Oor Wullie's new statue is ideally positioned for firing peas at Robert Burns' butt. Source.
Morton visit Tannadice. With luck the Tangerines will be wearing that orange and brown strip of theirs that must have been designed by someone who only had the eight colour Crayola marker set.
Morton can move into first place today if they beat Dundee United and Queen of the South beat St Mirren and Brechin beat Dunfermline. It's a tall order, especially the last part. Conversely, if Dundee United, Queen of the South and Livingston all win then Morton will end up sixth.
After six league matches Dundee United have five goals for and five against. Has a team ever finished the season with fewer gf and ga than gp? Sure. St Johnstone finished in fourth place in the 2014-15 Premiership with 34 gf and 34 ga, and went to Europe.
[Dundee United 2 - 1 Morton. Goal by McHugh. Quitongo hamstring!]
Also in Championship play, Dumbarton visit Inverness CT. >>> This is the first ever league match between these two clubs. <<< ICT began in the fourth tier club in 1994-95, and were promoted to the third tier in 1997 just as Dumbarton were being relegated from the third tier to the fourth. Dumbarton have been in a lower league every year until now. (The Sons have played Caley Thistle twice in the League Cup. And they did meet both Inverness Caledonian and Inverness Thistle in the Scottish Cup.) [Dumbarton win 2 - 1.]
Lee Kilday's goals:
date park opponent goaltender competition
2014/11/22 Cappielow Stenhousemuir Greg Fleming league
2014/11/22 Cappielow Stenhousemuir Greg Fleming league
2015/3/28 East End Dunfermline Ryan Scully league
2015/7/25 Cappielow Dumbarton Mark Brown Challenge Cup
2016/7/16* Cliftonhill Albion Rovers Ross Stewart League Cup
2016/8/13 Cappielow Falkirk Deniz Dogan Mehmet league
2016/11/5 Falkirk Falkirk Danny Rogers league
2017/2/7 Stark's Raith Conor Brennan league
2017/2/25 Tannadice Dundee Utd Cameron Bell league
*Penalty shoot-out.
Scottish clubs versus Swiss clubs, part four, Dundee United:
Sept 15, 1970 Dundee United 3 - 2 Grasshoppers
Sept 30, 1970 Grasshoppers 0 - 0 Dundee United
Totals: 1 win Dundee United, 1 draw. Dundee United is mightier than Switzerland.
1978-79. Morton hosted Rangers in front of a crowd of 16,500 and played them to a 2 - 2 draw. Morton's scorers were Alistair Scott and Andy Ritchie. It was six weeks into the schedule and Rangers still didn't have a win.
1933-34. Morton saw their five-game winning streak snapped by Leith Athletic who beat them 3 - 1 at Marine Gardens in Portobello.
1944-45. Morton visited Motherwell and lost 2 - 0, their first loss of the season.
The Scottish League Cup quarter-finals were held midweek. There was only one game involving a Championship side:
Hibs 3 - 2 Livingston
What tier II club has gone farthest in the League Cup each year since 1994?
2017-18 Livingston (QF)
2016-17 Morton (SF)
2015-16 Hibs (F)
2014-15 Rangers (SF)
2013-14 Morton (QF)
2012-13 4 teams (3R)
2011-12 Falkirk and Ayr Utd (SF)
2010-11 Falkirk (QF)
2009-10 5 teams (3R)
2008-09 Dunfermline (QF)
2007-08 Hamilton (QF)
2006-07 St Johnstone (SF)
2005-06 3 teams (R3)
2004-05 3 teams (R2)
2003-04 St Johnstone (QF)
2002-03 4 teams (R3)
2001-02 Ayr Utd (F)
2000-01 4 teams (R3)
1999-00 4 teams (R3)
1998-99 Airdrieonians (SF)
1997-98 Stirling Albion (QF)
1996-97 Dundee (SF)
1995-96 Dundee (F)
1994-95 Raith Rovers (F)
It's the Scottish Cup, Round One. Let's follow those teams that made it out of the preliminary rounds:
Banks O'Dee [4 - 0] Huntly
Lothian Thistle HV [3 - 2] Inverurie Loco Works
Glenafton Athletic [4 - 0] Threave Rovers
Brora Rangers [5 - 0] Girvan
Colville Park [2 - 1] Cumbernauld Colts
It's also the Scottish Junior Cup, Round One. Let's follow some Western teams:
Maryhill [0 - 0] Irvine Meadow
Ardeer Thistle [0 - 1] Yoker Athletic
Kello Rovers [3 - 4] Arthurlie
Troon [1 - 1] Renfrew
Kilwinning Rangers [postponed] Saltcoats Victoria
Androssan Winton Rovers [6 - 2] Banchory St Ternan
Irvine Victoria [0 - 0] Maybole
Rossvale [1 - 0] Greenock Juniors
Newmains United Community [2 - 4] Annbank United
In Abruzzo:
San Nicolò [4 - 3] Pineto
CONCACAF League semi-finals, second leg:
Árabe Unido 0 - 1 Santos de Guápiles
Plaza Amador 1 - 1 Olimpia
Santos and Olimpia advance to the final.
Japan:
FC Imabari [1 - 2] Vanraure Hachinohe
ReinMeer Aomori [2 - 4] FC Osaka
Blancdieu Hirosaki [2 - 1] Bandits Iwaki
Morioka Zebra [8 - 1] Merry
Germany:
1. FC Saarbrücken [2 - 2] FC-Astoria Walldorf
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