The Hampden Bowling Club, 10 Kingsley Avenue, occupies part of the space that was once the original Hampden Park, where the first Scottish Cup final and the first Scottish international match were played. Source. Club website.
Today was to have been the final of the 2019-20 Scottish Cup.
Developments:
Tuesday the Scottish Government extended the lockdown to May 28th.
Thursday: There will be no fans at Dutch football matches until there is a Covid-19 vaccine.
UEFA plan to complete the 2019-20 Champions League in August and September.
Rangers released a 200-page dossier accusing the SPFL of not doing as it's told. The SPFL issued a 4-page rebuttal Friday.
The reconstruction proposals were put to a vote Friday and failure to meet the threshold of approval, so it looks like the four-division era continues.
Morton played their last match of 2018-19 on May 4th, 2019, and their first friendly of 2019-20 on July 6th, making a close season of 62 days. Their last match of 2019-20 was March 7th. If they play a friendly on June 27th (two weeks before the probable start of the League Cup group stage) then that close season will be 111 days long.
Most Scottish Cups in a row:
3 Queen's Park (1873-74, 1874-75, 1875-76)
3 Vale of Leven (1876-77, 1877-78, 1878-79)
3 Queen's Park (1879-80, 1880-81, 1881-82)
3 Rangers (1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36)
3 Rangers (1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50)
3 Aberdeen (1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84)
3 Celtic (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19)
Which clubs have knocked Celtic and Rangers out of the same Scottish Cup? And did they themselves win the cup?
1901-02 Hibs Yes
1909-10 Clyde No
1925-26 St Mirren Yes
1928-29 Kilmarnock Yes
1937-38 Kilmarnock No
1955-56 Hearts Yes
1981-82 Aberdeen Yes
1982-83 Aberdeen Yes
Which Morton players have won the Scottish Cup in this century?
2014/5/17 Chris Millar St Johnstone
2012/5/19 Darren Barr Hearts
2009/5/30 Nacho Novo Rangers
Reconstruction
If the SPFL goes to a 14-10-10-10 format, with no relegation in 2020, who benefits?
Hamilton, Hearts, Dundee United, Inverness CT, Partick, Queen of the South, Raith Rovers, Falkirk, Forfar, Stranraer, Cove Rangers, Edinburgh City, Brechin, Kelty Hearts, Brora Rangers.
Who's out of luck?
Dundee, Ayr United, Airdrieonians, Montrose, Elgin, Cowdenbeath.
If the SPFL goes to 14-14-14, without relegation, who benefits?
Hamilton, Hearts, Dundee United, Inverness CT, Raith Rovers, Falkirk, Airdrieonians, Montrose, East Fife, Dumbarton, Brechin.
Who's out of luck?
Kelty Hearts, Brora Rangers.
Why do the League Two clubs support 14-14-14?
1) It reduces each club's chance of relegation out of the SPFL from 1 in 10 to 1 in 14.
2) There's less prize money per club if there are 44 clubs.
By Tuesday, though, people were talking about 14-14-16.
If the SPFL goes to 14-14-14 or 14-14-16 then next season Morton will be in the middle division, and so will their wee pals Dumbarton FC, who finished six in League One.
The West of Scotland Football League will have a top division next season. It'll be a 20-team division consisting of last season's West Region premiership plus Blantyre Victoria, Bonnyton Thistle, Cumbernauld United and Darvel. The rest of the clubs are divided into three conferences. Largs Thistle will be in the top (tier VI) division. Greenock Juniors and Port Glasgow will be together in the tier VII Conference B.
If the SPFL moves to three divisions then all the lower leagues will bump up a tier.
Midfielder Dylan Dykes, who played for Morton from Jan 2019 to Feb 2020 has signed with St Cadocs of the West of Scotland League.
1963-64: Summer Cup group stage:
(May 6) Morton visited St Mirren and played to a 0 - 0 draw.
(May 9) Morton visited Partick and won 0 - 1.
SWF Championship South: Morton vs Airdrie (tomorrow) (no)
CPL: HFX Wanderers vs Cavalry (no)
Wanderers have signed draft pick Cory Bent.
Swiss Challenge League: Winterthur vs Wil (no)
AFC Champions League East, group stage, matchday 6:
Group F: Perth Glory vs FC Tokyo (no)
Group G: Vissel Kobe vs Suwon Samsung Bluewings (no)
Group H: Sydney FC vs Yokohama F. Marinos (no)
JFL 1999: Mito HollyHock 1 - 2 Honda FC
The Strongest vs Bolivar (tomorrow) (no)
Bolivian league: The Strongest vs Oriente Petrolero (May 3) (no)
Municipal Vinto vs The Strongest (May 6) (no)
The Strongest vs Bolivar (tomorrow) (no)
Copa Libertadores, Group Stage, matchday 6 (May 6):
Group B: Bolívar vs x (no)
Group C: Colo-Colo vs Jorge Wilstermann (no)
YES:
The Faroes league starts today:
Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag (KÍ) [0 - 2] B36 Tórshavn
This will be the first live score here since March 15th.
KÍ have won the Faroes league 18 times including last year. They've won the Faroe Islands Cup 6 times. Their stadium Við Djúpumýrar right between the town's front and back harbours. Odmar Færø, who plays for KÍ, has also played for B36, Keith, Forfar and Banks O'Dee.
The Faroese did manage to play their annual Super Cup on March 3 before football shut down. The Super Cup pits the previous year's league winner (in this case KÍ) against the most recent Faroe Islands Cup winner (HB). The score:
2020/3/3 KÍ 1 - 1 HB (KÍ won on PK)
The Faroese word for soccer is fótbólt.
The K League also begins this weekend. Let's follow our red and black hooped Pohang Steelers.
Pohang Steelers [2 - 0] Busan IPark (tomorrow)
Pohang finished fourth in the 2019 K League 1. Busan IPark are just promoted, having finished second in the 2019 K League 2.
The 12-team K League 1 normally plays a 38 game schedule, like the Scottish Premiership, with 33 games before the split and 5 after. This season the shortened schedule will consist of 22 games before the split and 5 after, unless the coronavirus intervenes again. The bottom club will be relegated, plus Sangju Sangmu FC, who as a military club cannot sign foreigners or compete in AFC competitions and have therefore decided to quit the top league.
Round One of the Korean FA Cup goes today, with 32 teams from K3, K4 and K5.
The Korean word for soccer is chuggu.
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