Plenty of Nothing

Guest of Honour

Guest of honour Juliette Béliveau boards the métro de Montréal on the first day of service, October 14, 1966. Source.

To Rugby Park by Tram

The Kilmarnock Corporation Tramways ran from 1904 to 1926, with stops in 1907, 1911, 1915 and 1923. Source.

Morton return to Rugby Park where they played Kilmarnock in the League Cup group stage in July. The match ended in a 1 - 1 draw before Morton surrendered the extra point in the shootout.

Presently Kilmarnock are third in the Championship with 9 points and a +4 goal difference. Morton are seventh with 4 points and a -3 gd. Killie have allowed only 1 goal in league play, whereas Morton have admitted 8.

This is Morton's first league match at Rugby Park since 1993. Morton's last league win at Rugby Park was January 11th, 1992.

Morton's most lopsided win against Kilmarnock came on August 21st, 1920 when they beat them 9 - 2 at Cappielow. Kilmarnock's most lopsided win against Morton was a 7 - 2 win at Rugby Park on February 15th, 1930.

Both teams won in the Challenge Cup Round Two last weekend, by identical 3 - 1 scores. Killie knocked Falkirk out, and Morton eliminated Celtic B.

[Kilmarnock 1 - 0 Morton.]

Other Championship matches:

Inverness CT (1st) [3 - 1] Partick Thistle (2nd)

This is the second matchday in a row in which first- and second-place teams have met. In week four ICT knocked Killie out of first place. ICT enter today's game as the only SPFL team with a perfect record: four 1 - 0 victories. They have not been scored on since July 25th, in the League Cup group stage.

Arbroath (4th) [4 - 0] Hamilton (6th)*

Raith Rovers (5th) [0 - 1] Queen of the South (8th)*

*Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup Round Two matches

Ayr United 0 - 2 Raith Rovers (September 7)

Ayr United (9th) [3 - 1] Dunfermline Athletic (10th)

Ayr United have dumped manager David Hopkin. Jim Duffy will manage the team for today's match.

Other matches:

East Kilbride [3 - 0] The Spartans

Clachnacuddin [2 - 0] Deveronvale

UCD 5 - 2 Cabinteely (last night)

J2: Mito HollyHock [0 - 3] Blaublitz Akita

JFL: Sony Sendai 1 - 2 FC Kariya (tomorrow) [Upset]

Faroes: 07 Vestur Sorvagur [2 - 2] B36 (tomorrow)

Winterthur [2 - 1] Xamax

[After six games Winterthur are in first place.]

Pohang Steelers 1 - 2 Daegu (yesterday)

Tohoku Div 1: Cobaltore Onagawa vs Dogizaka (tomorrow)

Tohoku Div 2N: Gonohe vs Hokuto Bank (tomorrow)

The Tohoku League Divisions 1 and 2 have been called to a halt due to Covid, and though there have not been enough games played to crown a champion Cobaltore Onagawa as Division 1 leader have been chosen to represent Tohoku in the Regional Champions League in November.

Japan has withdrawn as 2021 FIFA Club World Cup host due to Covid.

TPS 3 - 0 MuSa (yesterday)

After 20 games (of 22) TPS hold second place. If they can hang on they'll go into a promotion playoff.

Viktoria Koln  0 - 0  1.FC Saarbrücken

The Strongest [1 - 1] Independiente Petrolero (tomorrow)

HFX Wanderers 3 - 3 York United (September 6)

Atlético Ottawa [1 - 2] HFX Wanderers (today) [Two for Morelli.]

Wanderers have signed striker Mamadi Camara and midfielder Alejandro Portal.

SWF Championship South: Morton [4 - 0] Gleniffer Thistle (tomorrow)

The WE League begins, Japan's first fully professional women's soccer league. This is a winter league, which is unusual in Japanese football.

Elfen Saitama [0 - 3] Sanfrecce Hiroshima (tomorrow)

Aberdeenshire Cup semi-final (September 8):

Formartine United 3 - 0 Deveronvale

South Challenge Cup Round One

There are 161 teams in this cup, broken down into four regional groups. I'll follow the North-West Zone, which includes Largs Thistle and Greenock Juniors. Today it's:

Maryhill [1 - 2] Arthurlie

Kilbirnie Ladeside [9 - 0] Ardeer Thistle

St Roch's [1 - 2] Largs Thistle

Glenvale [0 - 5] Petershill

Ashfield [4 - 6] Greenock

Glasgow United [4 - 1] Dalry Thistle

Kilwinning Rangers [7 - 0] Androssan Winton Rovers

Beith Juniors [2 - 1] Neilston

24 clubs in the North-West have a bye to Round Two.

1999-2000

September 11, 1999.    Morton beat Raith Rovers 2 - 0 at Cappielow. Goals by Paddy Connolly and Keith Wright. Attendance 970. Clydebank were away to Inverness where they lost 1 - 0.

Cambuslang FC results for 1890-91:

1891/5/2        Cambuslang 2 - 0 Hearts                  SFL

1891/4/25      Vale of Leven 2 - 1 Cambuslang         SFL

1891/4/18      Cowlairs 1 - 1 Cambuslang              friendly?

1891/4/11      Cambuslang 4 - 5 Abercorn                SFL

1891/4/4        Third Lanark 1 - 2 Cambuslang         SFL

1891/3/28      St Mirren 2 - 3 Cambuslang               SFL

1891/3/21      Cambuslang 2 - 2 Dumbarton             SFL

1891/3/7        Cambuslang 3 - 1 Celtic                    SFL

1891/2/28      Cambuslang 2 - 2 Third Lanark           SFL

1891/2/21      Rangers 2 - 1 Cambuslang                 SFL

1891/2/14      Hearts 2 - 2 Cambuslang                    SFL

1891/1/24      Dumbarton 5 - 0 Cambuslang             SFL

1891/1/17      Cambuslang 4 - 0 Cowlairs                SFL

1890/12/20    Cowlairs 1 - 2 Cambuslang                SFL

1890/12/13    Third Lanark 4 - 3 Cambuslang    Glasgow Cup SF

1890/12/6      Abercorn 2 - 5 Cambuslang                SFL

1890/11/15    Cambuslang 2 - 1 Wanderers    Glasgow Cup R3

1890/11/8      Cambuslang 4 - 1 Wanderers (protested)    Glasgow Cup R3

1890/11/1      Wanderers 1 - 1 Cambuslang     Glasgow Cup R3

1890/10/18    Cambuslang 1 - 2 St Mirren              friendly

1890/10/11    Airdrieonians 4 - 4 Cambuslang        friendly

1890/9/27      Beith 2 - 4 Cambuslang               Scottish Cup R2

1890/9/20      Clyde 1 - 2 Cambuslang                   benefit

1890/9/13      Cambuslang 3 - 2 St Mirren               SFL

1890/9/6        Cambuslang 3 - 1 Wanderers    Scottish Cup R1

1890/8/30      Celtic 5 - 2 Cambuslang                      SFL

1890/8/23      Cambuslang 2 - 6 Rangers                 SFL

1890/8/16      Cambuslang 8 - 2 Vale of Leven        SFL

(Sources: Fitbastats for most SFL matches; SFHA for the Glasgow Cup; Wikipedia for the Scottish Cup; the Glasgow Herald for some SFL matches, and friendlies)

Old Spring Garden Road

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Tram 28

To ride Tram 28 through the streets of Lisbon after dark, board here.

To Cappielow by Tram

The Greenock and Port Glasgow Tramway was started in 1873, was electrified in 1901, and continued until 1929, connecting Gourock to Port Glasgow. Source.

Morton host Inverness Caledonian Thistle in a match bumped from April 3rd due to the Scottish Cup. ICT hold fifth place, Morton are eighth. By coincidence Morton and ICT are the only two Championship clubs left in the cup.

ICT have won five in a row, league and cup. Morton have three wins and two loses in their last five.

Morton have a win and a draw from their two earlier league matches against Inverness.

Also tonight: Ayr United (7th) [0 - 3] Dundee (3rd).

Morton finished 2019-20 with these numbers:

G     W     D     L      F      A    GD    P

28    10     6    12    45    52    -7    36

Coming into today's game they have:

22      6     7      9    19    27    -8    25

Their record at home is:

11      4     3      4    12    13    -1    15

To equal last season's point total Morton need 3 wins and 2 draws, a tall order. To equal their 2019-20 goals scored they must average 5.2 goals per game from here on. Morton have not scored more than 3 goals in any match this season.

After Saturday's loss to Arbroath Alloa seem destined for tenth place, leaving Ayr United, Morton and Arbroath in a three-way race to evade ninth.

Morton's opponents in their remaining league games are ICT (today), Dundee, Hearts, Alloa, Arbroath.

Ayr have Dundee (today), Dunfermline, Arbroath, QoS and Inverness CT.

Arbroath have Raith, Ayr, Dunfermline and Morton.

Alloa have Hearts, Raith, Morton and Dunfermline.

I was going to work out all the permutations and combinations, but they've already done a good job of it here. Just bear in mind that everyone in the forum expects their own team to lose.

[Morton 1 - 4 ICT. Morton's goal was by Muirhead.]

Elsewhere:

Clyde [1 - 1] Cove Rangers

Swiss Cup QF: Aarau [3 - 0] Winterthur

Pohang Steelers [1 - 3] Jeonbuk

Developments:

HFX Wanderers have released Daniel Kinumbe and Ibra Sinoh.

League matches in which Morton beat the top team in their division, 1990s:

1990/11/17    Morton 1 - 0 Airdrieonians    (Division One)

1991/9/6        Morton 3 - 0 Dundee    (Division One)

1991/10/12    Partick Thistle 3 - 4 Morton    (Division One)

1991/10/26    Dundee 0 - 1 Morton    (Division One)

1995/2/25      Morton 1 - 0 Stenhousemuir    (Second Division)

1995/9/23      Morton 2 - 0 Dunfermline    (First Division)

1995/11/25    Dunfermline 0 - 2 Morton    (First Division)

1997/11/22    Dundee 0 - 1 Morton    (First Division)

Most consecutive 1 - 0 results involving Morton:

Four:

1972/2/5        Morton 1 - 0 Cowdenbeath

1972/2/19      Aberdeen 1 - 0 Morton

1972/2/26      Aberdeen 1 - 0 Morton

1972/3/4        St Johnstone 1 - 0 Morton

Four:

1981/1/31      Morton 1 - 0 Kilmarnock

1981/2/7        Aberdeen 0 - 1 Morton

1981/2/14      Morton 1 - 0 Aberdeen

1981/2/21      Dundee United 1 - 0 Morton

Four:

1998/5/9        Morton 1 - 0 Stirling Albion

1998/8/4        Morton 0 - 1 Hibs

1998/8/8        Morton 0 - 1 Ross County

1998/8/15      Ayr United 1 - 0 Morton

CN 3502

During the ice storm of 1998 the city of Boucherville arranged with CN to derail locomotive 3502 and drive it down the street to city hall where it was hooked up and used as a portable generator. Source.

Snaefell Mountain Railway

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Union Station, Toronto, 1916

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John Betjeman at St Pancras Station

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Corners of France: Hendaye

See here for images of Hendaye's urban tramway.