Greenock marked Morton's 1967 promotion to the First Division by demolishing Princes Pier. Source.
Morton visit San Starko for a game against Raith Rovers. Morton are second in the division, Raith sixth. Both clubs finished second in their League Cup groups with 9 points and both progress to Round Two. (See A below.)
With this match "Raith away" becomes Morton's most frequently played fixture of the four-division era. (See B below.)
Since 1994 Raith Rovers have spent two seasons in tier I, twenty in tier II and eight in tier III.
Grant Gillespie played for Raith Rovers in 2018-19. No one on the current Raith roster has ever played for Morton, though Andrew Barrowman (Morton 2014-15) is now Raith CEO. Raith have a Polish goalkeeper, Kevin Dąbrowski, who has been playing in Scotland since 2017.
Championship clubs with a proper 2023-24 article on Wikipedia: Arbroath, Ayr United, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Queen's Park and Raith Rovers. Those without: Airdrieonians, Inverness CT, Morton, Partick Thistle. Raith Rovers have the most old-school website in the Championship.
[Raith Rovers 3 - 2 Morton. Goals by Muirhead and Crawford.]
Other Championship matches:
Airdrieonians [2 - 1] Partick Thistle
Ayr United [1 - 0] Inverness CT
Dundee United [1 - 1] Dunfermline
Queen's Park [2 - 1] Arbroath
It's the 2023-24 Scottish Cup First Preliminary Round. This extra round was added due to the increase in clubs with SFA membership. For the first time there will be no replays in any round of this cup. This is the 150th anniversary of the Scottish Cup, though this is only the 139th time it has been played.
Last year Darvel and Inverness CT each played six rounds in the Scottish Cup. Can Beith go seven?
The matches:
Abbey Vale (South of Scotland League) [0 - 5] Cupar Hearts (Kingdom of Fife Amateur League)
Carnoustie Panmure (Midlands League) [1 - 2] Beith (West of Scotland Premier Division)
Luncarty (East of Scotland Premier Division) [3 - 1] Loch Ness (North Caledonian League)
Other matches:
Rothes [2 - 2] Banks o' Dee
Linlithgow Rose [2 - 4] Cumbernauld Colts
East Stirlingshire [1 - 2] Berwick Rangers
I'm going to keep track of the Lowland League's four former SPFL clubs' matches against one another and make a table out of the results at season's end, and call it SPFL Division X.
Largs Thistle [0 - 2] Clydebank
East Craigie [2 - 2] Lochee United (August 9)
East Craigie [4 - 0] Coupar Angus
Carluke Rovers [3 - 5] Newmains United
FC Isle of Man [2 - 1] Padiham
The Cymru Premier League begins. Let's follow Cardiff Metropolitan University:
Aberystwyth Town [0 - 1] Cardiff Metropolitan University
The Northern Ireland Football League Premiership is also under way. Let's follow Carrick Rangers:
Carrick Rangers [0 - 2] Newry City
NPL2 Vic: Eastern Lions 2 - 1 Preston Lions
Cork City 1 - 1 UCD (yesterday)
Mito HollyHock [3 - 3] V-Varen Nagasaki
HFX Wanderers [3 - 0] Vancouver FC
[Goals by Morelli (twice) and Ferrin.]
HFX Wanderers have signed forward Jordan Perruzza on loan from Toronto FC.
BVB IA Waterloo 0 - 5 Scrosoppi (August 9)
There's a League1 Alberta in the works, due to begin next season. So far the men's and women's sections have five teams each: two in Edmonton, two in Calgary, and one in St Albert.
Morton Women 2 - 6 Glasgow City U18 (friendly) (August 8)
Morton Women 7 - 2 Stenhousemuir (friendly) (August 10)
Bonnyrigg Rose vs Morton Women (tomorrow) [abandoned]
Alex Jack Cup, round 1:
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts [2 - 3] Peebles Rovers
East of Scotland Centenary Cup, semi-final one (August 8):
The EoS Centenary Cup features the winners of last year's Premier (Linlithgow Rose), First (Dunbar United), Second (Whitburn) and Third (Bo'ness Athletic) Divisions, and is in celebration of the league's 100th anniversary.
Linlithgow Rose 5 - 3 Bo'ness Athletic
2023-24 UEFA Champions League, 3QR, first leg (August 9):
Rangers 2 - 1 Servette
2023-24 UEFA Europa League, 3QR, first leg:
None of our teams are in this round.
2023-24 UEFA Europa Conference League, 3QR, first leg (August 10):
Rosenborg 2 - 1 Hearts
Hibs 3 - 1 Luzern
Tobol 1 - 0 Derry City
49th All Japan Municipal Officials Football Tournament:
QF: Fujieda City Hall 6 - 1 Suginami Ward Office (August 7)
SF: Fujieda City Hall 5 - 1 Ota City Hall (August 8)
Final: Fujieda City Hall 6 - 0 Gifu City Hall (August 9)
2023 Women's World Cup, QF (yesterday):
Japan 1 - 2 Sweden
A) Sort the 2023-24 Championship clubs by points earned in the League Cup group stage:
12 Airdrieonians (+5)
11 Ayr United (+8)
9 Morton (+7)
9 Raith Rovers (+3)
9 Partick Thistle (+2)
8 Dunfermline (+5)
6 Dundee United (+2)
5 Arbroath (-3)
4 Queen's Park (+4)
3 Inverness CT (-2)
bold = advanced to Round Two
B) Morton's most frequently-played fixtures of the four-division era, prior to 2023-24:
35 times Queen of the South vs Morton
35 times Raith Rovers vs Morton
34 times Morton vs Queen of the South
33 times Ayr United vs Morton
33 times Morton vs Ayr United
31 times Morton vs Raith Rovers
29 times Dunfermline vs Morton
29 times Morton vs Partick Thistle
28 times Morton vs Dunfermline
28 times Morton vs Falkirk
27 times Partick Thistle vs Morton
26 times Dumbarton vs Morton
26 times Falkirk vs Morton
24 times Morton vs Dumbarton
Historical matches:
1944/8/12 Third Lanark 2 - 3 Morton
This was the first match of the 1944-45 Southern League. It came 42 days after Morton's last Summer Cup match, making their close season even shorter than it is today.
1967/8/12 Queen of the South 0 - 4 Morton
This was the first match of the League Cup group stage.
1995/8/12 Dundee United 1 - 1 Morton
First league match of the season. Goal for Alan Mahood.