Plenty of Nothing

Toronto Transit Diorama

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Ottawa Roundhouses

This CNR roundhouse was near the present-day Queensway's Nicholas Street turnoff. Source.

This CPR roundhouse was at Nepean Bay just to the west of Lebreton Flats. Source.

The remains of this turntable built in 1871 for the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway were uncovered just a little to the west of the CPR one. Source.

The Canadian Northern Railway had a roundhouse at 300 West Hunt Club Road. Source.

The Canadian Atlantic Railway had a roundhouse on Elgin Street. Source.

Tomoe School

A recreation of a railcar turned into a schoolroom, as described in Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's novel Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window, which you can see on display at the Chihiro Art Museum Azumino. Source.

Troon Train Station

Troon train station, opened in 1892, suffered the loss to fire of buildings on platform one in July 2021. Source.

Port Credit Railway Bridge

This bridge gives a strong impression of having been built upside down. Source.

Ottawa Train Station, 1967

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Largs Turntable

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Sydney Tram

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Voiture à Impériale

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The Nine Arches

The Nine Arches Bridge in Port Glasgow carried the Glasgow and South Western Railway across Devol Burn on the way to Princess Pier in Greenock. It was built in 1870 and demolished in 1970.  Source.

Morton visit New Douglas Park for an association football match with Hamilton Accies. Morton are sixth with 27 points and a -5 goal difference. Hamilton are seventh with 27 points and a -13 goal difference. Morton have not lost in league play since December 18th. Hamilton have not won since January 2nd. And to rub it in, Hamilton have not had a winning season since 2013-14. (See below.)

So far Morton have won 4 league games in calendar year 2022, versus 4 in all of 2021. (See below.) The Ton are presently on track to finish the season with 40 or 41 points. They can finish the day in sixth, seventh or eighth place. A win would allow them to start closing the 10-point gap between fifth and sixth place.

Dougie Imrie has been handed a six match ban for gambling on the football while he was a player. That should put him in the stands for today's match, plus the ones against Partick Thistle (Feb 22), Arbroath (Feb 26), Queen of the South (March 5), Partick again (March 12) and Dunfermline (March 19).

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

[Hamilton 1 - 0 Morton.]

The other Championship matches:

Dunfermline (9th) vs Partick Thistle (5th) (last night) (postponed -- pitch)

Inverness CT (3rd) [1 - 2] Ayr United (8th)

Killie (2nd) [3 - 0] Raith Rovers (4th)

QoS (10th) [0 - 0] Arbroath (1st)

Queen of the South sacked their manager following the Morton game last weekend. They cannot escape the cellar today but they have the opportunity to knock Arbroath out of first place if they win and Killie beat Raith Rovers.

Mark McGhee is in as Dundee manager. He played for Morton in the Seventies.

Hamilton Academical's last ten winning seasons:

2013-14        36    19    10      7    68    41    +27    67    2nd, Championship

2012-13        36    14      9    13    52    45      +7    51    5th, First Division

2007-08        36    23      7      6    62    27    +35    76    1st, First Division

2006-07        36    14    11    11    46    47       -1    53    4th, First Division

2005-06        36    15    14      7    53    39    +14    59    3rd, First Division

2003-04        36    18      8    10    70    47    +23    62    2nd, Second Division

2000-01        36    22    10      4    75    41    +34    76    1st, Third Division

1996-97        36    22      8      6    75    28    +47    74    2nd, Second Division

1993-94        44    19    12    13    66    54    +12    50    4th, Division One

1992-93        44    19    12    13    65    45    +20    50    5th, Division One

Number of league wins per calendar year, Morton, the past decade:

2021          4

2020          8

2019        11

2018        12

2017        13

2016        12

2015        18

2014        14

2013        12

2012        14

Other matches:

Thun 2 - 4 Winterthur (yesterday)

Clachnacuddin vs Formartine United (postponed -- pitch)

1.FC Saarbrücken [0 - 1] Viktoria Koln

Cercle Brugge KSV [2 - 0] Beerschot

SWF Championship South: Gartcairn [5 - 1] Morton (tomorrow)

Starting next season the top two women's divisions will be run as part of the SPFL. Morton are in the third tier which will remain under the SWF.

Stafford Town [1 - 5] FC Isle of Man

St Roch's vs Largs Thistle (West of Scotland Cup) [postponed]

J1 and J2 start this weekend. This video explains every J League team name.

Oita Trinita vs Mito HollyHock [postponed -- Covid at Trinita]

I plan to follow Waseda University of the Kanto university football league this season. Last Sunday they played a training match against Cerveza FC and won 3 - 1. Tomorrow it's another training match, this time against Mitsubishi Yowa SC of the Kanto League Division 2. [Waseda University 1 - 0 Mitsubishi Yowa.]

The League of Ireland starts this weekend. UCD are back in the Premier Division, so we pretty much have to follow them.

Shamrock Rovers 3 - 0 UCD (yesterday)

Which clubs are in the League of Ireland Premier Division, and when did they most recently join the top division?

2022    UCD

2022    Shelbourne

2021    Drogheda United

2019    Finn Harps

2011    Derry City

2009    Dundalk

2007    Shamrock Rovers

2006    Sligo Rovers

1951    St Patrick's Athletic

1921    Bohemians

2021-22 Aberdeenshire Shield final (February 16):

Huntly 3 - 3 Banks O' Dee    (Banks O' Dee win on PK.)

2021-22 Europa League knock-out round play-off, first leg (February 17):

Borussia Dortmund 2 - 4 Rangers

2021-22 Europa Conference League knock-out round play-off, first leg (February 17):

Celtic 1 - 3 Bodø/Glimt

2022 Concacaf Champions League, Round of 16, first leg:

Santos Laguna 1 - 0 CF Montreal (February 15)

Forge FC 0 - 1 Cruz Azul (February 16)

Forge FC versus the world:

2019/8/1        Forge 2 - 1 Antigua GFC

2019/8/8        Antigua GFC 0 - 0 Forge

2019/8/22      Forge 1 - 0 Olimpia

2019/8/29      Olimpia 4 - 1 Forge

2020/10/22    Municipal Limeño 1 - 2 Forge

2020/11/3      Tauro 1 - 2 Forge

2020/12/1      Arcahaie 1 - 1 Forge (Arcahaie won on PK.)

2021/8/12      Forge 3 - 2 CD FAS

2021/8/17      CD FAS 2 - 2 Forge

2021/9/21      Forge 0 - 0 Independiente

2021/9/28      Independiente 0 - 2 Forge

2021/10/20    Santos de Guápiles 3 - 1 Forge

2021/11/2      Forge 3 - 0 Santos de Guápiles

2021/11/24    Forge 2 - 2 Motagua

2021/12/1      Motagua 0 - 0 Forge

2022/2/16      Forge FC 0 - 1 Cruz Azul

Concacaf Champions League matches played in Canada in February, against all reason:

2022/2/22      CF Montreal [3 - 1] Santos Laguna

2022/2/16      Forge FC 0 - 1 Cruz Azul

2020/2/26      Montreal Impact 0 - 0 Saprissa

2019/2/26      Toronto FC 1 - 1 Independiente

2018/2/27      Toronto FC 0 - 0 Colorado Rapids

2009/2/25      Montreal Impact 2 - 0 Santos Laguna

Canadian Premier League

HFX Wanderers have signed Canadian midfielder Mohamed Omar from Notre Dame.

1999-2000

February 19, 2000.    Scottish Cup, Round Four. Morton hosted Rangers and lost 0 - 1. Clydebank visited Hibs and played them to a 1 - 1 draw.

Greenock Morton results for 1884-85:

1885/6/6        Morton 2 - 3 Port Glasgow (abandoned)    Greenock Charity Cup final replay

1885/5/30      Morton 0 - 0 Port Glasgow    Greenock Charity Cup final

1885/5/14      Morton 10 - 2 Greenock Rangers    Greenock Charity Cup SF

1885/4/25      Morton 5 - 2 Northern        Greenock Charity Cup R1

1885/4/11      Morton 2 - 2 Thornliebank          friendly

1885/3/28      Morton 0 - 4 Hibs                        friendly

1885/3/21      Port Glasgow 2 - 1 Morton    Renfrewshire Cup final

1885/3/7        Arthurlie 3 - 2 Morton    Renfrewshire Cup SF replay (check this)

1885/2/21      Arthurlie 1 - 1 Morton        Renfrewshire Cup SF replay

1885/2/14      Morton 2 - 2 Arthurlie        Renfrewshire Cup SF replay

1885/2/7        Morton 2 - 2 Arthurlie (protested)    Renfrewshire Cup SF

1885/1/31      Morton 6 - 4 Olympic (Paisley)    friendly

1884/12/20    St Mirren 3 - 4 Morton        Renfrewshire Cup R3

1884/12/6      Hibs 4 - 0 Morton                Scottish Cup R5

1884/11/22    Clippens 0 - 1 Morton        Renfrewshire Cup R2

1884/11/15    Wishaw Swifts 1 - 2 Morton    Scottish Cup R4

1884/11/1      Morton 6 - 1 Cartvale        Renfrewshire Cup R1

1884/10/25    Morton 5 - 0 Southern            Scottish Cup R3

1884/10/18    Towerhill 6 - 1 Morton?

1884/10/4      Morton 2 - 3 Clyde                    friendly

1884/10/4      bye                                        Scottish Cup R2

1884/9/27      Abercorn 2 - 2 Morton (both qualified)    Scottish Cup R1 replay

1884/9/20      Abercorn 3 - 4 Morton (protested)    Scottish Cup R1 replay

1884/9/13      Morton 2 - 2 Abercorn        Scottish Cup R1

1884/8/30      Morton ? - 1 Royal Scots Greys

1884/8/9        Queen's Park strollers 1st,  Dumbarton strollers 2nd, Clyde 3rd      Morton FC Sports

1884/7/19      "Abercorn (No. 2) beat Morton by a goal and a touch to a goal"    (four a side)    St Mirren FC Sports

This was the first year for the Greenock and District Charity Cup, which continued until 1893-94.

(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup and the Greenock and District Charity Cup; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)