Morton visited Ibrox on this date in 1967. See A below for the final score. Source.
Morton visit Partick Thistle. Partick are third in the division with 19 points, Morton tenth with 8. Morton have been in last place for six weeks. (See B below.)
Morton lost 1 - 4 to Partick at Cappielow September 2nd. So far this season Morton have won one and lost five at home. They are a little bit better away, with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Partick have two wins at home and three away.
Partick score two goals per game on average, Morton one. But they're nearly even on goals allowed.
[Partick Thistle 2 - 1 Morton. Goal by Gillespie.]
The other Championship matches:
Dunfermline (4th) 1 - 2 Dundee United (1st) (last night)
Airdrieonians (6th) [2 - 0] Arbroath (8th)
ICT (9th) [3 - 1] Ayr United (5th)
Queen's Park (7th) [2 - 3] Raith Rovers (2nd)
Scottish Challenge Cup, R4:
Rangers B 2 - 4 Airdrieonians, at Cappielow (November 7)
Winner plays Morton in the quarter-finals.
Aberdeenshire Shield, semi-final (November 8):
Huntley 1 - 1 Banks o' Dee (Banks o' Dee win on PK)
Other matches:
Linlithgow Rose [2 - 0] East Stirlingshire
Forres Mechanics [2 - 2] Banks o' Dee
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy vs Largs Thistle (postponed)
East Craigie vs Blairgowrie [postponed]
Newburgh [1 - 4] Peebles Rovers
Carluke Rovers [5 - 3] Campbeltown Pupils
East Fife [5 - 1] Morton Women (tomorrow)
FC Isle of Man [1 - 0] Pilkington
Dungannon Swifts [2 - 3] Carrick Rangers
The WE League regular season begins:
Elfen Saitama [1 - 3] Mynavi Sendai
Honda FC [1 - 0] Murayasu Okazaki
Mito HollyHock [1 - 1] Shimiku S-Pulse (tomorrow)
This ends the J2 schedule. As usual, Mito HollyHock avoid both promotion and relegation. That's much easier to do in a 22-team league than in the 10-team Scottish Championship; still, Mito's 25 straight years (if you include next year) in the same division is a Japanese professional record surpassed only by two J1 clubs, Yokohama F. Marinos and Kashima Antlers.
How did the four Tohoku J2 clubs do against one another?
2023/3/12 Vegalta Sendai 0 - 1 Iwaki FC
2023/5/3 Vegalta Sendai 2 - 2 Blaublitz Akita
2023/5/13 Vegalta Sendai 2 - 1 Montedio Yamagata
2023/5/14 Iwaki FC 0 - 1 Blaublitz Akita
2023/5/21 Montedio Yamagata 2 - 1 Blaublitz Akita
2023/6/11 Montedio Yamagata 3 - 0 Iwaki FC
2023/7/1 Montedio Yamagata 4 - 1 Vegalta Sendai
2023/7/2 Blaublitz Akita 1 - 1 Iwaki FC
2023/9/23 Blaublitz Akita 1 - 1 Montedio Yamagata
2023/10/8 Iwaki FC 2 - 2 Vegalta Sendai
2023/10/22 Blaublitz Akita 0 - 1 Vegalta Sendai
2023/11/4 Iwaki FC 1 - 3 Montedio Yamagata
G W D L F A GD Pts
Montedio Yamagata 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13
Vegalta Sendai 6 2 2 2 8 10 -2 8
Blaublitz Akita 6 1 3 2 6 7 -1 6
Iwaki FC 6 1 2 3 5 10 -5 5
How did Mito HollyHock fare against the four Tohoku J2 clubs in 2023?
2023/2/26 Mito HollyHock 2 - 2 Iwaki FC
2023/3/19 Blaublitz Akita 1 - 1 Mito HollyHock
2023/4/2 Montedio Yamagata 0 - 1 Mito HollyHock
2023/5/7 Mito HollyHock 1 - 0 Vegalta Sendai
2023/7/9 Iwaki FC 4 - 3 Mito HollyHock
2023/7/16 Mito HollyHock 3 - 1 Montedio Yamagata
2023/8/19 Mito HollyHock 1 - 1 Blaublitz Akita
2023/9/16 Vegalta Sendai 0 - 1 Mito HollyHock
G W D L F A GD Pts
Mito HollyHock 8 4 3 1 13 9 +4 15
Tohoku clubs 8 1 3 4 9 13 -4 6
(Iwaki FC 2 1 1 0 6 5 +1 4
Blaublitz Akita 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
Vegalta Sendai 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0
Montedio Yamagata) 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0
It's the 2023 Regional Champions League, Round One. The twelve participants are: BTOP Hokkaido (Hokkaido), Blancdieu Hirosaki (Tohoku), Vonds Ichihara (Kanto), Fukui United (Hokushinetsu), Wyvern (Tokai), Arterivo Wakayama (Kansai), Fukuyama City (Chugoku), FC Tokushima (Shikoku), Veroskronos Tsuno (Kyushu) plus FC Kariya, Joyful Honda Tsukuba and Tochigi City. Kariya and Tsukuba advance from the 59th Shakaijin, and Tochigi City were second in the Kanto League and have 100 Year Plan status.
The clubs are divided into three groups of four, and the three group winners plus the best second-place finisher will go on to the final round to establish the pecking order for promotion to the JFL.
BTOP, Tochigi City, FC Kariya, Arterivo Wakayama, Fukuyama City, FC Tokushima and Veroskronos Tsuno were all in last year's tournament.
Let's follow Blancdieu Hirosaki:
2023/11/10 FC Kariya 2 - 2 Blancdieu Hirosaki
2023/11/11 Blancdieu Hirosaki [0 - 1] Wyvern FC
2023/11/12 Blancdieu Hirosaki [1 - 1] Fukuyama City
[Tochigi City, Fukuyama City, Joyful Honda Tsukuba and Vonds Ichihara advance to the final stage.]
Scottish Junior Cup, Round 3:
Dundee Downfield [1 - 0] Dalry Thistle
Dundee Violet [0 - 3] St Cadocs
Gartcairn [2 - 3] Largs Thistle
Hermes [0 - 8] Hurlford
Johnstone Burgh [3 - 1] Irvine Meadow XI
Rothie Rovers [4 - 3] Shotts Bon Accord
Rutherglen Glencairn [3 - 3] Arthurlie [Arthurlie win on PK]
Canadian Premier League:
João Morelli has retired.
FIFA will put $2 million into the CanPL between now and the World Cup.
2023 FAI Cup final (tomorrow):
Bohemians [1 - 3] St Patrick's
2023-24 UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 4 (November 7):
Atlético Madrid 6 - 0 Celtic
2023-24 UEFA Europa League group stage, matchday 4 (November 9):
Rangers 2 - 1 Sparta Praha
2023-24 UEFA Conference group stage, matchday 4 (November 9):
PAOK 2 - 2 Aberdeen
2023-24 AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 4 (November 7 - 8):
Group G: Kaya-Iloilo 1 - 2 Yokohama F. Marinos
Group H: Ventforet Kofu 4 - 1 Zhejiang
Group I: Kawasaki Frontale 4 - 2 BG Pathum United
Group J: Pohang Steelers 2 - 1 Urawa Red Diamonds
2023 African Football League, finals:
First leg (November 5): Wydad 2 - 1 Mamelodi Sundowns
Second leg (tomorrow): Mamelodi Sundowns [2 - 0] Wydad
[Mamelodi win the inaugural African Football League.]
2023 USports men's soccer championship final (tomorrow):
[Carabins de Montréal 0 - 1 Cape Breton University]
2023 USports women's soccer championship final (tomorrow):
[UBC 1 - 0 Trinity Western]
A) Historical matches:
1944/11/11 Hamilton Academical 4 - 2 Morton
1967/11/11 Rangers 1 - 0 Morton
1995/11/11 Dundee 0 - 0 Morton
B) Top and bottom Championship sides week by week (1 of 3):
Week 1 Dundee United Arbroath
Week 2 Queen's Park Arbroath
Week 3 Queen's Park Inverness CT
Week 4 Dundee United Inverness CT
Week 5 Raith Rovers Inverness CT
Week 6 Dundee United Inverness CT
Week 7 Dundee United Morton
Week 8 Dundee United Morton
Week 9 Dundee United Morton
Week 10 Dundee United Morton
Week 11 Dundee United Morton
Week 12 Dundee United Morton
Arbroath held tenth place for twelve weeks last season but ended up eighth, so there's hope for Morton yet.
WE League kits, 2023-24. Source.
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