Plenty of Nothing

Erindale College, 1973

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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.

Sōdai

Waseda University style, 1916. Source. Amidst the boaters you can see two guys wearing the trademark square Waseda cap.

Japan:

Waseda University [3 - 1] Juntendo University

At kickoff Juntendo are ninth with 7 points, Waseda twelfth and last with 4 points.

Mito HollyHock [1 - 0] Montedio Yamagata (tomorrow)

Montedio are fifth with 30 points, HollyHock fourteenth with 25.

Tohoku: Shichigahama SC [4 - 1] Bogolle.D.Tsugaru (tomorrow)

Shichigahama is a coastal town in Miyagi Prefecture, and was severely hammered by the 2011 tsunami. This is the club's first season in the Tohoku League Division 1.

Canada:

Cavalry [1 - 0] HFX Wanderers

At kickoff Cavalry are third with 14 points, Wanderers fifth with 11.

The Canadian Premier League has been without a commissioner for five months. Though apparently they don't need one because the whole show is run by an entity called Canadian Soccer Business. To quote CSB:

"Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) is an agency that represents a suite of top-tier national assets that are core to the new and burgeoning soccer economy in Canada. This includes representation for all corporate partnerships and media rights (broadcast and distribution) related to Canada Soccer’s core assets including its Men’s and Women’s national teams and the Canadian Championship, along with all rights associated with the Canadian Premier League – Canada’s Tier 1 domestic professional men’s soccer league that debuted coast-to-coast in April 2019." Source. See also.

League1 Ontario: Windsor TFC [6 - 0] North Mississauga (tomorrow)

Windsor TFC goes back to 2004, playing in the CPSL as Windsor Border Stars. They crossed over to League1 in 2014 and since 2016 they have been an academy for Toronto FC.

PLSQ: CS Mont-Royal Outremont [1 - 0] Royal-Sélect de Beauport (tomorrow)

L1BC: Victoria Highlanders [3 - 0] Altitude FC (tomorrow)

CSL: Scarborough SC [2 - 2] Serbian White Eagles (tomorrow)

Not to be confused with Scarborough FC, which is in England.

Scotland:

Add Gary Oliver and Gozie Ugwu to the list of Morton players who won't be back next season.

The Lowland League will operate in 2022-23 with sixteen teams plus three colt teams: Rangers, Celtic and Hearts.

While he was in Seville for the Champions League final Ian McCall tried to sign Lawrence Shankland for Partick Thistle, but failed. Source.

Will Sewell, who scored 41 goals in 19 appearances for Largs Thistle this season, has signed with Stenhousemuir.

Elsewhere:

Drogheda vs UCD (yesterday) (postponed due to international call-ups)

Video:

Enjoy a highlight package of goals by Furuhashi, Maeda and Hatate.

Recent results, Sōdai vs Jundai:

2021/10/30    Waseda 0 - 2 Juntendo

2020/10/20    Juntendo 0 - 3 Waseda

2019/10/5      Juntendo 2 - 2 Waseda

2019/8/4        Waseda 1 - 2 Juntendo

2018/12/17    Waseda 1 - 2 Juntendo

2018/11/17    Waseda 2 - 1 Juntendo

2018/6/2        Juntendo 1 - 2 Waseda

(Source: soccer-db.net)

Waseda style, 1882. Source.

Clune Park School

Following the demise of Port Glasgow Athletic their ground Clune Park was converted into a housing estate, which in its turn now awaits demolition. Here's what the school looked like in 2021. Source.

Morton host Inverness Caledonian Thistle. ICT are third with 53 points, Morton seventh with 40. This is the sixth meeting between these two in 2021-22. ICT have two wins against one for Morton in league play. Morton and ICT also played a Scottish Cup Round Three tie which Morton won in the replay.

Morton are 5 points up on both Ayr and Dunfermline and lead both on goal difference by 8 goals. If Ayr and Dunfermline win their remaining games and Morton lose theirs, Morton will finish ninth and go into the playoffs, probably against Queen's Park. If Ayr and Dunfermline win their remaining matches and Morton pick up only 1 point they will all end with 41 points, at which point Morton's superior though whittled-down goal difference will gain Morton safety. If either Ayr or Dunfermline lose or draw a game today or next week then Morton are safe. Morton, Raith Rovers and Cove Rangers are all in a position to join the 2022-23 Championship today.

Queen of the South are 6 points behind Ayr and Dunfermline, who are coincidentally QoS's last two opponents. If QoS beat them both, and Partick Thistle also beat them both, there will be a three-way 35-point tie at the bottom of the division and relegation will be decided by goal difference or maybe even on goals scored. QoS have beaten Ayr twice already this season.

When did Morton and ICT last meet in the Premiership? Inverness CT was founded seven years after Morton's last appearance in the Premier Division, so never.

Morton were the only SPFL club out of 42 to vote against introducing VAR to the league. VAR stands for the video assistant referee, an official who can make calls based on video replay. With VAR comes an assistant called the assistant video assistant referee or AVAR.

North Lanarkshire Council have kicked Clyde FC out of Broadwood Stadium after the club re-signed David Goodwillie. Clyde will groundshare with Hamilton Accies while they look for a place to play in Glasgow.

[Morton 0 - 1 Inverness CT. Morton lose, but a loss for Dunfermline and a draw for Ayr mean that Morton are safe from relegation.]

The other Championship matches:

Queen of the South 2 - 1 Inverness CT (April 19)

Kilmarnock (1st) 2 - 1 Arbroath (2nd) (last night)

Killie win the division.

Hamilton Academical (6th) [0 - 2] Raith Rovers (5th)

Partick Thistle (4th) [1 - 0] Dunfermline Athletic (9th)

Queen of the South (10th) [1 - 1] Ayr United (8th)

[QoS are relegated.]

Pyramid playoffs, first leg:

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic [3 - 1] Fraserburgh

Which teams have beaten Bonnyrigg Rose in 2021-22? Civil Service Strollers, Rangers B and Dalbeattie Star in Lowland League play, Alloa Athletic in the Scottish Cup, and Gala Fairydean Rovers in the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup.

Which teams beat Fraserburgh in 2021-22? Rothes and Buckie Thistle in the Highland League, Brora Rangers in the Highland League Cup, Banks O' Dee in the Aberdeenshire Cup, Sauchie Juniors in the Scottish Cup, and Cowdenbeath in the Challenge Cup.

[Fort William have dropped out of the pyramid playoffs at the bottom of the Highland League, with the result that they are relegated and Banks O' Dee are promoted.]

Other matches:

UCD 1 - 2 St. Patrick's Athletic (April 18)

Derry City 7 - 1 UCD (yesterday)

1.FC Saarbrücken [1 - 2] Verl

Mito HollyHock [3 - 2] Renofa Yamaguchi

Largs Thistle 8 - 1 Beith (April 20)

Largs have won by an 8 - 1 score both at home and away this season. Yet they're in 14th place.

Largs Thistle [1 - 0] Irvine Meadow

Pacific FC [2 - 1] HFX Wanderers

[Cory Bent scored for HFX Wanderers.]

João Morelli is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL.

Yverdon [2 - 2] Winterthur (tomorrow)

SWF Championship South: Morton [3 - 2] Rossvale (tomorrow)

WE League: Mynavi Sendai [1 - 0] Elfen Saitama (tomorrow)

Waseda University 0 - 1 Toyo University (tomorrow)

75th Aomori Soccer Championship semi-final (tomorrow):

ReinMeer Aomori [3 - 1] Blancdieu Hirosaki

72nd Iwate Soccer Championship semi-finals (tomorrow):

Morioka Zebra [1 - 0] Nippon Steel Kamaishi

Ganju Iwate [1 - 2] Fuji University

26th Miyagi Soccer Championship semi-final (tomorrow):

Cobaltore Onagawa [0 - 1] Sendai University

27th Fukushima Soccer Championship semi-finals (tomorrow):

Iwaki FC [5 - 1] Iwaki Furukawa FC

Fukushima United [2 - 0] East Japan International University

League1 Ontario starts this weekend. There are 22 teams playing a single robin robin (21 games each) from now till August. Let's follow North Mississauga FC, who play at Churchill Meadows in Erin Mills.

North Mississauga [0 - 1] St. Catharines Roma Wolves (last night)

North Mississauga started out as Streetsville Meadowvale SC in 1974, and took on the name North Mississauga FC in 1982. They joined League1 Ontario in 2015.

St. Catharines Wolves have been around since 1967. They joined the National Soccer League in 1977 and were champions in 1995 and 1997. In 1998 they joined the Canadian Professional Soccer league and were champions there in 1998 and 2001. They dropped out of the CSL when it was de-sanctioned in 2014, and reformed last year as a League1 Ontario team.

Historical matches:

April 22, 2000.    Clydebank played Airdrieonians to a scoreless draw at Broomfield. Morton lost to Falkirk 0 - 2 at Cappielow.

Since 1994, which clubs playing 36 games have earned fewer than 30 points and yet avoided relegation? And how did they do it?

22        Cowdenbeath (10th, 2017-18 League Two)    They won a playoff against Cove Rangers.

27        Alloa (9th, 2014-15 Championship)   They won playoffs against Brechin and Forfar.

29        Airdrieonians (9th, 1999-00 First Division)    9th was safe.

29        Stenhousemuir (9th, 2014-15 League One)   They won playoffs against East Fife and Queen's Park.

Since 1994, what have been the highest points totals not to earn promotion?

81        Falkirk (2002-03)    They finished top of the First Division but were denied promotion due to the state of their ground.

76        Berwick (2005-06)    They finished second in the Third Division but lost the playoff final.

76        Peterhead (2017-18)    They finished second in League Two but lost the playoff final.

75        Raith Rovers (2017-18)    They finish second in League One but lost in the playoff semi-finals.

University College Fire, 1890

University College, Toronto, burned down on February 14, 1890, but was rebuilt, largely retaining the original shell. Source.

Canterbury High School in Minecraft

Roam the halls here.

Inside Scarborough College

The Meeting Place at the University of Toronto at Scarborough, or possibly the hangar deck of Battlestar Galactica. Witold Rybczynski compares Scarborough College and Massey College here.

Lunenburg Academy

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Iwaki Meisei University Faculty of Nursing Anime

A young student enrols in the Iwaki Meisei University Faculty of Nursing and also makes friends in the Hawai'ian dance club. Watch.

Norm Eastman

The CBC has an article on the career of Norm Eastman, who did his art schooling at Mount Allison in the 1950s and went on to a career of illustrating men's magazines, specializing in semi-clad women with machine guns. This self-portrait is set in a dorm room in Trueman House, which looked just the same in the 1970s and indeed up until 2006.