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Earthrise Craters

Two of the craters that appear in William Anders' famous Earthrise photo of December 24, 1968 have been named after the photo, which was the unanticipated climax of the Apollo 8 mission. Source.

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Brutalist Cumbernauld

Cumbernauld Town Centre, 1968. Source.

It's matchday three in the League Cup group stage. Morton are off, which is just as well, given their Covid situation.

On Thursday a SPFL disciplinary tribunal threw out Kilmarnock's 2 - 0 July 10th win against East Kilbride, and instead awarded EK a 3 - 0 win, and handed Killie a £5,000 fine. This for fielding a suspended player in the 72nd minute of that game. So now two of the four Group G matches have been decided by the league. The other was Morton's Covid game. Kilmarnock enter today's match in last place, and East Kilbride are first. David Goodwillie of Clyde leads all Group G scorers, with one goal.

Coming into today's games Clyde are in the driver's seat. They are the only Group G club that can finish with 12 points. East Kilbride can finish with 10. Stranraer and Kilmarnock can only earn 9 max. The best Morton can do is 8.

The record for winning a group with the fewest points is shared by Peterhead and Ayr United: 8.

Ross County have forfeited a second match.

The games:

Clyde [1 - 2] Kilmarnock

Stranraer [1 - 0] East Kilbride

Group standings after these games:

Stranraer         3    2    0    0    1    4    1   +3    6

East Kilbride    3    1    0    1    1    3    1   +2    4

Clyde               2    1    0    0    1    2    2     0    3

Kilmarnock      2    1    0    0    1    2    4    -2    3

Morton             2    0    1    0    1    0    3    -3    2

2021-22 UEFA Europa Conference 1QR, second leg (July 15):

Coleraine 1 - 2 Velež Mostar

Sligo Rovers 1 - 2 FH

KÍ 2 - 4 Rīgas

Larne 1 - 0 Bala Town

Bohemians 3 - 0  Stjarnan

The New Saints 2 - 0 Glentoran

Newtown 0 - 1 Dundalk

Breiðablik 2 - 0 Racing Luxembourg

NSÍ 1 - 3 Honka

Coleraine, Glentoran, Sligo, Bala Town, New Town, Stjarnan, Racing, KÍ and NSÍ are out.

Other matches:

Treaty United 2 - 1 UCD (last night)

J2: Matsumoto Yamaga [0 - 1] Mito HollyHock

JFL: FC Kariya [1 - 3] ReinMeer Aomori (tomorrow)

Pohang Steelers vs Gwangju (tomorrow) (postponed)

Tohoku Div 1: Dogizaka vs Sendai University (tomorrow) (postponed)

Tohoku Div 1 N: Gonohe [0 - 4] Lascivo Aomori (tomorrow) (July 4)

[This Tohoku league schedule is very haphazard.]

TPS 0 - 0 KPV (yesterday)

HFX Wanderers [1 - 2] Cavalry FC

[Halifax goal by Samuel Salter. They named Salter Street after that guy.]

The Lowland, East, South and West of Scotland Leagues start today.

Largs Thistle [0 - 2] Rutherglen Glencairn

The Strongest [2 - 1] Guabira (tomorrow)

Winterthur [0 - 4] Real Betis (friendly)

Real Betis finished sixth in La Liga last season.

Karlsruher  [1 - 0]  1.FC Saarbrücken (friendly)

Karlsruher SC play in 2.Bundesliga.

Developments:

The Old Firm's latest proposal to put reserve teams in the SPFL has been rejected.

About la ligue de football de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:

This league has been around since 1976 and brings together the three clubs of the archipelago. They are:

Association Sportive Saint-Pierraise (abbreviated ASSP)    Founded in 1903, they play at Stade Léonce Claireaux on the north side of Saint-Pierre town. League champions 13 times, cup winners 8 times. Green.

Association Sportive Miquelonnaise (ASM)    Founded 1949. Their ground is Stade de l'Avenir in Miquelon-Langlade at the north of the archipelago. League champions 4 times, including last year. Cup winners 8 times. Blue. Orange.

Association Sportive Ilienne Amateur (ASIA)    This is the youngest club, started in 1953, but by far the most successful. Their park is Stade John Girardin, in the west end of the town of Saint-Pierre. League champions 28 times, cup winners 25 times. Yellow.

It's a summer league, playing from May to September. Each team plays 16 league matches. To make it more interesting the schedule is divided into four cups. The first cup ends in June, the second July, third August and fourth September. The combined standings determine the year's league champion.

At the end of the season the first- and second-placed teams play for the Coupe de l'Archipel.

The Football Federation of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is part of the French Football Federation. Since 2018 the three clubs have participated in the Coupe de France. They play against each other in Rounds One and Two, and the winner flies to France for Round Three. In September 2018 Saint Pierraise lost 2 - 1 to ALC Longvic. In 2019 FC Lyon beat Ilienne Amateur 5 - 1. Saint Pierraise were to play La Roche VF in 2020 but it was cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.

The clubs play friendlies against teams in Newfoundland, and sometimes participate in cup competitions there. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is seeking membership in Concacaf.

Banner #2 (1968)

Banner #2 (1968) by Doris McCarthy. Source.

Grenoble Olympique

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Earthrise

Henry Moore at the AGO

On this day in 1968 sculptor Henry Moore donated about 900 works of art to the Art Gallery of Ontario, where you can still see them. Source.

At Haneda Airport

Yasunari Kawabata and Mrs Kawabata at Haneda Airport on the way to the Nobel ceremony in Sweden, October 1968. Source.

1968 Tokachi Earthquake

The May 16, 1968 Tokachi Earthquke caused the partial collapse of this building at Hakodate University. Source.

Imperial Hotel 1923-1968

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