Following the demise of Port Glasgow Athletic their ground Clune Park was converted into a housing estate, which in its turn now awaits demolition. Here's what the school looked like in 2021. Source.
Morton host Inverness Caledonian Thistle. ICT are third with 53 points, Morton seventh with 40. This is the sixth meeting between these two in 2021-22. ICT have two wins against one for Morton in league play. Morton and ICT also played a Scottish Cup Round Three tie which Morton won in the replay.
Morton are 5 points up on both Ayr and Dunfermline and lead both on goal difference by 8 goals. If Ayr and Dunfermline win their remaining games and Morton lose theirs, Morton will finish ninth and go into the playoffs, probably against Queen's Park. If Ayr and Dunfermline win their remaining matches and Morton pick up only 1 point they will all end with 41 points, at which point Morton's superior though whittled-down goal difference will gain Morton safety. If either Ayr or Dunfermline lose or draw a game today or next week then Morton are safe. Morton, Raith Rovers and Cove Rangers are all in a position to join the 2022-23 Championship today.
Queen of the South are 6 points behind Ayr and Dunfermline, who are coincidentally QoS's last two opponents. If QoS beat them both, and Partick Thistle also beat them both, there will be a three-way 35-point tie at the bottom of the division and relegation will be decided by goal difference or maybe even on goals scored. QoS have beaten Ayr twice already this season.
When did Morton and ICT last meet in the Premiership? Inverness CT was founded seven years after Morton's last appearance in the Premier Division, so never.
Morton were the only SPFL club out of 42 to vote against introducing VAR to the league. VAR stands for the video assistant referee, an official who can make calls based on video replay. With VAR comes an assistant called the assistant video assistant referee or AVAR.
North Lanarkshire Council have kicked Clyde FC out of Broadwood Stadium after the club re-signed David Goodwillie. Clyde will groundshare with Hamilton Accies while they look for a place to play in Glasgow.
[Morton 0 - 1 Inverness CT. Morton lose, but a loss for Dunfermline and a draw for Ayr mean that Morton are safe from relegation.]
The other Championship matches:
Queen of the South 2 - 1 Inverness CT (April 19)
Kilmarnock (1st) 2 - 1 Arbroath (2nd) (last night)
Killie win the division.
Hamilton Academical (6th) [0 - 2] Raith Rovers (5th)
Partick Thistle (4th) [1 - 0] Dunfermline Athletic (9th)
Queen of the South (10th) [1 - 1] Ayr United (8th)
[QoS are relegated.]
Pyramid playoffs, first leg:
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic [3 - 1] Fraserburgh
Which teams have beaten Bonnyrigg Rose in 2021-22? Civil Service Strollers, Rangers B and Dalbeattie Star in Lowland League play, Alloa Athletic in the Scottish Cup, and Gala Fairydean Rovers in the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup.
Which teams beat Fraserburgh in 2021-22? Rothes and Buckie Thistle in the Highland League, Brora Rangers in the Highland League Cup, Banks O' Dee in the Aberdeenshire Cup, Sauchie Juniors in the Scottish Cup, and Cowdenbeath in the Challenge Cup.
[Fort William have dropped out of the pyramid playoffs at the bottom of the Highland League, with the result that they are relegated and Banks O' Dee are promoted.]
Other matches:
UCD 1 - 2 St. Patrick's Athletic (April 18)
Derry City 7 - 1 UCD (yesterday)
1.FC Saarbrücken [1 - 2] Verl
Mito HollyHock [3 - 2] Renofa Yamaguchi
Largs Thistle 8 - 1 Beith (April 20)
Largs have won by an 8 - 1 score both at home and away this season. Yet they're in 14th place.
Largs Thistle [1 - 0] Irvine Meadow
Pacific FC [2 - 1] HFX Wanderers
[Cory Bent scored for HFX Wanderers.]
João Morelli is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL.
Yverdon [2 - 2] Winterthur (tomorrow)
SWF Championship South: Morton [3 - 2] Rossvale (tomorrow)
WE League: Mynavi Sendai [1 - 0] Elfen Saitama (tomorrow)
Waseda University 0 - 1 Toyo University (tomorrow)
75th Aomori Soccer Championship semi-final (tomorrow):
ReinMeer Aomori [3 - 1] Blancdieu Hirosaki
72nd Iwate Soccer Championship semi-finals (tomorrow):
Morioka Zebra [1 - 0] Nippon Steel Kamaishi
Ganju Iwate [1 - 2] Fuji University
26th Miyagi Soccer Championship semi-final (tomorrow):
Cobaltore Onagawa [0 - 1] Sendai University
27th Fukushima Soccer Championship semi-finals (tomorrow):
Iwaki FC [5 - 1] Iwaki Furukawa FC
Fukushima United [2 - 0] East Japan International University
League1 Ontario starts this weekend. There are 22 teams playing a single robin robin (21 games each) from now till August. Let's follow North Mississauga FC, who play at Churchill Meadows in Erin Mills.
North Mississauga [0 - 1] St. Catharines Roma Wolves (last night)
North Mississauga started out as Streetsville Meadowvale SC in 1974, and took on the name North Mississauga FC in 1982. They joined League1 Ontario in 2015.
St. Catharines Wolves have been around since 1967. They joined the National Soccer League in 1977 and were champions in 1995 and 1997. In 1998 they joined the Canadian Professional Soccer league and were champions there in 1998 and 2001. They dropped out of the CSL when it was de-sanctioned in 2014, and reformed last year as a League1 Ontario team.
Historical matches:
April 22, 2000. Clydebank played Airdrieonians to a scoreless draw at Broomfield. Morton lost to Falkirk 0 - 2 at Cappielow.
Since 1994, which clubs playing 36 games have earned fewer than 30 points and yet avoided relegation? And how did they do it?
22 Cowdenbeath (10th, 2017-18 League Two) They won a playoff against Cove Rangers.
27 Alloa (9th, 2014-15 Championship) They won playoffs against Brechin and Forfar.
29 Airdrieonians (9th, 1999-00 First Division) 9th was safe.
29 Stenhousemuir (9th, 2014-15 League One) They won playoffs against East Fife and Queen's Park.
Since 1994, what have been the highest points totals not to earn promotion?
81 Falkirk (2002-03) They finished top of the First Division but were denied promotion due to the state of their ground.
76 Berwick (2005-06) They finished second in the Third Division but lost the playoff final.
76 Peterhead (2017-18) They finished second in League Two but lost the playoff final.
75 Raith Rovers (2017-18) They finish second in League One but lost in the playoff semi-finals.
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