Castle Street, Forfar, just last week. Source.
Morton go to Forfar for an afternoon of Seaside League association football action. This is the fifth game in fifteen days for the Greenockians. The Loons have played three in the same interval, having crashed out of League Cup and Challenge Cup in the first round.
Greenock Morton and Forfar Athletic share lots of Second Division memories. This is their sixth season together in the third flight in the 21st century. You could make a case that Forfar is the definitive Seaside League club, though Brechin might have a word to say. Still, when Hamilton supporters taunted Morton supporters late last season, it was Forfar they mentioned.
The last meeting of these two clubs came on August 9th, 2011, when Morton eliminated Forfar from the Challenge Cup by the score of 5 - 0.
Morton's Jamie McCluskey played for Forfar last year. Forfar's Chris Templeman played for Morton from 2004 to 2008.
How many SPFL clubs are named Athletic? Four: Alloa, Dunfermline, Forfar and Annan. And the Lowland League has Preston Athletic.
When did Forfar Athletic last play in the second tier of Scottish football? 1991-92, in the days of three divisions. When did they last play in the top division? Never. What was Forfar Athletic's greatest moment? A 0 - 0 draw against Rangers in the 1981-82 Scottish Cup semi-final.
Ross County became the first club of the young season to fire its manager. County have zero points in four Premiership matches. St Mirren (Premiership) and Airdrieonians (League One) are both pointless and goalless in league play entering today's action, so watch out, managers of those teams.
[Forfar win 3 - 2. Morton goals by McManus and Hands. Morton slip to fourth place.]
Tomorrow fifth-place Grulla Morioka host second-place Zweigen Kanazawa. [Zweigen win 0 - 2.]
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