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Jasper Fire Map

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The Battle of Greenock, 1685

On June 3, 1685, rebel forces of the Earl of Argyle landed near the Old West Kirk, repelled some mounted militia, stole supplies, and then sailed away. Read about it here. Map source.

Morton's pre-season friendlies get under way with a visit to Cappielow by Queen of the South. QoS proactively began their preseason last weekend with a 7 - 0 victory over Abbey Vale of the South of Scotland League. The close season is but a blink of an eye these days, yet it feels too long.

2024-25 will be the third consecutive season in League One for the Doonhamers. Last season they finished seventh, and the year before that fifth, so they may be settling in for a long residency. I would rather have them in the Championship than Queen's Park, if only for the Morton Castle Game.

QoS have signed former Morton midfielder Reece Lyon.

Morton have signed 23-year-old midfielder Nathan Shaw, ex of Blackpool, Bamber Bridge, AFC Fylde, Stockport County and most recently ICT. Also 19-year-old centre-back Dylan Corr, previously of Celtic B and Raith Rovers.

Darrah O'Connor has signed with York City.

The Morton women's team is now directly part of Greenock Morton FC. Before, it was under supporters' group Morton in the Community.

[Morton win 1 - 0 on a header by Lamar Reynolds.]

[GodEmperorGunning does a postmortem here.]

Other matches:

Þór/KA 1 - 2 Valur (June 25)

Cobh Ramblers 2 - 2 UCD (yesterday)

Nairn County 1 - 6 St Johnstone (friendly) (yesterday)

Civil Service Strollers [0 - 0] Stenhousemuir (friendly)

ProStars [2 - 1] Scrosoppi

Mito HollyHock [1 - 1] Renofa Yamaguchi

[Largs Thistle 4 - 1 Port Glasgow Juniors]

[Largs Thistle 3 - 2 Maryhill (tomorrow)]

Unity FC [0 - 3] Serbian White Eagles (tomorrow)

Ehime [0 - 3] Sfida Setagaya (tomorrow)

Reilac Shiga [2 - 0] ReinMeer Aomori (tomorrow)

Seasons of Antigua Barracuda:

2011    24    9    2    13    32    32        0    29    6th, USL Pro, American Division

2012    24    5    1    18    16    50    -34    16    11th, USL Pro

2013    26    0    0    26    11    91    -80      0    13th, USL Pro

Antigua Barracuda in Concacaf competition:

2012/5/6      Antigua Barracuda 3 - 0 Inter Moengotapoe (SRM)    CFU ClCh R1

2012/5/8      Victory (Haiti) 0 - 0 Antigua Barracuda    CFU ClCh R1

2012/5/10    W Connection (T&T) 1 - 2 Antigua Barracuda    CFU ClCh R1

2012/6/19    Antigua Barracuda 0 - 2 Caledonia AIA (T&T)    CFU ClCh SF

2012/6/21    Antigua Barracuda 0 - 2 Puerto Rico Islanders    CFU ClCh 3rd pl

2013/4/26    Caledonia AIA 3 - 1 Antigua Barracuda    CFU ClCh R1

2013/4/30    W Connection 0 - 0 Antigua Barracuda    CFU ClCh R1

(CFU ClCh = Caribbean Football Union Club Championship)

Arthurlie FC 1916-17:

1917/5/19      Arthurlie 3 - 1 St Mirren

1917/5/12      Arthurlie 1 - 4 Kilmarnock    charity match

1917/4/28      Arthurlie 4 - 1 Cadets XI

1917/4/21      Arthurlie 3 - 0 Abercorn    RVCup

1917/4/14      Arthurlie 3 - 2 Queen's Park Strollers

1917/4/7        Stevenston United 0 - 2 Arthurlie    WCup

1917/3/24      Arthurlie 7 - 0 Johnstone    WCup

1917/3/17      Arthurlie 0 - 1 Johnstone    RVCup

1917/3/10      Abercorn 0 - 2 Arthurlie    RVCup

1917/3/3        Johnstone 1 - 2 Arthurlie    RVCup

1917/2/24      Arthurlie 1 - 2 Clydebank    WSL

1917/2/17      Arthurlie 2 - 1 Abercorn    WCup

1917/2/3        Johnstone 1 - 1 Arthurlie    WSL

1917/1/27      Clydebank 2 - 0 Arthurlie    WSL

1917/1/20      Arthurlie 1 - 1 Stevenston United    WCup

1917/1/13      Vale of Leven 2 - 0 Arthurlie    WCup

1917/1/6        Arthurlie 0 - 1 Clydebank    WCup

1916/12/23    Abercorn 0 - 0 Arthurlie    WCup

1916/12/16    Stevenston United 1 - 0 Arthurlie    WSL

1916/12/9      Arthurlie 1 - 2 Dykehead (expunged)    WSL

1916/12/2      Clydebank 1 - 0 Arthurlie    WSL

1916/11/25    Vale of Leven 6 - 1 Arthurlie    WSL

1916/11/18    Arthurlie 0 - 1 Wishaw Thistle (expunged)    WSL

1916/11/11    Arthurlie 1 - 1 Albion Rovers    WSL

1916/11/4      Abercorn 1 - 0 Arthurlie    WSL

1916/10/28    Johnstone 3 - 1 Arthurlie    WCup

1916/10/21    Arthurlie 3 - 2 Abercorn    WSL

1916/10/7      Arthurlie 1 - 1 Renton    WSL

1916/9/30      Albion Rovers 2 - 3 Arthurlie WSL

1916/9/23      Arthurlie 2 - 3 Dumbarton Harp    WSL

1916/9/16      Arthurlie 0 - 1 Stevenston United    WSL

1916/9/9        Arthurlie 0 - 3 Vale of Leven    WSL

1916/8/26      Arthurlie 3 - 1 Johnstone    WSL

1916/8/19      Royal Albert 1 - 1 Arthurlie (expunged)   WSL

The West of Scotland League fixtures Dumbarton Harp vs Arthurlie and Renton vs Arthurlie are missing. Arthurlie vs Royal Albert, Dykehead vs Arthurlie, and Wishaw Thistle vs Arthurlie were not played.

The Western Cup was played as a league. Arthurlie vs Vale of Leven is missing.

The Renfrewshire Victoria Cup was also played as a league, albeit with three teams.

(Sources: Scottish Football Historical Archive for the West of Scotland League, the Western Cup, and the Renfrewshire Victoria Cup; the Glasgow Herald for 1916/8/19, 1917/4/14, 1917/4/28, 1917/5/12, and 1917/5/19.)

Selkirk Grant, 1817

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Mining Claims Within the City of Gatineau

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Magnolia Map of Halifax

Access the Magnolia Map here.

Miramichi Watershed as a Subway System

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How Halifax Street Numbers Work

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Solar Eclipse, New Brunswick

Then you flew your Lear Jet up to Oromocto to watch the total eclipse of the sun. Source.

The Battle of Langside

The disposition of troops at the Battle of Langside (1568) relative to Hampden Park. Lesser Hampden is under the letter N in Mary Queen of Scots. Source.

Morton visit Hampden Park to play Queen's Park. Morton are fourth in the Championship, Queen's Park sixth. Queen's Park have won four of their last five. Morton are on a 13-game undefeated streak. So far this season Morton have a win and a draw against QP.

Morton are 5 points out of third place and 4 points out of fifth.

Morton have had two 4-game losing streaks this season, but QP did not record a win from September 16th to January 2nd.

QP's manager Callum Davidson has been on the job for 37 days. He used to manage St Johnstone.

At the Battle of Langside James Douglas the Earl of Morton fought on the side of the Regent the Earl of Moray against the forces of Mary Queen of Scots.

[Queen's Park 0 - 0 Morton.]

The other Championship matches:

Raith Rovers (2nd) 2 - 1 Dundee United (1st) (last night)

Airdrieonians (5th) [2 - 3] Ayr United (7th)

Dunfermline (9th) [1 - 1] Arbroath (10th)

Inverness CT (8th) [3 - 3] Partick Thistle (3rd)

The 2024 League of Ireland First Division begins.

Bray Wanderers 1 - 2 UCD (yesterday)

UCD have already appeared in the Leinster Senior Cup group stage, where they beat Usher Celtic but lost to St Patrick's Athletic and St Mochtas.

Bray Wanderers have been in the First Division since 2019. Prior to that they had been in the Premier Division since 2005.

Other matches:

Albion Rovers 3 - 0 Linlithgow Rose (February 13)

University of Stirling [1 - 2] Linlithgow Rose

Banks o' Dee 4 - 0 Rothes (February 14)

Clachnacuddin vs Banks o' Dee [postponed]

Berwick Rangers [1 - 2] East Stirlingshire

Largs Thistle [1 - 0] Irvine Meadow XI

Carluke Rovers [0 - 5] Rossvale

FC Isle of Man vs Bury [postponed]

Carrick Rangers [2 - 1] Dungannon Swifts

Sheikh Russel [4 - 1] Brothers Union

Morton Women [1 - 5] Ayr United (tomorrow)

Alex Jack Cup final (tomorrow):

Heriot Watt University [1 - 2] Bo'ness Athletic

[AFC Champions League, knockout stage, leg 1:

Shandong Taishan 2 - 3 Kawasaki Frontale (February 13)

Bangkok United 2 - 2 Yokohama F. Marinos (February 14)

Ulsan Hyundai 3 - 0 Ventforet Kofu (February 15)]

2024 Concacaf Champions Cup, Round 1, leg 2:

Guadalajara 2 - 1 Forge (February 13)

Forge are out.

Tigres UANL 3 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps (February 14)

Vancouver Whitecaps are out.

They're running about three weeks behind last year in announcing the Canadian Championship dates. Discussion.

Canadian Soccer Business and Mediapro have been feuding. They own the Canadian Premier League and broadcaster OneSoccer respectively. Read about it.

MLS has pulled out of the US Open Cup, the American equivalent of the Canadian Championship. Read about that.

Kareem Sow is returning to HFX Wanderers. He played here in 2020 and 2021 before going to Université de Montreal to do an engineering degree. The Wanderers have also signed midfielder Vitor Dias, formerly of Sporting Kansas City II, and striker Christian Volesky, formerly of Monterey Bay FC.

2024 Japanese Super Cup:

Vissel Kobe [0 - 1] Kawasaki Frontale

Welsh Cup QF:

Cardiff MU [3 - 2] Colway Bay

Icelandic Women's League Cup group stage, matchday 2 (yesterday):

Þór/KA 5 - 0 Víkingur

Historical matches:

1945/2/17      Morton 1 - 2 Hamilton Academical

1968/2/12      Aberdeen 1 - 0 Morton

1968/2/17      East Fife 0 - 0 Morton    Scottish Cup R2

1996/2/13      Morton 1 - 1 Montrose    Scottish Cup R3

Goal by Rajamaki.

1996/2/14      Montrose 3 - 2 Morton    Scottish Cup R3 replay

Goals by Lilley and Cormack.

Arthurlie FC 1897-98:

1898/4/30      Queen's Park Strollers 3 - 3 Arthurlie    SCom

1898/4/23      Third Lanark 'A' 2 - 2 Arthurlie    SCom

1898/4/16      Albion Rovers 4 - 1 Arthurlie    SCom

1898/3/19      Thornliebank 2 - 7 Arthurlie    SCom

1898/3/12      Arthurlie 6 - 0 Albion Rovers    SCom

1898/3/5        Arthurlie 0 - 6 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup SF

1898/2/19      Arthurlie 2 - 3 Rangers 'A'    SCom

1898/2/12      Arthurlie 3 - 0 Kilbarchan    RCup R2

1898/2/5        Wishaw Thistle 2 - 2 Arthurlie    SCom

1898/1/19      Arthurlie wo/scr Lochwinnoch    RCup R1

1898/1/15      Arthurlie 1 - 1 Royal Albert    SCom

1898/1/8        Arthurlie 0 - 7 Celtic    SCup R1

1898/1/1        Kilmarnock Athletic 5? - Arthurlie 1

1897/12/11    Rangers 'A' 7 - 2 Arthurlie    SCom

1897/12/4      Arthurlie 1 - 1 Thornliebank    SCom

1897/11/27    Royal Albert 3 - 3 Arthurlie    SCom

1897/11/20    Arthurlie 1 - 1 Queen's Park Strollers    SCom

1897/11/6      Arthurlie 1 - 2 Wishaw Thistle    SCom

1897/10/23    Cartvale 3 - 2 Arthurlie    QCup R4

1897/10/16    Arthurlie 1 - 2 Johnstone    RVCup R1 replay

1897/10/9      Arthurlie 4 - 2 Airdrieonians    QCup R3

1897/10/2      Johnstone 1 - 1 Arthurlie    RVCup R1

1897/9/25      Thornliebank 0 - 1 Arthurlie    QCup R2

1897/9/18      Arthurlie 4 - 0 Paisley Academicals    QCup R1 replay

1897/9/11      Paisley Academicals 2 - 2 Arthurlie    QCup R1

1897/9/4        Arthurlie 3 - 3 Third Lanark 'A'    SCom

(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Qualifying Cup and Scottish Cup; Scottish Football Historical Archive for the Scottish Combination, the Renfrewshire Cup and the Renfrewshire Victoria Cup; Glasgow Herald for 1898/1/1)

Swedish Solar System

A map superimposing the solar system on the geography of Sweden. Source.