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Winnipeg General Strike

The Winnipeg General Strike began on this day in 1919. As in Barcelona, the first target was the tram cars. Source.

To Dunfermline by Tram

Dunfermline High Street. Source.

Morton visit Dunfermline. It's Week 35 and either team can still finish the season 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, or 10th.

In August I speculated that this might be the year a team with 40 points gets relegated. Morton have 40 points now.

Ross County won the division last night, and they did Morton a double favour by denying QoS any points and by rendering Morton's game against Dundee United next week meaningless to the Tangerines.

If Morton win today they are safe from relegation.

Other Championship matches:

Ayr United 0 - 1 Partick (April 23)

Ross County 4 - 0 Queen of the South (yesterday)

Alloa [1 - 2] ICT

Dundee United [2 - 0] Falkirk

Partick [1 - 2] Ayr United

[Morton win 0 - 1 and qualify for the 2019-20 Championship. Goal by Kiltie.]

How have Morton performed against Dunfermline in league play this century?

2018-19        2 draws, 1 loss so far.

2017-18        2 wins, 2 draws; 6 gf, 4 ga; 8 points.

2016-17        1 win, 3 losses; 4 gf, 7 ga; 3 points.

2014-15        4 wins; 10 gf, 2 ga; 12 points.

2012-13        2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss; 10 gf, 6 ga; 7 points.

2010-11        2 wins, 2 losses; 5 gf, 6 ga; 6 points.

2009-10        4 losses; 3 gf, 11 ga; 0 points.

2008-09        2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss; 5 gf, 4 ga; 7 points.

2007-08        2 wins, 2 losses; 4 gf, 3 ga, 6 points.

1928-29: Morton visited Queen of the South and beat them 3 - 2. It was Morton's ninth win in a row, and also the last game of the season. Morton finished second in Division Two, with 21 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, 85 goals for and 49 against, for 50 points. They and first-place Dundee United gained promotion.

Read a slightly outdated piece about former Morton goalkeeper Andy McNeil's coaching career in China. He's now with R&F (HK) FC.

Angus derby: Forfar [1 - 0] Montrose

Pyramid playoffs, first leg: East Kilbride [1 - 2] Cove Rangers

Longest current unbroken string of years by rivals in the same division:

75    Celtic/Aberdeen    (1945-46 on)

35    Celtic/Motherwell    (1985-86 on)

35    Aberdeen/Motherwell    (1985-86 on)

26    Celtic/Kilmarnock    (1993-94 on)

26    Aberdeen/Kilmarnock    (1993-94 on)

26    Motherwell/Kilmarnock    (1993-94 on)

11    Elgin/Annan    (2008-09 on)

11    Elgin/Berwick    (2008-09 on)

11    Berwick/Annan    (2008-09 on)

Which Premiership clubs were relegated to tier II this decade, after how long in the top league, and how long did they then stay out?

                                                 A            B

2018        Ross County            6             1

2018        Partick Thistle          5            1+

2017        Inverness CT           7             2+

2016        Dundee United       20            3+

2015        St Mirren                  9             3

2014        Hearts                     31            1

2014        Hibs                        15             3

2013        Dundee                    1             1

2012        Dunfermline             1             7+

2011        Hamilton                   3             3

2010        Falkirk                      5             9+

A = ended a run of how many years in the top tier; B = began a run of how many years out of the top tier; "+" means "or more"

East of Scotland League championship playoffs:

Penicuik Athletic [3 - 2] Broxburn Athletic

West of Scotland Premiership:

Largs Thistle vs Troon (April 24) [abandoned due to high winds]

Glenafton [1 - 1] Largs Thistle (today)

The Canadian Premier League starts today:

Forge FC [1 - 1] York 9

The commute from York 9's Alumni Field to Forge's ground Tim Horton Field in Hamilton is the shortest in the Canadian Premier League, at 80.6 km or 51 minutes driving time, according to Google Maps.

[York 9's Ryan Telfer scores the first ever CPL goal. He and Morton's Charlie Telfer are the only two people named Telfer I have ever heard of.]

Tomorrow it's Pacific FC [1 - 0] HFX Wanderers.

Pacific FC play at Westhills Stadium in Langford, a suburb of Victoria. Their team colours are a spin on that Nineties favourite, purple and teal. Their badge appears to be a picture of a metronome. It takes 8 1/2 hours to fly from Halifax to Victoria via Air Canada or WestJet.

Pacific FC's name is unfortunate because 1) it could apply to nearly any team in that hemisphere, and 2) it's already taken. There's a Pacific FC in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, in the Mexican third tier. It was founded a year before the Langford one so they have dibs. Somebody in CONCACAF should have noticed.

North American sport scores are usually reported with the home team second. I'm going to make sure to do the CanPL scores the European way, with the home team first.

The Wanderers' new mascot is a dog named Rover. [But not a real dog.]

[If HFX Wanderers' first home game had been today (Saturday, April 17) it would have been rained out.]

Abbreviations: Is it CPL, CanPL or CdnPL?

AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 4:

Group E: Kashima Antlers 0 - 1 Gyeongnam FC

Group F: Daegu FC 0 - 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Group G: Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 - 1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Group H: Kawasaki Frontale 2 - 2 Ulsan Hyundai

24th Fukushima Prefecture Football Championship:

Match No. 16: FC Primeiro [1 - 5] Fukushima University SC

Match No. 17: Bandits Iwaki [2 - 1] FFC Matsushita

Match No. 18: Eastern Japan Int'l University SC [3 - 0] Merry

Iwaki FC play a training match against Sendai University a.k.a. Sendaidai. [Iwaki 1 - 7 Sendaidai. What the?]

J-Village, a sports complex in Fukushima Prefecture, has reopened after serving for most of the decade as a staging area for Fukushima nuclear power plant cleanup operations. Story.

Danish 1st Division: Naestved [1 - 2] Fredericia (April 28)

Swiss Challenge League: Lausanne [4 - 1] Winterthur

Regionalliga Südwest: Mainz 05 II [3 - 1] 1. FC Saarbrücken

Footings for footie at Westhills Stadium in Langford. Source.

Old 56028

Engine No. 56028 of the Caledonian Railway at the Greenock Ladyburn Shed. Source.

Morton host Inverness Caledonian Thistle in a match postponed from April 13th due to ICT's involvement in the Scottish Cup semi-finals. Morton are seventh in the division, but only two points up on last place Partick. A win will restore them to sixth place. Inverness are fourth with 49 points and can guarantee themselves a place in the Premiership playoffs with a win.

You could divide the five clubs at the bottom of the Championship into two groups: those that are looking up (Alloa), and those that are looking down (Morton, QoS, Falkirk, Partick). Or those with four games left (Morton and Partick) and those with three (Alloa, QoS and Falkirk). Combine these factors and you get QoS and Falkirk getting demoted.

However, Morton have not won a game since Feb 26th, have not scored more than one goal in any game since Dec 29th, 2018, and have not beaten ICT since Feb 24th, 2018.

If Morton can cling to seventh place through to the end of the schedule it'll be a godsend, but Jonatan Johansson must be aware that finishing seventh was what got Jim Duffy fired last May.

[2 - 2. Morton goals scored by Lyon and Kiltie.]

How have Morton fared against ICT in league play over the years?

2018-19        1 draw, 2 losses so far.

2017-18        2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss; 4 gf, 4 ga; 7 points.

2009-10        4 losses; 1 gf, 10 ga; 0 points.

2000-01        1 win, 3 losses; 4 gf, 11 ga; 3 points.

1999-00        1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses; 8 gf, 10 ga; 4 points.

Matches at Cappielow April 2019:

April 1        Morton reserves 2 - 0 Dundee reserves

April 8        Morton reserves 0 - 0 Partick reserves

April 9        Morton 1 - 2 Alloa

April 16      Morton [2 - 2] Inverness CT

April 22      Morton reserves [2 - 2] Aberdeen reserves

When did each 2018-19 Premiership club most recently enter the top tier?

2018    Livingston

2018    St Mirren

2017    Hibs

2016    Rangers

2015    Hearts

2014    Dundee

2014    Hamilton 

2009    St Johnstone

1993    Kilmarnock

1985    Motherwell

1919    Aberdeen

1890    Celtic

What clubs are in the Lowland League, when did they join and from where?

2013    Dalbeattie Star                South of Scotland League

2013    East Kilbride                    new club

2013    Gretna 2008                    East of Scotland League

2013    Gala Fairydean Rovers   East of Scotland League

2013    Spartans                         East of Scotland League

2013    Stirling University            East of Scotland League

2013    Vale of Leithen                East of Scotland League

2013    Whitehill Welfare             East of Scotland League

2014    Edinburgh University       East of Scotland League

2014    BSC Glasgow                 new club   

2015    Cumbernauld Colts        Caledonian Amateur League

2016    East Stirlingshire            SPFL League Two

2016    Civil Service Strollers     East of Scotland League

2017    Edusport Academy         South of Scotland League

2018    Kelty Hearts                    East of Scotland League

In effect the whole East of Scotland Premier Division went off to form the Lowland League in 2013. The East of Scotland League was forced to downsize to a single division. But they were able to pass the pain on last summer by absorbing 25 clubs from the junior ranks.

Which Lowland League clubs use their own park and which ones groundshare?

Use their own park:

Civil Service Strollers -- Christie Gillies Park, Edinburgh (1,569)

Dalbeattie Star -- Islecroft Stadium, Dalbeattie (4,000)

East Kilbride -- K-Park, East Kilbride (660)

Edinburgh University -- East Peffermill, Edinburgh (1,100)

Gala Fairydean Rovers -- Netherdale, Galashiels (5,500)

Gretna 2008 -- Raydale Park, Gretna (3,000)

Kelty Hearts -- New Central Park, Kelty (3,000)

Selkirk -- Yarrow Park, Selkirk (1,000)

Spartans -- Ainslie Park, Edinburgh (though Edinburgh City groundshare it) (3,000)

Vale of Leithen -- Victoria Park, Innerleithen (1,500)

Whitehill Welfare -- Ferguson Park, Rosewell (4,000)

Groundshare:

BSC Glasgow -- Recreation Park (Alloa Athletic)

Cumbernauld Colts -- Broadview (Clyde FC)

East Stirlingshire -- Falkirk Stadium (Falkirk FC)

Edusport Academy -- Galabank (Annan Athletic)

Stirling University -- Forthbank (Stirling Albion)

CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield final:

Robinhood [1 - 0] Club Franciscain

HFX Wanderers ultimately did get in their friendly against FC Edmonton in the Dominican Republic and won 1 - 0, Akeem Garcia scoring.

J2 watch: After 9 games, Mito HollyHock are at the top of the table with 5 wins and 4 draws for 19 points, with 11 goals for and only 4 against.

Al Boraq

Morocco is building a high-speed rail network, with the initial Casablanca-Tangier route in service now. Watch it go. Source.

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.