Plenty of Nothing

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.)

Shonan Monorail Maintenance Cars

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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.