William Young was born in Falkirk in 1799 and served as Premier of Nova Scotia from 1854 to 1860. He is not the only Bairn to become premier of a Canadian province: Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961, also started out in Falkirk.
Morton visit the Falkirk Stadium. This is a must-win game for both sides, as neither can expect many points in the last two weeks of the season: Morton have Dunfermline and Dundee United; Falkirk have Dundee United and Ross County.
If Morton beat Falkirk, and Partick beat Alloa, Morton will move up to sixth place.
If Falkirk beat Morton, and Partick and QoS both win, Morton will drop to tenth place.
Morton have not lost to Falkirk yet this season.
Falkirk have lost their appeal and have 28 days to fork over £40,000 to the SPFL as a result of the McKinnon affair. Story.
This is matchday 34 and fifth-place Dunfermline can still finish the season tenth. The relegation fight at the bottom of League One is nearly as close. [Ha ha. As soon as I say that Brechin and Stenny get locked into the relegation zone.]
Current winless streaks (league + cup):
7 Morton
5 Dunfermline
4 Queen of the South
2 Inverness CT
2 Partick Thistle
1 Ross County
1 Ayr United
0 Dundee United
0 Alloa
0 Falkirk
Other Championship matches:
Ayr United 1 - 3 Ross County (last night)
ICT [0 - 2] Dundee United
If the Tangerines fail to earn all available points from here on or if Ross County earn any more points then Ross County win the title.
Partick [2 - 1] Alloa
QoS [2 - 1] Dunfermline
If the Pars fail to earn all available points they are out of the Premiership playoffs.
[Morton win 0 - 2. Goals by Kiltie and Telfer. Ayr and Inverness make the Premiership playoffs. The bottom six clubs can all still be relegated, but Morton are in a good position at sixth with 40 points.]
How have Morton performed against Falkirk in league play this century?
2018-19 1 win, 2 draws so far.
2017-18 1 win, 3 losses; 4 gf, 5 ga; 3 points.
2016-17 1 win, 3 draws; 5 gf, 4 ga; 6 points.
2015-16 1 draw, 3 losses; 1 gf, 4 ga; 1 point.
2013-14 2 draws, 2 losses; 3 gf, 7 ga; 2 points.
2012-13 2 wins, 2 losses; 5 gf, 6 ga; 6 points.
2011-12 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss; 5 gf, 3 ga; 7 points.
2010-11 2 draws, 2 losses; 3 gf, 5 ga; 2 points.
2000-01 2 wins, 2 losses; 5 gf, 7 ga; 6 points.
Most draws in a 36-game season, Morton (updated):
14 2001-02
13 2016-17 + 2018-19 after 33 games
12 3 times
11 4 times
10 5 times
9 once
Most clean sheets, Morton:
25 1966-67 (38 league + 11 cup games)
22 1963-64 (36 league + 20 cup games)
20 2005-06 (36 league + 7 cup + 2 playoff games)
18 1995-96 (36 league + 4 cup games)
18 1988-89 (39 league + 7 cup games)
Fewest clean sheets, Morton:
0 1902-03 (22 league + 1 cup game)
0 1895-96 (18 league + 1 cup game)
1 1937-38 (38 league + 4 cup games)
1 1893-94 (18 league + 1 cup game)
2 seven times
So far this season Morton have 11 clean sheets.
Stranraer's reserve team have won the South of Scotland League, but are ineligible for promotion to the Lowland League.
1928-29: On April 16th Morton travelled to Love Street to meet St Mirren in the second leg of their Renfrewshire Cup final. St Mirren won 6 - 1 and took the cup.
On April 20th Morton hosted Leith Athletic and won 4 - 1.
Cowlairs versus Kilmarnock. These two played in the 1892-93 Scottish Alliance. Cowlairs won 3 - 1 at home on October 1, 1892. They played to a 3 - 3 draw in Kilmarnock on April 29, 1893. They never met in the Scottish League or the Scottish Cup.
Celtic FC games on Easter Sunday in the 21st Century:
2018/4/21 Hibs vs Celtic
2017/4/16 Ross County 2 - 2 Celtic
2013/3/31 St Mirren 1 - 1 Celtic
2011/4/24 Rangers 0 - 0 Celtic
2010/4/4 Hibs 0 - 1 Celtic
2008/3/23 Gretna 0 - 3 Celtic
2006/4/16 Livingston 0 - 2 Celtic
2004/4/11 Livingston 1 - 3 Celtic
2001/4/15 Dundee United 1 - 3 Celtic
Celtic play on Easter Sunday, but always away.
SWFL2 W/SW: Morton Women [2 - 1] Gleniffer Thistle (tomorrow)
Danish 1st Division: Fredericia vs Koge (April 22nd)
Swiss Challenge League: Winterthur [2 - 3] Servette
Regionalliga Südwest: 1. FC Saarbrücken [0 - 0] Astoria Walldorf
72nd Aomori Prefecture Football Championship semi-final:
Match No. 8: ReinMeer Aomori [0 - 1] Blancdieu Hirosaki
24th Fukushima Prefecture Football Championship:
Match No. 13: FC Primeiro [1 - 0] Soma SC
Match No. 14: Nihon University Faculty of Eng'g AC SC [0 - 4] FFC Matsushita
Match No. 15: Aizu Olympus [0 - 5] Eastern Japan Int'l University SC
69th Iwate Prefecture Football Championship semi-final:
The first three rounds of this tournament were played late last year. Bracket.
Iwate University [0 - 4] Ganju Iwate
The winner will meet Grulla Morioka in the final.
This weekend Iwaki FC play training matches against Japan Soccer College (today) and a Tochigi SC XI (tomorrow). [Iwaki 1 - 0 Japan Soccer College.] [Iwaki 2 - 2 Tochigi.]