Plenty of Nothing

High Heid Yin

Sir William High was Lord Provost of Dundee from 1923 to 1929, including the 1928-29 season when Morton and Dundee United were fighting it out at the top of Division Two. An oil painting by de László in the Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection. Source.

Morton journey to Tannadice. Both previous meetings this season have ended 1 - 1.

Dundee United finished both the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons in third place, and are currently third. They finished third in the Premier Division four years in a row from 1983-84 to 1986-87.

But if Morton and ICT win today, the Tangerines will drop into fourth place.

The transfer window has closed. Morton engaged in a moderate amount of activity (see below). A really horrible rumour about Michael Tidser going to Falkirk failed to pan out. Morton have signed 19-year-old midfielder Keelan O'Connell on loan from Bournemouth, and winger Greg Kiltie on loan from Kilmarnock. Also goalkeeper Brendan Pearson, ex of South Shields FC.

Manageria: Neil Lennon has left Hibs. Falkirk have been fined £60,000 in the McKinnon affair, but that money goes to the SFA. The club will have to pursue the guilty in court.

Neil Lennon's record against Morton:

2013/9/24      Celtic 0 - 1 Morton      League Cup

2016/8/27      Hibs 4 - 0 Morton        league

2016/12/17    Morton 1 - 1 Hibs        league

2017/3/29      Hibs 0 - 0 Morton        league

2017/4/8        Morton 1 - 1 Hibs        league

Midweek it was:

Ayr United 2 - 3 Inverness CT (Championship)

Queen of the South 3 - 0 Dundee (Scottish Cup)

What an upset! Hat-trick for Dobbie.

Stenhousemuir 1 - 4 Aberdeen (Scottish Cup)

Cowdenbeath 1 - 3 Rangers (Scottish Cup)

David Cox scored a career highlight goal for Cowdenbeath.

Other Championship matches today:

Alloa [1 - 3] Ayr

Dunfermline [1 - 2] Ross County

Ross County's co-manager Stuart Kettlewell has been charged by the SFA with manhandling an official during his team's loss to Morton on January 4th.

Falkirk [3 - 0] QoS

ICT [1 - 2] Partick Thistle

[Dundee United 2 - 1 Morton. Morton goal by McHugh.]

Challenge Cup quarter-final:

Bohemians vs East Fife [postponed, four minutes before kickoff]

League One: Airdrieonians [2 - 2] Dumbarton

Angus derby: Montrose [5 - 2] Brechin

How many players did each Championship club sign during the January transfer window?

13    Falkirk

11    Dundee United

  8    Partick

  6    Queen of the South

  6    Alloa

  5    Ross County

  5    Morton

  3    Ayr United

  3    Inverness CT

  2    Dunfermline

1928-29: Morton visited Arthurlie and won 1 - 2. This was Morton's last Scottish League game against Arthurlie.

Cowlairs versus Dumbarton. These two were founding members of the SFL and played two league games in 1890-91, a 1 - 1 draw followed by a 6 - 1 Dumbarton win.

Dundee United vs Dundee FC, the long view. These neighbours first met in the Scottish League in 1910-11 while United were called Dundee Hibernian. United did not finish higher than Dundee FC in the league table until 1960-61, giving the Dark Blues a tremendous statistical advantage. Then United finished higher every year from 1974-75 to 1997-98. But the Dundee FC are still ahead. At this point the Tangerines would have to finish higher than the Dark Blues each of the next 13 years to draw even with them. [I should have saved this paragraph for next season when both Dundee clubs are in the Championship.]

How many games have Dundee United played against the other 2018-19 Championship clubs?

172        Dunfermline

120        Partick Thistle

119        Morton

106        Falkirk

  97        Ayr United

  75        Alloa

  53        Inverness CT

  43        Queen of the South

  26        Ross County

Scottish Junior Cup: St Roch's vs Largs Thistle [postponed]

Swiss Challenge League: Winterthur vs Rapperswil [postponed]

Iwaki FC play a training match against Thespakusatsu Gunma. [Iwaki 1 - 4 Gunma.]

HFX Wanderers have signed an agreement of cooperation with Soccer Nova Scotia. The club gets to use the field at Clayton Park for its training camp. The NSSL Premiership gets the use of the Wanderers Ground for its playoffs. And the NSSL agrees not to schedule games opposite Wanderers' home fixtures.

The club has signed 17-year-old Scott Firth, who played for Suburban FC in the NSSL last season.

Apparently the SWFL2 clubs revolted against the new three-league structure because now a new four-league structure has been unveiled. The four sections have the overly precise names West / South West, West / Central, Southeast / Central, and North / East. West, Central, East and North would have served just as well. Morton are in West / South West, along with Annan Athletic, Clark Drive, East Kilbride Thistle, Gleniffer Thistle, Kilwinning, Mid-Annandale, Rutherglen, Stewarton United and Stranraer.

Dundee United versus the world:

The Sixties:

1966/10/25    Barcelona 1 - 2 Dundee United

1966/11/16    Dundee United 2 - 0 Barcelona

1967/2/6        Juventus 3 - 0 Dundee United

1967/3/8        Dundee United 1 - 0 Juventus

1967/5/28      Cagliari 0 - 1 Dundee United

1967/6/3        Bangu 0 - 0 Dundee United

1967/6/7        Sunderland 4 - 1 Dundee United

1967/6/11      Bangu 2 - 0 Dundee United

1967/6/17      Stoke City 1 - 4 Dundee United

1967/6/22      Shamrock Rovers 1 - 4 Dundee United

1967/6/25      Glentoran 1 - 0 Dundee United

1967/6/27      Cerro 4 - 1 Dundee United

1967/7/5        ADO Den Haag 1 - 2 Dundee United

1967/7/9        Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 2 Dundee United

1969/9/15      Dundee United 1 - 2 Newcastle United

1969/9/17      Newcastle United 1 - 0 Dundee United

The Seventies:

1970/9/15      Dundee United 3 - 2 Grasshoppers

1970/9/30      Grasshoppers 0 - 0 Dundee United

1970/10/21    Sparta Prague 3 - 1 Dundee United

1970/11/4      Dundee United 1 - 0 Sparta Prague

1971/9/15      Derby County 6 - 2 Dundee United

1971/9/29      Dundee United 3 - 2 Derby County

1972/9/13      Leicester City 1 - 1 Dundee United

1972/9/27      Dundee United 2 - 2 Leicester City

1973/9/18      Sheffield United 0 - 0 Dundee United

1973/10/3      Dundee United 2 - 0 Sheffield United

1973/10/24    Leicester City 1 - 1 Dundee United

1973/11/7      Dundee United 1 - 0 Leicester City

1973/12/12    Dundee United 2 - 0 Newcastle United

1973/12/19    Newcastle United 4 - 1 Dundee United

1974/9/18      Dundee United 3 - 0 Jiul Petrosani

1974/10/2      Jiul Petrosani 2 - 0 Dundee United

1974/10/23    Dundee United 0 - 0 Buraspor

1974/11/6      Buraspor 1 - 0 Dundee United

1975/9/23      Keflavik 0 - 2 Dundee United

1975/9/30      Dundee United 4 - 0 Keflavik

1975/10/22    Dundee United 1 - 2 Porto

1975/11/5      Porto 1 - 1 Dundee United

1977/9/14      Dundee United 1 - 0 KB Copenhagen

1977/9/27      KB Copenhagen 3 - 0 Dundee United

1978/9/12      Standard Liege 1 - 0 Dundee United

1978/9/27      Dundee United 0 - 0 Standard Liege

1979/9/19      Dundee United 0 - 0 Anderlecht

1979/10/2      Anderlecht 1 - 1 Dundee United

1979/10/24    Dundee United 0 - 1 Diosgyori VTK

1979/11/7      Diosgyori VTK 3 - 1 Dundee United

The Eighties:

1980/9/17      Slask Wroclaw 0 - 0 Dundee United

1980/10/1      Dundee United 7 - 2 Slask Wroclaw

1980/10/22    Dundee United 1 - 1 Lokeren

1980/11/5      Lokeren 0 - 0 Dundee United

1981/9/16      Monaco 2 - 5 Dundee United

1981/9/30      Dundee United 1 - 2 Monaco

1981/10/20    Borussia Monchengladbach 2 - 0 Dundee United

1981/11/3      Dundee United 5 - 0 Borussia Monchengladbach

1981/11/25    Winterslag 0 - 0 Dundee United

1981/12/9      Dundee United 5 - 0 Winterslag

1982/3/3        Dundee United 2 - 0 Radnicki Nis

1982/3/17      Radnicki Nis 3 - 0 Dundee United

1982/9/15      Dundee United 1 - 1 PSV Eindhoven

1982/9/29      PSV Eindhoven 0 - 2 Dundee United

1982/10/20    Viking Stavanger 1 - 3 Dundee United

1982/11/3      Dundee United 0 - 0 Viking Stavanger

1982/11/24    Werder Bremen 2 - 1 Dundee United

1982/12/8      Dundee United 1 - 1 Werder Bremen

1983/3/2        Bohemians Prague 1 - 0 Dundee United

1983/3/16      Dundee United 0 - 0 Bohemians Prague

1983/9/14      Hamrun Spartans 0 - 3 Dundee United

1983/9/28      Dundee United 3 - 0 Hamrun Spartans

1983/10/19    Standard Liege 0 - 0 Dundee United

1983/11/2      Dundee United 4 - 0 Standard Liege

1984/3/7        Rapid Vienna 2 - 1 Dundee United

1984/3/21      Dundee United 1 - 0 Rapid Vienna

1984/4/11      Dundee United 2 - 0 Roma

1984/4/25      Roma 3 - 0 Dundee United

1984/9/19      AIK Stockholm 1 - 0 Dundee United

1984/10/3      Dundee United 3 - 0 AIK Stockholm

1984/10/24    LASK Linz 1 - 2 Dundee United

1984/11/7      Dundee United 5 - 1 LASK Linz

1984/11/28    Manchester United 2 - 2 Dundee United

1984/12/12    Dundee United 2 - 3 Manchester United

1986/9/17      Lens 1 - 0 Dundee United

1986/10/1      Dundee United 2 - 0 Lens

1986/10/22    Dundee United 3 - 0 Universitata Craiova

1986/11/5      Universitata Craiova 1 - 0 Dundee United

1986/11/26    Dundee United 2 - 0 Hajduk Split

1986/12/10    Hadjuk Split 0 - 0 Dundee United

1987/3/4        Dundee United 1 - 0 Barcelona

1987/3/18      Barcelona 1 - 2 Dundee United

1987/4/8        Dundee United 0 - 0 Borussia Monchengladbach

1987/4/22      Borussia Monchengladbach 0 - 2 Dundee United

1987/5/6        IFK Gothenburg 1 - 0 Dundee United

1987/5/20      Dundee United 1 - 1 IFK Gothenburg

1987/9/16      Coleraine 0 - 1 Dundee United

1987/9/30      Dundee United 3 - 1 Coleraine

1987/10/21    Dundee United 1 - 2 TJ Vitkovice

1987/11/4      TK Vitkovice 1 - 1 Dundee United

1988/9/6        Floriana 0 - 0 Dundee United

1988/10/5      Dundee United 1 - 0 Floriana

1988/10/26    Dundee United 0 - 1 Dinamo Bucharest

1988/11/9      Dinamo Bucharest 1 - 1 Dundee United

1989/9/13      Glentoran 1 - 3 Dundee United

1989/9/27      Dundee United 2 - 0 Glentoran

1989/10/17    Royal Antwerp 4 - 0 Dundee United

1989/10/31    Dundee United 3 - 2 Royal Antwerp

The Nineties:

1990/9/18      FH Hafnarfjordur 1 - 3 Dundee United

1990/10/3      Dundee United 2 - 2 FH Hafnarfjordur

1990/10/24    Vitesse Arnhem 1 - 0 Dundee United

1990/11/7      Dundee United 0 - 4 Vitesse Arnhem

1993/9/15      Brondby 2 - 0 Dundee United

1993/9/28      Dundee United 3 - 1 Brondby

1994/9/15      Dundee United 3 - 2 Tatran Presov

1994/9/29      Tatran Presov 3 - 1 Dundee United

1997/7/23      CE Principat 0 - 8 Dundee United

1997/7/30      Dundee United 9 - 0 CE Principat

1997/8/12      Trabzonspor 1 - 0 Dundee United

1997/8/26      Dundee United 1 - 1 Trabzonspor

The 21st Century:

2005/8/11      MyPa-47 0 - 0 Dundee United

2005/8/25      Dundee United 2 - 2 MyPa-47

2010/8/19      Dundee United 0 - 1 AEK Athens

2010/8/26      AEK Athens 1 - 1 Dundee United

2011/7/14      Slask Wroclaw 1 - 0 Dundee United

2011/7/21      Dundee United 3 - 2 Slask Wroclaw

2012/8/2        Dundee United 2 - 2 Dinamo Moscow

2012/8/9        Dinamo Moscow 5 - 0 Dundee United

2017/10/7      Dundee United 1 - 0 Linfield

2017/11/11    Dundee United 1 - 2 Crusaders

Edward the Chancellor

Apparently the only full-length statue of King Edward VIII is the one outside the Aberystwyth University Student Union, unveiled in 1923 while he was was Prince of Wales as well as Chancellor of the university. Source.

1923 Mercury Dime

From 1916 till 1945 the US dime looked like this, with a bust of Liberty on the obverse and Roman fasces on the reverse. Liberty had appeared on earlier dimes, but the addition of wings to her cap led to a popular misconception that it was a portrait of Mercury. The fasces that had once seemed a suitable emblem of republican government, now smelled of Mussolini. In 1945 the Mint replaced Winged Liberty/Mercury with Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the fasces with a torch. Source.

Prince Hirohito Visits Taiwan, 1923

Crown Prince Hirohito spent a couple of weeks in Taiwan in April 1923 inspecting things, in this case the Taiwan Grand Shrine, which he trooped around on April 17th. This was the top Shinto shrine in the colony. There's a hotel there now. Source.

Imperial Hotel 1923-1968

Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Source.

Bridal Couple

A plate from the State Porcelain Factory, now in the National Gallery of Australia. Source.

Echizenya Dry Goods Store 1923

The Echizenya Dry Goods Store, Yokohama, following the Great Kanto Earthquake, September 1, 1923.

The Covered Wagon (1923)

The biggest-grossing Hollywood movie of 1923, The Covered Wagon, opened on this day ninety-three years ago. It was the first epic Western, and got the epic treatment, with a musical score and a 25-cent program (above). Read about it here and watch it here.

The Charleston

On this day in 1923 the musical comedy Runnin' Wild opened on Broadway. One of the musical numbers was "The Charleston," which launched the dance craze for which the Twenties are famous. 1925 piano roll. Things didn't trend quite so quickly ninety years ago: the Charleston was still going strong in 1927.

Asakusa Before and After

Views of the Twelve Storey Tower, in the Asakusa district outside Tokyo, before and after the Great Kanto Earthquake of September 1, 1923. This post is really just an opportunity to direct you to this excellent website about the quake.