Merchandising behemoth Cowdenbeath FC. Source.
Premiership playoff quarter-finals, second leg:
Inverness CT 1 - 0 Partick Thistle (last night)
ICT advance.
Championship playoff semi-finals, second leg:
Airdrieonians [6 - 4] Montrose
Dunfermline [0 - 1] Queen's Park
[Airdrieonians and Queen's Park advance. Dunfermline are relegated.]
League 1 playoff semi-finals, second leg:
Dumbarton [1 - 1] Edinburgh City
Forfar [1 - 1] Annan
[Annan and Edinburgh City advance. Dumbarton are relegated.]
League 2 playoff final, first leg:
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic [3 - 0] Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath step onto the SPFL trapdoor for the third time since it was introduced seven years ago. They squeaked through on penalty shots against East Kilbride in 2017, and on a 70' goal by Brad Smith to win 3 - 2 on aggregate against Cove Rangers in 2018.
Developments:
Raith Rovers' manager John McGlynn is leaving to take over at Falkirk, one league down.
Broomhill FC (the former BSG Glasgow) has changed its name to Open Goal Broomhill FC for sponsorship reasons.
West of Scotland League:
Darvel [3 - 2] Kilwinning Rangers
Glenafton Athletic [0 - 1] Auchinleck Talbot
[Darvel win the West of Scotland League.]
Other matches:
Winterthur 2 - 2 Thun (yesterday)
UCD 2 - 2 Dundalk (yesterday)
Valour [0 - 0] HFX Wanderers
Valour had to postpone their previous match due to a Covid outbreak in the dressing room.
1.FC Saarbrücken [1 - 1] Zwickau
Mito HollyHock [0 - 0] Machida Zelvia (tomorrow)
WE League: Sanfrecce Hiroshima [4 - 0] Elfen Saitama (tomorrow)
League1 Ontario: North Mississauga 1 - 0 FC London (yesterday)
FC London was founded in 2008 as Forest City London and played 7 seasons in the Premier Development League, now called USL2. They won that league in 2012. In 2016 they switched to League1 Ontario. They act as an academy for Toronto FC.
Since we're following the Ontario league, we should also choose a team from the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, which starts this weekend. The PLSQ has twelve teams, ten of them in or around Montreal, plus one in Quebec City and one in Ottawa. Let's follow Royal-Sélect de Beauport from Quebec City.
CS Longueuil [0 - 0] Royal-Sélect de Beauport (tomorrow)
Coupe de France final:
Nice [0 - 1] Nantes
Nice last won the cup in 1997, Nantes in 2000.
UEFA Europa League semi-finals, second leg (May 5):
Rangers 3 - 1 Red Bull Leipzig
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 0 West Ham United
Rangers and Eintracht advance to the final.
1999-2000
May 6, 2000. Clydebank played Raith Rovers to a scoreless draw at Stark's Park. Morton beat Dunfermline 2 - 0 at Cappielow. Craig McPherson and John Anderson scored. This ended the season. Morton finished eighth with 36 points, and Clydebank were bottom with only 10, from 1 win and 7 draws. Clydebank scored only 17 goals in league play. They were relegated to the Second Division, and a year later Morton joined them.
Fewest goals against in a 36-game tier II season since 1994-95:
23 St Johnstone (1996-97) 1st place
23 St Mirren (2004-05) 2nd
24 Dundee (1997-98) 1st
25 Hibs (2016-17) 1st
26 Dundee (2013-14) 1st
26 Hearts (2014-15) 1st
27 Hamilton (2007-08) 1st
27 Kilmarnock (2021-22) 1st
28 St Mirren (2005-06) 1st
28 Partick Thistle (2012-13) 1st
28 Arbroath (2021-22) 2nd
29 St Johnstone (2002-03) 3rd
29 Clyde (2004-05) 3rd
When did Cowdenbeath last play the other 41 SPFL clubs?
2022/4/30 Albion Rovers
2022/4/23 Elgin City
2022/4/16 Edinburgh City
2022/4/9 Annan Athletic
2022/4/2 Stirling Albion
2022/3/26 Forfar
2022/3/19 Stenhousemuir
2022/3/12 Stranraer
2022/3/5 Kelty Hearts
2021/9/4 Alloa Athletic
2021/7/24 Livingston
2021/7/10 Raith Rovers
2021/4/6 Queen's Park
2021/3/23 Partick Thistle
2020/10/13 Inverness CT
2020/10/10 Hearts
2020/10/6 East Fife
2020/1/18 Cove Rangers
2019/7/19 Dundee United
2019/5/4 Clyde
2019/3/30 Peterhead
2019/1/30 Rangers
2018/4/10 Montrose
2017/7/26 Dundee
2017/4/22 Arbroath
2016/7/23 Dunfermline
2016/4/2 Ayr United
2016/3/5 Airdrieonians
2015/4/4 Dumbarton
2015/3/31 Falkirk
2015/3/21 Queen of the South
2015/3/14 Hibs
2014/3/29 Hamilton Academical
2014/3/25 Morton
2012/12/17 St Johnstone
2011/5/7 Ross County
1993/5/15 St Mirren
1993/5/8 Kilmarnock
1977/9/3 Aberdeen
1976/2/14 Motherwell
1971/3/13 Celtic
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