Plenty of Nothing

Cleanse the Causeway

On this date in 1520 a street fight erupted on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh between the men of Archibald Douglas (left), 6th Earl of Angus, Chief of Clan Douglas, and brother-in-law of Henry VIII; and the supporters of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, and Chief of Clan Hamilton. About 70 combatants were killed, most of them Hamiltonian. In the pursuit of political advantage Archibald Douglas went on to fight pretty nearly everyone else in Scotland, including the forces of his wife Margaret Tudor.

Corona Maison

European BDistes have been answering the Corona Maison Challenge, drawing their versions of the coronavirus lockdown using a template of a room with a window and a staircase. See more here.

Vaccination, 1934

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Corners of France: Lauterbourg

The Porte de Landau in Lauterbourg, Alsace. You can tell it was built during the reign of the Sun King. Source.

Finnish Classics Illustrated Comics

Classics Illustrated Comics were published in Finnish too. Again, most of them were translations of the American versions. But there were also a few based on the writings of Zachris Topelius, the 19th-century Finnish nationalist. Source. See here for a discussion in Finnish.

About Clackmannan FC

Clackmannan FC played at Chapelhill Park. Source.

Ann Budge's league reconstruction taskforce began work Monday, as Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said there should be no matches in front of fans anytime soon. The World Health Organization has reportedly advised UEFA to cancel all football through to the end of 2021.

The taskforce is reported to be looking at a 14-team Premiership. The top division has been made up of fourteen teams only two seasons up till now, in 1903-04 and 1904-05.

Gary Holt, head coach of Livingston FC, wants an 18-team Premiership.

Considering that Morton finished seventh in the Championship, a 19-team Premiership is the only acceptable solution.

I don't know why Livi have a head coach instead of a manager.

Of interest to Celtic: the Dutch Eredivisie has cancelled the rest of its season and will not have a 2019-20 champion.

1907-08: April 22nd Morton ended the Scottish League season with a 2 - 2 draw against Kilmarnock at Cappielow. They finished in 12th place with 9 wins, 9 draws and 16 losses.

April 25th Morton visited Johnstone for the second leg of their Renfrewshire Cup final and won 0 - 2. Morton were champions of Renfrewshire.

1963-64. Morton played their last league match of the season on April 24th, beating Raith Rovers 4 - 2 at Cappielow. The Ton finished top of Division Two with 31 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss for 67 points (a win equalled 2 points in those days), 14 points ahead of second-place Clyde, and 21 ahead of third-place Arbroath.

On April 22nd, 1964 the famous Forfar 5, East Fife 4 match was played.

Which set of fixtures was the most ecofriendly in the 2019-20 Championship?

The fixtures that were in place the weekend of Dec 27-28 would burn the least amount of fuel:

    0 miles    Dundee United vs Dundee

  14 miles    Dunfermline vs Alloa

  24 miles    Morton vs Partick

  60 miles    Ayr United vs Queen of the South

143 miles    ICT vs Arbroath

241 miles    x 2 for the return trip = 482 miles

SWF Championship South: Livingston vs Morton (tomorrow) (no)

HFX Wanderers do not play their home opener today against Atletico Ottawa.

Swiss Challenge League: Winterthur vs Schaffhausen (postponed)

Swiss Cup, semifinals. (No.)

Copa Libertadores, Group Stage, matchday 5 (April 21 - 22) (postponed):

Group B: Palmeiras vs Bolívar

Group C: Athletico Paranaense vs Jorge Wilstermann

Bolivian league: Real Potosi vs The Strongest (April 22) (no)

The Strongest vs Always Ready (tomorrow) (no)

The 100th Emperor's Cup has been reformatted again. Round One will now take place in September, and only 50 clubs will participate instead of the usual 88. The 50 will be made up of 47 prefectural representatives, the 48th club (Honda FC), and the top two J1 clubs, which will join in the semifinals. Will the other J League clubs be able to enter as prefectural representatives? Some prefectural associations have already designated their representative clubs:

Akita: Blaublitz Akita

Tochigi: Tochigi City

Yamanashi: Yamanashi Gakuin University SC

Tottori: Gainare Tottori

Hiroshima: SRC Hiroshima

Kumamoto: Roasso Kumamoto

Will Sanfrecce Hiroshima attempt to take SRC Hiroshima's place?

The Asian Football Confederation has postponed all its May and June games.

AFC Champions League East, group stage, matchday 5: (no)

Group F: FC Tokyo vs Ulsan Hyundai

Group G: Johor Darul Ta'zim vs Vissel Kobe

Group H: Yokohama F. Marinos vs Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

J3 League, week 7: Fukushima United vs Vanraure Hachinohe (tomorrow) (no)

The Japan Football League has decided to abandon the first half of its season, and will play a single round robin beginning with matchday #16 on July 18th. Owing to the brevity of the schedule, there will be no relegation at season's end.

The Tokai league is scrapping its season but will play a tournament in September to see which club goes to the Regional Champions League if that is still on.

JFL: Iwaki FC vs MIO Biwako Shiga (tomorrow) (cancelled)

JFL 1999: Mito HollyHock 0 - 3 Denso SC

Denso SC was founded in 1949 as the company team of auto parts manufacturer Denso. In 2005 the corporate sponsor got out of soccer and the team took on their present identity FC Kariya. They play in the Tōkai league.

About Clackmannan FC:

Alloa Athletic used to have a county rival, Clackmannan FC, a club that existed from 1885 to 1931. They wore blue and white hoops and played at Chapelhill Park. The town of Clackmannan is two miles south of Alloa.

Clackmannan were members of the SFL for four seasons only. They played in the newly reconstituted Division Two in 1921-22, finishing 20th and then dropping out. And they played in the short-lived Division Three from 1923-24 to 1925-26. In their time in the SFL they played twelve of the present-day SPFL clubs: Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, East Fife, Stenhousemuir, St Johnstone, Forfar, Arbroath, Queen of the South, Montrose, Brechin Dundee United (as Dundee Hibernian) and Alloa.

Alloa versus Clackmannan in the Midland Football League:

1891/12/19    Alloa 1 - 3 Clackmannan

1892/1/30      Clackmannan 7 - 1 Alloa

1896/9/26      Alloa 1 - 4 Clackmannan

1897/3/27      Clackmannan 5 - 2 Alloa

Alloa versus Clackmannan in the Central Football Combination:

1898/12/24    Alloa 3 - 2 Clackmannan

1899/3/11      Clackmannan 1 - 2 Alloa

1900/3/17      Clackmannan 0 - 3 Alloa

1900/4/14      Alloa 3 - 3 Clackmannan

1900/9/1        Clackmannan 5 - 1 Alloa

1901/3/23      Alloa 1 - 1 Clackmannan

Alloa versus Clackmannan in the Central Football League:

1914/9/12      Alloa 4 - 0 Clackmannan

1914/11/28    Clackmannan 2 - 3 Alloa

1919/11/22    Alloa 3 - 0 Clackmannan

1920/2/14      Clackmannan 1 - 2 Alloa (league cup)

1920/3/13      Clackmannan 1 - 2 Alloa

1920/10/4      Clackmannan 2 - 3 Alloa

1920/10/23    Alloa 1 - 2 Clackmannan

Alloa versus Clackmannan in the SFL:

1921/8/27      Clackmannan 1 - 2 Alloa

1922/1/2        Alloa 2 - 0 Clackmannan

Alloa versus Clackmannan in the King Cup:

1889/11/16    Clackmannan 2 - 3 Alloa

Alloa versus Clackmannan in the East of Scotland Shield:

1890/10/11    Alloa 3 - 0 Clackmannan

1895/11/30    Alloa 1 - 0 Clackmannan

Alloa versus Clackmannan in the East of Scotland Consolation Cup:

1897/1/30      Alloa 1 - 1 Clackmannan

1897/2/6        Alloa 0 - 4 Clackmannan

Alloa versus Clackmannan in the Penman Cup:

1908/12/12    Clackmannan 1 - 3 Alloa

Clackmannan FC in the Scottish Cup:

1890-91    R1    Clackmannan 9 - 0 Milton of Campsie

                 R2    Broxburn 5 - 2 Clackmannan

1895-96    R1    St Bernard's 8 - 1 Clackmannan

1921-22    R1    Clackmannan 3 - 5 Inverness Citadel

1922-23    R1    Hibs 4 - 0 Clackmannan

1923-24    R1    Stenhousemuir 2 - 1 Clackmannan

1924-25    R1    Raith Rovers 3 - 0 Clackmannan

1927-28    R1    Third Lanark 10 - 0 Clackmannan

1928-29    R1    FC Dunkeld & Birnam w/o Clackmannan

                 R2    Albion Rovers 8 - 1 Clackmannan

1930-31    R1    Ayr United 11 - 2 Clackmannan

(I have relied on Scottish Historical Football Archive, Fitbastats and German Wikipedia.)

Golden Kamuy Last Supper

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Another Ship of Fools

Douce 346 f. 258r. Source.

Sea Heart

The sea heart, or sea bean, is the seed of the tropical liana vine, can float in water, and sometimes washes up in England. Source.

Hound Door

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