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Junko Tabei

Junko Tabei (1939- 2016) in the Japanese Alps c. 1961. In 1975 she became the first woman to summit Everest. Source. More photos. Her 80th birthday was September 22nd, and she got a Google doodle:

Lyndale and Carruthers

Source.

Deer and Stag Calendar, November 1910

The November 1910 page from a promotional calendar put out by the Deer and Stag Brand Silk. The illustration is by Kobayashi Kiyochika. Read about it.

Der Wilde Mann

A 25-pfennig notgeld from 1921. Source.

Billy Steel

Billy Steel (1923-1982) led Dundee to consecutive League Cups in 1951-52 and 1952-53. He was signed to Morton from 1942 to 1947 but spent much of that time with the British Army of the Rhine. Jude Law would play him in the movie. Source.

Morton visit Dens Park for a match against Dundee FC. This was Morton's fourth televised match of the season. Before BBC Scotland came along the Ton were lucky to get on television once a year in Gaelic.

Dundee are 4th in the division with 18 points. Morton are 8th with 13 points.

In their first meeting at Cappielow on September 21st Morton won 1 - 0.

Marcus Haber, who played for Pacific FC this season, made 38 appearances for Dundee from 2016 to 2019.

[Dundee 2 - 1 Morton. Ton goal by Salkeld.]

The other Championship matches (all tomorrow):

Arbroath (5th) [2 - 1] Alloa (9th)

Ayr United (2nd) [4 - 1] Partick Thistle (10th)

Dunfermline (6th) [2 - 0] Queen of the South (7th)

Inverness CT (3rd) [0 - 3] Dundee United (1st)

League One (all tomorrow):

Airdrieonians (4th) [3 - 1] Dumbarton (5th)

East Fife (2nd) [0 - 1] Montrose (7th)

Forfar (8th) [0 - 2] Falkirk (3rd)

Peterhead (9th) [2 - 0] Raith Rovers (1st)

Stranraer (10th) [3 - 0] Clyde (6th)

It's the League Cup semi-finals.

While it might seem that the set of Celtic, Rangers, Hibs and Hearts must show up as League Cup semi-finalists all the time, maybe every four or five years, in fact it has never happened before.

The games are:

Hibs [2- 5] Celtic (tomorrow)

Rangers [3 - 0] Hearts (Sunday)

Hearts sacked their manager Craig Levein Thursday.

What was the last Championship side to make it to the League Cup semi-finals? Greenock Morton.

Scottish Junior Cup, Round Three, replays and rearranged fixtures:

Glenafton [2 - 1] Banks O'Dee

Hurlford [3 - 1] Shotts Bon Accord

(I'm still just listing the matches involving West Region Premiership clubs.)

1907-08: Airdrieonians came to Cappielow and won 2 - 0.

1963-64: Morton were away to Forfar where they won 4 - 6.

Port Glasgow Athletic versus Clyde. These two played fourteen SFL matches, eight in Division One and six in Division Two. They each won six, with two draws. Clyde had the edge in scoring, 29 to 26.

Canadian Premier League Championship, second leg:

Cavalry [0 - 1] Forge

Forge win the title.

Concacaf League SF, second leg:

Saprissa 4 - 1 Olimpia

Motagua 3 - 0 Alianza

Saprissa and Motagua advance.

Swiss Challenge League: Schaffhausen vs Winterthur (postponed)

Swiss Cup, Round of 16: Winterthur [1 - 0] Thun

The Swedish Allsvenskan finishes this weekend. The title will go to Djurgården, Malmö or Hammarby. Östersund are safe from relegation, just. [Djurgården finish top.]

Tomorrow and the next day it's Round One of the 41st Empress's Cup. This round has 36 teams, 28 of them from regional qualifiers and 4 from the N2 League. Let's follow the university clubs and see how far they get:

Match No. 1: Yamato Sylphide [3 - 1] Tokuyama University

Match No. 2: Teikyo Heisei University [2 - 1] Daisho Gakuen High School

Match No. 4: Waseda University [3 - 1] Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi

Match No. 5: Sendai University [0 - 2] Hokkaido Bunkyo University Meisei High School

Match No. 9: Tokiwagi Gakuen High School [2 - 1] Toyo University

Match No. 10: Shizuoka Sangya University Iwata Bonita [1 - 1] FC Imabari Ladies [Bonita won on PK.]

Match No. 11: Hinomoto Gakuen Senior High School [1 - 2] Niigata University of Health and Welfare

Match No. 15: Bunnys Kyoto SC [2 - 2] Yamanashi Gakuin University [Bunnys win on PK.]

Massacre of the Suitors

Ulysse et Télémaque massacrent les prétendants de Pénélope (1812) by Louis-Vincent-Léon Pallière. Source.

Shiramizu Amidado

One of only three Heian buildings left in Tohoku, Shiramizu Amidado in Iwaki is a designated Historical Treasure.  Source.

The Dredger Greenock

The Greenock was an iron steam dredger launched in 1876. It worked deepening the Clyde shipping channel until 1902, when it was struck and sunk by SS Ape a little south of the Cloch Lighthouse. Source. Ape was renamed Fetlar in 1918, and ran aground at St. Malo the following year. Source.

Morton host Ayr United. Ayr are second in the division with 18 points, Morton seventh with 13 points.

Morton have not lost at Cappielow since April 9th, but they have not beaten Ayr since Jan 28th, 2017.

The game begins at 19:45 GMT. Sundown was at 16:46. This is the week of the year when Scotland is only three hours ahead of Nova Scotia.

This match doubles as a fixture in the Championship League Cup, Round Two.

The other Championship matches:

Alloa (9th) [0 - 3] Dundee (4th)

Dundee United (1st) [1 - 0] Partick Thistle (10th)

Dunfermline (8th) [2 - 0] Arbroath (5th)

Queen of the South (6th) [0 - 2] Inverness CT (3rd)

[Morton 2 - 3 Ayr. Morton goals by Baird and McHugh.]

League One are not in action tonight.

Scottish Challenge Cup:

Solihull Moors [3 - 3] Rangers colts [Rangers colts win on PK.]

Port Glasgow Athletic versus Ayr United. These two played together in the SFL Division Two in 1910-11, which was Ayr United's first season and Port's last. They each took one win.

Port Glasgow had played 10 Division Two matches against Ayr United's forerunner Ayr FC. Port took six wins, Ayr FC three wins, with one draw. They also met in round three of the 1887-88 Scottish Cup; Ayr FC advanced.

Port Glasgow met Ayr Parkhouse (Ayr United's other parent) in round one of the 1907-08 Scottish Cup and won handily, 7 - 2.

Which teams have got through a (more or less) complete Scottish League season with 0 draws?

1893-94    Partick Thistle (18 games)

1894-95    Clyde (18), Renton (17)

1895-96    Celtic, Hearts, Dumbarton (18)

1896-97    St Bernard's, Clyde (18)

1898-99    Rangers (18)

1899-00    Clyde, Morton, Port Glasgow (18)

1900-01    Port Glasgow, Ayr (18)

1907-08    Ayr Parkhouse (22)

1925-26    Peebles Rovers (26)

1944-45    Clyde (30)

Davie Irons' managerial record against Morton:

1997/4/26      Clydebank 0 - 1 Morton      league

2008/1/12      Morton 2 - 2 Gretna            Scottish Cup

2008/1/28      Gretna 0 - 3 Morton            Scottish Cup

The Mirror of Venus

Lago Specchio di Venere is a lake contained in a volcanic crater on the island of Pantelleria between Sicily and Tunisia. Source.

Christoph Niemann's Brexit

Chritoph Niemann's The Illustrated Guide to Brexit is gorgeous.