The door of the Earl of Morton's House, Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh. Albumen print, mid-19th century. Source.
Cove Rangers visit Cappielow. Morton are fourth with 37 points and Cove are eighth with 26. Morton have won both prior meetings.
Cove have the Championship's worst goals allowed total with 51. Morton are second-best with 28.
Robbie Muirhead is Morton's scoring leader with 8 goals. Connor Scully and Mitch Megginson each have 8 for Cove Rangers.
The season is two-thirds over. If Morton stay to form they will finish with 55.5 points, probably good for fourth place.
It's Week 26 and there are only 22 points between first and last place in the Championship. League Two is nearly as tight, with a difference of 24. League One has a spread of 42 points, and the Premiership 53.
[Morton have signed midfielder Ali Crawford on loan from St Johnstone.]
[Morton win 2 - 1. Goals by Muirhead and R. Crawford.]
Other Championship matches:
Hamilton Accies 2 - 1 Inverness CT (February 21)
Raith Rovers (6th) 0 - 0 Ayr United (3rd) (last night)
Arbroath (10th) [0 - 0] Partick (5th)
This is a Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup semi-final. [Arbroath advance on the yellow card rule.]
Dundee (2nd) [1 - 1] ICT (7th)
Hamilton (9th) [1 - 4] Queen's Park (1st)
Tomorrow it's the League Cup final at Hampden Park:
Rangers [1 - 2] Celtic
[Two goals for Kyogo Furuhashi.]
Celtic vs Rangers so far this season:
2022/9/3 Celtic 4 - 0 Rangers
2023/1/2 Rangers 2 - 2 Celtic
These two have met in the final fifteen times before, Rangers winning nine times, Celtic six. Altogether Rangers have won the cup 27 times, Celtic 20. The League Cup has been around since 1946-47, long enough now that very club in the 2022-23 Premiership has won it at least once.
Other matches:
UCD 2 - 3 Sligo Rovers (yesterday)
Gala Fairydean Rovers [2 - 3] Bo'ness United
Forres Mechanics 0 - 0 Clachnacuddin (February 22)
Wick Academy [1 - 1] Forres Mechanics
Prestwich Heys [1 - 0] FC Isle of Man
NPL2 Vic: Werribee City [0 - 1] Preston Lions
Ayr [2 - 0] Morton Women (tomorrow)
Servette [1 - 1] Winterthur (tomorrow)
Mito HollyHock [2 - 2] Iwaki FC (tomorrow)
Tokyo Cup, Round One (tomorrow):
Tokyo 23 FC [3 - 0] Keio BRB
Tokyo United FC [5 - 0] FC Eco-Plan
Aries FC [1 - 0] Hitachi Building Systems
Nankatsu SC [1 - 2] Cerveza FC Upset
Tokyo 23, Tokyo United and Nankatsu are members of the Kanto Soccer League Division 1. Aries and Hitachi Building Systems are in Division 2. Cerveza FC, Keio BRB and FC Eco-Plan are the winners of sections A, B and C of the preliminary competition, which started in December. Keio BRB have won the Emperor's Cup eight times.
News
Ghanaian Footballer Christian Atsu, who was playing for Hatayspor of the Turkish Süper Lig, was killed in the earthquake of February 6.
Canada
A CPL franchise must be worth money because there's a $10-million lawsuit over the Saskatchewan one. Read.
HFX Wanderers have signed midfielder Armaan Wilson from Providence College, and Nigerian forward Kosi Nwafornso from Vaughan Azzurri. The roster now stands at 23 players.
Wanderers held a U23 camp this week. All 42 invitees have played for a college or university team in Atlantic Canada.
Breakdown by school:
9 St FX
7 Cape Breton
6 St Mary's
4 Dalhousie
4 Acadia
4 Memorial
2 UNB
2 Moncton
1 King's
1 NB Community College
1 St Thomas
0 UPEI*
0 Mount Allison
*Evidence that the 2020 Island Games had no residual benefit for soccer in PEI.
Historical matches:
February 25, 1967 Morton 6 - 0 Alloa
This was Morton's third 6 - 0 win of the season.
February 25, 1978 Arbroath 2 - 2 Morton
Morton goals by George Anderson and Andy Ritchie.
Sort the current SPFL clubs according to when they were last in the same division as Morton:
2022-23 Arbroath, Ayr United, Cove Rangers, Dundee, Hamilton Academical, Inverness CT, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park, Raith Rovers
2021-22 Dunfermline, Kilmarnock, Queen of the South
2020-21 Alloa, Hearts
2019-20 Dundee United
2018-19 Falkirk, Ross County
2017-18 Dumbarton, Livingston, St Mirren
2016-17 Hibs
2015-16 Rangers
2014-15 Airdrieonians, Forfar, Peterhead, Stenhousemuir, Stirling Albion, Stranraer
2008-09 Clyde, St Johnstone
2003-04 East Fife
2002-03 Albion Rovers, Elgin, Montrose
1987-88 Aberdeen, Celtic, Motherwell
not yet Annan, Bonnyrigg Rose, FC Edinburgh, Kelty Hearts
When have Morton had three consecutive matches against the same opponent?
May 2017 Dundee United league match + 2 playoff games
February 1997 Dundee ScCup + replay + league match
February 1992 Livingston league match + ScCup + replay
Jan/Feb 1985 Rangers ScCup + replay + league match
February 1907 Celtic ScCup + 2 replays
Dec 1901/Jan 1902 Third Lanark league match + ScCup + replay
April/May 1899 St Mirren RCup + replay + Western League
Feb/March 1885 Arthurlie RCup + 2 replays
(abandoned and protested matches not included)