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Rossio Station

This is the front entrance of the railway station in Rossio Square, Lisbon. The style is Neo-Manuelian, modelled on early 15th-century Portuguese architecture, in the form of a pair of horseshoes. The station opened in 1891. A couple of years ago the statue of Sebastian I, between the two doors, was unluckily knocked out of its niche by a tourist trying for a selfie with the king. Source.

Roskilde Station

Source.

JR East Train Wreck Museum

Source. Open to JR employees only.

Vaga de La Canadenca

On this day in 1919 workers at the Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company (known locally as La Canadenca because it was founded by Canadian interests) went on strike. It developed into a general strike lasting 44 days and shutting down much of Catalonia. Source.

About Cowlairs FC

The wheel shop, Cowlairs Railway Works. Source.

Morton (6th) host Dunfermline Athletic (7th).

Morton enter today's game with 7 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses for 28 points. Dunfermline have 24 points. In their two previous meetings the Pars have taken one win, and there was a draw. Morton's last win against Dunfermline was a year ago next week.

Dunfermline are much better on the road than at home. Away they are 4W 3D 3L and -1. At home they are 2W 3D 5L and -5.

The Pars played Heart of Midlothian at home back in August, a thing Morton have not accomplished since 1987.

Now that Morton are out of the Scottish Cup, the only way for them to reach 48 games played this season is to make it into two rounds of the playoffs.

Morton can finish the day in fourth, fifth or sixth place. The Pars will end up seventh or eighth.

Reading the Morton and Dunfermline fan forums it's clear that both sides will lose today.

Transfers: GK Ryan Scully was released by Morton Wednesday, and signed with Dunfermline Thursday. Yesterday Morton signed two young players on loan from Rangers: Andrew Dallas (forward) and Robby McCrorie (goalkeeper).

[Scully starts for Dunfermline, and McCrorie starts for Morton.]

Ryan Scully's clean sheets for Morton:

2018/7/21      Cappielow    Morton 2 - 0 Stenhousemuir    League Cup

2018/8/11      Indodrill        Alloa 0 - 2 Morton                     league

2018/10/20    Cappielow    Morton 1 - 0 Falkirk                  league

Morton have only made one January signing, but Dunfermline haven't made any at all. [Written midweek.]

How have Morton fared in Match 22 this decade?

2018/2/3        Morton 2 - 1 Dunfermline

2017/2/4        QoS 3 - 0 Morton

2016/2/9        Alloa 2 - 2 Morton

2015/1/24      Morton 2 - 0 Dunfermline

2014/1/29      Morton 1 - 1 QoS

2013/1/26      Morton 1 - 0 Raith Rovers

2012/2/14      Hamilton 1 - 2 Morton

2011/2/22      Morton 1 - 0 Partick Thistle

2010/2/27      Morton 1 - 2 Dunfermline

5 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses.

Other Championship matches:

Ayr United (2nd) 1 - 0 Dundee United (3rd) (yesterday)

This put Ayr in first place, at least temporarily.

Falkirk (9th) [2 - 2] Inverness CT (5th)

Partick (10th) [2 - 1] QoS (4th)

Ross County (1st) vs Alloa (8th)

How many games have Dunfermline played against the other 2018-19 Championship clubs?

172        Dundee United

121        Ayr United

119        Falkirk

110        Morton

104        Partick Thistle

  90        Queen of the South

  88        Alloa

  37        Inverness CT

  17        Ross County

Matches at Cappielow in January 2019:

Jan 5        Morton 1 - 0 Ross County

Jan 26      Morton [0 - 0] Dunfermline

Jan 28      Morton reserves vs Dundee reserves

Since 1990, what years did Morton fail to reach the final 16 in any cup, and who was manager?

2018-19    Ray McKinnon (2 cups) / Jonatan Johansson (1 cup)

2004-05    Jim McInally

2001-02    Peter Cormack

1995-96    Allan McGraw

What years did Morton make the final 16 in all three cups, and who was manager?

1996-97    Allan McGraw

1993-94    Allan McGraw

(1990 begins the era of three domestic cups: Scottish Cup, League Cup, Challenge Cup.)

Angus: Arbroath [0 - 2] Forfar

1928-29: Morton beat Bathgate 2 - 0 at Cappielow. This game was later expunged when Bathgate failed to complete the season.

1951-52: Today in Round One of the 1951-52 Scottish Cup Morton beat East Stirlingshire 2 - 0 at Cappielow.

Which 2018-19 Premiership clubs have losing records against clubs currently in the Championship, League One or League Two?

Hearts played Peterhead in the 2017-18 League Cup and lost in their only meeting ever.

Motherwell have a losing record against Dundee United.

St Johnstone have a losing record against Dundee United.

Hibs have a losing record against Inverness CT.

Kilmarnock have a losing record against Inverness CT, Partick and Brechin.

Dundee have a losing record against Inverness CT, Ross County, Dundee United and the new Airdrieonians.

St Mirren have a losing record against Inverness CT, Dundee United, Dunfermline, Falkirk, Partick and Clyde.

Hamilton Accies have a losing record against Inverness CT, Ross County, Dundee United, Dunfermline, Falkirk, Morton and Partick.

Livingston have a losing record against Inverness CT, Dundee United, Falkirk, Ayr United, Morton, Raith Rovers, Berwick Rangers, East Fife and Stirling Albion.

It's Round Five of the Scottish Junior Cup:

Blantyre Victoria or Auchinleck Talbot [4 - 1] Rutherglen Glencairn

Cambuslang Rangers [0 - 1] Troon

Craigmark Burtonians vs Lochee United [postponed]

Girvan vs Clydebank [postponed]

Kilwinning Rangers [6 - 2] Thornton Hibs or Renfrew

Largs Thistle [1 - 1] St Roch's

Pollok [8 - 2] Rosyth

Rossvale [1 - 1] Hurlford United

About Cowlairs FC.

Cowlairs FC was founded in 1876 as the shop team for the Cowlairs locomotive works in north-central Glasgow. They played at Gourlay Park in the Seventies and Eighties, and at Springvale Park in the Nineties.

They changed their team colours often enough in twenty years that it's impossible to form a mental image of their usual kit.

Cowlairs FC was one of the ten founding clubs of the Scottish Football League. Unfortunately, they finished tenth the first season and were relegated out.

They played 1892-93 in the Scottish Alliance.

They were readmitted to the Scottish League in 1893-94 when Division Two was started, and played two seasons. The second year they finished last and were dropped again. They folded in 1896.

Only thirteen of the current SPFL clubs ever played Cowlairs, so it gives you a sense of who the Old Guard are: Arbroath, Celtic, Clyde, Dumbarton, Hearts, Hibs, Kilmarnock, Morton, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park, Rangers, and St Mirren.

Cowlairs in the Scottish Cup:

1880-81    R1    Cowlairs 4 - 3 Petershill

                 R2    Cowlairs 4 - 3 Oxford

                 R3    Alexandria Athletic 1 - 2 Cowlairs

                 R4    St Mirren 1 - 0 Cowlairs

1881-82    R1    1st Lanark RV 0 - 7 Cowlairs

                 R2    Queen's Park 2 - 2 Cowlairs

                          Queen's Park 9 - 0 Cowlairs

1882-83    R1    Cowlairs 4 - 1 Whitefield

                 R2    Cowlairs 13 - 0 Apsley

                 R3    Partick FC 4 - 0 Cowlairs (not to be confused with Partick Thistle)

1883-84    R2    Cowlairs 3 - 2 Granton

                 R3    Cowlairs 0 - 5 Queen's Park

1884-85    R1    Clyde 1 - 2 Cowlairs

                 R2    Cowlairs 1 - 2 Pollokshields Athletic

1985-86    R1    Battlefield 0 - 2 Cowlairs

                 R2    Cowlairs 3 - 2 Pollokshields Athletic

                 R3    Cowlairs 2 - 1 Northern

                 R4    Renton 4 - 0 Cowlairs

1886-87    R1    Battlefield 0 - 2 Cowlairs

                 R2    Clyde 4 - 3 Cowlairs

1887-88    R1    Third Lanark RV 1 - 2 Cowlairs (replay ordered)

                         Third Lanark RV 1 - 4 Cowlairs

                 R2    Cowlairs 9 - 1 Southern Athletic

                 R3    Cowlairs 9 - 1 Campsie

                 R4    bye

                 R5    Arbroath 5 - 1 Cowlairs

1888-89    R1    Cowlairs 18 - 2 Temperance Athletic

                 R2    Celtic 8 - 0 Cowlairs

1889-90    R1    Cowlairs 21 - 1 Victoria

                 R2    Cowlairs 1 - 1 Linthouse

                          Linthouse 3 - 2 Cowlairs

1890-91    R1    Airdrieonians 3 - 1 Cowlairs

1891-92    R1    Cowlairs 3 - 1 Cambuslang (replay ordered)

                          Cowlairs 3 - 1 Cambuslang

                 R2    Cowlairs 11 - 2 Mid-Annandale

                 QF    Celtic 4 - 1 Cowlairs

1892-93    R1    Cowlairs 2 - 5 Queen's Park (replay ordered)

                          Cowlairs 1 - 4 Queen's Park

1893-94    R1    Rangers 8 - 0 Cowlairs

Source: Danish Wikipedia

It's the 2019 J.League Asia Challenge in Thailand. The matches:

Chonburi FC [2 - 1] Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Bangkok United [1 - 5] Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (tomorrow)

Thursday Iwaki FC hosted Aomori Yamada, the All Japan high school champions, and won 3 - 0. Today they play a training match against Blaublitz Akita of J3. [Blaublitz win 0 - 4.] Tomorrow they play another one against Sakushin University FC.

20-year-old midfielder Eliott Simmons has signed with HFX Wanderers. He played for the Finnish tier-III side Malmin Palloseura. Also signed is forward Vincent Lamy from the Montreal Impact academy.

York 9 have signed the league's first Japanese player, Wataru Murofushi, who last year played for Albirex Niigata Singapore.

Aomori Yamada versus Iwaki FC: a fair fight? Source.

To Falkirk by Tram

Laying the tramways near Carron Works, 1905. Source.

Morton visit Falkirk Stadium. Morton are 6th in the division with 21 points, Falkirk are 10th with 12 points. Morton won the first meeting 1 - 0 at Cappielow in October.

Falkirk have been stuck in last place all but three weeks this season. They have not won at home since July. They've scored 4 goals on their home pitch in the 2018-19 Championship to date. They suck.

Other Championship matches:

Ayr United (1st) [3 - 3] Ross County (2nd)

Inverness Caledonian Thistle (5th) [1 - 1] Dundee United (3rd)

Partick Thistle (8th) [2 - 2] Alloa Athletic (9th)

Queen of the South (4th) [0 - 0] Dunfermline Athletic (7th)

The Dunfermline chairman issued a statement Wednesday decrying the behaviour directed at Dunfermline players and staff by some Pars supporters.

[Falkirk 0 - 0 Morton.]

1928-29. Morton hosted Queen of the South. They played to a scoreless draw. The league schedule was now half over. Morton held seventh place with 19 points and a 1.1875 goal average.

1951-52. Morton travelled to Aberdeen and lost 3 - 1.

League 1 watch: Not only does it look a sure thing that Arbroath will earn promotion to the 2019-20 Championship, they're on track to do it in March.

Angus derby: Forfar [2 - 1] Montrose

Arthurlie vs Arbroath. These two played five seasons together in Division Two in the Twenties. They each won four games, with two draws. Goals were 22 for Arthurlie, 21 for Arbroath.

Premiership: Livi's 5 - 0 win over Hearts last night was their biggest ever in the top division.

Rank the 2018-19 Championship clubs by the number of times they finished in the top half of the top division.

                                        1st time        last time

41    Dundee United        1960-61        2014-15

38    Partick Thistle          1903-04        2016-17

21    Falkirk                      1906-07        1994-95

14    Morton                     1900-01        1970-71

12    Ayr United                1913-14        1974-75

12    Dunfermline             1961-62        2003-04

  3    QoS                         1933-34        1955-56

  3    ICT                           2012-13        2014-15

  2    Ross County            2012-13        2015-16

  0    Alloa                         never

Sort the 2018-19 Championship clubs by the date each last suffered consecutive losses.

2018/3/13        Inverness CT

2018/4/22        Ayr United

2018/7/17        Morton

2018/8/25        Ross County

2018/10/6        Dundee United

2018/10/27      Falkirk

2018/11/3        Queen of the South

2018/11/10      Partick Thistle

2018/11/20      Alloa

2018/11/24      Dunfermline

How many goals has each Morton player scored this season (league + cup)?

8 (5 + 3)    McHugh

7 (4 + 3)    Tidser

3 (2 + 1)    Millar

2 (2 + 0)    Telfer

2 (1 + 1)    Oliver

1 (1 + 0)    Tiffoney

                  Lyon

                  Iredale

                  Buchanan

1 (0 + 1)    Tumilty

                  Armour

                  Bell

                  Waddell

                  R. Thomson

Morton versus the world:

1968/9/30      Morton 3 - 4 Chelsea

1968/9/18      Chelsea 5 - 0 Morton

1970/9/14      Morton 2 - 1 West Bromwich Albion

1970/9/30      West Bromwich Albion 0 - 1 Morton

1970/10/21    Morton 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

1970/11/3      Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Morton

1971/9/15      Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Morton

1971/9/27      Morton 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town

1973/9/19      Morton 1 - 2 Newcastle United

1973/10/1      Newcastle United 1 - 1 Morton

1978/9/13      Morton 3 - 0 Oldham Athletic

1978/9/26      Oldham Athletic 4 - 0 Morton

1979/9/18      Preston North End 1 - 3 Morton

1979/10/22    Morton 2 - 0 Preston North End

1979/11/6      Bristol City 2 - 2 Morton

1980/1/15      Morton 0 - 1 Bristol City

1980/9/16      Notts County 2 - 0 Morton

1980/9/30      Morton 1 - 1 Notts County

Falkirk versus the world:

1979/9/14      Falkirk 1 - 0 Coventry City

1979/9/28      Coventry City 3 - 0 Falkirk

2009/7/16      Falkirk 1 - 0 Vaduz

2009/7/23      Vaduz 2 - 0 Falkirk

2017/9/2        Sligo Rovers 1 - 2 Falkirk

2018/9/8        Falkirk 0 - 1 Connah's Quay Nomads

Morton vs Falkirk league results since 1994:

1996-97        Falkirk 2W - 1D - 1W Morton

1997-98        Falkirk 2W - 2D - 0W Morton

1998-99        Falkirk 2W - 2W Morton

1999-00        Falkirk 3W - 1W Morton

2000-01        Falkirk 2W - 2W Morton

2010-11        Falkirk 2W - 2D - 0W Morton

2011-12        Falkirk 1W - 1D - 2W Morton

2012-13        Falkirk 2W - 2W Morton

2013-14        Falkirk 2W - 2D - 0W Morton

2015-16        Falkirk 3W - 1D - 0W Morton

2016-17        Falkirk 0W - 3D - 1W Morton

2017-18        Falkirk 3W - 1W Morton

West of Scotland Premiership: Largs Thistle vs Pollok [postponed]

Europa League group stage, matchday 6:

Group B: Celtic 1 - 2 Red Bull Salzburg

Group G: Rapid Wien 1 - 0 Rangers

Group I: Beşiktaş 0 - 1 Malmö

Rangers are out. Malmö advance. Celtic lose but advance anyway.

FIFA Club World Cup:

Playoff (Dec 12): Al-Ain 3 - 3 Team Wellington (Al-Ain won on PK.)

Quarterfinals (Dec 15):

Espérance Sportive de Tunis [0 - 3] Al-Ain

Kashima Antlers [3 - 2] Guadalajara

Swiss Challenge League: Chiasso [1 - 3] Winterthur

The 67th All Japan University Football Championship began Wednesday and goes till Dec 22nd. 24 clubs are in it, including seven from the Kanto League: Juntendo, Meiji, Waseda, Hosei, Komazawa, Toyo, and our guys Tsukuba. There are five rounds. Tsukuba enjoy a bye into Round Two, where they face Sendai University today. [Tsukuba win 4 -1.]

CONCACAF has ruled that Ottawa Fury FC can't play in the USL now that the Canadian Premier League exists. Story.

To Tannadice by Tram

The #23 (or #25) to Reform Street. Source.

Morton visit Tannadice. The Tangerines are 4th in the division, Morton 5th. Both sides come into this match with 2 wins, a draw and a loss, and a +2 gd. United have the edge in goals for: 8 to Morton's 6. Both clubs are out of the League Cup and the Challenge Cup. Both clubs have been managed by Ray McKinnon.

This is Morton's first match under new manager Jonatan Johansson.

Morton can finish the afternoon anywhere from 1st to 7th. The best way for Morton to move into 1st place is if 1) QoS and Ross County play to a draw, 2) ICT lose or draw, and 3) Morton beat United by 3 goals. Easy peasy.

Charlie Telfer and Robert Thomson have played for Dundee United. Paul McMullan has played for Morton.

Canadian Fraser Aird is with the Tangerines. He has played for Rangers, Vancouver Whitecaps, Falkirk and Dunfermline.

The other matches: Dunfermline Athletic (8th) [0 - 0] Alloa Athletic (9th). It cannot help but be an athletic display.

Ayr United (6th) [3 - 2] Falkirk (10th)

ICT (2nd) [3 - 2] Partick (7th)

QoS (3rd) [0 - 0] Ross County (1st)

[Dundee United 1 - 1 Morton. Goal by Tidser.]

The SFA has decided to buy Hampden from Queen's Park FC.

1928-29. Morton were home to Arthurlie and won 2 - 0. This was their fifth win in a row. They occupied first place in the Division Two table with 10 points and a goal average of 5.0000.

1951-52. Morton visited Partick Thistle and played to a 1 - 1 draw.

Longest winless streaks at Tannadice by 2017-18 and 2018-19 Championship clubs:

Queen of the South were winless at Tannadice between Jan 2nd 1933 and March 20th 2018. 85 years.

Dumbarton have not won at Tannadice since Jan 11th 1958. 60 years.

Alloa were winless at Tannadice from April 16th 1958 to July 7th 2018.* 60 years.

Brechin City have not won at Tannadice since Oct 3rd 1959. 58 years.

Ayr United have not won at Tannadice since April 2nd 1977. 41 years.

Morton did not win at Tannadice between Sept 9th 1978 and Jan 17th 2018. 39 years.

Falkirk did not win at Tannadice between Oct 30th 1971 and April 29 2006. 35 years.

Partick Thistle did not win at Tannadice between Feb 1st 1930 and Jan 14th 1961. 30 years.

Livingston joined the Scottish League in 1974 and did not win a Tannadice until Oct 19th 2002. 28 years.

St Mirren did not win at Tannadice between Sept 21st 1935 and Feb 11th 1961. 25 years.

Dunfermline did not win at Tannadice between April 27th 1974 and April 27th 1996. 22 years exactly.

Ross County joined the Scottish League in 1994 and did not win at Tannadice until April 4th 2015. 20 years.

Inverness CT joined the Scottish League in 1994 and did not win at Tannadice until Dec 1st 2007. 13 years.

Dundee United did not win at home between Feb 22nd and Nov 25th 2000. 9 months.

*Alloa and Dundee United played to a 1 - 1 draw followed by a shootout which Alloa won.

Read this history of Dundee United since 2015.

Arthurlie versus Rangers: They met in Round One of the 1905-06 Scottish Cup. Rangers won 1 - 7 on Arthurlie's ground.

Arthurlie versus Queen's Park. The Spiders met Arthurlie four times in the Scottish Cup and won on every occasion.

Angus: Arbroath [3 - 1] Forfar

Raith rumours: If caretaker manager Kevin Cuthbert leads Raith to victory over Brechin City today he'll get the job permanently. [Raith win.]

J2: Yokohama FC [1 - 2] Mito HollyHock

JFL: ReinMeer Aomori [4 - 0] Cobaltore Onagawa

Kanto Soccer League: Tokyo 23 (2 - 0) Vonds Ichihara (Wednesday). That's a big win.

Ryutsu Keizai University [2 - 0] Tokyo 23 FC

The second half of the Kanto University League starts this weekend:

Senshi University [0 - 2] Tsukuba University

League of Ireland, First Division: UCD 1 - 1 Finn Harps. UCD secure promotion.

SWFL Division 1 South: Morton [1 - 3] Rangers Development

Allsvenskan: Östersunds FK [2 - 3] Malmö FF

USL: Richmond Kickers [0 - 2] Ottawa Fury

Danish 1st Division: Fremad Amager [1 - 3] Fredericia

Amager is part of Copenhagen.

Swiss Cup, Round Two: AC Bellinzona [1 - 2] Winterthur

Associazione Calcio Bellinzona are from Ticino. They were Swiss champions once, in 1948, but are recovering from a recent insolvency event and currently play in the third tier. They wear maroon and light blue.

Regionalliga Südwest: Kickers Offenbach [1 - 1] 1. FC Saarbrücken (tomorrow)

UEFA Women's Champions League, Round of 32, first leg:

Barcelona FA (Cyprus) 0 - 2 Glasgow City

SJFA West of Scotland Premiership: Largs Thistle [5 - 0] Renfrew

Away strips of the 2018-19 Championship: (top row) Alloa, Ayr United, Dundee United, Dunfermline, Falkirk; (bottom row) ICT, Morton, Partick, Queen of the South, Ross County.

Art Métro

Hector Guimard designed 141 Paris Métro stations in the Art Nouveau style, the most famous of which was at Place de la Bastille. It was demolished in 1962. Read.

To Firhill by Tram

Glasgow trams. Source.

Morton visit Partick Thistle. Morton are in second place, Partick seventh.

Morton are without manager Ray McKinnon who absconded to Falkirk yesterday. Chairman Crawford Rae issued a statement last night expressing a degree of pissedoffedness. Development squad coach John Sutton and youth director Derek Anderson will manage the team today.

Partick earned 9 points in the League Cup group stage and squeaked into the second round as the fourth-best runner-up. In Round Two they fell to Celtic. In Round One of the Challenge Cup they visited Stranraer and beat them 0 - 5. So far in league play Partick have a win and two losses. The win came at home.

Jai Quitongo signed with Partick yesterday at the close of the transfer window, ending that saga. That'll be a goal for them. [Except that he's not in the line-up today.]

Thomas O'Ware is out for the season with a knee injury requiring surgery.

The last time Morton visited Firhill Stadium was in the League Cup group stage in July. Partick won 2 - 1. The last time Morton visited Firhill Stadium in league action was April 10th, 2013. Partick won 1 - 0. The last time Morton won at Firhill Stadium was December 26th, 2012, 1 - 2.

Morton can finish the day as high as first or as low as sixth.

When was the last time Morton took 7 points in the first three league games of the season? 2007-08. Before that? 2006-07 and 2003-04. Did they ever earn 9 points in the first three games? In 2005-06. How come all these dates are in the 21st century? Because before 1994 a win was only worth 2 points.

Morton have scored in every match so far in 2018-19, counting 5 cup games and 3 league games. The only other Championship squad in the same boat is Ross County.

Today's Championship matches all pit a top-five team against a bottom-five team, which will test the notion that the Championship is a division where anyone can beat anyone else. If the bottom teams all win there will be a separation of four points between first and tenth place.

The other matches: Alloa (9th) [1 - 1] Dundee United (3rd)

Dunfermline (8th) [0 - 3] ICT (5th)

QoS (6th) [5 - 0] Ayr United (1st)

Queen of the South's record against Ayr United is 36W 15D 37L. They can even it up today! [They do. 4 goals for Dobbie.]

Ross County (4th) [2 - 0] Falkirk BOO (10th)

On Monday Falkirk's BOO Paul Hartley became the first Championship manager in 2018-19 to get the sack. Falkirk's BOO league record so far this season is 0 wins and 3 losses. When was the last time Falkirk BOO started with 0 points after three games? 2009-10, the last year they were relegated. Apparently Falkirk BOO tried to poach Ayr's manager Ian McCall earlier in the week, forcing Ayr to issue a statement assuring everyone that there was no tampering and besides he turned them down.

Ayr have issued another statement saying they plan to hold on to Lawrence Shankland till the end of the season. Which is wise because he can get them to the Premiership, where they haven't been since 1978.

[Partick 1 - 0 Morton. Several teams including Morton sat atop the standings during the afternoon, but Ross County prevailed in the end.]

It's the Second Preliminary Round of the 2018-19 Scottish Cup:

Girvan [0 - 1] Burntisland Shipyard

Auchinleck Talbot [10 - 0] Wigtown & Bladnoch

Bonnyrigg Rose [3 - 0] Shortlees

Shortlees AFC from Kilmarnock are winners of the 2017-18 Scottish Amateur Cup.

Preston [0 - 2] Linlithgow Rose

Beith [3 - 2] Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale

Newton Stewart [0 - 3] Coldstream

Linlithgow Rose in the Scottish Cup:

2017-18   PR2    Banks O'Dee 2 - 1 Linlithgow Rose

2016-17   PR2    Threave Rovers 1 - 2 Linlithgow Rose

                  R1    Selkirk 0 - 3 Linlithgow Rose

                  R2    Linlithgow Rose 0 - 3 Stirling Albion

2015-16     R1    Gala Fairydean Rovers 0 - 2 Linlithgow Rose

                  R2    Clachnacuddin 1 - 3 Linlithgow Rose

                  R3    Wick Academy 2 - 2 Linlithgow Rose

                           Linlithgow Rose 5 - 1 Wick Academy

                  R4    Linlithgow Rose 3 - 3 Forfar Athletic

                           Forfar Athletic 0 - 1 Linlithgow Rose

                  R5    Ross County 4 - 2 Linlithgow Rose

2014-15     R1    Fraserburgh 0 - 0 Linlithgow Rose

                           Linlithgow Rose 2 - 1 Fraserburgh

                  R2    Linlithgow Rose 5 - 1 Dalbeattie Star

                  R3    Linlithgow Rose 0 - 2 Raith Rovers

2013-14     R1    Linlithgow Rose 2 - 0 Nairn County

                  R2    Deveronvale 2 - 2 Linlithgow Rose

                           Linlithgow Rose 1 - 3 Deveronvale

2010-11     R1    Beith 2 - 0 Linlithgow Rose

2007-08     R1    Newton Stewart 0 - 6 Linlithgow Rose

                  R2    Linlithgow Rose 4 - 1 Spartans

                  R3    Linlithgow Rose 1 - 0 Dalbeattie Star

                  R4    Queen of the South 4 - 0 Linlithgow Rose

1928-29. Morton met Forfar Athletic at Cappielow and shut them out 4 - 0.

1951-52. League Cup Group 1:

Aug 29th:      Morton 5 - 2 Third Lanark

Sept 1st:       Morton 2 - 0 Celtic

Morton finished the group stage tied with Celtic in points but with a worse goal average. Morton were out of the League Cup.

Arthurlie vs Partick Thistle. These two met twice in the 1901-02 Scottish League Division Two. Thistle won both matches: 5 - 2 at Meadowside on the burgh of Partick; and 1 - 5 at the first Dunterlie Park in Barrhead.

Since 1994, when has the second tier included a club from Glasgow, Edinburgh or Dundee?

1994-95    Dundee

1995-96    Dundee, Dundee United

1996-97    Dundee, Partick

1997-98    Dundee, Partick

1998-99    Hibs

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02    Partick

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05    Partick

2005-06    Dundee

2006-07    Dundee, Partick

2007-08    Dundee, Partick

2008-09    Dundee, Partick

2009-10    Dundee, Partick

2010-11    Dundee, Partick

2011-12    Dundee, Partick

2012-13    Partick

2013-14    Dundee

2014-15    Hearts, Hibs, Rangers

2015-16    Hibs, Rangers

2016-17    Hibs, Dundee United

2017-18    Dundee United

2018-19    Dundee United, Partick

Hearts lead the Premiership right now. When have they won the top division? 1894-95, 1896-97, 1957-58, 1959-60.

Angus derby: Arbroath [2 - 2] Brechin

Which SPFL sides have not yet won in league play?

Motherwell, Dundee, Alloa, Falkirk BOO, East Fife, Stirling Albion, Albion Rovers.

Which have not lost?

Hearts, Hibs, Rangers, Aberdeen, Ayr, Morton, ICT, Arbroath, Raith, Peterhead, Annan, Elgin.

Selkirk have resigned from the Lowland League. The league board will meet Monday to work out the implications.

UEFA Europa League Playoff Round, second leg (midweek):

Celtic 3 - 0 Sūduva Marijampolė

Midtjylland 0 - 2 Malmö FF

Ufa 1 - 1 Rangers

Celtic, Rangers and Malmö all advance to the group stage. Celtic will appear in Group B along with Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Leipzig and Rosenborg. Rangers are in Group G with Villareal, Rapid Vienna, and Spartak Moscow. Malmö will play in Group I along with Besiktas, Genk and Sarpsborg.

AFC Champions League quarter-finals, first leg:

Kashima Antlers 2 - 0 Tianjin Quanjian

League of Ireland, First Division: Drogheda United [0 - 3] UCD

SWFL Division 1 South: Morton vs Queen's Park [Morton forfeit!]

Allsvenskan: IF Brommopojkarna [0 - 3] Malmö FF

J2: Mito HollyHock [1 - 1] Matsumoto Yamaga

Kantō Soccer League: Tochigi Uva [1 - 0] Tokyo 23 FC

Uva lead the league by a wide margin. Tokyo 23 are mid-table.

Blancdieu Hirosaki are atop the Tohoku league.

USL: New York Red Bulls II [1 - 0] Ottawa Fury

Danish 1st Division: Fredericia [3 - 1] Koge

Regionalliga Südwest: TSG Balingen [2 - 1] 1. FC Saarbrücken

Swiss Challenge League: Winterthur [1 - 1] Schaffhausen

SJFA West of Scotland Premiership: Largs Thistle [3 - 3] Cumnock

It's the 42nd Prime Minister Cup, the men's university soccer championship of Japan. Starting yesterday and going to September 9th, 24 teams are winnowed down to one over the course of five rounds. There are six teams from the Kantō league, four from the Kansai league, three from Tokai, three from Kyushu, two each from Hokushinetsu, Chugoku and Tohoku, and one each from Shikoku and Hokkaido. Eight teams have a bye into the second round: five of them are from Kantō and three from Kansai. You can follow it here.

Glasgow tram map 1938. Take the 11, 13, or 14 to Firhill. Source.

Hydro Corridors as Rail Lines

Hydroelectric transmission corridors provide potential routes for high-speed passenger rail between cities and for small local commuter train routes. Advantages: they already exist, they reach into cities, they're laid out in straight lines, and they bring their own electrical supply. Source.