Ardgowan Castle on the Shaw-Stewart estate overlooking Inverkip. Source.
Morton (7th) host Dundee FC (4th). This is their third meeting of this season. So far each side has a win and a loss. If Morton are able to win by four goals today, and Dunfermline and Arbroath both lose, Morton will take over fourth place.
Dundee did not score a goal in the month of January.
Dundee's Paul McGowan played for Morton in 2006-07. Declan McDaid started out in the Morton youth squad and made one appearance for the first team in 2012-13.
John Sutton played for Dundee in 2004-05. Jim McAlister was a Dark Blue from 2012 to 2015.
Morton have signed defender Sean McGinty, previously of Partick Thistle and before that a lot of English teams named Town and United. Also signed is midfielder Craig McGuffie, formerly of Ayr United, Glenafton and Raith Rovers. [Adam Livingstone has returned to Motherwell.]
Why are there no Scottish football clubs named Town? Like, literally none.
Jai Quitongo has joined Dumbarton. So has Ross Forbes. Former Morton players on Dumbarton: Quitongo, Forbes, Conor Brennan, Ruaridh Langan, Stefan McCluskey, Joe McKee.
The other Championship matches:
Partick Thistle (10th) 1 - 1 Ayr United (3rd) (last night)*
Dundee United (1st) [0 - 1] Arbroath (6th)*
ICT (2nd) [1 - 1] Alloa (9th)
QoS (8th) [2 - 3] Dunfermline (5th)
[Morton 1 - 1 Dundee. Morton goal by McAlister.]
(*Championship League Cup semi-final.) (Partick advance on the corner kick rule.) [The finalists are Partick Thistle and Arbroath.]
League One:
Airdrieonians (3rd) [0 - 1] Raith Rovers (1st)
East Fife (4th) [4 - 2] Dumbarton (6th)
Forfar (9th) [2 - 1] Clyde (7th)
Montrose (5th) [4 - 3] Peterhead (8th)
Stranraer (10th) [1 - 1] Falkirk (2nd)
Scottish Cup Round Four replays (Jan 28):
Falkirk 2 - 0 Arbroath
Hibs 4 - 2 Dundee United
Since 1994, how many years has each of the 2019-20 Championship clubs spent in tier III?
14 Alloa
13 Ayr United
12 Arbroath
9 Queen of the South
7 Morton
4 Partick Thistle
3 Dunfermline
2 Inverness CT
0 Dundee
0 Dundee United
1963-64. Morton travelled to East Fife and lost 1 - 3. It was the Ton's first and only loss of the season in league play.
The last time Morton finished higher than the other 2019-20 Championship clubs:
1967-68 Dundee United
1995-96 Dundee
1998-99 Inverness CT
2017-18 Ayr United
2018-19 Partick Thistle
2018-19 Dunfermline
2018-19 Alloa
2018-19 Queen of the South
2018-19 Arbroath
Years that Morton finished higher than Dundee FC:
1900-01 Morton (4th, Div 1), Dundee (7th, Div 1)
1911-12 Morton (6th, Div 1), Dundee (8th, Div 1)
1913-14 Morton (4th, Div 1), Dundee (7th, Div 1)
1914-15 Morton (4th, Div 1), Dundee (14th, Div 1)
1915-16 Morton (3rd, Div 1), Dundee (8th, Div 1)
1916-17 Morton (2nd, Div 1), Dundee (16th, Div 1)
1946-47 Morton (6th, Div A), Dundee (1st, Div B)
1967-68 Morton (6th, Div 1), Dundee (9th, Div 1)
1977-78 Morton (1st, Div 1), Dundee (3rd, Div 1)
1978-79 Morton (7th, Prem), Dundee (1st, Div 1)
1979-80 Morton (6th, Prem), Dundee (9th, Prem)
1980-81 Morton (8th, Prem), Dundee (2nd, Div 1)
1981-82 Morton (7th, Prem), Dundee (8th, Prem)
1995-96 Morton (3rd, Div 1), Dundee (5th, Div 1)
SPFL Reserve Cup: Dunfermline vs Morton (Jan 27) [postponed -- snow-covered pitch]
Swiss Challenge League: Winterthur [3 - 2] Chiasso (tomorrow)
[Winterthur hold fifth place.]
AFC Champions League East, playoff round (Jan 28):
FC Seoul 4 - 1 Kedah
Shanghai SIPG 3 - 0 Buriram UNited
FC Tokyo 2 - 0 Ceres-Negros
Kashima Antlers 0 - 1 Melbourne Victory
Kashima Antlers are out!
Copa Libertadores, first stage, second stage (Jan 29):
Guaraní 4 - 0 San José
San José are out.
Iwaki FC play their first game of the year tomorrow: a training match against Sakushin Gakuin University. [Iwaki 1 - 0 Sakushin.]
Bolivian league:
The Strongest 3 - 2 Real Potosi (Jan 29)
Always Ready [4 - 1] The Strongest (tomorrow) (today)
Can there be a better fixture than Always Ready vs The Strongest? No.
The Canadian Premier League announced its expansion into Ottawa Wednesday. The new club will be owned by Atlético de Madrid of the Spanish league, who also have a team in the Mexican league, Atlético San Luis. From the way they're talking it looks like Ottawa will begin play in the Spring Season.
The inclusion of Ottawa should reduce the HFX Wanderers' travel bill. Last season they flew to the Western provinces ten times. This year, assuming they get knocked off by Montreal Impact in the Canadian Championship quarter-finals, they'll fly out West eight times.
In contrast, York9 were able to travel by bus to at least three of their fixtures last season.
HFX Wanderers have signed Jamaican winger Alex Marshall.
The province is pushing a plan to build a multi-level parkade on the site of the Museum of Nature's parking lot, which would involve encroaching on the Wanderers Grounds and the Junior Lancers' paddock.
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