Cliftonhill, 1934. Source. Christmas Day will the 100th anniversary of the opening of Albion Rovers' stadium.
Morton visit Indodrill Stadium for a game against Alloa Athletic. Morton hold ninth place, Alloa tenth. If Alloa win Morton will take over last place.
So far this season Morton have not earned a point away from Cappielow. How does that compare to their other drought years?
First away point:
Match # Date score
1987-88 19 Nov 18 Hibs 0 - 0 Morton
(2019-20 17 today's game)
1893-94 16 April 28 Northern 2 - 7 Morton
1921-22* 15 Nov 5 Hamilton 1 - 1 Morton
*Morton did not earn an away point until November, but in April they won the Scottish Cup.
How does this compare to Brechin City 2017-18? Brechin did not earn their first league point away until match 23, a 1 - 2 win at Dumbarton, on Feb 3.
Morton's 0 - 0 - 8 away record is nearly the mirror image of Dundee United's 8 - 0 - 0 home record. United have 26 goals for and only 5 goals against at home. Morton have 5 goals for and 24 goals against away.
The other Championship matches:
Dundee United (1st) [4 - 0] Ayr United (3rd)
Inverness CT (2nd) [2 - 0] Dunfermline (4th)
Partick Thistle (8th) [0 - 1] Dundee (5th)
Queen of the South (7th) [2 - 0] Arbroath (6th)
These two were both in the Second Division in 2012-13.
[Morton win 0 - 2, their first away points of the season. Goals by Cadden and Baird.]
League One:
Clyde (8th) [3 - 1] Airdrieonians (2nd)
Montrose (5th) [2 - 3] Falkirk (4th)
Peterhead (7th) [1 - 2] East Fife (3rd)
Raith Rovers (1st) [0 - 2] Dumbarton (6th)
These two were in the Championship in 2016-17.
Stranraer (10th) [2 - 4] Forfar (9th)
1907-08: Morton visited Port Glasgow and won 2 - 4. Attendance 4000.
1963-64: Morton visited Raith Rovers and beat them 0 - 3.
SPFL Reserve League: Morton 6 - 1 Dunfermline (Dec 17)
FIFA Club World Cup:
Semi-finals (Dec 17 - 18):
Monterrey 1 - 2 Liverpool
Flamengo 3 - 1 Al-Hilal
Final:
Liverpool [1 - 0] Flamengo
[Liverpool FC are champions of the world.]
A definitive list of players who are not returning to HFX Wanderers for 2020 is out: Elton John, Matthew Arnone, Andre Bona, Juan Diego Gutierrrez, Chakib Hocine, Kodai Iida, Mohamed Kououma, Vincent Lamy, Ndzemdzela Langwa, Duran Lee, Kouame Ouattara, Luis Alberto Perea, Elliot Simmons, Tomasz Skublak, Zachary Sukunda, Abd-El-Aziz Yousef.
HFX Wanderers have signed forward Alessandro Riggi, previously of the USL Championship club Phoenix Rising.
Iida Kodai has signed with Oklahoma City Energy FC of the USL Championship.
Games in which Morton scored five or more goals in the 2010s:
2019/7/16 Morton 6 - 1 Dumbarton
2018/11/3 Morton 5 - 1 Partick Thistle
2018/7/28 Morton 5 - 0 Albion Rovers
2017/7/29 Morton 5 - 0 Edinburgh City
2016/12/3 Beith 0 - 6 Morton
2016/10/15 Queen of the South 0 - 5 Morton
2015/8/1 Morton 5 - 0 Elgin City
2014/8/19 Morton 5 - 2 Berwick Rangers
2013/8/3 East Fife 2 - 6 Morton
2013/4/6 Morton 5 - 2 Airdrie United
2012/12/17 Morton 6 - 0 Turriff United
2012/11/17 Dumbarton 1 - 5 Morton
2012/8/5 East Stirlingshire 1 - 5 Morton
2011/11/19 Morton 5 - 1 Deveronvale
2011/8/9 Forfar 0 - 5 Morton
2011/7/23 Stranraer 0 - 8 Morton
2011/1/25 Airdrie United 2 - 5 Morton
2010/7/31 Stranraer 1 - 7 Morton
(Jan 1 2010 to Dec 31 2019. League and cup only.)
Port Glasgow Athletic versus Morton.
Leagues:
1891-92 Scottish Alliance:
1891/9/19 Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 5 Morton
1891/11/7 Morton 1 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic
Both clubs joined the Scottish Football League in 1893, and until Port Glasgow dropped out in 1911 the two clubs played all but three years in the same division (seven years in Div 2, eight in Div 1), for a total of thirty league matches. Port Glasgow won fourteen matches, Morton won thirteen, and there were three draws.
Both were members of the supplementary Glasgow and West of Scotland Football League from 1898-98 till 1905-06. Their matches:
1898/11/12 Morton 2 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic
1899/5/15 Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 1 Morton
1899/12/30 Morton 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic
(1899-1900) another match
1901/4/15 Morton 2 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic
1901/5/15 Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 Morton
1901/12/21 Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Morton
1902/1/1 Morton 1 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic
1903/1/24 Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 2 Morton
1903/5/11 Morton 0 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic
1904/2/27 Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Morton
1904/5/11 Morton 1 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic
1905/2/25 Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Morton
1905/5/6 Morton 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic
1906/4/9 Morton 1 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic
Cups:
They met only once in the Scottish Cup:
1888/9/1 R1 Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 7 Morton
The Renfrewshire Cup:
1885/3/21 Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 1 Morton (cup-winning game)
1894/10/6 Morton 2 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic
1895/12/14 Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 2 Morton
1897/3/27 Morton 2 - 4 Port Glasgow Athletic
1898/2/12 Morton 1 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic (abandoned)
1898/2/19 Morton 3 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic (abandoned)
1898/2/26 Morton 1 - 4 Port Glasgow Athletic (in Paisley)
1899/4/8 Morton 4 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic
1900/4/21 Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 2 Morton
1900/4/28 Morton 1 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic (cup-winning game)
1907/8/21 Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Morton
1907/8/28 Morton 2 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic
1909/4/21 Morton 2 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic
1909/4/26 Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 Morton
1909/4/30 Morton 1 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic (cup-winning game)
1910/8/15 Morton 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic
1912/1/3 Morton 2 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic
The Renfrewshire Coronation Cup:
1902/5/24 Morton 2 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic
1902/6/3 Morton 2 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic
1902/6/9 Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 0 Morton (in Paisley)
Almost all of these scores come out of the Scottish Football Historical Archive.