The John Galt Fountain on the Esplanade. Source. John Galt (1779-1839), author of Annals of the Parish, was Secretary of the Canada Company and instrumental in the founding of Guelph, Ontario. (But would you drink from it?)
Livingston revisit Cappielow. They were here just 11 days ago for Round One of the Challenge Cup, which beats their revisit record of 14 days set in 1991.
Livi had an excellent League Cup group stage, winning three plus a shootout win for 11 points and a match with Falkirk in Round Two, which they won. They knocked Morton out of the Challenge Cup. In league action, though, they have only two points in three starts.
How many times have Livingston (including Meadowbank Thistle) played the other 2017-18 Championship clubs?
74 QoS
68 Morton
66 Brechin
60 Falkirk
59 Dunfermline
43 Dumbarton
34 Inverness CT
23 St Mirren
21 Dundee United
[Morton 0 - 1 Livingston.]
Other match of the day: Falkirk vs Queen of the South. Falkirk have one point in three starts. If QoS win, and Brechin and ICT play to a draw, Falkirk will finish the day in tenth place. QoS, Dunfermline, Morton and Raith have all fallen into sinkholes at some point this decade. Is it Falkirk's turn this year? [Falkirk 1 - 4 QoS.]
How many Twitter followers does each Championship club have?
45.3K Dundee United
25.1K Inverness CT
21.4K St Mirren
18.5K Falkirk
15.9K Dunfermline
13.7K Morton
11.9K Livingston
11K Queen of the South
8010 Dumbarton
5664 Brechin City
Mark Russell's goals:
date park opponent goalkeeper competition
2015/2/21 Cappielow Stranraer David Mitchell league
2015/3/28 East End Dunfermline Ryan Scully league
2015/5/2 Cappielow Peterhead Graeme Smith league
2016/11/12 Dumbarton Dumbarton Alan Martin league
1978-79. Morton hosted St Mirren at Cappielow and lost 1 - 3. Goal by Ritchie. This was Morton's third loss in three starts, which left them tenth out of ten in the Premier Division.
1933-34. Morton visited Brechin City and won 0 - 1.
1944-45. Morton were away to Broomfield Park to play the old Airdrieonians. They won 2 - 3, their third victory in a row with an identical score.
What if the 2017-18 Championship were made up of the bottom five clubs from the 2016-17 Premiership and the top five clubs from the 2016-17 League One? Would it still look like the Championship? Which clubs would be in it? When were those clubs last in tier II, and how many times have they been in tier II since 1994?:
Kilmarnock 1992-93 0
Motherwell 1984-85 0
Dundee 2013-14 12
Hamilton 2013-14 11
Inverness CT now 7
Livingston now 11
Alloa 2015-16 5
Airdrieonians 2012-13 6
Brechin now 3
East Fife 1996-97 1
Seven of the ten have been in the Championship in the present decade. Three of them are regulars. Only two are clubs that never play in the second tier, but lately the second tier has been home to several clubs that never play in it: Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, Dundee United. These ten would make a perfectly respectable Championship, though it would be a bit weird without any of Falkirk, Morton, Raith or QoS.
The North of Scotland Cup is going on. This year it includes nine clubs from the Highland League, two from the North Caledonian League, plus Elgin City's youth squad. Round One results:
Brora 2 - 0 Clachnacuddin
Forres 5 - 2 Rothes
Fort William 4 - 0 Elgin City U20s
Wick Academy 0 - 0 Invergordon (Invergordon win on penalties)
Golspie Sutherland, Lossiemouth, Nairn County, and Strathspey Thistle have byes into Round Two.
Ayrshire Cup quarter-finals Wednesday: Hurlford United 1 - 0 Largs Thistle. Largs are out.
Today in league play: Kilsyth [2 - 2] Largs
UEFA Champions League playoff round, second leg:
Astana 4 - 3 Celtic
Celtic win 8 - 4 on aggregate and advance to the Champions League group stage.
UEFA Europa League playoff round, second leg:
Östersund 2 - 0 PAOK
Östersund advance on the away goal rule.
Östersunds FK's march through Europe so far:
2016/9/6 Svenska Cupen R2 Sollentuna FF 0 - 2 Östersunds FK
2017/2/18 SvC Group 7 Östersunds FK 2 - 1 Varbergs BolS
2017/2/25 SvC Group 7 Nyköpings BIS 1 - 5 Östersunds FK
2017/3/5 SvC Group 7 Östersunds FK 1 - 0 Hammarby IF
2017/3/11 SvC QF Östersunds FK 4 - 1 Trelleborgs FF
2017/3/18 SvC SF BK Häcken 1 - 3 Östersunds FK
2017/4/13 SvC Final Östersunds FK 4 - 1 IFK Norrköping
2017/7/13 EL 2QR Östersunds FK 2 - 0 Galatasaray
2017/7/20 EL 2QR Galatasaray 1 - 1 Östersunds FK
2017/7/27 EL 3QR Östersunds FK 1 - 0 Fola Esch
2017/8/3 EL 3QR Fola Esch 1 - 2 Östersunds FK
2017/8/17 EL PO PAOK 3 - 1 Östersunds FK
2017/8/24 EL PO Östersunds FK 2 - 0 PAOK
The UEFA Women's Champions League began this week with a qualifying round in the form of a group stage. Hibs are in Group 2 along with Olimpia Cluj (Romania), Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (Ukraine) and Swansea City. August 22nd it was Hibs 5 - 0 Swansea. Yesterday, Kharkiv 1 - 1 Hibs. Monday: Hibs [1 - 1] Cluj. [Hibs are out.]
SWFL Div 2 West: Rutherglen [0 - 7] Morton
CONCACAF League quarter-finals, second leg:
Plaza Amador 2 - 1 Walter Ferretti
Walter Ferretti are out.
AFC Champions League, quarter-final, first leg:
Kawasaki Frontale 3 - 1 Urawa Red Diamonds
Also in Japan:
Vanraure Hachinohe [2 - 1] Maruyasu Okazaki
ReinMeer Aomori [2 - 2] FC Imabari
Sendai Sasuke [1 - 4] Blancdieu Hirosaki
FC Primeiro [4 - 1] Morioka Zebra
[応援よろしくっふぇ!Google translation: I will support you cheerfully! Bing translation: Cheer up fate!]
Germany:
(August 23rd) SC Freiburg II (1 - 3) 1. FC Saarbrücken
(Tomorrow) 1. FC Saarbrücken [3 - 0] Stuttgarter Kickers
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