Plenty of Nothing

Rodolphe Töpffer

Today is the 218th birthday of Rodolphe Töpffer, inventor of the comics. Source.

Dartmouth Exhibition Arena 1884-1917

The Dartmouth Exhibition Arena (1884-1917) was Dartmouth's first indoor hockey rink, though the game was played for years beforehand on Lake Banook. The building stood on the site of the Harbourview Holiday Inn on Wyse Road, across the street from the presentday Dartmouth Sportsplex. Source.

About the Swiss Women's Hockey League

Reinach versus Thun. Source.

The SWHL A is the top women's ice hockey league in Switzerland. There are six clubs:

HC Lugano Ladies. Six times Swiss champions. They play at the Resega (capacity 7,800). The Swiss national team at the 2017 World Championship included three Lugano players.

Neuchâtel Hockey Academy. Les Hirondelles du Littoral. Founded 1999. Blue, grey and white. Rink: Piste du Littoral (6,500). One Hirondelle played for Switzerland at the 2017 World Championships.

SC Reinach. Founded in 1984 as Damen-Eishockey-Club Aarau, they joined SC Reinach in 1989. They were Swiss champions in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Rink: Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental. Black and purple. One Reinach player was on the Swiss team at the 2017 World Championships.

EV BOMO Thun. Formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of DHC BOMO and DSC Thun, both founded in the 1980s. Their rink, KEB Grabengut, can accommodate 4,000. Red and white.

SC Weinfelden Ladies. Founded 1988. Blue and white. Rink: Eishalle Güttingersreuti (3,100).

ZSC Lions. Nine times Swiss champions. Blue, white and red. Rink: KEB Hueried. Seven ZSC Lions made the Swiss national team at the 2017 Worlds.

SWHL B contains ten teams: EHC Bassersdorf, HC Brandis-Juniors, HC Feminin Lausanne, HC Fribourg Ladies, GCK Lions, EHC Kreuzlingen-Konstanz, SC Langerthal, Neuchâtel Hockey Academy, EC Wil, EHC Zunzgen-Sissach.

SWHL C contains 28 teams. SWHL A, B and C were formerly called Leistungsklasse A, B and C or LKA, LKB and LKC for short.

SIHF.

Bridal Couple

A plate from the State Porcelain Factory, now in the National Gallery of Australia. Source.

At Tannadice

Lego Tannadice. Source.

Morton visit Tannadice to play Dundee United. Morton have not earned a point from the Tangerines yet this season.

Morton have allowed 21 goals in 20 league games, the best defensive record in the Championship. But Hearts have not allowed a goal since December 2nd.

Dundee United are in second place in the division. They have lost to St Mirren (twice), Livingston, Inverness CT, and Falkirk.

Morton are seventh. They have lost to Dundee United (twice), Falkirk (twice), Livingston, and Queen of the South.

Dundee United have lost at home only once. Morton have lost on the road only once.

Morton's March 3rd game against Dumbarton has been postponed because that's the weekend of the Scottish Cup quarter-finals and either Morton or Dumbarton will be appearing. They play each other in the fifth round in February. That makes three fixtures that Morton have to make up before May.

[Morton win 0 - 3. Goals by O'Ware, Tiffoney, Iredale. It's Morton's first win at Tannadice since Sept 9th, 1978.]

Other match of the day was yesterday. Dunfermline 1 - 2 St Mirren. St Mirren cannot finish tenth; Brechin cannot win the division.

1933-34. On this date in 1934 Morton were at home to Forfar Athletic and lost 2 - 4.

How many games have Dundee United played against the other 2017-18 Championship clubs?

Dunfermline        166

St Mirren             157

Morton                115

Falkirk                 103

Dumbarton            94

Inverness CT        49

QoS                      38

Brechin                 38

Livingston             23

The Young Firm. There's a story going around that the SPFL is about to add Celtic and Rangers' youth squads (hereafter "the Young Firm") to League Two.

What kind of attendance numbers have the Young Firm had in their Challenge Cup matches these past two years?

2016/8/2        Celtic U20s 5 - 1 Annan                            Cappielow        216

2016/8/10      Rangers U20s 4 - 0 Stirling University      Forthbank         493

2016/8/16      Cowdenbeath 1 - 2 Celtic U20s                Central Park     449

2016/8/17      Rangers U20s 1 - 3 Stenhousemuir          Forthbank         324

2016/9/3        Livingston 5 - 1 Celtic U20s                      Almondvale    1,214

2017/8/15      Annan 3 - 1 Celtic U20s                            Galabank          278

2017/8/16      Dumbarton 2 - 1 Rangers U20s                Dumbarton        389

Only one of these matches attracted a halfway respectable crowd, and even that was below Livi's 2015-16 average home attendance.

If Celtic and Rangers colts are added to League Two, but are not allowed to earn promotion, there's the possibility that they will sit at the top of the table and prevent others from advancing to League One, like Honda FC in the JFL.

On the other hand it only took Annan Athletic one year to figure out Celtic U20s.

The SWFL fixtures are out and Morton Women are in SWFL 1 South. The first match is February 18th.

Morton in the Scottish Cup, Part Three, Thirties, Forties and Fifties:

1930-31        R1        Morton 1 - 1 Raith Rovers

                                  Raith Rovers 1 - 1 Morton

                                  Morton 2 - 0 Raith Rovers

                     R2        Queen's Park 0 - 1 Morton

                     R3        Morton 1 - 4 Celtic

1931-32        R1        Dundee 4 - 1 Morton

1932-33        R1        Stenhousemuir 1 - 0 Morton

1933-34        R1        Partick Thistle 1 - 0 Morton

1934-35        R1        Morton 9 - 0 Bo'ness

                     R2        Motherwell 7 - 1 Morton

1935-36        R1        Morton 11 - 1 Blairgowrie

                     R2        Morton 3 - 0 Stenhousemuir

                     R3        Morton 2 - 0 Queen of the South

                     QF        Morton 3 - 5 Third Lanark

1936-37        R1        Murrayfield 3 - 3 Morton

                                  Morton 6 - 1 Murrayfield

                     R2        bye

                     R3        Morton 1 - 1 Partick Thistle

                                  Partick Thistle 1 - 2 Morton

                     QF        Morton 4 - 1 Queen of the South

                     SF        Aberdeen 2 - 0 Morton

1937-38        R1        Morton 4 - 0 Peterhead

                     R2        Larbert Amateurs 2 - 3 Morton

                     R3        Morton 1 - 1 Ayr United

                                  Ayr United 4 - 1 Morton

1938-39        R1        Dunfermline 5 - 2 Morton

1946-47        R1        Morton 4 - 0 Edinburgh City

                     R2        bye

                     R3        Aberdeen 1 - 1 Morton

                                  Morton 1 - 2 Aberdeen

1947-48        R1        Ayr United 1 - 2 Morton

                     R2        Morton 3 - 2 Falkirk

                     R3        Morton 3 - 0 Queen's Park

                     QF        Airdrieonians 0 - 3 Morton

                     SF        Morton 1 - 0 Celtic

                      F          Rangers 1 - 1 Morton

                                  Rangers 1 - 0 Morton

1948-49        R1        Inverness Caledonian 2 - 2 Morton

                                  Morton 2 - 0 Inverness Caledonian

                     R2        Ayr United 0 - 2 Morton

                     R3        Morton 0 - 2 Clyde

1949-50        R1        Ross County 0 - 3 Morton

                     R2        Queen of the South 1 - 1 Morton

                                  Morton 0 - 3 Queen of the South

1950-51        R1        Morton 2 - 2 Cowdenbeath

                                  Cowdenbeath 1 - 2 Morton

                     R2        Morton 3 - 3 Airdrieonians

                                  Airdrieonians 2 - 1 Morton

1951-52        R1        Morton 2 - 0 East Stirlingshire

                     R2        Clachnacuddin 1 - 2 Morton

                     R3        Airdrieonians 4 - 0 Morton

1952-53        R1        Morton 3 - 1 Dunfermine

                     R2        Cowdenbeath 0 - 1 Morton

                     R3        Morton 1 - 4 Rangers

1953-54        R1        Morton 3 - 2 Dundee United

                     R2        Morton 4 - 0 Cowdenbeath

                     R3        Hamilton Academical 2 - 0 Morton

1954-55        R5        Morton 1 - 3 Raith Rovers

1955-56        R4        Morton 5 - 2 Clachnacuddin

                     R5        Morton 0 - 2 Celtic

1956-57        R4        East Stirlingshire 1 - 1 Morton

                                  Morton 4 - 1 East Stirlingshire

                     R5        Dunfermline 3 - 0 Morton

1957-58        R2        Morton 0 - 1 Aberdeen

1958-59        R2        Babcock & Wilcox 0 - 5 Morton

                     R3        Stirling Albion 3 - 1 Morton

1959-60        R1        Morton 0 - 1 East Stirlingshire

When did each 2017-18 League Two club most recently enter tier IV and was it from above or where?

2017    Stenhousemuir    (above)

2017    Peterhead            (above)

2016    Cowdenbeath      (above)

2016    Edinburgh City     (Lowland League)

2015    Stirling Albion       (above)

2010    Clyde                    (above)

2008    Berwick                 (above)

2008    Annan                   (East of Scotland League)

2000    Elgin City              (Highland League)

1996    Montrose              (above)

Scottish Junior Cup, Round Four:

Cumnock Juniors [1 - 5] Auchinleck Talbot

Kilbirnie Ladeside vs Forfar West End [postponed]

Whitburn Juniors [1 - 2] Yoker

Hurlford United vs Haddington Athletic [postponed]

Gartcairn [2 - 2] Arthurlie

Kirkintilloch Rob Roy [6 - 2] Kennoway Star Hearts

Jeanfield Swifts vs Beith Juniors [postponed]

Abruzzo: Pineto [0 - 1] San Nicolò

AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 2:

Eastern (Hong Kong) 2 - 4 FLC Thanh Hóa (Vietnam)

Muangthong United (Thailand) 5 - 2 Johor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia)

Chiangrai United (Thailand) 2 - 1 Bali United

Brisbane Roar (Australia) 2 - 3 Ceres Negros

SJFA West First Division: Darvel [0 - 2] Largs

Can Pumpherston FC's ground really accommodate 100,000, or did somebody round up?

Sources: top; bottom.

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Vertical Cinema

There is no law of physics that says all films must be in a horizontal orientation, but all the cinema screens in the world are horizontal. Watch this trailer for a 2014 vertical film festival. Off the top of my head I can of one application for a vertical format: mountain-climbing films.

Ice Hockey Clubs of Scotland

Fife Flyers vs Edinburgh Capitals.

EIHL

Braehead Clan.

Dundee Stars.

Edinburgh Capitals.

Fife Flyers.

Scottish National League

Aberdeen Lynx.

Dundee Comets.

Dundee Tigers.

Edinburgh Capitals

Kilmarnock Storm.

Kirkcaldy Kestrels.

North Ayr Wild.

Paisley Pirates.

Solway Sharks.

British Universities

Edinburgh Eagles.

St Andrews Typhoons.

EIHL Women Division One

Solway Sharks Ladies

Unarigoe, Chapter 6, Page 5

Edith Hamilton

If you have ever taken a Classical Civilization 1000 course you have probably read Edith Hamilton's Mythology.