 Lochwinnoch    SCup R1

1882/9/2        Port Glasgow Athletic 0 - 4 Johnstone

RCup = Renfrewshire Cup

SCup = Scottish Cup

2nd is often written 2_D in the Herald.

*The Glasgow Herald lists this match twice on page 7 of the October 2, 1882 edition, once as "five goals and three disputed to three goals" and once as "3 goals each".

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

Port Glasgow Athletic in 1881-82:

1882/5/13      Kilbirnie 8 - 2 Port Glasgow

1882/4/29      Abercorn (Blackstoun XI) 3 - 0 Port Glasgow

1882/4/8        Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 3 Morton              G&D Cup SF

1882/3/11      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 0 Victoria              G&D Cup R3

1882/3/4        Northern 0 - 6 Port Glasgow Athletic          G&D Cup R2 replay

1882/2/25      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 4 Northern            G&D Cup R2

1882/1/28      Arthurlie 6 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic           Renfrewshire Cup R3

1882/1/14      Ladyburn 2 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic*        G&D Cup R1 replay

1882/1/7        Port Glasgow Athletic [a draw] Ladyburn      G&D Cup R1

1881/12/31    Port Glasgow Athletic 2nd XI 3 - 12 Morton 2nd XI    G&D Cup R1

1881/12/3      Port Glasgow Athletic 0 - 4 Queen's Park [2nd XI?]

1881/11/19    Glenkilloch 2 - 4 Port Glasgow Athletic       Renfrewshire Cup R2

1881/11/12    Ladyburn 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1881/10/22    Victoria (Greenock) 5 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1881/10/22    Port Glasgow Athletic 0 - 0 Rangers Shields

1881/10/8      Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 2 Walworth          Renfrewshire Cup R1

1881/9/17      Paisley Athletic 6 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    Scottish Cup R1

*I don't know why Port Glasgow Athletic advanced after that score.

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

Port Glasgow football in 1880-81:

Broadfield (Port Glasgow) 1880-81

Nothing found.

Crescent (Port Glasgow) 1880-81

1881/3/26      Grafton 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Crescent

Parklea (Port Glasgow) 1880-81

1880/10/2      Victoria (Greenock) 1 - 1 Parklea (Port Glasgow)

(Source: Glasgow Herald.)

Port Glasgow football in the 1870s:

Port Glasgow Athletic dates back to 1878, but for the first couple of years the team was known as Broadfield, according to Wikipedia. There's a Broadfield Avenue in Port Glasgow today, about half a mile east of Clune Park, and a junior club played under the name Broadfield in the 1880s.

There was an earlier club named Port Glasgow. It made a couple of appearances in the Scottish Cup before disbanding in 1879.

The eastern neighbourhoods of Port Glasgow are named after the farming estates that were there before the town expanded, and those places often had the word Park in their name. Clune Park and Parklea were known by those names long before soccer was ever thought of.

Port Glasgow (I) in 1879-80:

1879/9/20      Port Glasgow scr/wo Johnstone Athletic    SCup R1

Broadfield 1879-80:

Nothing found.

Port Glasgow (I) in 1878-79:

1878/10/19    Barrhead 6 - 2 Port Glasgow    SCup R2

1878/9/21      Port Glasgow wo/scr Pollockshaws Athletic    SCup R1

Broadfield 1878-79:

Nothing found.

Port Glasgow (I) in 1877-78

1877/9/29      Port Glasgow 0 - 1 Thornliebank    SCup R1

1877/9/22      Stonelaw 5 - 0 Port Glasgow

(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; Glasgow Herald for friendlies. SFHA and fitbastats were also searched but produced no results.)

So Oder So ... Du Hast die Wahl

The All-German People's Party (Gesamtdeutche Volkspartie, or GVP) contested the 1953 West German election on a platform opposed to re-armament. Their campaign poster presented a stark choice: war or association football. So, which clubs did the GVP politicians support? See below.

Morton (6th) host Arbroath (10th).

Arbroath are in their fourth straight season in the Championship. If they can avoid relegation this year they'll equal Dumbarton's best run by a wee club in the Championship. However, after six games they are without a win.

Arbroath's Nicky Low has been loaned out to Kelty Hearts. Morton were after him, and the Greenock native has always wanted to play for his home team, but it was not in the interests of Arbroath to place him with a Championship rival. Instead Morton have signed midfielder Liam Grimshaw, formerly of Motherwell, Preston North End and Chesterfield.

Arbroath are managed by Dick Campbell who has been in the job since 2016.

Rather than schedule all of September 10th's postponed matches on a single midweek date, the SPFL is scattering them across the month of October.

[Morton 1 - 2 Arbroath. Goal by McGrattan.]

The other Championship matches:

Dundee (3rd) [2 - 3] Inverness CT (5th)

Hamilton Accies (7th) [0 - 2] Queen's Park (4th)

Partick Thistle (2nd) [2 - 2] Cove Rangers (9th)

Raith Rovers (8th) [3 - 2] Ayr United (1st)

It's the Scottish Cup Round One.

The early rounds of the Scottish Cup have changed significantly over the past few years. An influx of former junior clubs has swamped the oddball collection of SFA members who used to treat this part of the tournament as their moment in the spotlight. In 2018 there were 19 teams in the cup prior to the entry of the Highland and Lowland leagues. This year there were 50. Covid measures forced the powers that be to experiment with doing away with replays and it turns out they like the change. So no more squeaking out a draw at home and getting an away trip to a big stadium in every round.

Some of the matches:

Pollok 6 - 0 Huntley (yesterday)

Syngenta 2 - 4 Auchinleck Talbot (yesterday)

Benburb [4 - 2] Dundonald Bluebell

Clydebank [1 - 3] The Spartans

Darvel [8 - 0] Tynecastle

Forres Mechanics [2 - 3] Glasgow University

Gala Fairydean Rovers [1 - 4] Sauchie

Keith [1 - 2] Cumnock

Kilwinning Rangers [4 - 2] Tranent

Other matches:

Dumbarton [1 - 0] Bonnyrigg Rose

Hurlford [2 - 2] Largs Thistle

Renfrew [3 - 1] Morton Women (tomorrow)

Bury AFC 4 - 0 FC Isle of Man (September 13)

FC Isle of Man [0 - 3] Prestwick Heys

Mito HollyHock 0 - 1 V-Varen Nagasaki (September 14)

Albirex Niigata [2 - 0] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)

Ganju Iwate [2 - 1] Bogolle.D.Tsugaru (tomorrow)

Arterivo Wakayama have won the Kansai league.

WE League Cup: Elfen Saitama [0 - 1] Nagano Parceiro (Monday)

York United 0 - 0 HFX Wanderers (yesterday)

Wanderers cannot finish in first, second or eighth place.

PLSQ: CS Lanaudière-Nord [1 - 0] Royal-Sélect de Beauport

Royal-Sélect de Beauport are keen to get a CPL team for Quebec City. Source.

Jong AZ 2 - 3 PEC Zwolle (September 12)

PEC Zwolle 1 - 2 ADO Den Haag (yesterday)

FAI Cup QF (yesterday)

Treaty United 4 - 1 UCD

Swiss Cup Round Two:

Meyrin FC [0 - 4] FC Winterthur

UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 2:

Rangers 0 - 3 Napoli (September 14)

Shakhtar Donetsk 1 - 1 Celtic (September 14)

UEFA Europa League group stage, matchday 2:

Real Sociedad 2 - 1 Omonia (September 15)

UEFA Europa Conference group stage, matchday 2:

RFS 0 - 2 Hearts (September 15)

Gent 3 - 0 Shamrock Rovers (September 15)

Scottish wins in Europe so far this season:

2022/8/4        Dundee United 1 - 0 AZ

2022/8/9        Rangers 3 - 0 Union Saint-Gilloise

2022/8/24      PSV 0 - 1 Rangers

2022/9/15      RFS 0 - 2 Hearts

Historical matches:

September 14, 1966    Morton 3 - 1 Aberdeen

This was the first leg of the League Cup quarter-finals.

September 17, 1966    Morton 4 - 0 East Stirlingshire

This was a league match.

September 14, 1977    Morton 4 - 2 Stirling Albion

Goals by McGhee, Goldthorp and Ritchie (2).

September 17, 1977    Morton 1 - 0 East Fife

Goal by McGhee.

GVP politicians' conjectural favourite Fußball clubs:

Thea Arnold (1882-1966), party founder. Born in Fulda, Hesse. Borussia Fulda.

Hermann Etzel (1882-1978), party founder. Born in Bamberg, Bavaria. 1.FC Bamberg.

Gustav Heinemann (1899-1976), party founder. Born in Schwelm, North Rhine-Westphalia. Mayor of Essen. President of West Germany (1969-1974). FC Schwelm 06.

Robert Scholl (1891-1973), party founder. Born in Mainhardt, Baden-Württemberg. Mayor of Ingersheim, Forchtenberg and Ulm. VfL Mainhardt.

Helene Wessel (1898-1969), party founder. Born in Hörde, a quarter of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Hörder SC.

Hans Bodensteiner (1912-1995), party founder. Born in Moosbach, Bavaria. SV Moosbach.

Diether Posser (1922-2010), party founder. Born in Essen. Rot-Weiss Essen.

Erhard Eppler (1926-2019), born in Ulm. SSV Ulm 1846.

Johannes Rau (1931-2006). Mayor of Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, President of Germany (1999-2006). Wuppertaler SV.

Jürgen Schmude, born in 1936 in Insterburg, East Prussia, he represented Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia. PSV Wesel-Lackhausen 1928.

Port Glasgow Athletic 1884-85:

1885/6/6        Morton 2 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic (abandoned)    G&DCCup final

1885/5/30      Morton 0 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic    G&DCCup final

1885/5/26      Port Glasgow Athletic W - L Southern    G&DCCup SF

1885/5/9        Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 3 Hibs

1885/5/2        Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 2 Greenock Northern

1885/4/25      Northern 1 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    Played at Hyde Park.

1885/4/18      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 3 Thornliebank

1885/4/11      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 0 Harp (Dundee)

1885/3/28      Third Lanark 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/3/21      Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 1 Morton    RCup final

1885/3/14      Port Glasgow Athletic 9 - 1 Airdrieonians

1885/3/7        Hearts 3 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/2/28      Port Glasgow Athletic 7 - 3 Southern (Greenock)

1885/2/21      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 0 Paisley Olympic    RCup SF replay

1885/2/14      Paisley Olympic 2 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup SF

1885/2/7        Thistle 7 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/1/31      Port Glasgow Athletic 8 - 1 Pilgrims (Glasgow)

1885/1/24      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 3 Dumbarton

1885/1/17      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 Renfrew

1885/1/10      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 3 2nd Partick Thistle

1885/1/3        Port Glasgow Athletic W - L Tyne

1884/12/27    Port Glasgow Athletic 10 - 3 Neilston    RCup R3

1884/12/20    Northern (Greenock) 3 - 5 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/12/13    Kilmarnock 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    2nd XI Cup R3 replay

1884/12/13    Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 2 Thistle (Glasgow)

1884/12/6      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 3 Airdrieonians

1884/11/29    Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 0 Clyde

1884/11/22    Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 4 Kilmarnock    2nd XI Cup R3

1884/11/22    Mearns Athletic 0 - 12 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup R2

1884/11/15    Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 6 Queen's Park

1884/11/1      Johnstone 2 - 4 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup R1

1884/10/25    Port Glasgow Athletic 7 - 2 Arthurlie    2nd XI Cup R2

1884/10/25    Thornliebank 2 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    SCup R2 replay

1884/10/18    Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Thornliebank    SCup R2 replay

1884/10/11    Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 3 Abercorn

1884/10/4      Thornliebank 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic (protested)    SCup R2

1884/9/27      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 Partick Thistle

1884/9/20      Clyde 3 - 0 Port Glasgow 3rd XI

1884/9/20      Pollokshields Athletic 2 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/9/13      Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 1 1st Renfrewshire RV    SCup R1

1884/9/6        2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 4 2nd Abercorn

1884/9/6        Abercorn 0 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/8/30      2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 4 2nd Kilmacolm*

1884/8/30      Kilmarnock 2 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/8/23      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 Hearts

*Likely Kilmarnock.

G&DCCup = Greenock and District Charity Cup

RCup = Renfrewshire Cup

SCup = Scottish Cup

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