Plenty of Nothing

Galoshans

Galoshans is a weeklong festival held in Greenock at the end of October, a sort of Halloween for buskers. Source.

Morton host Raith Rovers in a regularly scheduled Tuesday-nighter. Raith are second in the division with 20 points, Morton tenth with 8. Raith won the first match 3 - 2 at Stark's Park on August 12th.

Morton have held tenth place for four weeks, but they are only five points out of fourth. They can leap over Inverness CT with a win or a draw tonight.

Morton have scored nine goals in league play: two in the first half and seven in the second half.

They have surrendered only one goal this month, to Reece Lyon of Kelty Hearts.

Morton have fared better in the Renfrewshire Cup than Raith have in the Fife one. (See A below.)

Raith have had six winning seasons the past decade, Morton four. (See B below.)

Morton are off to their second-worst start in the league of the past ten years. (See C below.)

[Morton 1 - 2 Raith. Goal by Iain Wilson.]

The other Championship matches:

Airdrieonians (4th) [0 - 2] Dundee United (1st)*

* A Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup Round Two match.

Partick Thistle (3rd) [2 - 2] Ayr United (6th)

Queen's Park and Arbroath played their fixture weeks ago. Dunfermline and ICT have moved theirs to November 18.

Other matches:

The Canadian national women's team play a friendly against Brazil at the Wanderers Grounds today. This is one of Christine Sinclair's last games with the national squad.  [Canada 2 - 0 Brazil]

Celtic B [3 - 0] Linlithgow Rose (tomorrow)

African Football League, SF, second leg (tomorrow):

ES Tunis [1 - 0] Wydad AC

[The semifinal ends 1 - 1 on aggregate. Wydad win on PK and advance to the final.]

A) Rank the 2023-24 Championship clubs by the number of times they've won their local cup:

52        Morton (Renfrewshire Cup)

39.5     Raith Rovers (Fife Cup)

31.5     Dunfermline Athletic (Fife Cup)

26        Ayr United (Ayrshire Cup)

21        Dundee United (Forfarshire Cup)

20        Arbroath (Forfarshire Cup)

  7        Partick Thistle (Glasgow Cup)

  7        Inverness CT (Inverness Cup)

  4        Queen's Park (Glasgow Cup)

  2        Airdrieonians (North Lanarkshire Cup)

B) And by recent winning seasons and losing seasons:

                        22/3    21/2    20/1   19/0   18/9   17/8    16/7   15/6    14/5    13/4

Inverness CT     W       W       W       W       W       W        L         E        W        W

Dundee Utd        L        L        L        W       W       W        W        L        W        W

Queen's Park     W       W       W       W       L         L        L         W        W        L

Raith Rovers       L       W       W       W       W       W        L        W         L         L

Airdrieonians      W       W       W       W       L        L        E         L        W         L

Arbroath              L       W        L        E       W       W        W        L        W        L

Dunfermline       W       L        W        L        L        W        E        W        L         W

Ayr Utd               W       L        L        W       W       W        L        W        L         L

Morton               W        L        L        L        L         W        W        L        W        L

Partick Thistle    W       W       W       L        L         L         L          L        L         L

W = more wins than losses, regardless of table position; E = even wins and losses

C) Morton's first nine league results, the past decade:

2023-24    WLLLDLLDW        8 points    (Imrie)

2022-23    DWLDWLLLW     11 points    (Imrie)

2021-22    DWLLLLDDL         6 points    (McPherson)

2020-21    WLWLDLWWD    14 points    (Hopkin/McElhone)

2019-20    LWWLLWLDL      10 points    (Hopkin)

2018-19    DWWLDDLDW    13 points    (McKinnon/Johansson)

2017-18    DWDLWWLLW    14 points    (Duffy)

2016-17    DDDLLWLWW     12 points    (Duffy)

2015-16    DLDWWDDLL     10 points    (Duffy)

2014-15    LWWLWWLLW    15 points    (Duffy)

Garvock

Four and a half miles from Greenock and eight miles from Largs lies Garvock, population zero. Source.

Morton host Inverness CT. Caley Thistle are ninth in the Championship with 5 points and a minus 4 goal difference. Morton are tenth with 5 points and a minus 8 g.d. Morton are coming off a 4 - 1 win over Kelty Hearts in the Challenge Cup last weekend. Inverness didn't play.

Since entering the league in 1994 Inverness Caledonian Thistle have spent three years in tier IV, two in tier III, thirteen in tier II and twelve in tier I. Ross County, Livingston, Hamilton and Rangers are the only other clubs to have played in all four divisions.

Like Morton, Inverness CT are off to a terrible start. They have only one win in league play, and one from the League Cup group stage when they beat Bonnyrigg Rose. They've scored 6 goals in league play, the fewest in the division.

Morton have not won a league match in two and a half months and have not scored in one in a month.

George Oakley played for Caley Thistle from 2017 to 2019 and in 2022-23. Kirk Broadfoot played for them in 2021-22, as did Steven Boyd in 2022-23. Caley's Wallace Duffy spent several days on loan to Morton in 2020 but never played.

Jack Harkness has had surgery and will probably not get to play for Morton before his loan period ends.

Grant Gillespie was the last Morton player to score against ICT, back on April Fools' Day.

Morton won blowout victories on this date in 1944, 1967 and 1995. (See below.)

[Game postponed.]

The other Championship matches:

Airdrieonians (5th) 1 - 1 Queen's Park (7th) (last night)

Arbroath (4th) vs Raith Rovers (2nd) (postponed)

Dunfermline (6th) [0 - 1] Ayr United (8th)

Partick Thistle (3rd) [0 - 5] Dundee United (1st)

Other matches:

Cardiff Metropolitan University 2 - 1 Newtown (October 17)

Caernarfon [5 - 1] Cardiff Metropolitan University

East Kilbride 2 - 1 Linlithgow Rose (October 18)

Linlithgow Rose [2 - 0] Civil Service Strollers

Albion Rovers [1 - 0] Berwick Rangers

Turriff United vs Banks o' Dee [postponed]

East Craigie vs Dundee Violet [postponed]

Tweedmouth Rangers [4 - 1] Peebles Rovers

FC Isle of Man [3 - 2] Glossop North End

Larne 2 - 0 Carrick Rangers (yesterday)

Honda FC [0 - 0] ReinMeer Aomori

Blaublitz Akita [0 - 1] Vegalta Sendai (tomorrow)

Mito HollyHock [1 - 2] Thespakusatsu Gunma (tomorrow)

[UCD 0 - 2 Cork City (tomorrow)]

West of Scotland League Cup, R1:

Largs Thistle [1 - 0] Wishaw

Aberdeenshire Shield, QF (October 18):

Formartine United 0 - 5 Banks o' Dee

Scottish Junior Cup, R2 (October 18):

Greenock Juniors 1 - 4 Glenafton Athletic

2023-24 UEFA Women's Champions League, R2, second leg (October 18):

Brann 2 - 0 Glasgow City

South Challenge Cup, R3:

Carluke Rovers [scr/wo] East Kilbride

Canadian Premier League playoffs:

Match #4    Cavalry [2 - 1] Pacific

It's the 59th Shakaijin, from today until Wednesday. The 32 entrants are vying for two spots in the Regional Champions League. They are: Brew Kashima, Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth, BTOP Thank Kuriyama, Sendai University, Cobaltore Onagawa, Tochigi City, Tokyo United, Tokyo 23, Vonds Ichihara, Joyful Honda Tsukuba, Toho Titanium, Atsugi Hayabusa, Artista Asama, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Wyvern, FC Kariya, Gakunan F. Mosuperio, Toyota SC, Arterivo Wakayama, Basara Hyogo, Moriyama Samurai 2000, Asuka FC, Hannan University Club, Belugarosso Iwami, Fukuyama City, Baleine Shimonoseki, FC Tokushima, Kochi University Nankoku, J-Lease FC, Veroskronos Tsuno, Nobeoka Agata and KMG Holdings FC. Seven of these clubs are already in the Regional Champions League as league champions, and some clubs are amateur and ineligible for the Regional Champions League, so it's an opportunity for a couple of also-rans to advance. Let's follow Tokyo 23.

2023/10/21    Tokyo 23 [2 - 2] Hannan University Club [Tokyo 23 win on PK]

[2023/10/22    FC Kariya 2 - 1 Tokyo 23]

The new African Football League starts this weekend. It's a club competition meant to promote the best club teams on the continent. This inaugural season it takes the form of a knockout tournament with eight teams. Next year's version is planned to be more elaborate. Let's follow mighty Enyimba of Nigeria, or whoever can defeat them.

2023 African Football League QF, first leg (tomorrow):

Enyimba [0 - 1] Wydad AC

Historical matches:

1944/10/21    Dumbarton 0 - 4 Morton

1967/10/21    Stirling Albion 0 - 6 Morton

1995/10/21    Morton 4 - 0 St Johnstone

A goal for John Anderson and three for Warren Hawke.

HFX Wanderers versus everyone else all-time, league, cup and playoff, by goal difference:

Valour FC             19    11    3    5    18    10    +8

Guelph United        1      1    0    0      2      0    +2 

FC Edmonton       12      5    3    4    15    14    +1

Vancouver FC        4      1    1    2      6      5    +1

AS Blainville           1      1    0    0      2      1    +1

Vaughan Azzurri     2      1    0    1      3      3      0

Atlético Ottawa     16      6    3    7    21    22     -1

Ottawa Fury           2      0    1    1      4      5     -1

Toronto FC             1      0    0    1      1      2     -1

CF Montréal           1      0    0    1      1      3     -2

York9/United         19     5    9    5     24    28     -4   

Pacific FC             19      5    6    8    18    26     -8     

Cavalry FC           18      2    6   10    13   24    -11

Forge FC              20      4    8    8     17   29    -12

HFX Wanderers have had the most success against Valour, and the least against Cavalry and Forge.

The Greenock Public Library as Hampden Park

The opening of the Greenock Public Library, October 10, 1902. Mrs. Carnegie was there, and that fellow in the robes is Provost John Anderson. Note the quantity of bobbies on hand to keep the cloth caps separated from the top hats. Source.

This building served as Greenock's central library until 1971 when it was replaced by the modernist building off Cathcart Square. The 1902 building then became a municipal office until 2014 when it again became the town's central library and the modernist building was made into municipal offices.

Morton travel to Hampden Park for a match against Queen's Park. QP are seventh in the division with 9 points, Morton tenth with 4. Morton are six league matches without a win, their worst drought since . . . April. They have been a very streaky team under Imrie. For their part Queen's Park have lost five in a row. If Morton can beat QP today, and then Inverness and Ayr, they'll be back in the mix.

Jai Quitongo and Grant Gillespie played for Queen's Park from 2020 to 2022. No one on the QP squad has played for Morton.

Queen's Park's manager is Robin Veldman, who prior to this was youth trainer or assistant manager at Heerenveen, Ajax and Anderlecht.

Queen's Park are playing at Hampden Park again, after having sold it to the SFA in 2020. The club ground-shared at Falkirk Stadium, Firhill and Ochilview while renovations went on at Lesser Hampden to make it their home ground. But now they've leased Hampden back from the SFA and are playing there again.

The earliest match that I know of between Morton and Queen's Park was:

1887/1/15      Morton 4 - 1 Queen's Park

The SPFL's sponsor 'cinch' is quitting early because they're sick of dealing with Rangers. Source.

[Queen's Park 0 - 0 Morton.]

The other Championship matches:

Airdrieonians (5th) [1 - 2] Ayr United (8th)

Inverness CT (9th) [0 - 0] Partick Thistle (3rd)

Raith Rovers (2nd) [1 - 1] Dundee United (1st)

Dunfermline (6th) vs Arbroath (4th)*

*This is a Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup Round One match. [But it's postponed.]

Scottish Junior Cup, Round 2 (selected matches):

Arbroath Victoria (M) [1 - 4] Benburb (WP)

Cumnock (WP) [2 - 3] Auchinleck Talbot (WP)

Lochee Harp (M) [3 - 4] Irvine Meadow XI (WP)

Hermes (N) [2 - 2] Beith (WP) [Hermes win on PK]

Hurlford United (WP) vs Tayport (M) [postponed]

Greenock Juniors (W3) vs Glenafton Athletic (WP) [postponed]

Ashfield (W1) vs Largs Thistle (WP) [postponed]

Pollok (WP) vs Dalry Thistle (W3) [postponed]

Rutherglen Glencairn (W1) vs Troon (WP) [postponed]

Forfar United (M) vs Arthurlie (WP) [postponed]

Kello Rovers (W3) vs Gartcairn (WP) [postponed]

Vale of Leven (W3) vs Carluke Rovers (W4) [postponed]

Rossvale (W2) [1 - 4] Darvel (WP)

M = Midlands Football League; N = North Region Junior League; WP = West of Scotland League Premier Division; W1 = West of Scotland League First Division; W2 = West of Scotland League Second Division; W3 = West of Scotland League Third Division; W4 = West of Scotland League Fourth Division

Other matches:

Deveronvale 3 - 3 Banks o' Dee (October 4)

Banks o' Dee [2 - 2] Clachnacuddin

Tranent vs Linlithgow Rose [postponed]

Peebles Rovers vs Kennoway Star Hearts [postponed]

Morton Women [0 - 6] Rossvale (tomorrow)

Charnock Richard vs FC Isle of Man (October 3) (postponed)

Burscough [2 - 3] FC Isle of Man

Cardiff Metropolitan University 2 - 1 Barry Town (yesterday)

Loughgall [3 - 4] Carrick Rangers

JEF United Chiba [1 - 1] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)

Iwaki FC [2 - 2] Vegalta Sendai (tomorrow)

Sony Sendai [2 - 1] Honda FC

Morioka Zebra [2 - 1] Nippon Steel Kamaishi

Vikingur Reykjavik have won the Icelandic league.

Canadian Premier League:

Valour 0 - 1 HFX Wanderers (yesterday)

The CanPL regular season ends this weekend. Wanderers finish with a winning record and can finish no worse than fourth.

Former HFX Wanderer Pierre Lamothe is on loan from Pacific FC to Ho Chi Minh City of the V League.

2023-24 UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 2 (October 4):

Celtic 1 - 2 Lazio

2023-24 UEFA Europa League group stage, matchday 2 (October 5):

Aris Limassol 2 - 1 Rangers

2023-24 UEFA Conference group stage, matchday 2 (October 5):

Aberdeen 1 - 1 HJK

2023-24 AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 2 (October 3 - 4):

Group G: Shandong Taishan 0 - 1 Yokohama F. Marinos

Group H: Ventforet Kofu 1 - 0 Buriram United

Group I: Kawasaki Frontale 1 - 0 Ulsan Hyundai

Group J: Urawa Red Diamonds 6 - 0 Hanoi FC

Morton's most recent visits to Hampden Park:

2016/10/22    Aberdeen 2 - 0 Morton          League Cup SF

2016/9/3        Queen's Park 2 - 0 Morton    Challenge Cup R3

2003/3/8        Queen's Park 0 - 1 Morton    Division Three

2002/11/9      Queen's Park 1 - 1 Morton    Division Three

1995/1/9        Queen's Park 2 - 2 Morton    Scottish Cup R2

1989/8/15      Queen's Park 0 - 1 Morton   League Cup R2

1979/12/1      Aberdeen 2 - 1 Morton          League Cup SF

1969/3/28      Celtic 4 - 1 Morton                Scottish Cup SF

Historical matches:

1882/10/7      Kilmarnock Portland 5 - 1 Morton (friendly)

1944/10/7      Hearts 2 - 1 Morton

1967/10/7      Dundee United 3 - 2 Morton

1995/10/7      Clydebank 1 - 0 Morton

Princes Pier Demolition

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.

Swedish Greenock

Swedish educator Jane Miller Thengberg was born in Greenock in 1822. Source.

Morton host Stranraer.

Ten or fifteen years ago a cup tie against Stranraer was just the way Morton liked to start the season.

2008/8/5        Stranraer 3 - 6 Morton    LCup R1

2010/7/31      Stranraer 1 - 7 Morton    LCup R1

2011/7/23      Stranraer 0 - 8 Morton    ChCup R1

But when they were drawn together in the 2021-22 League Cup group stage Morton had the Covid and Stranraer were awarded a 3 - 0 win.

Thomas Orr (Morton 2014-17) plays for Stranraer.

The last Morton player to score on Stranraer was Declan McManus on April 25th, 2015, when both clubs were in League One.

Morton have made it out of the group stage twice in modern times. (See below.)

Stranraer haven't made it out of the group stage since 1972. Last year they earned 1 point.

While Morton have employed Finnish, Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic players, they've never had a Swedish player. However, Michael Tidser and Fouad Bachirou have both been signed by Östersunds FK, and Bachirou later appeared for Malmö FF.

[Morton win 3 - 0. Goals by Baird, Blues and Robbie Crawford.]

Tomorrow: Edinburgh City [3 - 5] Kelty Hearts.

Ross County are off.

Standings after these games:

Morton                2    2    0    0    0    6    1    +5    6

Ross County       1    1    0    0    0    5    1    +4    3

Kelty Hearts        2    1    0    0    1    6    6      0    3

Edinburgh City    1    0    0    0    1    3    5     -2    0

Stranraer             2    0    0    0    2    1    8     -7    0

Other matches:

Dundee United [1 - 2] Partick Thistle (Group B)

Yokohama F. Marinos [6 - 4] Celtic (friendly) (tomorrow)

Bangor [0 - 3] Rangers B (friendly)

Linlithgow Rose vs Dunipace (friendly)

Banks o' Dee [5 - 2] Stonehaven (friendly) (tomorrow)

Forth Wanderers [6 - 1] Carluke Rovers (Clydesdale Cup)

2023-24 UEFA Champions League, 1QR, second leg:

Breiðablik [2 - 1] Shamrock Rovers

Larne [2 - 2] HJK (tomorrow)

The New Saints [0 - 2] Häcken

[Shamrock Rovers, Larne and The New Saints drop down to the Conference League.]

Morton in the modern League Cup group stage:

2016-17        4    3    1    0    0          5    0    +5        11     1st    SF

2017-18        4    2    1    0    1          8    6    +2          8    2nd

2018-19        4    2    0    0    2          9    5    +4          6    3rd

2019-20        4    2    1    0    1        14    8    +6          8    2nd    R2

2020-21        4    1    0    3    0          4    3    +1          6     4th

2021-22        4    1    1    1    1          3    5     -2          6    3rd

2022-23        4    2    0    1    1          6    3    +3          7    2nd

Japanese regional league leaders:

Hokkaido: Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth

Tohoku: Blancdieu Hirosaki

Kanto: Vonds Ichihira

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Kyushu: Veroskronos Tsuno

Scottish Junior Cup Final, 1960

JUNIOR CUP TO ST ANDREWS

From Our Special Correspondent

   St Andrews United 3,

    Greenock Juniors 1

    St Andrews United won the Scottish Junior Cup on Saturday with an unexpected and somewhat fortuitous win in the final against Greenock Juniors at Hampden Park.

    Greenock were much the better side in the first half, when they scored their goal, but poor finishing prevented them from taking as big a lead as their superior outfield play merited. St Andrews' infrequent attacks generally were competently dealt with by the powerful Greenock defence.

    The match continued in the same vein until three goals for the Fife side in less than 12 minutes quite upset the rhythm of Greenock's attack. They eventually recovered, but St Andrews were by then a much more confident and forceful side.

    Lister, sure handed and agile in their goal, and Davidson at centre half served St Andrews best in defence. All of the forwards, whose play if unmethodical was enthusiastic, appeared to profit from the move of Borella, who started on the right wing, to inside left late in the first half, but their attacks often broke down because of inaccurate passing.

    Stewart, at right half, was Greenock's outstanding player. He worked hard in defence and was also very useful in giving added thrust to the attack. Greenock stifled his effectiveness, however, when they moved him to centre forward after their opponents' second goal, relegating the nippy McKellar, their goal-scorer, to the half-back line.

    The defence were less steady after the barrage of goals against them, but Buchanan remained cool at centre half.

Good Goals

    Three of the goals were most intelligently taken. In the twenty-sixth minute Stewart, although he almost lost control, ran the ball down the right wing to the by-line and chipped it across the goal-mouth to Winter, who headed into the centre, and Samuel let the ball run through to McKellar, who beat Lister with a fine drive.

    Borella accepted with alacrity the chance to equalize in the fifty-seventh minute after the defence had failed to stop a weak cross from Smith on the left, and four minutes later he again scored with a magnificent shot from the edge of the penalty area after carrying the ball just clear of the left back. McGinlay, who had no chance to prevent these goals, was most unfortunate in the sixty-eighth minute when an innocuous shot by Penman (W.) struck Buchanan and spun past the goalkeeper.

    Greenock almost reduced the margin in the hard-fought closing stages -- the play was then unfortunately marked more by petty offences and injuries than constructive football -- when Stewart gathered a neat through pass from McCartney, but his shot struck the underside of the crossbar and rebounded to the inside right, whose header was tipped over the bar by Lister.

    ST ANDREWS UNITED --  Lister; Penman (W. P.) and Hughes; Crookston, Davidson, and Wills; Carmichael and Fraser; Smith; Penman (W.) and Borella.

    GREENOCK JUNIORS -- McGinlay; Riley and Hogg; Stewart, Buchanan, and Brabender; Gibson and McCartney; McKellar; Samuel and Winter.

    Referee -- I. Smart (Bo'ness).

Glasgow Herald, May 23, 1960, p. 9. Photo.

Seasons of Greenock Juniors FC

Source.

1956-57

1957-58

1958-59    34    19      6      9    85    66    +19    44    4th, SCJLB

1959-60    34    19      4    11    93    74    +19    42    4th, SCJLA                βδε

1960-61    20    16      3      1    88    31    +57    35    1st, SCJLC               αβε

1961-62    30    16      7      7    83    44    +39    39    4th, SCJLW               ε

1962-63    30    15      7      8    58    44    +14    37    4th, SCJLA                β

1963-64    30    21      5      4    85    41    +44    47    2nd, SCJLW              β

1964-65    28    18      4      6    85    46    +39    40    4th, SCJLW

1965-66    28    22      4      2  115    48    +67    46    1st, SCJLA                αγ

1966-67    28    16      3      9    66    53    +13    35    4th, SCJLA               αβ

1967-68    22    11      4      7    60    36    +24    26    8th, SCJLA

1968-69    26    12      7      7    49    33    +16    31    6th, CRJLB

1969-70    26    10      6    10    45    43      +2    26    8th, CRJLB

1970-71    26    12      5      9    60    44    +16    29    6th, CRJLB

1971-72    26    14      6      6    54    34    +20    34    4th, CRJLB

1972-73    26      8      4    14    43    58     -15    20    12th, CRJLA

1973-74    26    12      9      5    49    38     -11    33    5th, CRJLB

1974-75    26      4      4    18    41    75     -34    12    14th, CRJLB

1975-76    26    10      5    11    47    42      +5    25    7th, CRJLC

1976-77    24    13      4      7    57    40    +17    30    3rd, CRJLC

1977-78    26    13      7      6    62    48    +14    33    4th, CRJLB

1978-79    26      6      6    14    21    46     -25    18    12th, CRJLA

1979-80    26      7      5    14    30    64     -26    19    12th, CRJLB

1980-81    24    11      4      9    41    36      +5    26    8th, CRJLC

1981-82    24    11      5      8    46    32    +14    27    6th, CRJLC

1982-83    22    11      3      8    45    34    +11    25    5th, CRJLC

1983-84    24      9      8      7    39    27    +12    26    7th, CRJLC

1984-85    24      7      5    12    30    38       -8    19    9th, CRJLC

1985-86    24      8      5    11    34    43       -9    21    9th, CRJLC

1986-87    24      9    11      4    32    25      +7    29    5th, CRJLC

1987-88    24    16      2      6    53    29    +24    34    3rd, CRJL2

1988-89    26    13      2    11    40    42       -2    28    5th, CRJL1

1989-90    26      7      8    11    23    32       -9    22    12th, CRJL1

1990-91    20      9      3      8    35    30      +5    21    6th, CRJL2

1991-92    26    12      5      9    51    38    +13    29    6th, CRJL2

1992-93    26    14      2    10    55    41    +14    30    5th, CRJL2

1993-94    24    11      8      5    48    26    +22    30    6th, CRJL2

1994-95    24    12      6      6    41    28    +13    42    5th, CRJL2

1995-96    24    15      4      5    61    28    +33    49    3rd, CRJL2

1996-97    26      8      5    13    34    44     -10    29    12th, CRJL1

1997-98    24    19      3      2    64    29    +35    60    1st, CRJL2

1998-99    26    14      4      8    55    33    +22    46    5th, CRJL1

1999-00    26    10      4    12    40    42       -2    34    8th, CRJL1

2000-01    26    14      5      7    50    43      +7    47    5th, CRJL1

2001-02    26    10    10      6    40    37      +3    40    6th, CRJL1

2002-03    22    12      4      6    34    21    +13    40    3rd, WRJLCD1

2003-04    22    12      4      6    50    37    +13    40    3rd, WRJLCD1

2004-05    22      6      7      9    33    37       -4    25    9th, WRJLCD1

2005-06    22      7      3    12    32    46     -14    24    10th, WRJLCD1

2006-07    22    12      5      5    57    34    +23    41    4th, WRJLCD2

2007-08    18      7      4      7    33    30      +3    25    6th, WRJLCD2

2008-09    20      7      4      9    27    38     -11    25    7th, WRJLCD2

2009-10    20    12      4      4    46    22    +24    40    3rd, WRJLCD2

2010-11    24      7      7    10    47    46      +1    28    10th, WRJLCD1

2011-12    26    17      4      5    60    36    +24    55    3rd, WRJLCD1

2012-13    26    17      5      4    66    33    +33    56    1st, WRJLCD1

2013-14    26      9      5    12    41    49       -8    32    10th, WRJLSL1

2014-15    26    10      4    12    47    50       -3    34    8th, WRJLSL1

2015-16    26      9      4    13    34    39       -5    31    11th, WRJLSL1

2016-17    26    10      5    11    41    49       -8    35    9th, WRSLCD1

2017-18    28    10      4    14    38    52     -14    34    12th, WRJLCD1

2018-19    30    15      3    12    49    46      +3    48    5th, WRJLL1

2019-20    22    10      5      7    51    40    +11    PpG 1.59    7th, WRJLL1

2020-21      8      6      1      1    23      8    +15    19    2nd, WoSLCB

2021-22    28    12      6    10    68    54    +14    42    8th, WoSLCB

Leagues:

CRJL1 = Central Region Junior League Division 1; CRJL2 = Central Region Junior League Division 2; CRJLA = Central Region Junior League Division A; CRJLB = Central Region Junior League Division B; CRJLC = Central Region Junior League Division C; SCJLA = Scottish Central Junior League Division A; SCJLB = Scottish Central Junior League Division B; SCJLC = Scottish Central Junior League Division C; SCJLW = Scottish Central Junior League West; WoSLCB = West of Scotland League, Conference B; WRJLCD1 = West Region Junior League Central Division 1; WRJLCD2 = West Region Junior League Central Division 2; WRJLL1 = Western Region Junior League, League 1; WRJLSL1 = West Region Junior League Super League Division 1

Cups:

α = Central League Cup; β = Renfrewshire Junior Cup; γ = Pompey Cup ; δ = Erskine Hospital Charity Cup; ε = Greenock and District Junior Cup

(Source: Scottish Football Historical Archive for leagues and cups; Wikipedia "Greenock Juniors FC" for cups.)

Mathematical Greenock

William Spence, mathematician, was born in Greenock in 1777, and was a confrere of John Galt. He wrote on logarithmic transcendents. Source.

Morton host Hamilton Academical in a match postponed from March 24th due to the Accies' appearance in the Challenge Cup final. Morton are sixth with 44 points, Hamilton ninth with 29.  So far this season these sides are even, with a win, a draw and a loss each. Morton scored five goals on Hamilton on October 8th, but were shut out January 14th.

Morton need 1 point to be completely immune from relegation. Looking upward they are 6 points out of the last promotion playoff spot. They need 8 points to equal their 2016-17 points total. They have not won a game since February 25th.

Hamilton won the Challenge Cup on March 26th. They have now taken that cup three times, which is three more times than Morton.

Hamilton escaped tenth place Saturday. By my count they have spent 17 weeks at the bottom of the division this year. Has any club won the Challenge Cup and then been relegated at the end of that season? Yes, Ross County in 2006-07. Old Airdrieonians topped that when they won the 2001-02 cup and then went out of business.

This is a Plenty of Nothing Consolation Cup Round One match.

[Morton win 2 - 0. Goals by Gillespie and King.]

Other rearranged fixtures:

Dundee (1st) [3 - 1] Raith Rovers (7th)

Inverness CT (5th) [2 - 0] Arbroath (8th)

2023 Concacaf Champions League, QF, second leg:

Los Angeles FC [3 - 0] Vancouver Whitecaps

[Whitecaps are out.]

Auchinleck Talbot's cup games 2022-23:

2022/8/27      Auchinleck Talbot 7 - 0 Coldstream    SCup PR

2022/9/10      Auchinleck Talbot 5 - 0 Craigmark Burtonians    SChCup R2

2022/9/16      Syngenta 2 - 4 Auchinleck Talbot    SCup R1

2022/9/24      Rossvale 2 - 4 Auchinleck Talbot    SJCup R2

2022/10/22    Bo'ness United 1 - 1 Auchinleck Talbot (Talbot won on PK)    SCup R2

2022/10/29    Auchinleck Talbot 3 - 1 Darvel    SJCup R3

2022/11/12    Auchinleck Talbot 4 - 1 Muirkirk Juniors    WoSLCup R1

2022/11/19    Auchinleck Talbot 3 - 0 Neilston    SChCup R3

2022/11/26    Raith Rovers 3 - 0 Auchinleck Talbot    SCup R4

2022/12/3      Cumnock Juniors 0 - 0 Auchinleck Talbot (Cumnock won on PK)    SJCup R4

2023/1/7        Auchinleck Talbot 1 - 0 Johnstone Burgh    WoSLCup R2

2023/2/4        Auchinleck Talbot 7 - 0 Broxburn    SChCup R4

2023/2/25      Auchinleck Talbot 0 - 0 Glenafton (Talbot won on PK)    WoSLCup R3

2023/3/4        Auchinleck Talbot 1 - 0 East Kilbride    SChCup R5

2023/3/18      Auchinleck Talbot 3 - 1 Gartcairn    WoSLCup QF

2023/4/1        Caledonian Braves 2 - 1 Auchinleck Talbot    SChCup QF

2023/4/8        Auchinleck Talbot 1 - 1 Kilwinning Rangers  (Talbot won on PK)   WoSLCup SF

2013/4/28      Auchinleck Talbot vs Clydebank    WoSFL final

Due to all these cup games Auchinleck have a dozen league fixtures to fulfil by May 13th.

Seasons of Galston FC:

1891-92    18    12      1      5    47      33    +14    21    3rd, AL

1892-93    22      6      6    10    62      75     -13    18    9th, AL

1893-94    16    11      1      4    74      41    +33    23    3rd, AL

1894-95    10      5      0      5    39      31      +8    10    3rd, AL

1895-96

1896-97    10      3      1      6    24      27       -3      7    6th, AC

1896-97    10      5      2      3    32      21    +11    12    3rd, NACup

1897-98    10      7      0      3    26      25      +1    14    3rd, NACup    won NACup

1898-99    11      9      0      2    51      23    +28    18    2nd, NACup

1899-00    13      5      0      8    34      39       -5    12    5th, NACup

1900-01    10      3      0      7    19      22       -3      6    7th, NACup

1901-02      5      2      1      2    12      11      +1      5    3rd, NACup

1901-02      8      5      1      2    25      11    +14    11    2nd, AL        

1902-03      4?                                                              NAC            won NACup, won ACup

1903-04      5      4      0      1    17        4    +13      8    1st, NACup     won ACup

1903-04      8      7      0      1    21        8    +13    14    1st, AR

1904-05    19      8      1    10    28      29      +1    17    5th, SC

1905-06    20      4      4    12    33      37       -4    12    11th, SC

1906-07    18    10      5      3    51      27    +24    25    1st, SC

1906-07                                                                        NAC            won NACup

1907-08    15    12      0      3    55      14    +41    24    1st, SC        won ACup, won AQCup

1907-08                                                                        NAC

1908-09    17    11      1      5    42      20    +22    23    1st, SC        won AQCup

1908-09      6      2      2      2      5        8       -3      6    3rd, AL

1909-10    17      7      4      6    29      18    +11    18    3rd, SU

1909-10      4      2      0      2      6        5      +1      4    3rd, AL

1910-11    15      8      1      6    28      16    +12    17    4th, SU

1910-11      4      1      0      3      5        9       -4      2    3rd, AL

1911-12

1912-13                                                                                            won ACup, won AQCup

1913-14                                                                                            won ACup

1914-15

1915-16

1916-17

1917-18

1918-19

1919-20    16      8      3      5    33      16    +17    19    8th, WoSL

1920-21    21      8      8      5    36      27      +9    24    3rd, WoSL

1921-22    19      4      2    13    28      41     -13    10    9th, WoSL

1922-23    19      8      6      5    35      22    +13    22    5th, WoSL

1923-24    30    11      3    16    53      70     -17    25    13th, SFL3

1924-25    30    10      6    14    39      70     -31    26    11th, SFL3        won ACup, won AQCup

1925-26    15      4      4      7    38      46       -8    12    16th, SFL3

1926-27

1927-28

1928-29    (West of Scotland Amateur Football League)

1929-30

1930-31

1931-32

1932-33    26      7      2    17    48      76     -28    16    12th, SA

1932-33    11      5      2      4    28      25      +3    12     3rd, SAS West

1933-34    33      9      4    20    60    133     -73    22    15th, SA

1934-35    29    13      6    10    64      74     -10    32     6th, SA

1935-36    30      7      3    20    47    109     -62    17    16th, SA

1936-37    33      7      4    22    61    145     -84    18    18th, SA

1937-38    38      8      8    22    58    109     -51    24    18th, SA

1938-39

1939-40

AC = Ayrshire Combination; ACup = Ayrshire Cup; AL = Ayrshire League; AQCup = Ayrshire Qualifying Cup; AR = Ayrshire - Renfrewshire League; NACup = North Ayrshire Cup; SA = Scottish Alliance; SAS West = Scottish Alliance Shield, western group; SC = Scottish Combination; SFL3 = Scottish Football League Third Division; SU = Scottish Union; WoSL = West of Scotland League

(Source: SFHA)

Undersea Creatures Against Partick

That sealife sculpture on the Greenock waterfront could take Kingsley. Source.

Morton host Partick Thistle. This is the final meeting between these two unless they pair up in the playoffs. Partick have won twice, Morton once. Partick arrive with a newly appointed permanent manager, Kris Doolan, who has been interim manager since McCall was sacked. Thistle is his first managerial gig.

Partick's top scorer is Brian Graham with 11 goals.

The schedule is three-quarters done. Every Championship side has played 27 games. But the Scottish Cup quarter-finals introduce a new set of postponements that won't be cleared away until April 11th.

[Morton 0 - 0 Partick Thistle.]

The other Championship matches:

Queen's Park 1 - 0 Cove Rangers (last night)

Dundee vs Ayr United (postponed)

ICT vs Arbroath (postponed)

Raith Rovers vs Hamilton Academical (postponed)

It's the Scottish Cup quarter-finals:

Inverness CT 2 - 1 Kilmarnock (yesterday)    Upset

Hearts [0 - 3] Celtic

Rangers [3 - 0] Raith Rovers (Sunday)

Falkirk [2 - 1] Ayr United (Monday)    Upset

Other matches:

Gala Fairydean Rovers [1 - 1] Cowdenbeath

I project Celtic B to win the Lowland League by 1 point, and The Spartans to finish second and represent the league in the pyramid playoff.

Forres Mechanics [1 - 1] Formartine United

Five teams can still win the Highland League: Buckie, Brechin, Brora, Formartine or Fraserburgh, though realistically it'll come down to Buckie or Brechin, and I think it'll be Brechin.

Largs Thistle [3 - 1] Irvine Meadow XI

UCD 0 - 4 Derry City (March 6)

UCD 0 - 1 Drogheda (yesterday)

Willem II 2 - 3 PEC Zwolle (yesterday)

Minaj [1 - 1] Oleksandriya

Norwich Victoria [1 - 1] FC Isle of Man (tomorrow)

Grasshoppers [2 - 1] Winterthur (tomorrow)

Hutchison Vale [2 - 3] Morton Women (tomorrow)

NPL2 Vic: Western United [0 - 1] Preston Lions (tomorrow)

Machida Zelvia [3 - 0] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)

Vegalta Sendai [0 - 1] Iwaki FC (tomorrow)

Urawa Reds [1 - 0] Elfen Saitama (tomorrow)

The 2023 JFL starts tomorrow. I've dumped on Honda FC plenty for for their refusal to get a J League license. This year, let's accept them for what they are and follow them through the season.

Honda [3 - 1] Okinawa SV

Tokyo Cup, Round Two (tomorrow):

Tokyo United [2 - 0] Aries

Tokyo 23 FC [4 - 0] Cerveza

2023 Concacaf Champions League, Round of 16, first leg (March 8):

Vancouver Whitecaps 5 - 0 RCD España (Honduras)

Historical matches:

March 11, 1967    Morton 4 - 0 Berwick Rangers

March 8, 1978    Morton 0 - 1 Hearts

March 11, 1978    Aberdeen 2 - 2 Morton

Scottish Cup, Round Five. Goals by Goldthorp and Ritchie.

Alexandra Athletic in the Scottish Cup:

1873/10/18    R1    Alexandra Athletic 2 - 0 Callander

1873/11/22    R2    Alexandra Athletic 0 - 2 Blythswood

1874/10/24    R1    Dumbreck 5 - 1 Alexandra Athletic

1875/10/16    R1    Queen's Park 3 - 0 Alexandra Athletic

1876/9/30      R1    Alexandra Athletic 1 - 1 Eastern

1876/10/7      R1    Eastern 2 - 0 Alexandra Athletic (protested)

1876/10/14    R1    Alexandra Athletic 1 - 0 Eastern

1876/10/21    R2    Northern 4 - 0 Alexandra Athletic

1877/9/29      R1    Alexandra Athletic 2 - 0 Lancefield

1877/10/27    R2    Rangers 8 - 0 Alexandra Athletic

1878/9/28      R1    Alexandra Athletic 3 - 1 Jordanhill

1878/10/19    R2    Alexandra Athletic 3 - 0 Partick Burnside

1878/11/9      R3    Alexandra Athletic 2 - 0 John Elder

1878/11/30    R4    Rangers 3 - 0 Alexandra Athletic

1879/9/20      R1    Alexandra Athletic 4 - 0 Albatross

1879/10/11    R2    Alexandra Athletic 5 - 0 Harmonic Good Templars

1879/11/1      R3    Parkgrove 6 - 2 Alexandra Athletic

1880/9/18      R1    Alexandra Athletic 4 - 1 Kelvinbank

1880/10/2      R2    Alexandra Athletic 1 - 0 Athole

1880/10/23    R3    Cowlairs 2 - 1 Alexandra Athletic (protested)

1880/11/6      R3    Cowlairs 2 - 1 Alexandra Athletic

1881/8/17      R1    Alexandra Athletic wo/scr Possil Blue Bell

1881/10/1      R2    Alexandra Athletic 4 - 1 Whitefield

1881/10/22    R3    Rangers 3 - 1 Alexandra Athletic

1882/9/9        R1    Pollokshields Athletic 6 - 5 Alexandra Athletic

1883/9/8        R1    Whitehill 3 - 1 Alexandra Athletic

(Source: The Beautiful Dribbling Game.)

Alexandra Athletic played at Alexandra Park in east central Glasgow. Despite what Wikipedia will tell you they made it past the first round of the Scottish Cup seven out of eleven times.

Orchestral Greenock

Robert Murchie was born in Greenock (at 14 Lynedoch Street) in 1884 and went on to become lead flautist of the London Symphony, London Philharmonic and BBC Orchestra between the wars. Source.

Morton host Ayr United in a fixture postponed from January 2nd. Morton are fourth in the division with 41 points, Ayr fifth with 40. Morton are five games without a loss. Ayr are three without a win.

So far this season Ayr have a win and a draw against Morton in league play, but Morton knocked them out of the Challenge Cup.

Winner moves into third place.

Dougie Imrie is Championship Manager of the Month for February.

[Morton 1 - 3 Ayr. Goal by Robbie Crawford.]

Dunfermline (1st) and Falkirk (2nd) have a massive fixture this evening in League One, with attendance expected to exceed 8,700. [Dunfermline 2 - 0 Falkirk.]

Championship blowouts, 2022-23:

2022/10/1      Partick Thistle 5 - 1 Morton

2022/10/8      Morton 5 - 0 Hamilton Academical

2022/10/8      Ayr United 5 - 0 Queen's Park

2022/10/22    Partick Thistle 0 - 4 Queen's Park

2011/10/28    Morton 4 - 0 Inverness CT

2022/12/3      Queen's Park 4 - 0 Hamilton Academical

2022/12/23    Partick Thistle 5 - 1 Inverness CT

2023/1/2        Inverness CT 6 - 1 Cove Rangers

2023/1/7        Cove Rangers 0 - 6 Queen's Park

2023/1/27      Cove Rangers 0 - 5 Ayr United

Championship cup blowouts, 2022-23:

2022/7/13      Raith Rovers 6 - 0 Peterhead    League Cup GS

2022/7/19      Inverness CT 4 - 0 Albion Rovers    League Cup GS

2022/7/23      Dundee 5 - 1 Forfar    League Cup GS

2022/8/31      Motherwell 4 - 0 Inverness CT    League Cup R2

2022/11/26    Hamilton 4 - 0 East Kilbride    Scottish Cup R3

2022/11/26    Cove Rangers 7 - 0 Dunipace    Scottish Cup R3

2022/11/26    Dundee 6 - 2 Airdrieonians    Scottish Cup R3

2022/12/9      Arbroath 1 - 5 Dunfermline    Challenge Cup R4

2023/1/21      Celtic 5 - 0 Morton    Scottish Cup R4

East Stirlingshire vs Berwick Rangers since relegation:

2019/11/23    East Stirlingshire 3 - 1 Berwick Rangers    Lowland League

2020/2/8        Berwick Rangers 1 - 5 East Stirlingshire    Lowland League

2020/11/14    Berwick Rangers 1 - 3 East Stirlingshire    Lowland League

2021/7/27      Berwick Rangers 2 - 1 East Stirlingshire    Lowland League

2022/4/16      East Stirlingshire 2 - 1 Berwick Rangers    Lowland League

2022/8/13      Berwick Rangers 3 - 0 East Stirlingshire    Lowland League

2023/1/28      East Stirlingshire 1 - 4 Berwick Rangers    Lowland League

Berwick Rangers in the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup:

1905/8/26      R1    Berwick Rangers 4 - 1 Highland Light Infantry

1905/9/23      R2    Berwick Rangers 1 - 1 Adventurers

1905/9/30      R2    Berwick Rangers 2 - 1 Adventurers

1905/10/7      SF    Berwick Rangers 3 - 5 Broxburn

1906/9/8        R1    Berwick Rangers 5 - 2 Vale of Leithen

1906/9/15      R2    Berwick Rangers 1 - 3 Peebles Rovers

1907/8/31      R1    Berwick Rangers 4 - 2 Selkirk

                      R2    bye

1907/10/12    SF    Berwick Rangers 1 - 4 Broxburn Athletic

1908/8/19      R1    Berwick Rangers 1 - 2 Peebles Rovers

1909/8/28      R1    Berwick Rangers 3 - 1 Gala Fairydean

1909/10/16    R2    Berwick Rangers 5 - 0 Duns

1909/8/23      SF    Berwick Rangers 0 - 3 West Calder Swifts

1910/8/27      R1    Peebles Rovers 4 - 2 Berwick Rangers

1911/8/26      R1    Berwick Rangers 2 - 1 Selkirk

1911/9/16      R2    Berwick Rangers 0 - 2 Leith Amateurs

1912/8/31      R1    Gala Fairydean 5 - 2 Berwick Rangers

1913/8/30      R1    Berwick Rangers 3 - 2 Coldstream

1913/9/13      R2    Berwick Rangers 1 - 3 Peebles Rovers

1914/8           R1    Vale of Leithen scr/wo Berwick Rangers

1914/9           R2    Berwick Rangers wo/scr Armadale

1914/9/19      SF    Berwick Rangers 2 - 2 Leith Amateurs

1914/9/26      SF    Leith Amateurs 6 - 1 Berwick Rangers

1920/8/28      R1    Berwick Rangers 1 - 1 Coldstream

1920/9/11      R1    Berwick Rangers 2 - 1 Coldstream

1920/10/9      SF    Berwick Rangers 3 - 0 Gala Ex-Service United

1920/10/30      F    Vale of Leithen 1 - 1 Berwick Rangers

1920/11/6        F    Berwick Rangers 0 - 0 Vale of Leithen

1920/11/13      F    Vale of Leithen 2 - 1 Berwick Rangers

1921/8/27      R1    Vale of Leithen 2 - 1 Berwick Rangers

1922/9           R1    bye

1922/9/16      R2    Berwick Rangers 9 - 2 Civil Service Strollers

1922/10/14    SF    Berwick Rangers 10 - 0 Selkirk

1922/11/18      F    Peebles Rovers 3 - 1 Berwick Rangers

1923/8/25      R1    Berwick Rangers 1 - 1 Coldstream

1923/10/6      R1    Coldstream 0 - 1 Berwick Rangers

1923/10/20    R2    Civil Service Strollers 1 - 3 Berwick Rangers

1923/10         SF    bye?

1923/11/3        F    Berwick Rangers 1 - 0 Gala Fairydean    CUP

1924/8/30      R1    Selkirk 1 - 2 Berwick Rangers

1924/9/27      R2    Corstorphine 1 - 0 Berwick Rangers

1925/8/29      R1    Berwick Rangers 3 - 3 Coldstream

1925/9/12      R1    Coldstream 3 - 2 Berwick Rangers

1926/8/28      R1    Berwick Rangers 3 - 1 Coldstream

1926/9           R2    Clerwood W - L Berwick Rangers

1927/9/24      R2    Berwick Rangers 4 - 1 Clerwood

1927/10/8      SF    Berwick Rangers 4 - 3 Corstorphine

1927/10/22      F    Berwick Rangers 2 - 2 Gala Fairydean

1927/11/5        F    Berwick Rangers 2 - 1 Gala Fairydean    CUP

1928/8/25      R1    Berwick Rangers 4 - 0 Clerwood

1928/9/8        R2    Berwick Rangers 7 - 0 Hawick United

1928/9/22      SF    Berwick Rangers 2 - 3 Murrayfield

1929/8/31      R1    Berwick Rangers 3 - 1 Vale of Leithen

1929/9/14      R2    Murrayfield 3 - 0 Berwick Rangers

1930/8/30      R1    Berwick Rangers 4 - 2 Civil Service Strollers

1930/9/27      R2    Gala Fairydean 4 - 0 Berwick Rangers

1931/9/5        R1    Berwick Rangers 6 - 0 Leith Amateurs

1931/9/19      R2    Berwick Rangers 3 - 0 Murrayfield

1931/11/7      SF    Berwick Rangers 3 - 2 Vale of Leithen

1931/11/28      F    Berwick Rangers 5 - 5 Penicuik Athletic

1931/12/5        F    Penicuik Athletic 3 - 1 Berwick Rangers

1932/9/3        R1    Berwick Rangers 2 - 1 Selkirk

1932/9/17      R2    Berwick Rangers 5 - 0 Civil Service Strollers

1932/12/3      SF    Berwick Rangers 5 - 3 Penicuik Athletic

1932/12/10      F    Berwick Rangers 2 - 0 Murrayfield    CUP

1933/9/2        R1    Civil Service Strollers 2 - 4 Berwick Rangers

1933/9/23      R2    Gala Fairydean 0 - 4 Berwick Rangers

1933/9/30      SF    Duns 2 - 3 Berwick Rangers

1933/11/4        F    Berwick Rangers 2 - 0 Mossend Swifts    CUP

1934/9/1        R1    Berwick Rangers 4 - 4 Chirnside United

1934/10/20    R1    Chirnside United 4 - 2 Berwick Rangers

1935/8/31      R1    Berwick Rangers 2 - 1 Leith Amateurs

1935/9/28      R2    Duns 4 - 0 Berwick Rangers

1936/9/5        R1    Jedburgh Artisans 5 - 3 Berwick Rangers

1937/9/4        R1    Penicuik Athletic 3 - 2 Berwick Rangers

1938/9/3        R1    Duns 3 - 4 Berwick Rangers

1938/9/17      R2    Berwick Rangers 5 - 2 Gala Fairydean

1938/10/15    SF    Chirnside United 2 - 5 Berwick Rangers

1938/11/26      F    Berwick Rangers 2 - 1 Pencuik Athletic    CUP

2019/8/17      R1    Berwick Rangers 2 - 0 Spartans

2019/11/19    R2    Kelty Hearts 4 - 0 Berwick Rangers

2021/9/11      R2    West Calder United 2 - 3 Berwick Rangers

2022/1/22      R3    Hill of Beath Hawthorn 4 - 2 Berwick Rangers

2022/8/20      R2    Stoneyburn Juniors 2 - 1 Berwick Rangers

(Sources: SFHA for 1905 to 1938; Scottish Football Fixtures for 2019 to 2022.)