Dundee host Morton.* Morton enter today's action in fifth place, and Dundee are tenth. Dundee are the popular choice to finish second in the Championship this year, but to get ahead of Morton today they must win by 3 goals. In 2019-20 Morton and Dundee met three times, for a win, a loss and a draw.
Jim McAlister played for Dundee from 2012 to 2015, and Josh McPake played for them last year. Morton are without McPake, who drew a red card last weekend.
Dundee's Paul McGowan played for Morton in 2006-07; Declan McDaid in 2012-13. Nicholas Hamilton is on loan to Dundee from York9 of the Canadian Premier League.
Last weekend every home team in the Championship won, despite there being no home crowds.
Other Championship matches:
Alloa [1 - 4] Dunfermline*
Arbroath 0 - 1 Hearts* (last night)
This is their first league meeting in forty years. (See below.)
Inverness CT [1 - 1] Ayr United*
Queen of the South [2 - 5] Raith Rovers
(*Championship League Cup match.)
[Dundee win 1 - 0.]
Which 2020-21 Championship clubs have Morton beaten 7 - 1 ?
1946/3/23 Morton 7 - 1 Queen of the South
1949/9/3 Morton 7 - 1 Alloa
Which 2020-21 Championship clubs have beaten Morton 7 - 1 ?
1987/12/16 Morton 1 - 7 Dundee
Before last week, when did Hearts last play a league match against the other 2020-21 Championship clubs?
2019/3/9 Dundee
2017/2/18 Inverness CT
2015/4/18 Raith Rovers
2015/4/8 Alloa
2015/3/28 Queen of the South
2012/4/7 Dunfermline
1988/3/6 Morton
1983/2/12 Ayr United
1980/3/29 Arbroath
Other matches:
Kilmarnock [0 - 1] Hibs
Killie are under investigation by the league for alleged violation of Covid protocols.
The whole St Mirren squad is under quarantine and their match against Hamilton Accies is off.
J2: Mito HollyHock 1 - 1 Montedio Yamagata (October 21)
Renofu Yamaguchi [1 - 4] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)
This season Mito HollyHock are using the slogan, "Let's Go To the Next Stage With Us!!" which is practically a Yogi Berra-ism.
JFL: Tokyo Musashino City [2 - 1] Iwaki FC (tomorrow)
K League: Daegu [3 - 2] Pohang (tomorrow)
Faroes: Skála [1 - 2] B36 (tomorrow)
The Icelandic soccer authorities are trying to figure out what to do about the end of the season. Games have been cancelled since October 7 and won't start again until November 3rd at the earliest. In normal years the season is over by the end of September.
Allsvenskan: Malmö [3 - 1] IFK Göteborg (tomorrow)
Inter Turku 3 - 0 TPS (October 22)
TPS vs SJK (tomorrow) (Halloween)
In Luxembourg three Progrès Niederkorn players have tested positive, and as a result these two matches are postponed:
Progrès Niederkorn vs Hesperange (October 21) (postponed)
Victoria Rosport vs Progrès Niederkorn (tomorrow) (postponed)
Swiss Challenge League: Thun 0 - 1 Winterthur (October 20)
Winterthur vs Chiasso (postponed -- Covid)
3.Liga: TSV 1860 1 - 2 1.FC Saarbrücken (October 21)
1.FC Saarbrücken 1 - 2 SC Verl (tomorrow)
SWF Championship South: Renfrew vs Morton (postponed)
WoSFL: Largs Thistle [0 - 1] Clydebank
The Highland Football League still hasn't started, and won't until at least November 28th. So the Lowland League is operating while the Highland League is not, but the SWF Championship North is operating while the Championship South is not.
2020-21 South Region Challenge Cup, Round One:
As there are 142 clubs in this cup, I'm only going to follow West of Scotland Premier Division teams, plus our Lowland League guys Bonnyrigg Rose. Clubs that have dropped out of this year's WoSFL have also dropped out of this cup, causing walkovers.
Pollok scr/wo Tranent
Thornton Hibs vs Rutherglen Glencairn [postponed -- weather]
Carluke Rovers wo/scr Kilbirnie Ladeside
Sauchie vs Kilwinning Rangers [postponed -- weather]
Bonnyrigg Rose [2 - 0] Newtongrange Star
2020-21 UEFA Europa League group stage, matchday 1:
Group B: Dundalk 1 - 2 Molde (October 22)
Group D: Standard Liège 0 - 2 Rangers (October 22)
Group H: Celtic 1 - 3 AC Milan (October 22)
2020 Copa Libertadores, group stage, matchday 6:
Group B: Bolívar 2 - 3 Guaraní (October 21)
Group C: Colo-Colo 0 - 1 Jorge Wilstermann (October 20)
Wilstermann advance to the Round of 16, while Bolívar drop into the Copa Sudamericana.
Concacaf League, preliminary round (October 22):
Municipal Limeño (El Salvador) 1 - 2 Forge FC
This is Municipal's first ever Concacaf tournament, which counterintuitively makes Forge the senior club.
Historical matches:
Oct 24, 1914. Morton hosted Partick Thistle and played to a 2 - 2 draw.
Oct 20, 1992. Challenge Cup, Round Two. Morton travelled to Brechin and won 1 - 2. Alex Mathie and Jim Tolmie scored for the Ton.
Oct 24, 1992. Morton hosted Ayr United and won 2 - 1. Stuart Rafferty and Derek Lilley scored.
How did Morton fare against each opponent in the three-division era of 1975-76 to 1993-94?
G W D L F A GD Pts
Partick Thistle 41 17 11 13 65 56 +9 45
Kilmarnock 41 17 11 13 60 53 +7 45
Airdrieonians 39 16 7 16 50 56 -6 39
Clydebank 27 10 12 5 47 41 +6 32
Dumbarton 30 12 7 11 44 42 +2 31
Clyde 25 12 6 7 38 30 +8 30
St Mirren 41 9 10 22 44 76 -32 28
Brechin 17 11 4 2 34 20 +14 26
Livingston 20 10 6 4 32 17 +15 26
Ayr United 27 10 6 11 37 34 +3 26
Montrose 19 8 9 2 35 19 +16 25
Falkirk 28 9 6 13 35 50 -15 24
Forfar 20 7 9 4 33 27 +6 23
Dundee 33 7 9 17 39 56 -17 23
QoS 15 10 2 3 29 15 +14 22
Hibs 24 5 11 8 31 30 +1 21
Aberdeen 28 9 3 16 24 53 -29 21
East Fife 15 7 6 2 28 15 +13 20
Hamilton 32 4 12 16 29 53 -24 20
Alloa 12 9 1 2 27 12 +15 19
Stirling Albion 15 7 4 4 28 20 +8 18
Hearts 19 6 6 7 24 25 -1 18
St Johnstone 12 6 4 2 20 12 +8 16
Dundee United 28 6 4 18 21 66 -45 16
Raith Rovers 23 5 5 13 28 34 -6 15
Dunfermline 21 3 7 11 15 32 -17 13
Rangers 28 2 8 18 16 65 -49 12
Arbroath 8 4 2 2 14 10 +4 10
Celtic 28 3 3 22 19 66 -47 9
Cowdenbeath 4 4 0 0 8 3 +5 8
Motherwell 12 2 3 7 17 20 -3 7
Albion Rovers 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 4
SFL Division Three results, October 25, 1924:
Mid Annandale 2 - 3 Vale of Leven
Peebles Rovers 1 - 1 Lochgelly United
Queen of the South 0 - 0 Beith
Dykehead 1 - 1 Solway Star
Brechin City 4 - 2 Dumbarton Harp
Galston 1 - 1 Leith Athletic
Clackmannan 2 - 0 Royal Albert
Montrose 0 - 2 Nithsdale Wanderers
Source: Glasgow Herald, October 27, 1924, p. 8. Google News has this number tacked on to the end of the October 25 number.
1924-25 Scottish Qualifying Cup, Fourth Round replays (Oct 22, 1924)
Peebles Rovers 1 - 1 Clachmannan
Montrose 1 - 1 Leith Athletic
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