Plenty of Nothing

Yellow Girl, 1893

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Renfrewshire Cup Final, Feb. 25, 1893

    ST MIRREN v. MORTON (R.C.T).--On Saturday afternoon on the ground of the Abercorn at Underwood Park, Paisley, these teams met in the final stage of the Renfrewshire Cup tie. The ground was rather hard owing to frost. There were several thousand spectators within the enclosure. The teams were,--St. Mirren--Patrick, Crawford and Mirk; Douglas, Brown, and M'Bain; Brash, Wylie, Smith, Shaw, and Dunsmore. Morton--M'Lelland, D Robertson, and Simpson; P Robertson, Bonnar, and Elliot; Dick, Oswald, Graham, Morrison, and Burns. Referee--Mr M'Nicol, Mossend Swifts. Neutral linesmen--Messrs McCallum (Dykebar) and Cockburn (Lochwinnoch). St Mirren started the game, and the Morton at once made a raid on the home goal, Dick sending the ball over. A throw-in near the St Mirren goal looked dangerous, but Shaw succeeded in clearing. Morton continued to press the home team very hard, and their breakaway runs took the St Mirren a little by surprise. A brilliant run was led off by Graham, who, aided by Oswald and Elliot, caused no end of trouble at the home end of the field. St Mirren, taking the first opportunity, visited the Morton charge in a body, but luck so far was against them, and the ball was again returned without an advantage having been gained. Great excitement prevailed amongst the spectators, as the Morton were awarded a foul at goal mouth. Elliot took the kick, and after a fierce scrimmage Morrison landed it through the goal, thus notching the first point of the game for Morton. The Westmarch men, nettled at the turn of affairs, renewed their efforts, and soon had worked their way toward M'Lelland. A stinging shot from Brown was admirably saved by that player and the ball was eventually returned to the St Mirren territory by Bonnar. A little after, as the result of a scrimmage, Morrison scored the second point for Morton. Play now grew furious, and both ends played with a will. Just before half-time Graham scored the third goal for the strangers, leaving them leading at the interval by 3 goals to their opponents nill. The second half was resumed with great spirit on both sides. The ball was kept in mid-field for a short time, but eventually the St Mirren broke away. Wylie, after rushing the ball up the field, passed it to Crawford, who narrowly missed scoring, sending it past by inches. Morton then visited the home goal, but were smartly repulsed, and the leather was again transferred to the Morton territory. Dick, with a long shot, cleared his lines, and the ball was soon spinning in front of Patrick. Striking one of the uprights, it rebounded into play, and was immediately returned by D. Robertson, but without effect. The home team, however, seemed determined to score, and lost no opportunity which occurred to them, but the Morton defence was for the time being impregnable. The play grew very fast, and a throw-in for St Mirren placed them in rather a good position. All their efforts, however, proved fruitless, and they appeared to be completely out of it. Notwithstanding they kept up a very spirited attack, and several times the strangers' goal was placed in immediate danger. Fast play was still maintained, both teams putting forth their best efforts. The shooting of the St Mirren at this stage of the game was not at all good, and although there were some narrow shaves the ball could not be got through. Towards the end of the game Brown and M'Bain put forth some fine efforts for the Saints, but luck was decidedly against the Westmarch team. As time approached the game appeared to be a forlorn hope so far as they were concerned. The game ended--Morton, 3 goals; St Mirren, 0 goals. In the evening a social meeting was held at the Glebe Hotel, Paisley, when the cup was presented to the winning club.

Glasgow Herald, February 27, 1893, page 11.

Westmarch was St Mirren's home ground from 1883 to 1894. At the time of this match St Mirren were third in the Scottish League.

Around the Bend

A footrace at Cappielow in 1893, Wee Dublin End. Source.

Partick Thistle visit Cappielow for a televised Friday night match against Morton. Morton are third in the standings, Partick eighth.

In the League Cup group stage Partick beat Airdrieonians, Queen's Park and Clyde, and played Hamilton to a draw. The Accies won the shootout. Partick's 10 points earned them first place in the group and a match in Round Two against Ross County, which they won.

Playing for Partick this season are former Mortonners Thomas O'Ware and Gary Harkins. They also have onetime Rangers standout Kenny Miller. Miller is 39.

Reports are that Partick Thistle are skint and no longer even have a team bus.

So far this season Morton have scored 26 goals and allowed 23, league and cup. Last season they did not allow their 23rd goal until Oct 27, and they did not score their 26th goal until Nov 3rd.

[Morton have signed midfielder Luca Colville from Bradford City.]

The other Championship matches (Saturday):

Alloa (10th) [0 - 1] Arbroath (9th)

Ayr United (4th) [1 - 0] Queen of the South (7th)

Dundee (2nd) [0 - 0] Inverness CT (5th)

Dunfermline (6th) [0 - 2] Dundee United (1st)

[Morton 3 - 2 Partick. Morton goals by Cadden, Sutton and McLean. Morton were down 0 - 2 at the half.]

League One (Saturday):

Clyde (10th) [1 - 0] Falkirk (1st)

Dumbarton (6th) [3 - 1] Stranraer (5th)

East Fife (7th) [4 - 1] Airdrieonians (4th)

Peterhead (8th) [1 - 0] Forfar (3rd)

Raith Rovers (2nd) [3 - 0] Montrose (9th)

Which Championship clubs have up-to-date Current Season articles on Wikipedia?

Dundee, Dunfermine, Inverness CT, Queen of the South.

When did each Championship club last win or lose by a score of 1 - 0, and how many games ago was that?

2019/8/10      Ayr United (1)

2019/8/10      Dundee (2)

2019/7/28      Inverness CT (3)

2019/7/20      Dunfermline (5)

2019/7/13      Partick Thistle (7)

2019/5/14      Dundee United (10)

2019/5/4        Morton (8)

2019/4/13      Alloa (10)

2019/4/13      Queen of the South (14)

2019/4/6        Arbroath (11)

Manageria: Brechin have parted ways with manager Barry Smith. Smith played for Morton in 2008.

1907-08: On August 21st Port Glasgow Athletic and Morton played to a 2 - 2 draw in the second round of the Renfrewshire Cup.

On August 24th Morton hosted Celtic in their first home match of the season and lost 2 - 3. After three games against Glasgow clubs the Ton had one point.

1963-64: Morton got in their first league match of the season on August 21st in Stranraer, winning 1 - 3. On August 24th Ayr United visited Cappielow for a League Cup group stage match which Morton won 5 - 2.

Port Glasgow Athletic versus Partick Thistle. These two were members of the 1891-92 Scottish Alliance. Their games:

1891/12/5        Partick Thistle 2 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1892/1/23        Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Partick Thistle

They played twenty-eight Scottish League games, Partick winning fourteen, Port Glasgow ten, with four draws.

SPFL Reserve League: Morton 1 - 2 Hamilton (Aug 19)

SWFL2 W/SW: Morton Women [7 - 0] Rutherglen (Sunday)

2019-20 South Region Challenge Cup, Round One:

Berwick Rangers [4 - 0] Newtongrange Star (Saturday)

The South Region Challenge Cup is a knockout tournament played by the clubs of the Lowland League, East of Scotland League and South of Scotland League, plus Glasgow University. It's run by the SFA and bears some organizational resemblance to the Scottish Cup. It was started in 2007 when SFA licensees were first admitted directly into the Scottish Cup and the South Qualifying Cup was scrapped. There was once a North Region Challenge Cup too, but it only lasted a couple of seasons. Spartans and East Kilbride have each won it three times.

There are a lot of clubs in this competition, so for this year off I'll just track the Lowland League teams, two of which should make it to the final.

Tohoku Soccer League: Iwaki FC [9 - 1] Akita FC Cambiare (Sunday)

Swiss Challenge League: Grasshopper Club Zurich [2 - 2] Winterthur

The Swiss Challenge league is like the Scottish Championship in that every year it includes a team that never falls out of the top tier, except for this one time. This year it's Grasshoppers. They have won the Swiss league 27 times, the Swiss Cup 19 times, and they made the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1977-78. This is their first time out of the top division since 1951.

UEFA Europa League Playoff Round, first leg (Aug 22):

Celtic 2 - 0 AIK

Legia Warsaw 0 - 0 Rangers

Ludogorets Razgrad 0 - 0 Maribor

Linfield 3 - 2 Qarabağ

Malmö 3 - 0 Bnei Yehuda

CONCACAF League, Round of 16, first leg:

Robinhood 1 - 1 Independiente (Aug 20)

CA Independiente are from La Chorrera, Panama. They wear black and gold.

Forge 1 - 0 Olimpia (Aug 22)

CD Olimpia was founded 107 years ago. They have been winners of the Honduran league 30 times, the CONCACAF Champions Cup' twice, and more to the point they won this very competition two years ago. They wear white at home, or red, white and blue away. This is not Olimpia's first game against a Canadian side: in the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League group stage they played to a 1 - 1 draw and a 1 - 2 loss against Montreal Impact.

Olimpia's stadium was the scene of rioting Saturday as Olimpia fans attacked the team bus of their rival Motagua, and the riot police were called in. Four people were killed.

Canadian Premier League:

Valour 3 - 1 Edmonton (Aug 19)

HFX Wanderers vs Forge (Aug 21) (postponed)

Cavalry 3 - 1 York 9 (Aug 21)

Pacific [2 - 1] Valour (Saturday)

Forge [1 - 0] Cavalry (Sunday)

Edmonton [2 - 2] York9 (Sunday)

MLS: Toronto FC [1 - 2] Montreal Impact (Saturday)

Which Canadian Premier League parks have floodlights?

Wanderers Grounds (Halifax)    Got 'em.

York Lions Stadium (York9)       Got 'em.

Tim Hortons Field (Hamilton)    Got 'em.

IG Field (Winnipeg)                   Got 'em

Clarke Stadium (Edmonton)      Got 'em.

Westhills Stadium (Langford)    Got 'em.

Spruce Meadows (Calgary)       Need 'em.

I don't know what they're thinking at Cavalry FC. Their October home games are scheduled to kick off at sundown. Story.