Plenty of Nothing

Mississauga: Land on the Move (1969)

Try to watch this 1969 short film promoting the Town of Mississauga and then not move there.

Suit Jackets of 1969

Morton at Glasgow Central Station, July 20, 1969. Source.

Today Morton were to visit Partick Thistle. Partick are in fifth place with 31 points. Morton are tenth with 14. But Partick have the Covid, so the game is off.

Morton and ninth-place Dunfermline have nearly identical records at this moment, so Morton could move into ninth place if the Pars lose to Raith by two goals. [But no.]

The other Championship matches:

Arbroath (1st) [0 - 0] Inverness CT (2nd)*

Queen of the South (8th) [0 - 3] Hamilton Academical (6th)

Raith Rovers (4th) [0 - 0] Dunfermline (9th)

Kilmarnock (3rd) vs Ayr United (7th) (postponed to February 9th)

*Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup final (see below)

Other matches:

Kelty Hearts vs Cowdenbeath [postponed]

Kelty (1st) have won the two previous meetings. Cowdenbeath (10th) have yet to score on Kelty.

Clachnacuddin vs Forres Mechanics (tomorrow) [postponed]

Canadian Premier League:

HFX Wanderers have arranged for backup goalie Kieran Baskett to train with Coventry City of the English Championship.

The league office has taken over management of FC Edmonton.

The path to the 2021-22 Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup final:

2021/8/21      R1    Arbroath 3 - 1 Partick Thistle

2021/9/11      R2    Raith 0 - 1 QoS

2021/9/11      R2    Arbroath 4 - 0 Hamilton

2021/9/18      R2    Dunfermline 0 - 0 ICT (ICT advance on the yellow card rule.)

2021/9/25      R1    Ayr 0 - 0 Morton (Morton advance on the corner kick rule.)

2021/11/13    R2    Morton 0 - 2 Killie

2021/11/19    SF    QoS 1 - 2 ICT

2021/11/20    SF    Killie 0 - 1 Arbroath

2022/1/2        F      Arbroath [0 - 0] ICT [Arbroath win on the yellow card rule.]

1999-2000

January 3, 2000.    Morton visited St Mirren and played to a 1 - 1 draw. Goal by future Cove Rangers manager Paul Hartley, on loan from Hibs. Ayr United traveled to Cappielow and beat Clydebank 0 - 2.

Morton 1896-97:

1897/5/15      Kilmarnock 3 - 2 Morton                SFL2

1897/5/8        Morton 3 - 4 Motherwell                SFL2

1897/5/1        Port Glasgow 5 - 1 Morton            SFL2

1897/4/24      Morton 3 - 4 Partick Thistle           SFL2

1897/4/17      Morton 1 - 3 Third Lanark             friendly

1897/4/3        Morton 3 - 1 Arthurlie                    friendly

1897/3/27      Morton 2 - 4 Port Glasgow        Renfrewshire Cup SF

1897/3/20      Morton 3 - 0 KIlbarchan            Renfrewshire Cup R2

1897/3/13      Morton 2 - 7 Rangers                Scottish Cup SF

1897/3/6        Morton 2 - 1 Paisley Academical    Renfrewshire Cup R1

1897/2/27      Abercorn 2 - 3 Morton               Scottish Cup R3 replay

1897/2/20      Morton 2 - 2 Abercorn               Scottish Cup R3

1897/2/13      Arthurlie 1 - 5 Morton                Scottish Cup R2

1897/1/9        Morton 3 - 1 Johnstone             Scottish Cup R1

1896/12/26    Linthouse 2 - 5 Morton                  SFL2

1896/12/12    Morton 2 - 2 Royal Albert             friendly

1896/12/5      Morton 4 - 0 Linthouse                  SFL2

1896/11/28    Morton 6 - 2 St Mirren                   friendly

1896/11/21    Morton 3 - 1 Airdrieonians             SFL2

1896/11/14    Queen's Park 5 - 3 Morton            friendly

1896/11/7      Morton 0 - 0 Leith Athletic             SFL2

1896/10/31    Motherwell 1 - 0 Morton                SFL2

1896/10/24    Renton 4 - 0 Morton                      SFL2

1896/10/17    Morton 3 - 1 Dumbarton                SFL2

1896/10/10    Morton 3 - 2 Kilmarnock                SFL2

1896/10/3      Morton 3? - 1 Raith Rovers          friendly

1896/9/26      Morton 0 - 1 Renton                      SFL2

1896/9/19      Airdrieonians 4 - 1 Morton             SFL2

1896/9/12      Leith Athletic 4 - 2 Morton             SFL2

1896/9/5        Morton 3 - 2 Port Glasgow            SFL2

1896/8/29      Dumbarton 0 - 3 Morton                SFL2

1896/8/22      Partick Thistle 2 - 2 Morton           SFL2

1896/8/15      Morton 7 - 1 King's Park               friendly

(Sources: fitbastats for the SFL Division 2; The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup; Glasgow Herald for friendlies. Unhappily, Google News is missing scans of the Glasgow Herald from January to March 1897.)

Who played for Morton in 1896-97?

August 15, 1896, vs King's Park: Cunningham, Armour, Ferguson, Rennie, Campbell, Elliot, Drysdale, M'Master, Xxxxx, Linn, Chalmers.

Bovril share offering, Glasgow Herald, November 23, 1896, all of page 4.

Asterism

Asterism for Piano and Orchestra, composed by Toru Takesitsu, and performed by the Toronto Symphony under Seiji Ozawa.

Cogswell Interchange, 1969

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Expos Home Opener 1969

The Montreal Expos played their first home game on this date in 1969, beating the Cards 8 - 7. Source. Stats.

The Bedford Basin Volvos

There are two dozen or more Volvos on the floor of Bedford Basin, allegedly dumped overboard in 1969. Source.

Apollo 11 Launch, Camera E-8

Apollo 11 lifted off for the moon on this date in 1969. Watch the launch from the vantage point of Camera E-8, with a commentary on the functioning of the launch pad.

Thousand Cranes (1969)

Kawabata on the set of the 1969 film version of his novel Thousand Cranes. He's with Yōko Namikawa, Ayako Wakao, and Eiko Azusa. Source.

Plastic Hawkins Band

Ronnie Hawkins, Wanda Hawkins, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, at the Hawkins' house, Mississauga, December 22, 1969. Ronnie Hawkins talks about it.

Plastic Trudeau Band

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