A cushion embroidered by Betty MacDougall at Greenock in 1959, from the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Source.
It's the 2019-20 Scottish Cup, Round Three.
It's a cornucopia of matches between league and non-league clubs.
Morton host Brora Rangers of the Highland League. These two clubs have never played a competitive match before, but they did play a friendly in Brora on July 11th, 2015, which Morton won 0 - 1.
Brora Rangers are currently top of the Highland League with 12 wins and 2 losses.
BBC Scotland has published its Championship broadcast schedule for January to March and Morton are the only club not included.
Reports are that groundskeeper Mark Farrell has left Morton.
[ Morton 1 - 1 Brora. Goal by McHugh.]
Brora Rangers versus the 2019-20 Championship clubs:
2015/10/24 Brora 1 - 2 Arbroath Scottish Cup
2015/7/25 Brora 0 - 1 Alloa Challenge Cup
2014/11/29 QoS 4 - 1 Brora Scottish Cup
1983/1/29 Dundee 2 - 1 Brora Scottish Cup
1956/9/22 Arbroath 6 - 1 Brora Scottish Cup
Other matches:
Linlithgow Rose 1 - 4 Falkirk (last night)
Falkirk sacked manager Ray McKinnon following last weekend's game. Tuesday they appointed Lee Miller and David McCracken as interim managers.
Queen of the South [1 - 2] Queen's Park [Upset]
These two met in the 1995-96 Scottish Cup and Queen's Park won.
Partick Thistle [1 - 0] Penicuik
Partick Thistle have been taken over by supporter Colin Weir, using lottery money he won in 2011. He plans to give control over to the fans before the end of this season. Story.
Penicuik is pronounced Penny Cook.
Elgin [1 - 3] Alloa
This is the first Scottish Cup match between these two.
Auchinleck Talbot [1 - 1] Arbroath
This is the first Scottish Cup match between these two.
Stranraer [1 - 0] Dunfermline [Upset]
Stranraer won the last time these two met in this cup.
Bonnyrigg Rose [2 - 1] Montrose [Upset]
First match ever between these two.
Inverurie Loco Works [0 - 1] Broxburn [Upset]
East Fife [3 - 4] BSC Glasgow [Upset]
First match ever between these two.
Stirling Albion [0 - 2] Clyde
These two met in 1981-82 and 2016-17 and both times Clyde advanced.
Edinburgh City [4 - 3] Annan
League Two.
Formartine [0 - 4] East Kilbride
Highland League versus Lowland League.
Raith Rovers [1 - 0] Peterhead
These two are both in League One and they also met in the League Cup group stage.
Dumbarton [3 - 1] Forfar
These old campaigners met in 1925-26, 1969-70 and 2007-08. Dumbarton are ahead two to one.
Albion Rovers [1 - 4] Airdrieonians
This is the first Scottish Cup game between Albion Rovers and New Airdrieonians.
Greenock Morton in the Scottish Cup Round Three this century:
2000/1/30 Morton 1 - 1 Brechin
2000/2/8 Brechin 0 - 0 Morton (Morton won on PK.)
2001/1/27 Peterhead 4 - 1 Morton
Morton did not make it to Round Three in 2001-02.
2003/1/25 Ross County 1 - 2 Morton
2004/1/10 Morton 0 - 3 Partick Thistle
2005/1/11 Livingston 2 - 1 Morton
Morton did not make it to Round Three in 2005-06.
2007/1/6 Morton 3 - 1 Kilmarnock
2007/11/24 Morton 3 - 2 Buckie Thistle
2008/11/29 Peterhead 2 - 1 Morton
2009/11/28 Morton 0 - 0 Dumbarton
2009/12/5 Dumbarton 0 - 1 Morton
2010/11/20 Dumbarton 1 - 2 Morton
2011/11/19 Morton 5 - 1 Deveronvale
2012/11/3 Albion Rovers 1 - 1 Morton
2012/11/13 Morton 3 - 0 Albion Rovers
Morton had a bye into Round Four in 2013-14.
2014/11/1 Morton 0 - 0 Airdrieonians
2014/11/11 Airdrieonians 0 - 2 Morton
2015/11/28 Albion Rovers 0 - 2 Morton
2016/12/3 Beith 0 - 6 Morton
Morton had a bye into Round Four in 2017-18.
2018/11/24 Morton 1 - 1 Peterhead
2018/11/27 Peterhead 0 - 3 Morton
Championship:
Inverness CT (4th) [1 - 0] Dundee (3rd)
This match was postponed from last weekend due to ICT's involvement in the Wafer Cup. Both ICT and Dundee have a bye into Round Four of the Scottish Cup.
Raith Rovers and Partick Thistle have been drawn together for the Challenge Cup semi-finals. Potentially they could play each other five times between now and the end of the season: once in the Challenge Cup, twice in the Scottish Cup, and twice in the playoffs.
1907-08: Morton visited Motherwell and lost 4 - 0.
1963-64: Morton visited Arbroath and beat them 1 - 2.
Lowland League: East Stirlingshire [3 - 1] Berwick Rangers
Who will get back to the SPFL first: East Stirlingshire, Berwick, Gretna, or Clydebank?
Scottish Junior Cup, Fourth Round:
Rossvale vs Auchinleck Talbot (postponed to Nov 30)
No other club has had so many Scottish Junior Cup games postponed because of the Scottish Cup as Auchinleck Talbot.
Aberdeen East End [1 - 4] Beith
Hurlford [3 - 0] Benburb
Irvine Meadow [0 - 0] Glenafton
Dundee North End vs Kirkintilloch Rob Roy [postponed]
Pollok [2 - 1] Troon
Petershill [2 - 2] Rutherglen Glencairn
Again, these are only the matches with West Premiership clubs in them.
HFX Wanderers have signed Scott Firth and Alex De Carolis for another year.
AFC Champions League final, second leg (Nov 24):
Urawa Red Diamonds [0 - 2] Al-Hilal
[Al-Hilal are Asian champions and will go on to the Club World Cup.]
Swiss Challenge League: Winterthur [0 - 2] Kriens (tomorrow)
It's the final round of the 2019 Regional Champions League. The matches are:
Nov. 20: Iwaki FC 3 - 0 Kochi United
Nov. 20: Ococias Kyoto 2 - 0 Fukui United
Nov. 22: Iwaki FC 1 - 0 Ococias Kyoto
Nov. 22: Kochi United 3 - 1 Fukui United
Nov. 24: Iwaki FC [1 - 1] Fukui United
Nov. 24: Kochi United [3 - 1] Ococias Kyoto
This round is to determine the pecking order for promotion to the Japan Football League. [It is: Iwaki FC, Kochi United, Ococias Kyoto, Fukui United.]
J2 ends tomorrow. The top two clubs will go up J1. Teams 3 to 6 go into a playoff for a chance at promotion. Our guys Mito HollyHock enter this weekend in 8th place, with a shot at a playoff spot. If they can beat Fagiano Okayama in their final game, and Ventforet Kofu and Kyoto Sanga both lose, they're in.
Mito HollyHock (8th) [1 - 0] Fagiano Okayama (9th)
Ventforet Kofu (6th) [2 - 0] FC Ryukyu (14th)
Kashiwa Reysol (1st) [13 - 1] Kyoto Sanga (7th) [Oof.]
[Mito finish seventh.]
Tomorrow it's Round Two of the 41st Empress's Cup. Here the N1 clubs and the rest of N2 join in. Let's continue with the university teams that won in the first round.
Match No. 18: Nippatsu Yokohama FC Seagulls (N2) [2 - 1] Teikyo Heisei University
Match No. 20: Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama (N1) [1 - 0] Waseda University
Match No. 26: Sfida Setagaya FC (N2) [0 - 1] Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita
Match No. 27: Iga FC Kunoichi (N2) [7 - 0] Niigata University of Health and Welfare
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