Johnstone Burgh (red) and Arthurlie (blue). Source.
Morton visit Arbroath. Morton are seventh with 41 points, Arbroath tenth with 23. Morton are out of the Premiership playoff hunt and still need to get clear of ninth place. (They must also win their three remaining games if they want to avoid having fewer wins than losses this season.)
Arbroath were relegated last weekend by Ayr United, ending a five-year run in the Championship, during which Arbroath finished higher than Morton three times and took seven wins against four for Morton, with seven draws.
Arbroath have lost each of their last seven matches. They have allowed 77 goals in league play this season. Morton have allowed 42. Morton have beaten Arbroath the last two times.
Morton cannot be relegated if they win and Queen's Park lose.
Dundee FC have been fined £186,000 over the state of their pitch. The club had five home matches postponed this season.
[Morton win 1 - 2 and avoid the relegation playoffs. Goals by Crawford and Oakley.]
The other Championship matches:
Inverness CT (8th) 0 - 1 Raith Rovers (2nd) (yesterday)
Dundee United (1st) [1 - 0] Ayr United (6th)
Partick Thistle (3rd) [4 - 0] Airdrieonians (4th)
Dunfermline (5th) [0 - 0] Queen's Park (9th)*
*This is a Plenty of Nothing Consolation Cup Round One match. [Dunfermline advance on the yellow card rule.]
Scottish Cup semi-finals:
Aberdeen [3 - 3] Celtic [Celtic win on PK]
Rangers [2 - 0] Hearts (tomorrow)
Celtic won the cup last year, Rangers the year before, Hearts in 2012, and Aberdeen in '84.
Other matches:
Hurlford 0 - 1 Largs Thistle (April 16)
Irvine Meadow XI [0 - 1] Largs Thistle
Newry City 1 - 3 Carrick Rangers (April 16)
East Craigie 0 - 2 St James (April 17)
East Craigie [3 - 0] Montrose Roselea
Vancouver FC 2 - 0 HFX Wanderers (April 18)
Wexford 2 - 3 UCD (yesterday)
Police 1 - 0 Sheikh Russel (yesterday)
BSC Glasgow [2 - 0] Carluke Rovers
Carrick Rangers [2 - 1] Loughgall
Civil Service Strollers [2 - 1] Linlithgow Rose
[Edinburgh University are relegated from the Lowland Leaague.]
Wick Academy [1 - 1] Banks o' Dee
[Buckie Thistle win the Highland League.]
Berwick Rangers [2 - 1] Albion Rovers
FC Isle of Man [3 - 2] AFC Liverpool
Cardiff MU [1 - 3] Newtown (tomorrow)
Valur [3 - 1] Þór/KA (tomorrow)
Renofa Yamaguchi [1 - 2] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)
Sfida Setagaya [2 - 0] Ehime (tomorrow)
Amateur clubs may now apply for West of Scotland League membership.
Scottish Junior Cup, semi-finals, leg two:
Darvel 0 - 1 Auchinleck Talbot (yesterday)
Darvel win 2 - 1 on aggregate and advance to the final.
Johnstone Burgh [1 - 2] Arthurlie
Arthurlie advance.
One semifinal features two Ayrshire clubs, the other two Renfrewshire clubs. The last eleven winners of the Scottish Junior Cup have come from the West of Scotland.
Talbot have won the Junior Cup 14 times, Johnstone Burgh and Arthurlie twice each, and Darvel never.
The towns of Johnstone and Arthurlie both had clubs in the SFL Division Two in 1924-25. I'm currently compiling historical results for Arthurlie and Johnstone's old club Johnstone FC, and some other Renfrewshire clubs. Links will appear in the margin.
AFC Champions League SF, first leg (April 17):
Ulsan HD 1 - 0 Yokohama F Marinos
Mie Prefecture Soccer Championship 2024, semifinals (tomorrow):
Match No. 1: Atletico Suzuka [1 - 0] Yokkaichi University
Match No. 2: FC Ise-Shima [0 - 3] Veertien Mie
A tier-VI Angus league within the 2022-23 Midlands Football League:
G W D L F A GD Pts
Carnoustie Panmure 10 9 1 0 41 6 +35 28
Kirriemuir Thistle 10 6 2 2 27 15 +12 20
Forfar United 10 5 1 4 19 22 -3 16
Arbroath Victoria 10 4 1 5 20 22 -2 13
Brechin Victoria 10 2 0 8 13 30 -17 6
Forfar West End 10 1 1 8 11 36 -25 4
Historical matches:
1968/4/17 Morton 3 - 3 Rangers
1968/4/20 Celtic 2 - 1 Morton
1996/4/20 Morton 1 - 0 St Johnstone
Goal by Douglas Johnstone.
Arthurlie FC 1906-07:
1907/4/27 Arthurlie 1 - 0 Albion Rovers ICS SF leg two
1907/4/20 Albion Rovers 5 - 2 Arthurlie ICS SF leg one
1907/4/13 Abercorn scr-wo Arthurlie ICS R1
1907/4/8 St Mirren 2 - 0 Arthurlie RCup R2
1907/3/30 Raith Rovers 1 - 2 Arthurlie SFL2
1907/3/23 Arthurlie 3 - 1 Ayr FC SFL2
1907/3/16 Arthurlie 1 - 1 Albion Rovers SFL2
1907/3/9 Cowdenbeath 2 - 5 Arthurlie SFL2
1907/3/2 bye RCup R1
1907/2/23 Arthurlie 3 - 2 Raith Rovers SFL2
1907/2/16 Leith Athletic 1 - 2 Arthurlie SFL2
1907/2/9 Ayr Parkhouse 1 - 3 Arthurlie SFL2
1907/2/2 Arthurlie 1 - 2 St Mirren SCup R1
1907/1/19 Arthurlie 3 - 1 Ayr Parkhouse SFL2
1907/1/12 Arthurlie 3 - 4 Abercorn SFL2
1907/1/5 Arthurlie 5 - 1 St Bernard's SFL2
1906/12/29 Abercorn 2 - 2 Arthurlie SFL2
1906/12/22 St Bernard's 3 - 2 Arthurlie SFL2
1906/12/8 East Stirlingshire 1 - 0 Arthurlie SFL2
1906/12/1 Ayr FC 3 - 1 Arthurlie SFL2
1906/11/24 Arthurlie 3 - 2 Leith Athletic SFL2
1906/11/17 Arthurlie 2 - 2 Cowdenbeath SFL2
1906/11/10 Dumbarton 3 - 2 Arthurlie SFL2
1906/11/3 Renton 1 - 0 Arthurlie QCup R5
1906/10/27 Arthurlie 1 - 0 East Stirlingshire SFL2
1906/10/20 Arthurlie 3 - 0 Maxwelltown Volunteers QCup R4
1906/10/13 Arthurlie 3 - 0 Dumbarton SFL2
1906/10/6 Abercorn 0 - 2 Arthurlie QCup R3 replay
1906/9/29 Arthurlie 1 - 1 Abercorn QCup R3
1906/9/22 East Stirlingshire 0 - 1 Arthurlie QCup R2
1906/9/15 Vale of Leven 2 - 0 Arthurlie SFL2
1906/9/8 Arthurlie 2 - 0 Thornliebank QCup R1 replay
1906/9/1 Thornliebank vs Arthurlie (abandoned) QCup R1
1906/8/25 Arthurlie 5 - 4 Vale of Leven SFL2
1906/8/18 Albion Rovers 3 - 0 Arthurlie SFL2
(Sources: London Hearts for the SFL Division Two; The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Qualifying Cup and the Scottish Cup; Scottish Football Historical Archive for the Renfrewshire Cup and the Inter-County Shield.)
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