Plenty of Nothing

Greenock Morton Goalscorers, Part 5

Joe McKee. Source.

Goalscorers who left the team in 2016:

Bobby Barr

2015/9/5        66'    Almondvale    Livingston     Jamieson    league

Peter MacDonald

2011/8/9        61'    Station Park    Forfar            Paterson    Challenge Cup

2011/8/9        75'    Station Park    Forfar            Paterson    Challenge Cup

2011/8/13      64'    Cappielow    Livingston            McNeil    league

2011/8/23      27'    Cappielow    St Mirren           Samson    League Cup

2011/8/27        7'    Dens Park    Dundee             Douglas    league

2011/9/10      10'    Cappielow    Ayr Utd             Cuthbert    league

2011/9/10      13'    Cappielow    Ayr Utd             Cuthbert    league

2011/9/17      87'    Palmerston    QoS               Robinson    league

2011/9/24        6'    Cappielow    Falkirk            McGovern    league

2011/9/24      54'    Cappielow    Falkirk            McGovern    league

2011/11/19    21'    Cappielow    Deveronvale   Blanchard    Scottish Cup

2012/1/7        76'    Stark's Park    Raith Rovers   McGurn    Scottish Cup

2012/3/10      22'    Cappielow    Livingston           McNeil    league

2012/4/7        62'    Cappielow    QoS                Robinson    league

2012/4/10        8'    Cappielow    Partick Thistle          Fox    league

2012/12/17    77'    Cappielow    Turriff Utd            Coutss    Scottish Cup

2013/1/5        51'    Central Park    Cowdenbeath    Flynn    league

2013/1/19      68'    Cappielow   Livingston            McNeil    league

2013/2/9        52'    Excelsior    Airdrie Utd              Arthur    league

2013/2/16      57'    Cappielow    Partick Thistle          Fox    league

2013/2/16      81'    Cappielow    Partick Thistle          Fox    league

2013/2/23      31'    East End    Dunfermline      Gallacher    league

2013/2/23      50'    East End    Dunfermline      Galacher    league

2013/3/9        44'    Cappielow    Falkirk           McGovern    league

2013/3/16      81'    Dumbarton    Dumbarton      Grindlay    league

2013/3/23      51'    Cappielow    Cowdenbeath     Wilson    league

2013/3/23      54'    Cappielow    Cowdenbeath     Wilson    league

2013/4/6          5'    Cappielow    Airdrie Utd      Thomson    league

2013/4/6        22'    Cappielow    Airdrie Utd      Thomson    league

2013/4/6        60'    Cappielow    Airdrie Utd      Thomson    league

2015/1/17      46'    Somerset    Ayr Utd                 Hutton    league

2015/1/24      81'    Cappielow    Dunfermline         Scully    league

2015/1/31      71'    Station Park    Forfar             Douglas    league

2015/4/11      78'    Cappielow   Stenhousemuir   Fleming    league

2015/7/25      83'    Cappielow    Dumbarton          Brown    Challenge Cup

2015/8/8        60'    Cappielow    Falkirk                Rogers    league

Stefan McCluskey

2014/11/22    87'    Cappielow   Stenhousemuir   Fleming    league

2015/3/3        35'    Cappielow   Stirling Albion   Paterson    league

2015/3/3        62'    Cappielow   Stirling Albion   Paterson    league

2015/3/3        79'    Cappielow   Stirling Albion   Paterson    league

2015/3/28      45'    East End    Dunfermline            Scully    league

2015/4/11      90'    Cappilow    Stenhousemuir    Fleming    league

2015/9/5        31'    Almondvale    Livingston     Jamieson    league

2015/12/12    82'    Ibrox    Rangers             Foderingham    league

2016/2/6        21'    Galabank    Annan                       Hart    Scottish Cup

2016/2/6        65'    Galabank    Annan                       Hart    Scottish Cup

2016/2/6        68'    Galabank    Annan                       Hart    Scottish Cup

2016/2/9        17'    Recreation    Alloa               Gallacher    league

Joe McKee

2014/8/2        27'    Cappielow    Berwick                  Bald    League Cup

2014/8/2        64'    Cappielow    Berwick                  Bald    League Cup

2014/12/27    28'    Forthbank    Stirling Albion   Reidford    league

2015/1/31      34'    Station Park    Forfar            Douglas    league

2015/10/31    41'    Dumbarton    Dumbarton         Brown    league

2015/11/28    88'    Cliftonhill    Albion Rovers     Stewart    Scottish Cup

2016/2/6        45'    Galabank    Annan                     Hart    Scottish Cup

Declan McManus

2014/8/16      19'    Cappielow    Stranraer           Mitchell    league

2014/8/16      45'    Cappielow    Stranraer           Mitchell    league

2014/8/19    105'    Cappielow    Berwick                  Bald    Challenge Cup

2014/8/19    114'    Cappielow    Berwick                  Bald    Challenge Cup

2014/8/19    117'    Cappielow    Berwick                  Bald    Challenge Cup

2014/8/30      37'    Station Park    Forfar            Douglas    league

2014/9/20      29'    Cappielow    Dunfermline         Scully    league

2014/9/27      31'    Ochilview    Stenhousemuir   Fleming    league

2014/10/93    93'    East End    Dunfermline           Scully    league

2014/12/13    92'    Cappielow    Brechin                 Smith    league

2014/12/27    75'    Forthbank    Stirling Albion   Reidford    league

2014/12/27    81'    Forthbank    Stirling Albion   Reidford    league

2015/2/21      44'    Cappielow    Stranraer           Mitchell    league

2015/2/28      61'    Balmoor    Peterhead                Smith    league

2015/2/28      87'    Balmoor    Peterhead                Smith    league

2015/3/3        82'    Cappielow   Stirling Albion   Paterson    league

2015/3/21      90'    Cappielow    Ayr Utd                Hutton    league

2015/3/28      76'    East End    Dunfermline            Scully    league

2015/4/11      87'    Cappielow   Stenhousemuir   Fleming    league

2015/4/18      59'    Forthbank    Stirling Albion       Binnie    league

2015/4/25      40'    Stair Park    Stranraer            Mitchell    league

2015/4/25      44'    Stair Park    Stranraer            Mitchell    league

2015/5/2        83'    Cappielow    Peterhead            Smith    league

2016/2/9        14'    Recreation    Alloa              Gallacher    league

2016/2/27      73'    Stark's Park   Raith Rovers   Cuthbert   league

2016/2/27      87'    Stark's Park   Raith Rovers   Cuthbert   league

2016/3/19      15'    Cappielow    Alloa               Gallacher    league

2016/3/19      78'    Cappielow    Alloa               Gallacher    league

Paul McMullan

2016/3/15      29'    Cappielow    QoS                Thomson    league

Michael Miller

2015/5/2        36'    Cappielow    Peterhead            Smith    league

Alex Samuel

2015/9/22      11'    Cappielow    Motherwell           Ripley    League Cup

2015/9/22    100'    Cappielow    Motherwell           Ripley    League Cup

2015/11/20    90'    St Mirren       St Mirren         Langfield    league

2015/12/18    23'    Cappielow    Raith Rovers    Cuthbert    league

Derek Gaston

It's Morton versus Arbroath. Today's game was originally scheduled for January 9th, but was moved to January 12th when the Scottish Cup Round Two landed on that date, and then it was postponed to today after Cappielow failed a pitch inspection. During which time the Scottish Cup was put on hold. Today was originally supposed to be Scottish Cup Round Three day.

Arbroath's Derek Gaston ranks as Morton's top goalie of the 2010s. (See some stats below.)

Arbroath were the only Championship side to play four league matches against Morton in the short 2019-20 season.

Morton enter today's match in fifth place with 17 points. Arbroath are tenth with 7 points. Neither club has had a win since December 19th.

Arbroath have signed striker Jack Hamilton from Livi.

CEO David Mackinnon is leaving Morton after today's game. And today is Jim McAlister's last appearance before retirement.

Other Championship matches:

Ayr United [4 - 1] Alloa

Hearts [1 - 0] Dunfermline

Inverness CT vs Queen of the South [postponed -- frozen pitch]

Raith Rovers [3 - 1] Dundee

[Morton 0 - 1 Arbroath. Clean sheet for Gaston.]

Other matches:

Kilmarnock [2 - 3] St Johnstone

Two Killie players have tested positive.

[Killie manager Dyer lost his job after this result.]

Hallescher FC [1 - 1 ] 1.FC Saarbrücken (Monday)

Swiss Challenge League: Schaffhausen 1 - 0 Winterthur (yesterday)

Postponed Matches:

Lowland League: Cumbernauld Colts vs Bonnyrigg Rose

Highland League: Rothes vs Clachnacuddin

SWF Championship South: Morton vs United Glasgow

Developments:

Scottish football (except Premiership and Championship games) is now off until February 15th, and the Scottish Cup Round Four is postponed.

HFX Wanderers have signed midfielder Pierre Lamothe, previously of University of Montreal Carabins.

Rangers have not lost a league match yet this season. The last two Scottish clubs to beat them are St Mirren and Hamilton Academical.

Rangers' last five loses:

2020/12/16    St Mirren 3 - 2 Rangers    League Cup QF

2020/8/6        Bayer Leverkusen 1 - 0 Rangers    Europa R16

2020/3/12      Rangers 1 - 3 Bayer Leverkusen    Europa R16

2020/3/4        Rangers 0 - 1 Hamilton Accies    league

2020/2/29      Hearts 1 - 0 Rangers    Scottish Cup QF

Which SPFL clubs have played the fewest league games in 2020-21 so far?

8 games        Clyde, Cowdenbeath, Albion Rovers

This leaves them 19 fixtures to fulfill. There are 12 Saturdays in February/March/April, so these clubs will also have to play 7 midweek games, leaving 6 midweeks free to cover postponements, if play resumes next week. If the leagues restart on February 20th then there are 10 Saturdays and 10 midweeks, which would be cutting it fine. Lucky for the schedule-maker all three clubs are out of the Scottish Cup. If the leagues restart after February 20th then the powers that be have to give serious consideration to shortening the schedule to 18 games.

If Leagues One and Two do return to play out an 18-game schedule, Falkirk will have only seven games left to play.

All-time table of Fife clubs playing each other in the Scottish League:

                                      G       W*       D       L       P       P/G

Dunfermline Athletic    237      97      54      86    248    1.046

East Fife                      237      95      55      87    245    1.034

Raith Rovers               267    106      62      99    274    1.026

Cowdenbeath              285      98      67    120    263    0.923

Lochgelly United           22        8        2      12      18     0.818

*all wins are treated as 2-point wins

Derek Gaston in the Scottish Cup:

With Albion Rovers:

2009/10/24    R2    Lossiemouth 0 - 2 Albion Rovers

2009/11/28    R3    Albion Rovers 1 - 0 Elgin City

2010/1/18      R4    Albion Rovers 0 - 0 Stirling Albion

2010/1/20      R4    Stirling Albion 3 - 1 Albion Rovers

2010/10/23    R2    Albion Rovers 0 - 1 Sunnybank

2011/11/19    R3    Ross County 4 - 0 Albion Rovers

With Morton:

2012/11/3      R3    Albion Rovers 1 - 1 Morton

2012/11/13    R3    Morton 3 - 0 Albion Rovers

2012/12/1      R4    Turriff United 1 - 1 Morton

2012/12/17    R4    Morton 6 - 0 Turriff United

2013/2/3        R5    Dundee 5 - 1 Morton

2014/11/1      R3    Morton 0 - 0 Airdrieonians

2014/11/11    R3    Airdrieonians 0 - 2 Morton

2016/1/9        R4    Livingston 0 - 1 Morton

2016/2/6        R5    Annan 1 - 4 Morton

2016/3/6        QF    Celtic 3 - 0 Morton

2016/12/3      R3    Beith 0 - 6 Morton

2017/1/21      R4    Morton 2 - 0 Falkirk

2017/2/12      R5    Rangers 2 - 1 Morton

2018/1/20      R4    Dunfermline 1 - 2 Morton

2018/2/10      R5    Morton 3 - 0 Dumbarton

2018/3/3        QF    Celtic 3 - 0 Morton

2018/11/24    R3    Morton 1 - 1 Peterhead

2018/11/27    R3    Peterhead 0 - 3 Morton

2019/1/19      R4    East Fife 2 - 1 Morton

With Arbroath:

2019/11/23    R3    Auchinleck Talbot 1 - 1 Arbroath

2020/1/18      R4    Arbroath 0 - 0 Falkirk

2020/1/28      R4    Falkirk 2 - 0 Arbroath

Historical matches:

Jan 30, 1915. Third Lanark came to Cappielow and Morton beat them 4 - 2.

Jan 30, 1993. Morton's first match in three weeks saw them away to Meadowbank where they played Thistle to a 1 - 1 draw. Scott McArthur scored.

Morton in the Glasgow and West of Scotland League:

1898-99    12    7    4    1    40    18    +22    18    1st

1899-00    10    6    1    3    20    12      +8    13    1st

1900-01    10    5    2    3    23    22      +1    12    1st

1901-02    10    1    1    8    11    23     -12      3    6th

1902-03      9    5    1    3    15    12      +3    11    1st

1903-04      7    3    3    1    14      6      +8      9    2nd

1904-05      8    3    2    3    15    15        0      8    3rd

1905-06      5    1    2    2      8      9       -1      4    5th

Source.

SFL Division Three results, January 31, 1925:

Beith a - a Montrose (abandoned)

Helensburgh a - a Dykehead (abandoned)

Leith Athletic 5 - 0 Galston

Mid Annandale 3 - 1 Brechin City

Nithsdale Wanderers 6 - 2 Royal Albert

Queen of the South 6 - 0 Peebles Rovers

Vale of Leven 0 - 0 Solway Star

Source: Glasgow Herald, February 2, 1925, p. 14.

Matilda the Milkmaid

Source.

The Diet of Worms

The Diet of Worms opened on this day in 1521. Source.

To Cappielow via Caledonian Canal

Completed in 1822, the Caledonian Canal connects Inverness to Western Scotland by way of Loch Ness. Source.

Morton host Inverness Caledonian Thistle in a match postponed from December 26th.

Morton hold fifth place, with 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. ICT, who have played three fewer games, have 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, and occupy eighth place. With a win today Morton can move into fourth place. If ICT win they will advance to sixth place.

ICT and Raith Rovers each have several postponed games to make up. The 2019-20 Challenge Cup final between them still has no date.

[Morton 2 - 2 ICT. Morton goals by McGinty and Blues.]

Other matches:

Raith Rovers [0 - 4] Heart of Midlothian (yesterday)

This was the second match between Hearts and Raith in three days.

Dundee vs Ayr United (postponed -- frozen pitch)

Livingston [2 - 0] Kilmarnock

3.Liga: FC Hansa [4 - 2] 1.FC Saarbrücken

Developments:

The West of Scotland League has thrown out its fixture list and will publish a new one without dates attached, to kick in whenever play resumes. Source.

Morton, goals scored and allowed in the first 12 league matches:

2020-21        11        15         -4

2019-20        16        27       -11

2018-19        18        19         -1

2017-18        16        14        +2

2016-17        19        15        +4

2015-16        10        14         -4

League matches in which Morton beat the top team in their division, 2010s:

2019/1/4        Morton 1 - 0 Ross County    (Championship)

2018/8/25      Morton 2 - 1 Ross County    (Championship)

2017/9/9        Morton 3 - 2 Dunfermline    (Championship)

2016/10/15    Queen of the South 0 - 5 Morton    (Championship)

2015/4/25      Stranraer 0 - 2 Morton    (League One)

2015/2/21      Morton 2 - 0 Stranraer    (League One)

2014/11/8      Morton 2 - 0 Forfar    (League One)

2014/9/20      Morton 2 - 1 Dunfermline    (League One)

2014/4/19      Morton 1 - 0 Dundee    (Championship)

2012/12/26    Partick 1 - 2 Morton    (First Division)

2012/10/6      Morton 3 - 1 Partick    (First Division)

(I got these by comparing Fitbastats' Season Results with League Table on Date pages.)

Morton's tier-III seasons since 1994 ranked:

2006-07        36    24      5      7    76    32   +44    77    1st, promoted

2014-15        36    22      3    11    65    40   +25    69    1st, promoted

1994-95        36    18    10      8    55    33   +22    64    1st, promoted

2005-06        36    21      7      8    58    33   +25    70    2nd

2004-05        36    18      8    10    60    37   +23    62    3rd

2003-04        36    16    11      9    66    58     +8    59    4th

2001-02        36      7    14    15    48    63    -15    35    10th, relegated

Morton's 18-game seasons:

1893-94    18      4    1    13    36    62    -26      9    8th (II)

1894-95    18      9    1      8    59    63      -4    19    5th (II)

1895-96    18      4    4    10    32    40      -8    12    9th (II)

1896-97    18      7    2      9    38    40      -2    16    5th (II)

1897-98    18      9    4      5    47    38     +9    22    3rd (II)

1898-99    18      6    1    11    36    42      -6    13    7th (II)

1899-00    18    14    0      4    66    25   +41    28    2nd (II)    P

Which SPFL squads currently include a player named Hamilton?

Arbroath                        Colin Hamilton

Cowdenbeath                Oliver Hamilton

Dundee                         Jack "Flapjack" Hamilton

                                      and Nicholas Hamilton

Edinburgh City              Lee Hamilton

Hamilton Academical    Jamie Hamilton

Livingston                     Jack Hamilton

Stirling Albion                Chris Hamilton

La Chaux-de-Fonds

La Chaux-de-Fonds, the Swiss Habs. Source.

Ajoie travel up the river Doubs to visit HC La Chaux-de-Fonds.

HC La Chaux-de-Fonds was founded in 1919. From 1967-68 to 1972-73 the club enjoyed a six-year dynasty as Swiss champion. They did it dressed like the Montreal Canadiens, which might have helped. But, like the NY Islanders, they have never won another championship. They last played in the top division in 1997-98, and have been in the second tier ever since.

Their rink is the 5,800-capacity Patinoire des Mélèzes. They currently dress in blue, white and bronze. They are coached by Thierry Paterlini, a former left-winger for the Swiss national team.

The most famous person from the city of La-Chaux-de-Fonds would have to be Le Courbusier the architect, unless it's Louis Chevrolet, co-founder of the car company.

Ajoie are currently third in the league, La Chaux-de-Fonds are sixth.

[La Chaux-de-Fonds 3 - 4 Ajoie.]

Tiger Mosaic

Source.

Greenock Morton Goalscorers, Part 4

Kudus Oyenuga. Source.

Goalscorers who left the team in 2017:

Jamie Lindsay

2016/7/30        2'    Cappielow    Berwick            Brennan    League Cup

2016/12/3      78'    Bellsdale       Beith                Grindlay    Scottish Cup

2017/1/21      39'    Cappielow    Falkirk                Rogers    Scottish Cup

Jamie McDonagh

2016/10/15    33'    Palmerston    QoS               Robinson    league

2016/12/3      42'    Bellsdale        Beith               Grindlay    Scottish Cup

Kudus Oyenuga

2016/8/20      62'    Cappielow    Dumbarton           Martin    league

2016/11/12    76'    Dumbarton    Dumbarton          Martin    league

2017/3/18      79'    Falkirk           Falkirk                Rogers    league

2017/5/6        52'    Cappielow    Dundee Utd       Halliwell    league

Conor Pepper

2014/8/16      56'    Cappielow    Stranraer            Mitchell    league

2014/9/20      76'    Cappielow    Dunfermline          Scully    league

Jon Scullion

2014/11/8      15'    Cappielow    Forfar                 Douglas    league

2015/8/1        70'    Cappielow    Elgin                       Black    League Cup

2015/8/1        83'    Cappielow    Elgin                       Black    League Cup

2015/9/5        82'    Almondvale    Livingston      Jamieson    league

Lawrence Shankland

2017/1/14      67'    Cappielow    Raith Rovers    Cuthbert    league

2017/4/8        66'    Cappielow    Hibs                 Marciano    league

2017/4/22      38'    Cappielow    Ayr Utd              Fleming    league

2017/4/29      37'    East End    Dunfermline        Murdoch    league

Morton Castle, 1869

Watercolour of Morton Castle, by Princess Helena, 1869. Source.

Greenock Morton travel to Palmerston Park to contest the ownership of Morton Castle, located in Nithsdale. Thanks to Morton's win on Leap Day last year they are currently king of the castle and QoS are the dirty rascal.

After last night's Arbroath/Dundee match Morton hold fourth place with 16 points. QoS are eighth with 11 points. Morton won their December 19th match 2 - 0 at Cappielow, but QoS won the shootout in their League Cup group stage match October 6th.

Morton's last three matches have ended in a draw. At the moment, seven of the ten Championship clubs have accumulated at least as many draws as wins. Hearts are the only team without any draws.

[QoS have brought in an emergency goalkeeper.]

Morton Castle games up till now:

Jan 28, 2012        QoS 2 - 1 Morton        M7 Q10*

Mar 29, 2014       QoS 3 - 0 Morton         Q4 M10

Oct 10, 2015        QoS 1 - 0 Morton         Q5 M6

Feb 4, 2017          QoS 3 - 0 Morton         M3 Q5

Feb 17, 2018        QoS 1 - 1 Morton         M5 Q6

April 6, 2019         QoS 1 - 1 Morton         M6 Q7

Feb 29, 2020        QoS 0 - 4 Morton        M6 Q9

*Means Morton were in seventh place and QoS in tenth place at time of kickoff.

Other Championship matches:

Arbroath [1 - 1] Dundee (last night)

Dunfermline [0 - 0] Ayr United

Hearts [2 - 3] Raith Rovers

Raith first match of 2021.

Inverness CT vs Alloa [postponed -- frozen pitch]

[QoS 2 - 1 Morton. Queen of the South retake the castle. Morton goal by Orsi.]

It's the League Cup semi-finals:

St Johnstone [3 - 0] Hibs

These two have met in the League Cup semi-final twice before, in 2007 and 2016. Hibs won both times.

Livingston [1 - 0] St Mirren (tomorrow)

Now that these two are in the group stage south section they meet up pretty often, but they've never met in the semi-finals before. Livi are on a nine-game unbeaten streak. St Mirren are on a four-game winless streak.

These two cup games will employ goal-line technology.

When did these clubs last appear in the League Cup final?

2015-16    Hibs

2012-13    St Mirren

2003-04    Livingston

1998-99    St Johnstone

How many times has each won the cup?

3        Hibs

1        St Mirren

1        Livingston

0        St Johnstone

When has neither Old Firm team made the League Cup semi-finals?

1950-51, 1954-55, 1959-60, 1979-80, 2006-07, 2013-14, 2020-21.

League Cups won:

46    (62%)    Old Firm

28    (38%)    everyone outside the Old Firm combined

Other matches:

3.Liga: 1.FC Saarbrücken [0 - 0] VfB Lübeck (tomorrow)

Swiss Challenge League: Chiasso [0 - 3] Winterthur

Postponed:

Kilmarnock vs St Johnstone (postponed due to the League Cup)

Lowland League: Bonnyrigg Rose vs Gala Fairydean Rovers

Highland League: Clachnacuddin vs Buckie Thistle

WoSFL: Troon vs Largs Thistle

SWF Championship South: Gartcairn vs Morton

Progrès Niederkorn haven't played in two months.

Developments:

The twenty League One and Two clubs have written to the football authorities asking to be allowed to resume play.

Tokyo Musashino City FC of the JFL and Tokyo United of the Kanto League have merged. The JFL team will now go by the name Tokyo Musashino United, while the Kanto League team will continue as Tokyo United. The JFL team had already announced that it is not aiming at J League membership.

HFX Wanderers are setting up an U-23 squad.

Wanderers have signed Nova Scotian goalkeeper Kieran Basket, who has been playing for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

They've also signed Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé, formerly of Montreal Impact, Ottawa Fury, and Saint Louis FC.

Montreal Impact has renamed itself Club de Foot Montréal. I do not think this is an improvement.

The Canadian Premier League has put out a coffee table book about last year's tournament.

Iida Kodai has renewed his contract with Oklahoma City Energy FC.

Club The Strongest's crosstown rivals Bolivar have entered into a partnership with Manchester City FC.

Scottish Cup

Suppose the lower leagues don't return this year and their teams all drop out of the Scottish Cup. Who's left? There are the 12 Premiership clubs, plus Queen of the South and Dundee who have already won their Round Two matches, plus Arbroath, Raith Rovers, Ayr United, Inverness CT and Hearts, whose Round Two opponents would have dropped out, plus either Morton or Dunfermline, who have their Round Two match still to play. That makes 20 teams. Round Three could be reorganized to have the eight remaining Championship clubs play each other, so that Round Four would have 16 teams, the Premiership clubs plus the four Round Three winners.

South Challenge Cup

They're still trying to finish the 2019-20 South Challenge Cup. BSC Glasgow beat East Kilbride in one semi-final on December 27th. The other semi-final between Hill of Beath Hawthorn and Dunipace is still up in the air. The final is scheduled for March 14th.

This is a good illustration of how it's better to have the lockdown late in the competition. The 2020-21 cup still has 66 teams in it, which should prove to be a rescheduling nightmare.

Historical matches:

Jan 23, 1915. Morton visited Dundee and played to a 1 - 1 draw.

SFL Division Three in the 1924-25 Scottish Cup:

Beith

    did not play

Brechin City

    did not play

Clackmannan

1925/1/24      R1    Raith Rovers 3 - 0 Clackmannan

Dumbarton Harp

    did not play

Dykehead

1925/1/24      R1    Dykehead 1 - 0 Forfar

1925/2/7        R2    Dykehead 3 - 1 Peebles Rovers

1925/2/21      R3    Kilmarnock 5 - 0 Dykehead

Galston

1925/1/24      R1    Motherwell 6 - 3 Galston

Helensburgh

1925/1/24      R1    Bo'ness 1 - 1 Helensburgh

1925/1/27               Helensburgh 0 - 0 Bo'ness

1925/2/3                Bo'ness 2 - 0 Helesburgh (at Firhill)

Leith Athletic

1925/1/24      R1    Hearts 4 - 1 Leith Athletic

Lochgelly United

1925/1/24      R1    Lochgelly United 4 - 0 Breadalbane

1925/2/7        R2    Dundee 2 - 1 Lochgelly United

Mid Annandale

    did not play

Montrose

1925/1/24      R1    Montrose 6 - 2 Inverness Citadel

1925/2/7        R2    Montrose 0 - 2 Rangers

Nithsdale Wanderers

1925/1/24      R1    Broxburn United 3 - 2 Nithsdale Wanderers

Peebles Rovers

1925/1/24      R1    St Cuthbert Wanderers 0 - 0 Peebles Rovers

1925/1/27               Peebles Rovers 5 - 0 St Cuthbert Wanderers

1925/2/7        R2    Dykehead 3 - 1 Peebles Rovers

Queen of the South

1925/1/24      R1    Queen of the South 1 - 1 Alloa

1925/1/27               Alloa 2 - 0 Queen of the South

Royal Albert

1925/1/24      R1    Royal Albert 9 - 1 Stranraer

1925/2/7        R2    Royal Albert 1 - 3 Broxburn United

Solway Star

1925/1/24      R1    Solway Star 4 - 2 Stenhousemuir

1925/2/7        R2    Vale of Leven 2 - 2 Solway Star

1925/2/12               Solway Star 3 - 3 Vale of Leven

1925/2/16               Vale of Leven 1 - 2 Solway Star (at Cathkin Park)

1925/2/21      R3    Celtic 2 - 0 Solway Star

Vale of Leven

1925/1/24      R1    Vale of Leven 2 - 0 Inverness Caledonian

1925/2/7        R2    Vale of Leven 2 - 2 Solway Star

1925/2/12               Solway Star 3 - 3 Vale of Leven

1925/2/16               Vale of Leven 1 - 2 Solway Star (at Cathkin Park)

Ice Palace, 1885

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