Tommy Orr played his entire SFL career for Morton, from his debut in 1946 to retirement in 1958, during which time he scored 86 goals. He lead the team with 14 in 1947-48. He earned two caps with the Scottish national team and scored on Northern Ireland.
In the Fifties there was no practical difference between soccer jerseys and rugby shirts.
Inverness CT visit Cappielow for their Scottish Cup Round Three replay against Morton. The winner of today's game will face Motherwell in Round Four.
Morton manager Gus MacPherson was sacked after Saturday's 2 - 2 draw against Ayr United. His league record as Morton manager was 3 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses. He was 6W 1D 4L in cup play and had 3 wins and 1 loss in the playoffs.
Derek Anderson is interim manager. This is the third time for him. He previously filled in after the Allan Moore and Ray McKinnon regimes.
[Morton 1 - 1 ICT. Goal by Muirhead. Morton win on PK. Penalties scored by Reilly, Lyon, Ugwu, Muirhead and Oliver.]
Also today: Queen of the South [0 - 3] Cove Rangers [Oof! QoS!]
Queen of the South are the only club in the bottom half of the Championship who have not fired their manager this season.
The J League ended on the weekend. These are the promotions and relegations:
J1: Kawasaki Frontale win the league. They will be joined in the 2022 AFC Champions League by Yokohama F. Marinos, Vissel Kobe and Kashima Antlers. There was no relegation last year, so this year there's extra. Yokohama FC, Vegalta Sendai, Oita Trinita and Tokushima Vortis all go down to J2. J1 2022 will have 18 teams.
J2: Júbilo Iwata and Kyoto Sanga are promoted to J1. Matsumoto Yamaga, Ehime FC, Giravanz Kitakyushu and SC Sagamihara are relegated to J3. Mito HollyHock finish mid-table as always. J2 2022 will have 22 teams.
J3: Roasso Kumamoto and Grulla Morioka are promoted to J2. There's no relegation out of J3. J3 2022 will have 18 teams.
JFL: Iwaki FC are promoted to J3. Suzuka Point Getters squeaked into fourth place, but their J3 license is conditional on them building a new stadium, which won't be completed until 2023. The two bottom JFL clubs must play off against the top two Regional Champions League winners. Honda Lock will play FC Ise-Shima and FC Kariya will play Criacao Shinjuku on December 18th. The JFL 2022 will have 16 teams.
Years in which the JFL champion got promoted:
2000 Yokohama FC
2004 Otsuka Pharmaceutical (as Tokushima Vortis)
2005 Ehime FC
2010 Gainare Tottori
2012 V-Varen Nagasaki
2013 Nagano Parceiro
2021 Iwaki FC
Morton versus Northern:
1885/4/25 Morton 5 - 2 Northern Greenock Charity Cup R1
1889/12/7 Morton 3 - 1 Northern friendly
1890/2/1 Morton 6 - 4 Northern friendly
1891/1/17 Northern 3 - 1 Morton friendly
1891/3/21 Morton 1 - 4 Northern friendly
1891/8/29 Morton 4 - 3 Northern Scottish Alliance
1891/11/14 Northern 6 - 0 Morton Scottish Alliance
1893/10/28 Morton 1 - 1 Northern friendly
1894/2/17 Morton 7 - 1 Northern SFL2
1894/4/28 Northern 2 - 7 Morton SFL2
Sources: Glasgow Herald for friendlies; SFHA for Greenock Charity Cup and Scottish Alliance; fitbastats for SFL Division 2
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