Hey, isn't that Craig Brown? Clyde's centennial squad. Source.
Clyde FC visit Cappielow to engage Morton in League Cup Group H action. The two clubs have not met since 2009.
Clyde are a venerable club, founded in 1877 and a member of the league since 1891. They were based in Glasgow until 1991, when they moved to a ground-share in Hamilton, and then to Cumbernauld.
Which is more illustrious, Morton or Clyde FC? Clyde have won three Scottish Cups to Morton's one, and one Challenge Cup to Morton's none. Clyde have spent 62 years in the top tier, Morton 54. Clyde is more illustrious. But there's illustrious, and then there's illustrious. Morton have not been in the top division since the 1980s, nor Clyde since the 1970s. Neither side has won the League Cup.
Morton's most important game against Clyde was probably in Round 3 of the 1921-22 Scottish Cup. Morton won 4 - 1, and advanced to defeat Motherwell, Aberdeen, and finally Rangers for the Cup.
The situation: Morton enter today's game joint sixth among second place clubs, only four of whom will move on to the round of sixteen. If the Ton do not get full points from each of Clyde and Berwick they are very unlikely to progress.
Counting pre-season friendlies and Saturday's League Cup match (but not the shootout) Morton are averaging a goal a game.
Whenever Morton face a former player, he usually scores. Peter MacDonald plays for Clyde.
What was Morton's best year in the League Cup? 1963-64. They swept Group 6, taking two wins each from Ayr United, Stranraer, and Clyde, and outscoring the opposition 20 to 4. Then they drew and won against Motherwell in a two-legged quarterfinal, drew and won against Hibs in the semifinal, and then lost to Rangers in the final.
In 1967-68 Morton swept Group 7, consisting of Queen of the South, Raith Rovers, and Dumbarton, with 22 goals for and 6 against. Then they won both legs of their quarterfinal against Kilmarnock, but lost to Celtic in the semifinal.
My Bill Forsyth movie pitch: Wealthy American radio exec thinks he's buying Clyde FM, but it's Clyde FC.
Tomorrow Edinburgh City host Livingston at Meadowbank Stadium, Livi's original ground. [Livi win.]
UEFA Champions League:
Celtic [3 - 0] Lincoln Red Imps
Copenhagen [6 - 0] Crusaders
APOEL [3 - 0] The New Saints
[Crusaders and The New Saints are out. But we'll see them again in the Irn-Bru Cup. Celtic advance.]
UEFA Europa League:
Brøndby [0 - 1] Hibs. [1 - 1 aggregate. It goes to penalties, and Brøndby win.]
Hearts [1 - 2] Birkirkara
Ventspils [1 - 0] Aberdeen
[Aberdeen advance. Hibs and Hearts are out.]
[Morton win 1 - 0. Goal by O'Ware. Shots were 23 to 4 in favour of Morton. Attendance 931. Berwick and Albion Rovers play to a scoreless draw, and then Albion win the shootout. Killie are idle. So now Group H looks like this:
Morton 5
Kilmarnock 3
Albion 3
Berwick 1
Clyde 0
Bear in mind that Kilmarnock and Berwick have played only one game each.]
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