Plenty of Nothing

So Oder So ... Du Hast die Wahl

The All-German People's Party (Gesamtdeutche Volkspartie, or GVP) contested the 1953 West German election on a platform opposed to re-armament. Their campaign poster presented a stark choice: war or association football. So, which clubs did the GVP politicians support? See below.

Morton (6th) host Arbroath (10th).

Arbroath are in their fourth straight season in the Championship. If they can avoid relegation this year they'll equal Dumbarton's best run by a wee club in the Championship. However, after six games they are without a win.

Arbroath's Nicky Low has been loaned out to Kelty Hearts. Morton were after him, and the Greenock native has always wanted to play for his home team, but it was not in the interests of Arbroath to place him with a Championship rival. Instead Morton have signed midfielder Liam Grimshaw, formerly of Motherwell, Preston North End and Chesterfield.

Arbroath are managed by Dick Campbell who has been in the job since 2016.

Rather than schedule all of September 10th's postponed matches on a single midweek date, the SPFL is scattering them across the month of October.

[Morton 1 - 2 Arbroath. Goal by McGrattan.]

The other Championship matches:

Dundee (3rd) [2 - 3] Inverness CT (5th)

Hamilton Accies (7th) [0 - 2] Queen's Park (4th)

Partick Thistle (2nd) [2 - 2] Cove Rangers (9th)

Raith Rovers (8th) [3 - 2] Ayr United (1st)

It's the Scottish Cup Round One.

The early rounds of the Scottish Cup have changed significantly over the past few years. An influx of former junior clubs has swamped the oddball collection of SFA members who used to treat this part of the tournament as their moment in the spotlight. In 2018 there were 19 teams in the cup prior to the entry of the Highland and Lowland leagues. This year there were 50. Covid measures forced the powers that be to experiment with doing away with replays and it turns out they like the change. So no more squeaking out a draw at home and getting an away trip to a big stadium in every round.

Some of the matches:

Pollok 6 - 0 Huntley (yesterday)

Syngenta 2 - 4 Auchinleck Talbot (yesterday)

Benburb [4 - 2] Dundonald Bluebell

Clydebank [1 - 3] The Spartans

Darvel [8 - 0] Tynecastle

Forres Mechanics [2 - 3] Glasgow University

Gala Fairydean Rovers [1 - 4] Sauchie

Keith [1 - 2] Cumnock

Kilwinning Rangers [4 - 2] Tranent

Other matches:

Dumbarton [1 - 0] Bonnyrigg Rose

Hurlford [2 - 2] Largs Thistle

Renfrew [3 - 1] Morton Women (tomorrow)

Bury AFC 4 - 0 FC Isle of Man (September 13)

FC Isle of Man [0 - 3] Prestwick Heys

Mito HollyHock 0 - 1 V-Varen Nagasaki (September 14)

Albirex Niigata [2 - 0] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)

Ganju Iwate [2 - 1] Bogolle.D.Tsugaru (tomorrow)

Arterivo Wakayama have won the Kansai league.

WE League Cup: Elfen Saitama [0 - 1] Nagano Parceiro (Monday)

York United 0 - 0 HFX Wanderers (yesterday)

Wanderers cannot finish in first, second or eighth place.

PLSQ: CS Lanaudière-Nord [1 - 0] Royal-Sélect de Beauport

Royal-Sélect de Beauport are keen to get a CPL team for Quebec City. Source.

Jong AZ 2 - 3 PEC Zwolle (September 12)

PEC Zwolle 1 - 2 ADO Den Haag (yesterday)

FAI Cup QF (yesterday)

Treaty United 4 - 1 UCD

Swiss Cup Round Two:

Meyrin FC [0 - 4] FC Winterthur

UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 2:

Rangers 0 - 3 Napoli (September 14)

Shakhtar Donetsk 1 - 1 Celtic (September 14)

UEFA Europa League group stage, matchday 2:

Real Sociedad 2 - 1 Omonia (September 15)

UEFA Europa Conference group stage, matchday 2:

RFS 0 - 2 Hearts (September 15)

Gent 3 - 0 Shamrock Rovers (September 15)

Scottish wins in Europe so far this season:

2022/8/4        Dundee United 1 - 0 AZ

2022/8/9        Rangers 3 - 0 Union Saint-Gilloise

2022/8/24      PSV 0 - 1 Rangers

2022/9/15      RFS 0 - 2 Hearts

Historical matches:

September 14, 1966    Morton 3 - 1 Aberdeen

This was the first leg of the League Cup quarter-finals.

September 17, 1966    Morton 4 - 0 East Stirlingshire

This was a league match.

September 14, 1977    Morton 4 - 2 Stirling Albion

Goals by McGhee, Goldthorp and Ritchie (2).

September 17, 1977    Morton 1 - 0 East Fife

Goal by McGhee.

GVP politicians' conjectural favourite Fußball clubs:

Thea Arnold (1882-1966), party founder. Born in Fulda, Hesse. Borussia Fulda.

Hermann Etzel (1882-1978), party founder. Born in Bamberg, Bavaria. 1.FC Bamberg.

Gustav Heinemann (1899-1976), party founder. Born in Schwelm, North Rhine-Westphalia. Mayor of Essen. President of West Germany (1969-1974). FC Schwelm 06.

Robert Scholl (1891-1973), party founder. Born in Mainhardt, Baden-Württemberg. Mayor of Ingersheim, Forchtenberg and Ulm. VfL Mainhardt.

Helene Wessel (1898-1969), party founder. Born in Hörde, a quarter of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Hörder SC.

Hans Bodensteiner (1912-1995), party founder. Born in Moosbach, Bavaria. SV Moosbach.

Diether Posser (1922-2010), party founder. Born in Essen. Rot-Weiss Essen.

Erhard Eppler (1926-2019), born in Ulm. SSV Ulm 1846.

Johannes Rau (1931-2006). Mayor of Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, President of Germany (1999-2006). Wuppertaler SV.

Jürgen Schmude, born in 1936 in Insterburg, East Prussia, he represented Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia. PSV Wesel-Lackhausen 1928.

Port Glasgow Athletic 1884-85:

1885/6/6        Morton 2 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic (abandoned)    G&DCCup final

1885/5/30      Morton 0 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic    G&DCCup final

1885/5/26      Port Glasgow Athletic W - L Southern    G&DCCup SF

1885/5/9        Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 3 Hibs

1885/5/2        Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 2 Greenock Northern

1885/4/25      Northern 1 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    Played at Hyde Park.

1885/4/18      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 3 Thornliebank

1885/4/11      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 0 Harp (Dundee)

1885/3/28      Third Lanark 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/3/21      Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 1 Morton    RCup final

1885/3/14      Port Glasgow Athletic 9 - 1 Airdrieonians

1885/3/7        Hearts 3 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/2/28      Port Glasgow Athletic 7 - 3 Southern (Greenock)

1885/2/21      Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 0 Paisley Olympic    RCup SF replay

1885/2/14      Paisley Olympic 2 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup SF

1885/2/7        Thistle 7 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic

1885/1/31      Port Glasgow Athletic 8 - 1 Pilgrims (Glasgow)

1885/1/24      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 3 Dumbarton

1885/1/17      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 2 Renfrew

1885/1/10      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 3 2nd Partick Thistle

1885/1/3        Port Glasgow Athletic W - L Tyne

1884/12/27    Port Glasgow Athletic 10 - 3 Neilston    RCup R3

1884/12/20    Northern (Greenock) 3 - 5 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/12/13    Kilmarnock 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    2nd XI Cup R3 replay

1884/12/13    Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 2 Thistle (Glasgow)

1884/12/6      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 3 Airdrieonians

1884/11/29    Port Glasgow Athletic 5 - 0 Clyde

1884/11/22    Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 4 Kilmarnock    2nd XI Cup R3

1884/11/22    Mearns Athletic 0 - 12 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup R2

1884/11/15    Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 6 Queen's Park

1884/11/1      Johnstone 2 - 4 Port Glasgow Athletic    RCup R1

1884/10/25    Port Glasgow Athletic 7 - 2 Arthurlie    2nd XI Cup R2

1884/10/25    Thornliebank 2 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    SCup R2 replay

1884/10/18    Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Thornliebank    SCup R2 replay

1884/10/11    Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 3 Abercorn

1884/10/4      Thornliebank 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic (protested)    SCup R2

1884/9/27      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 Partick Thistle

1884/9/20      Clyde 3 - 0 Port Glasgow 3rd XI

1884/9/20      Pollokshields Athletic 2 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/9/13      Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 1 1st Renfrewshire RV    SCup R1

1884/9/6        2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 4 2nd Abercorn

1884/9/6        Abercorn 0 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/8/30      2nd Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 4 2nd Kilmacolm*

1884/8/30      Kilmarnock 2 - 2 Port Glasgow Athletic

1884/8/23      Port Glasgow Athletic 1 - 1 Hearts

*Likely Kilmarnock.

G&DCCup = Greenock and District Charity Cup

RCup = Renfrewshire Cup

SCup = Scottish Cup

(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; Scottish Football Historical Archive for the Renfrewshire Cup, Greenock and District Charity Cup, and 2nd XI Cup; Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)

Fort George

Fort George was built to control the sea approaches to Inverness. It has been garrisoned since the 18th Century but is due to be decommissioned in 2032, because the Highland rebellions are over. Source.

Morton (7th) visit Inverness Caledonian Thistle (6th). Both teams have 5 points and identical records of 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. Both have a 0 goal difference. ICT have scored 6 and allowed 6. Morton have scored 3 and allowed 3, which makes the Ton the best defensive squad in the Championship and joint-worst at scoring.

Last season ICT won three out of four league matches against Morton, but the Ton knocked them out of the Scottish Cup.

ICT are managed by Billy Dodds who has been in the job since June 2021.

Dougie Imrie has signed a contract extension.

The Championship has had four different clubs in first place so far this season: Cove Rangers, Partick Thistle, Dundee and Ayr United.

For the first time this season Morton can finish the day neither top nor bottom of the table.

Celtic and Dumbarton are the only SPFL clubs with 12 points after four games. It’s the Sons’ best start since 1959. (But Rangers B beat them 7 - 0 in the Challenge Cup on Tuesday.)

Gozie Ugwu has signed with Jeddah Club of the Saudi Arabian second tier.

[Morton win 0 - 1. Goal by Gillespie.]

Other Championship matches:

Ayr United (1st) 3 - 1 Dundee (3rd) (last night)    Amazing.

Hamilton Accies (8th) [1 - 0] Arbroath (10th)

Queen's Park (4th) [2 - 1] Cove Rangers (9th)

Partick Thistle (2nd) [2 - 1] Raith Rovers (5th)*

*This is a Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup Round Two match.

It’s the Scottish Cup preliminary round. 48 clubs play today, including several that have never been in it before. The total number of clubs in this year’s cup is 126, the most since 1890-91. In a break with tradition this will be the only round in this year’s cup in which draws are decided by replays. Let’s look at:

Auchinleck Talbot [7 - 0] Coldstream

Burntisland Shipyard [1 - 5] Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale

Clydebank [4 - 1] Bonnyton Thistle

Haddington Athletic [1 - 3] Darvel

Irvine Meadow [1 - 1] Hill of Beath Hawthorn

Penicuik [0 - 1] Musselburgh

Pollok [6 - 0] Girvan

Rutherglen Glencairn [2 - 2] Kilwinning Rangers

Tower Hearts [scr/wo] Cumnock Juniors

Scottish Amateur Cup winners in the Scottish Cup:

2016/8/13      PR1    Edusport Academy 2 - 2 Colville Park

2016/8/20      PR1    Colville Park 1 - 0 Edusport Academy

2016/9/3        PR2    Colville Park 0 - 1 Girvan

2017/8/12      PR1    Burntisland Shipyard 0 - 7 Colville Park

2017/9/2        PR2    Colville Park 5 - 0 Preston Athletic

2017/9/23      R1      Colville Park 2 - 1 Cumbernauld Colts

2017/10/14    R2      Peterhead 9 - 0 Colville Park

2018/8/12      PR1    Tynecastle 0 - 2 Shortlees

2018/9/1        PR2    Bonnyrigg Rose 3 - 0 Shortlees

2019/8/18      PR1    Colville Park 0 - 4 Whitehill Welfare

2022/8/27      PR      Tower Hearts [scr/wo] Cumnock Juniors

Scottish Junior Cup, Round One:

Let's follow the WoSFL Premier Division teams, plus Greenock Juniors. Clubs that are also in the Scottish Cup get a bye to the second round.

Arthurlie [10 - 1] Harthill Royal

Coupar Angus [0 - 8] Beith

Craigmark Burtonians [2 - 2] Largs Thistle [Burtonians win on PK.]

East Craigie [2 - 1] Cambuslang Rangers

Glenafton Athletic [8 - 1] East Kilbride Thistle

Greenock Juniors [7 - 2] Saltcoats Victoria

Petershill [4 - 0] Nairn St Ninian

Troon [4 - 1] Androssan Winton Rovers

Other matches:

Broomhill [5 - 1] Gala Fairydean Rovers

Brora Rangers vs Forres Mechanics (midweek) (postponed)

Forres Mechanics [1 - 2] Keith (today)

Morton Women [1 - 3] Hutchison Vale (tomorrow)

Vale of Leithen, who finished dead last in the 2021-22 Lowland League and were relegated are presently last in the East of Scotland League Premier Division.

Padiham 0 - 1 FC Isle of Man (August 23)

Congleton Town [5 - 1] FC Isle of Man

PEC Zwolle 4 - 2 Jong PSV (yesterday)

Winterthur [1 - 5] Young Boys (tomorrow)

Oleksandriya [2 - 1] Minaj (Monday)

Mito HollyHock [0 - 0] Ryukyu

Edmonton [3 - 2] HFX Wanderers (tomorrow)

[Halifax goal by Salter, plus an own goal.]

This is the final meeting of the season between these two as the Eddies cannot make the playoffs.

The Canadian Premier League has hired an American to be its new commissioner.

PLSQ: Royal-Sélect de Beauport [1 - 4] CS Mont-Royal Outremont (tomorrow)

CSL final: Continentals [2 - 1] Scarborough

The winner of this game does not advance to the Canadian Championship because the CSL is not recognized by FIFA.

Waseda University [1 - 0] Kwansei Gakuin University

This is the annual Hayaseki game, which gets played whether these two in the same league or not.

Concacaf League, Round of 16, second leg (August 23):

Herediano 0 - 1 Pacific FC    (Herediano win on PK.)

Pacific are out.

UEFA Champions League, playoff round, second leg (August 24):

PSV Eindhoven 0 - 1 Rangers

Rangers advance.

UEFA Europa League, playoff round, second leg (August 25):

Omonia 2 - 0 Gent

Hearts 0 - 1 Zurich

Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Ferencvárosi

Omonia advance. Hearts and Shamrock Rovers drop to the Europa Conference.

UEFA Europa Conference, playoff round, second leg (August 25):

Linfield 1 - 1 RFS    (RFS win on PK.)

Linfield are out.

Historical matches:

August 24, 1966    Stenhousemuir 1 - 4 Morton

This was the first game of the 1966-67 SFL Division Two schedule, played on a Wednesday.

August 27, 1966    East Fife 0 - 1 Morton

The second half of the League Cup group stage begins.

August 27, 1977    Montrose 0 - 1 Morton

Goal by McGhee.

Port Glasgow Athletic in 1881-82:

1882/5/13      Kilbirnie 8 - 2 Port Glasgow

1882/4/29      Abercorn (Blackstoun XI) 3 - 0 Port Glasgow

1882/4/8        Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 3 Morton              G&D Cup SF

1882/3/11      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 0 Victoria              G&D Cup R3

1882/3/4        Northern 0 - 6 Port Glasgow Athletic          G&D Cup R2 replay

1882/2/25      Port Glasgow Athletic 4 - 4 Northern            G&D Cup R2

1882/1/28      Arthurlie 6 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic           Renfrewshire Cup R3

1882/1/14      Ladyburn 2 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic*        G&D Cup R1 replay

1882/1/7        Port Glasgow Athletic [a draw] Ladyburn      G&D Cup R1

1881/12/31    Port Glasgow Athletic 2nd XI 3 - 12 Morton 2nd XI    G&D Cup R1

1881/12/3      Port Glasgow Athletic 0 - 4 Queen's Park [2nd XI?]

1881/11/19    Glenkilloch 2 - 4 Port Glasgow Athletic       Renfrewshire Cup R2

1881/11/12    Ladyburn 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic

1881/10/22    Victoria (Greenock) 5 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic

1881/10/22    Port Glasgow Athletic 0 - 0 Rangers Shields

1881/10/8      Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 2 Walworth          Renfrewshire Cup R1

1881/9/17      Paisley Athletic 6 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    Scottish Cup R1

*I don't know why Port Glasgow Athletic advanced after that score.

(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; Scottish Football Historical Archive for the Renfrewshire Cup and Greenock and District Cup; Glasgow Herald for friendlies

Port Glasgow football in 1880-81:

Broadfield (Port Glasgow) 1880-81

Nothing found.

Crescent (Port Glasgow) 1880-81

1881/3/26      Grafton 1 - 0 Port Glasgow Crescent

Parklea (Port Glasgow) 1880-81

1880/10/2      Victoria (Greenock) 1 - 1 Parklea (Port Glasgow)

(Source: Glasgow Herald.)

Ayrshire Football Annual, 4th edition, 1880.

    AYRSHIRE FOOTBALL ANNUAL -- The Ayrshire Football Annual for the current year has just been issued. The book, which has now reached the fourth year of publication, is an annual replete with every conceivable item of information relating to the popular [game] in Ayrshire. The number of clubs in the County Association is now, we learn, 54, with a membership of 2862. [This] book, which we commend to all players, is published by [John] Wallace, hon. secretary of the association, who has also taken charge of the [competition/compilation].

Glasgow Herald, September 27, 1880, p. 7.

2021-22 Scottish Cup Final

Two of this week's three finalists. Source.

The Europa League final took place Wednesday in Seville:

Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 1 Rangers    (Eintracht won on PK)

Today it's the Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park:

Rangers [2 - 0] Hearts

Previous Rangers/Hearts finals:

1903/4/25      Rangers 2 - 0 Hearts (second replay)

1976/5/1        Rangers 3 - 1 Hearts

1996/5/18      Rangers 5 - 1 Hearts

1998/5/16      Hearts 2 - 1 Rangers

The last time Hearts won the cup was May 19, 2012. The last time Rangers won it was May 30, 2009. The last time there was a Glasgow versus Edinburgh final was two years ago. The last time there was a Celtic versus Rangers final was May 4th, 2002.

When else have Rangers played cup finals in such close proximity?

2008/5/14 (UEFA Cup), 2008/5/24 (Scottish Cup) = 10 days

1982/5/13 (Glasgow Cup), 1982/5/22 (Scottish Cup) = 9 days

1979/5/12 (Scottish Cup, draw score), 1979/5/17 (Glasgow Cup) = 5 days

1979/5/16 (Scottish Cup 1st replay), 1979/5/17 (Glasgow Cup) = 1 day

Rangers in Europe in May:

2008/5/1      Fiorentina 0 - 0 Rangers (Rangers won on PK)   UEFA Cup SF leg 2

1967/5/3      Rangers 1 - 0 Slavia Sofia    Cup Winners' Cup SF, leg 2

1960/5/5      Rangers 3 - 6 Eintracht Frankfurt    European Cup SF, leg 2

2022/5/5      Rangers 3 - 1 RB Leipzig    Europa League SF, leg 2

1969/5/14    Rangers 0 - 0 Newcastle United    Inter-Cities Fairs Cup SF, leg 1

2008/5/14    Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 - 0 Rangers    UEFA Cup final

1961/5/17    Rangers 0 - 2 Fiorentina    Cup Winners' Cup final, leg 1

2022/5/18    Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 1 Rangers (Eintracht won on PK)   Europa League final

1969/5/21    Newcastle United 2 - 0 Rangers    Inter-Cities Fairs Cup SF, leg 2

1972/5/24    Rangers 3 - 2 Dynamo Moscow    Cup Winners' Cup final

1961/5/27    Fiorentina 2 - 1 Rangers    Cup Winners' Cup final, leg 2

1967/5/31    Bayern Munich 1 - 0 Rangers    Cup Winners' Cup final

The South Challenge Cup final takes place tomorrow:

Auchinleck Talbot [3 - 1] Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

Premiership playoff final, first leg (May 20):

Inverness CT 2 - 2 St Johnstone

Second leg (May 23):

St Johnstone [4 - 0] Inverness CT    [ICT remain in the Championship.]

That concludes the 2021-22 SPFL. The first games of the 2022-23 League Cup group stage will be played July 9th, in a month and a half.

Lowland League playoff, match one (tomorrow):

Tranent Juniors [7 - 0] St Cuthbert Wanderers

Mortonalia

Morton have signed defender Jack Baird, who had a previous spell with the club in 2019-20 and has been with Ayr United since.

Manager Dougie Imrie has signalled his intention not to go after the vacant Hamilton job.

Majority owner MCT wants to reduce its shareholdings from 75% to 50.1% to attract investment. There are 4,017,816 shares out there. Source.

Dunfermline has been granted city status as part of the Queen's platinum jubilee, and Greenock has not.

Other matches:

HFX Wanderers 0 - 4 Forge FC (yesterday)

Kriens [0 - 5] Winterthur

[Three teams finish with 65 points, but Winterthur have the best goal difference, and so they end their long run in the Challenge League. We'll follow them next season in the Swiss Super League.]

UCD 0 - 3 Shamrock Rovers (May 19)

Mito HollyHock [3 - 0] Grulla Morioka

Kirkintilloch Rob Roy [1 - 2] Largs Thistle

This ends the 2021-22 season for Largs Thistle.

League1 Ontario: Pickering FC 1 - 0 North Mississauga (May 18)

Pickering FC is a founding member of League1 Ontario. They were formerly known as Durham United.

Darby FC [0 - 2] North Mississauga (yesterday)

Darby FC are from Whitby.

PLSQ: AS Laval [1 - 0] Royal-Sélect de Beauport

Don't confuse AS Laval with FC Laval.

Since we're following L1O and PLSQ it's only fair to look at League1 British Columbia, which embarks on its inaugural season this weekend. There are eight teams playing a double round robin from now until the end of July, in a very short schedule. Let's follow Victoria Highlanders.

The Highlanders have been around since 2009 and have played all but three seasons in the semi-professional Premier Development League, aka USL League Two. They were in the Pacific Coast Soccer League in 2015 and for the past two years the Vancouver Island Soccer League. Cory Bent and Peter Schaale both played for them.

Whitecaps Academy [2 - 2] Victoria Highlanders (tomorrow)

How did each 21st century Scottish Cup holder fare in the next Scottish Cup?

Winning Year                         Next Year

2020-21    St Johnstone        eliminated in Round Four (final 32)

2019-10    Celtic                    eliminated in Round Four (final 16)

2018-19    Celtic                    won the Cup again

2017-18    Celtic                    won the Cup again

2016-17    Celtic                    won the Cup again

2015-16    Hibs                      eliminated in the semi-finals

2014-15    Inverness CT        eliminated in the quarter-finals

2013-14    St Johnstone        eliminated in Round Five (final 16)

2012-13    Celtic                    eliminated in Round Five (final 16)

2011-12    Hearts                  eliminated in Round Four (final 32)

2010-11    Celtic                    eliminated in the semi-finals

2009-10    Dundee United     eliminated in the quarter-finals

2008-09    Rangers               eliminated in the quarter-finals

2007-08    Rangers               won the Cup again

2006-07   Celtic                    eliminated in the quarter-finals

2005-06    Hearts                  eliminated in Round Four (final 16)

2004-05    Celtic                    eliminated in Round Three (final 32)

2003-04    Celtic                    won the Cup again

2002-03    Rangers                eliminated in the quarter-finals

2001-02    Rangers                won the Cup again

2000-01    Celtic                    eliminated in the final

1999-00    Rangers                eliminated in the quarter-finals

Sort the Championship clubs by number of scoreless draws this season:

8        Arbroath    (6 league matches + 1 playoff game + 1 playoff game decided on PK)

7        Raith Rovers    (4 league matches + 3 cup ties decided on PK)

6        Partick Thistle    (6 league matches)

6        Dunfermline    (5 league matches + 1 playoff game)

6        Morton    (4 league matches + 2 cup ties decided on PK)

6        Inverness CT    (3 league matches + 1 cup tie decided on PK + 1 playoff game + 1 playoff game decided on PK)

3        Queen of the South    (3 league matches)

2        Hamilton    (2 league matches)

2        Kilmarnock    (2 league matches)

2        Ayr United    (1 league match + 1 cup tie decided on PK)

Kincaid's

Women build tubing condensers at Kincaid's Arthur Street shop during World War One. Source.

Morton host Hamilton Academical. Morton are sixth with 40 points, Hamilton seventh with 39. In three previous meetings each side has earned a win, a draw and a loss. Morton's league record in 2022 is 7W 5D 2L, Hamilton's 4W 7D 3L. If Morton win by 2 goals, and Raith lose by 2, Morton will take over fifth place.

Hamilton's top scorer is Andy Ryan with 11 goals in league play. Gozie Ugwu has 8.

After last weekend's games Morton cannot finish in tenth place. Depending on today's results Morton, Hamilton and Raith Rovers can have booked a place in next season's Championship by the final whistle. And Cove Rangers can win League One, which would earn them promotion to the 2022-23 Championship.

When was the last time Morton and Hamilton met in the top division? January 15th, 1966. Morton won 3 - 0 at Cappielow.

Yesterday was the hundredth anniversary of Morton's first and to date only Scottish Cup final win, 'a poor game' in the opinion of the Glasgow Herald.

[Morton 0 - 1 Hamilton.]

The other Championship matches:

Inverness CT (3rd) 2 - 1 Kilmarnock (1st) (last night)

Arbroath (2nd) [5 - 1] Queen of the South (10th)

Partick Thistle (4th) [0 - 1] Raith Rovers (5th)

If Dunfermline beat Ayr they will be equal at 35 points and then anything can happen because the final two matches for each of them are against the same two teams, Partick Thistle and Queen of the South.

Dunfermline Athletic (9th) [2 - 1] Ayr United (8th)

It's the Scottish Cup semi-finals:

Hearts [2 - 1] Hibs

Celtic [1 - 2] Rangers (tomorrow)

When was the last time Rangers, Celtic, Hibs and Hearts made up the four semi-finalists? Well I'll tell you: it has never happened before.

Four finals can come out of this weekend's semis. When did each last occur?

2020    Celtic/Hearts

2016    Hibs/Rangers

2013    Celtic/Hibs

1998    Hearts/Rangers

It's also the Scottish Junior Cup semi-finals:

Auchinleck Talbot [2 - 1] Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Petershill [1 - 2] Yoker Athletic

Cowdenbeath watch:

Cowdenbeath [0 - 0] Edinburgh City

Stirling Albion [0 - 2] Elgin City

[Cowdenbeath are Team 42.]

The Highland League championship will be decided today. Coming into today's games Fraserburgh lead Buckie Thistle by 3 points. To win the league Buckie must beat Clach by 2 goals while Fraserburgh lose to Forres Mechanics. But in their first meeting, back in November, Fraserburgh beat Forres 7 - 0.

Fraserburgh [5 - 0] Forres Mechanics

Clachnacuddin [1 - 3] Buckie Thistle

[Fraserburgh win the Highland League.]

Tier VI watch: Coming into today's play four teams can win the West of Scotland League: Auchinleck Talbot, Pollok, Darvel and Clydebank. Four teams can win the East of Scotland League: Tranent, Penicuik, Linlithgow Rose and Jeanfield Swifts. Either St Cuthbert Wanderers or Threave Rovers will win the South of Scotland League.

Other matches:

UCD 0 - 2 Drogheda United (yesterday)

Waseda University [2 - 3] Takushoku University

WOSFL Cup, Round 2:

St Roch's [2 - 2] Largs Thistle    [St Roch's win on PK.]

NWCFL Division 1 playoff final: FC Isle of Man [4 - 2] New Mills

[FC Isle of Man are promoted.]

East Kilbride [0 - 1] Bonnyrigg Rose

Winterthur (1st) [4 - 2] Vaduz (3rd)

Kaiserslautern [3 - 1] 1.FC Saarbrücken (tomorrow)

Mito HollyHock [1 - 1] Tokushima Vortis (tomorrow)

SWF Championship South: Morton 4 - 1 Ayr United (April 13)

Morton vs Renfrew (tomorrow) (postponed due to Covid)

WE League: Elfen Saitama [1 - 0] Tokyo Verdy Beleza (tomorrow)    [Upset!]

75th Aomori Prefecture Soccer Championship, Round Three (tomorrow):

Match No. 6: Hachinohe Gakuin University [2 - 3] Blancdieu Hirosaki

Canadian Premier League:

Atlético Ottawa [1 - 0] HFX Wanderers

Which players have been with HFX Wanderers from the start? Akeem Garcia and Andre Rampersad, both part of the Trinidadian quartet recruited by Stephen Hart in 2019, and goalie Christian Oxner. Peter Schalle also counts if you ignore the fact that he took the end of 2019 off to finish his university degree.

The CPL's new Vancouver-area club will have their home field in Langley BC, which is not to be confused with Langford BC where Pacific FC play.

Concacaf Champions League semi-finals, second leg:

Cruz Azul 0 - 0 UNAM (April 12)

NYCFC 1 - 1 Seattle Sounders (April 13)

UNAM and Seattle advance.

Europa League quarter-finals, second leg (April 14):

Rangers 3 - 1 Braga

Rangers advance.

1999-2000

April 15, 2000.    Morton lost to Ayr United 1 - 2 at Cappielow. Stephen Whalen was the Morton goalscorer, ending a team four-game scoring drought. Clydebank were in Dunfermline where they were thumped 6 - 0.

Clubs that played to four draws in one league season:

(League matches only: no friendlies, cup games, League Cup group stage matches or playoffs.)

2018-19    new Airdrieonians / Dumbarton    League One

2011-12    Dunfermline / Inverness CT          Premier League

2008-09    Queen's Park / Stranraer             Second Division

2007-08    Dundee United / Hibs                   Premier League

2006-07    Hamilton / Queen of the South     First Division

2005-06    Brechin / Queen of the South       First Division

2004-05    Clyde / St Mirren (four 0 - 0 draws)    First Division

2003-04    Montrose / Queen's Park             Third Division

1999-00    Arbroath / Hamilton                      Second Division

1998-99    Aberdeen / Motherwell                 Premier League

1997-98    Dundee United / Dunfermline       Premier Division

1996-97    Aberdeen / Motherwell                 Premier Division

1996-97    Arbroath / Forfar                           Third Division

1995-96    Clyde / Stranraer                          Second Division

1994-95    old Airdrieonians / Dunfermline    First Division

1994-95    Berwick / Stenhousemuir             Second Division

1993-94    Aberdeen / Motherwell                 Premier Division

1991-92    Hibs / Motherwell                         Premier Division

1991-92    Montrose / Morton                        Division 1

1988-89    Dundee United / Hearts (four 0 - 0 draws)    Premier Division

1987-88    Hibs / St Mirren                            Premier Division

2021-22 Plenty of Nothing Championship Consolation Cup:

2021/12/11    R1    Dunfermline 3 - 3 Queen of the South (QoS advance on the corner kicks rule.)

2021/12/26    R1    Ayr United 2 - 0 Raith Rovers

2022/1/14      R1    Partick Thistle 1 - 1 Kilmarnock (Kilmarnock advance on the yellow card rule.)

2022/2/19      R1    Hamilton Academical 1 - 0 Morton

2022/3/11      SF    Ayr United 1 - 3 Kilmarnock

2022/3/26      SF    Hamilton 1 - 0 Queen of the South

Now that Hamilton have missed the playoffs there is no possibility of another Killie/Accies match. Therefore the 2021-22 Consolation Cup ends with no winner.

A Poor Game

SCOTTISH CUP FINAL

MORTON'S FIRST VICTORY

A Poor Game

    Morton defeated Rangers on Saturday by 1 goal to 0 in the forty-fourth final tie of the Scottish Cup competition, played at Hampden Park, the first-named club thereby gaining possession of the Cup for the first time in their career. The superiority of Rangers throughout the season in the League competition pointed to their success at Hampden Park, and it was known that the Ibrox club were particularly anxious to secure the Scottish Cup in this their jubilee year. The success of the Glasgow club was generally expected, and when Morton took the field without their noted centre-forward, French, popular opinion in that respect was strengthened. Rangers' ultimate failure was accordingly a genuine surprise, and the manner in which it was brought about added to an already prevalent conviction that a sort of fatality attaches to the Ibrox club's quest of the National Cup, which they have not won for 19 years. A strong wind was a disturbing factor on Saturday, but neither that nor a somewhat slippery turf was responsible for one of the poorest and least creditable displays of football ever seen in a Scottish Cup final. The opening play favoured Rangers, though they faced the wind, and they ought to have gone ahead after five minutes, when their outside left shot hard against the goalpost -- the first of a series of lucky escapes that Morton profited by during the game. Morton got the first goal, however, twelve minutes after play had started, a somewhat easily earned point, which, as events proved, settled the destination of the Cup for the season.

Rangers' Defence at Fault

    Rangers' defence were grievously at fault in the downfall of their goal, the backs both making for the ball in hesitating manner, and M'Candless finally and foolishly attempting to pass back to his goalkeeper, who in a scrambling sort of way succeeded in grasping the ball, but was penalized for over-carrying. The free kick from 27 yards out was admirably taken by Gourlay, Morton's right half-back, whose fast and unerring shot got into the net close under the crossbar. A period of vigorous play followed, and Morton's goal was the more frequently in danger, and the only disturbing factor to Rangers' wellwishers was the obvious want of understanding between the backs, who were repeatedly at a loss how to meet the rushing tactics of their opponents. Archibald and Morton on the extreme wings were outstanding for Rangers, but the destructive methods of Morton's defenders when the ball reached the goal area negatived all the scheming of the Ibrox attack. At the end of half an hour Cunningham, Rangers' captain, left the field with a fractured jaw, and did not return, Rangers playing to the end with ten men. Play, never attractive, naturally deteriorated, and the game was little better than a scramble till the interval. For a short period after the resumption matters took a turn for the better, and Morton showed more method in attack than they had done previously. Their inside forwards were clever and enterprising, and twice Robb, the Rangers goalkeeper, only saved his charge by rushing out and tackling opposing forwards. Rangers gradually wore down their opponents, however, and initiated a long period of pressure that yielded only barren corners and numerous free kicks. Three times Morton's goal escaped marvelously. Edwards, after saving with fine skill shots at close range from Archibald and Morton, failed to reach a ball from Meiklejohn that passed over his head, but M'Intyre got into the vacant goal to head clear. Again Cairns and Henderson got past the Morton goalkeeper, but were hustled aside in the goalmouth by frantic defenders, and then followed a point blank shot from Rangers' outside left -- Morton -- that accidentally rebounded from a defender standing on the goal line.

Morton's Stars

    Occasional rushes by the Morton centre and extreme wingers kept matters exciting, but the almost constant interruptions of play for infringements, and on account of accidents to players, were discreditable. Rangers worked with desperation to save the game, and were extraordinarily unlucky in failing to do so. As a display of football the game will rank as one of the poorest on record, also as one of the roughest. The loss of their captain was undoubtedly a tremendous handicap to Rangers, and in all probability cost them the Cup. Their four forwards played with admirable courage and with praiseworthy restraint under trying circumstances, and it was only in the closing ten minutes that they gave way to desperation and descended to methods that were neither profitable nor dignified. Edwards, the Morton goalkeeper, had most credit in his side's victory, as, notwithstanding the occasions referred to, when his charge survived by mere chance, the custodian saved brilliantly at times. Gourlay came next in order of merit for the winners, as, apart from his cleverly taken goal, his ripe experience and judgment were of inestimable value to colleagues inclined to lose their heads. Morton's victory was largely attributable to the daring and strenuous work of their defence, whose unconventional methods of tackling, however, did not commend itself to the majority of the spectators, and necessitated the interference of the referee to an extent that spoiled the game.

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GREENOCK MORTON, 1; RANGERS, 0

    At Hampden Park, Glasgow. Estimated attendance, 75,000. Drawings at gate (inclusive of tax), £3400. Teams:--

    Rangers -- Robb; Manderson and M'Candless; Meiklejohn, Dixon, and Muirhead; Archibald and Cunningham; Henderson; Cairns and Morton.

    Morton -- Edwards; M'Intyre and R. Brown; Gourlay, Wright and M'Gregor; M'Nab and M'Kay; Buchanan; A. Brown and M'Minn.

    Referee -- T. Dougray (Bellshill).

    Greenock on winning the toss for choice of ends elected to book the assistance of a strong blustering wind. Despite this advantage the Renfrewshire team had to fall back in the first half-minute when Archibald, Henderson, and Morton broke through. The Rangers' centre forward cleverly side-slipped to A. L. Morton, who played a fast shot on to the upright, low down. Greenock then made ground on the right, and, from a corner kick, Robb was brought out to save, after which play travelled rapidly to the other end. Wright held off Cairns, but Cunningham followed up to attempt a surprise shot, which Edwards saved during a brisk melee. Play deviated in interesting fashion, and both goals were assailed in turn. The shooting, however, was never first class, probably owing to the keenness of the tackling. The Morton half backs were a strong destructive force, and Gourlay kept A. L. Morton from indulging in any of his noted crosses. When twelve minutes had gone a free kick to the Cappielow team was taken by Gourlay a foot outside the eighteen yards line. Rangers' defence was lined up in front of the goal, but the right half-back succeeded in scoring with a fast angular drive which rose and landed the ball high up at the corner of the net behind Robb, who never attempted to hold the shot, such was its velocity. Following this, Cunningham of Rangers was injured in a tackle, and the Ibrox side were deprived of their skipper's assistance for the rest of the game. Handicapped thus in their attack, Rangers never evolved a successful front attack, and, although the quartette got close in on Edwards on several occasions, the absence of a studied shot was evident.

    In the second half, and with the wind now against them, Greenock's inside forwards kept playing up to Rangers' defence, and once M'Kay came close to adding another goal when he flicked the ball on to the post from a pass by M'Nab. A raceaway by Archibald and a long speedy drive by the Rangers' right winger forced Edwards to dive at the ball, which was just held on the line. The goalkeeper was slightly injured in the following charge from Cairns, and Rangers were turned from the free kick awarded. From now until the end Rangers forced a succession of corners, but, continuing to anticipate most of the crosses in Edwards' direction, M'Intyre and R. Brown prevented the Ibrox attack from securing a steadily aimed shot.

Glasgow Herald, April 17, 1922, page 4.

Morton in the 1870s

Greenock Town Hall was opened in 1858 and is still there, enveloped by the municipal buildings of the 1880s. Source.

Morton host Partick Thistle. Their three meetings so far this season have ended in a win, a draw and a loss for both sides. Partick are third with 45 points, Morton seventh with 31. The last team to beat Partick was Morton, on February 22nd.

This is Morton's final meeting with Partick this season, unless they meet in the playoffs. The last time Morton earned the majority of points from their four league matches against Partick was 2012-13 when Morton took 7 points to Partick's 4. But Partick's one win came in game 32 and effectively knocked the Ton out of the title race. The last time Morton took all the points was 1969-70, back in the two division days when teams only met twice.

Dougie Imrie has been named Championship manager of the month for February. Is he the first to be given this award while under suspension?

Watch video of Partick vs Morton, Feb. 22, 2022 and marvel at the crap condition of Firhill's pitch.

The other Championship matches:

Partick Thistle 1 - 0 Queen of the South (March 8)

Ayr United (6th) 1 - 3 Kilmarnock (2nd) (last night)*

Hamilton (8th) [2 - 2] Dunfermline (10th)

Inverness CT (4th) [3 - 0] Arbroath (1st)

Queen of the South (9th) [0 - 1] Raith Rovers (5th)

*A Plenty of Nothing Championship Consolation Cup semi-final.

[Morton win 2 - 1. Goals by Reilly and Muirhead.]

It's the Scottish Cup quarter-finals:

Hearts [4 - 2] St Mirren

These two first met in the Scottish Cup in 1887.

Motherwell [1 - 2] Hibs (tomorrow)

These two first met in the Scottish Cup in 1913.

Dundee [0 - 3] Rangers (tomorrow)

These two first met in the Scottish Cup in 1897.

Dundee United [0 - 3] Celtic (Monday)

These two first met in the Scottish Cup in 1931.

When was the last time all eight quarter-finalists were from the Premiership? Last year.

When was the last time there were two quarter-final games in Dundee on the same weekend? 1974, and both matches were replays.

Other matches:

East Kilbride [3 - 1] University of Stirling

Clachnacuddin [0 - 2] Rothes

Winterthur 4 - 2 Aarau (yesterday)

Braunschweig [0 - 2] 1.FC Saarbrücken

Beerschot [0 - 2] Gent (tomorrow)

FC Isle of Man [1 - 1] Abbey Hey

UCD vs Derry City (yesterday) (postponed -- pitch)

Yokohama FC [3 - 2] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)

J3 and the JFL start this weekend.

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

WE League: Elfen Saitama [2 - 2] Omiya Ardija

[Saitama are off the bottom of the table.]

[Waseda University 3 - 4 Yokohama GSFC Cobra (training match)]

Waseda University [9 - 3] Nihon University (training match) (tomorrow)

South Challenge Cup, Round Five:

Auchinleck Talbot 3 - 1 Caledonian Braves (March 9)

Jeanfield Swifts vs Darvel (postponed to March 16)

Vale of Leven [1 - 3] The Spartans

Scottish Junior Cup quarter-finals:

Kirkintilloch Rob Roy [4 - 1] Arthurlie

Largs Thistle [2 - 3] Petershill

Dyce [0 - 1] Yoker Athletic

Shotts Bon Accord [1 - 2] Auchinleck Talbot

2022 Concacaf Champions League QF, first leg (March 9):

Cruz Azul 1 - 0 CF Montreal

2021-22 UEFA Europa League, Round of 16, first leg (March 10):

Rangers 3 - 0 Red Star Belgrade

Partick Thistle's last ten winning seasons:

2020-21        22    11      7      4    40    18    +22    40    1st, League One

2012-13        36    23      9      4    76    28    +48    78    1st, First Division

2008-09        36    16      7    13    39    35      +4    55    2nd, First Division

2005-06        36    16      9    11    57    56      +1    57    4th, Second Division

2001-02        36    19      9      8    61    38    +23    66    1st, First Division

2000-01        36    22      9      5    66    32    +34    75    1st, Second Division

1991-92        44    23    11    10    62    36    +26    57    2nd, Division One

1990-91        39    16    13    10    56    53      +3    45    4th, Division One

1983-84        39    19      8    12    67    50    +17    46    3rd, Division One

1982-83        39    20      9    10    66    45    +21    49    4th, Division One

Which Renfrewshire clubs have played in the Scottish league, and how many games?

St Mirren                       4254

Morton                          4169

Arthurlie                         530

Abercorn                        518

Port Glasgow Athletic    428

Johnstone                      255

1999-2000

March 7, 2000.    Clydebank hosted Raith Rovers at Cappielow and won 2 - 1. It was their first league win of the season.

March 11, 2000.    The Bankies then traveled to Paisley where they were thumped by St Mirren 8 - 0.

Greenock Morton results for 1879-80:

1880/4/24      Morton 0 - 3 Thornliebank        charity game

(Glasgow Herald, April 26, 1880, p. 5.)

Thornliebank were pretty clearly the premier club in 1879-80.

(Glasgow Herald, May 10, 1880. p.5)

1879/11/22    Morton 1 - 2 Govan                friendly

1879/11/22    2nd Morton 0 - 7  2nd Govan    friendly

1879/10/18    Morton 2 - 3 Arthurlie            Renfrewshire Cup R1

1879/10/11    Arthurlie 9 - 3 Morton            Scottish Cup R2

    Wikipedia has 8 - 3.

1879/9/27      Morton 7 - 4 Netherlee         Scottish Cup R1 replay

1879/9/20      Netherlee 0 - 0 Morton          Scottish Cup R1

In 1879-80 Greenock Wanderers rugby club attracted much more of the Glasgow Herald's attention than Morton did.

Greenock Morton results for 1878-79:

1878/11/16    Union 5 - 0 Morton                 friendly

1878/9/28      Busby 3 - 1 Morton                Scottish Cup R1

1878/9/7        somebody 1 - 1 Morton

Glasgow Herald, September 9, 1878, p. 7.

"Garvel Park" is very interesting. Construction of the James Watt Dock began August 1, 1878, a month before this game, on the Garvel Park Estate across the road from Cappielow. Was there a pitch laid out on land that was later excavated for the James Watt Dock?

Greenock Morton results for 1877-78:

1877/9/29      Barrhead Rangers 7 - 0 Morton    Scottish Cup R1

Greenock Morton results for 1876-77:

    Nothing found.

Greenock Morton results for 1875-76:

    Nothing found.

Greenock Morton results for 1874-75:

    Nothing found.

(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies; also the Wikipedia Greenock Morton seasons articles for comparison.)

Rowan Alexander

Rowan Alexander thirty years ago in the historic VAVAVAV strip. He played for St Mirren, Brentford, Gretna, Queen of the South two different times, and most famously Morton, where he scored 98 goals in the ten years from 1986 to 1995. Source.

Morton host Queen of the South in a fixture rearranged from December 26th. So far this season QoS have earned a win and a draw against Morton and have knocked them out of the Challenge Cup.

Morton are eighth with 24 points, QoS tenth with 19. If Morton win they'll move up to sixth place. They are 13 points out of a promotion playoff spot, with 13 games to go.

QoS have not posted a win since December 18th.

In league play so far Morton have beaten Hamilton Accies, Dunfermline (twice), Ayr United and ICT. When was the last time Morton got a league win off of every other team in the division? 2006-07.

Dougie Imrie is the Championship's manager of the month for January, and Gavin Reilly is player of the month. The last time anyone from Morton received these honours was February 2020 when David Hopkin and Nickey Cadden got them. The awards almost always go to a manager and a player of the same club, suspiciously.

Which current Morton players have played for Queen of the South? Gavin Reilly, Iain Wilson, Gary Oliver, Michael Ledger.

Which current Morton players appear on a Match Attax card in a Morton jersey? Mark Russell, Gary Oliver, Kyle Jacobs, Robbie Muirhead.

[Morton win 2 - 1. Goals by Reilly and Blues.]

Other Championship matches:

Kilmarnock 1 - 2 Ayr United (February 9)

Arbroath 2 - 2 Hamilton (February 9)

Inverness CT 3 - 3 Partick Thistle (February 9)

Kilmarnock (2nd) [2 - 1] Dunfermline (9th) (today)

It's also the Scottish Cup, Round Five. Ten Premiership clubs remain, plus three Championship clubs, one from League One, and two from League Two. The matches are:

St Mirren [4 - 0] Kelty Hearts

This is the first ever football match between these two clubs.

Annan Athletic [0 - 3] Rangers

First Scottish Cup encounter.

Hearts [0 - 0] Livingston    [Hearts win on PK.]

These two have met twice before in the Scottish Cup, Hearts winning both times.

Motherwell [2 - 1] Aberdeen

Motherwell beat Aberdeen in the 2017-18 semi-final.

Partick Thistle [0 - 1] Dundee United

Dundee United have won the last four times these two met in the Cup.

Arbroath [1 - 3] Hibs (tomorrow)

Arbroath last beat Hibs in this Cup in 1977.

Celtic [4 - 0] Raith Rovers (tomorrow)

Celtic have won all nine times so far.

Peterhead [0 - 3] Dundee (Monday)

This is their first ever meeting in this Cup.

Other matches:

UCD 3 - 1 Wexford (friendly) (yesterday)

Winterthur [4 - 0] Wil

Civil Service Strollers [1 - 2] East Kilbride

Fraserburgh [7 - 0] Clachnacuddin

FC Isle of Man [0 - 0] Cammell Laird 1907

Largs Thistle [2 - 2] Kilwinning Rangers

Wehen [1 - 0] 1.FC Saarbrücken (tomorrow)

Beerschot [2 - 1] Kortrijk (tomorrow)

Canadian Premier League

Scott Firth, who played in HFX Wanderers' first three seasons and who is still just 20, is going back to school to join the Saint Mary's Huskies. Alessandro Riggi, who played for HFX Wanderers in 2020 and 2021, has signed with Valour FC. Fraser Aird, who has played for Rangers, Vancouver Whitecaps, Falkirk, Dunfermline, Dundee United, Queen of the South, Cove Rangers, Valour and Edmonton, has signed with Cavalry FC.

The league, which is running Edmonton FC, has written a new rule allowing them to borrow more players than before from other CPL clubs. Which suggests that player development has run aground there.

HFX Wanderer's store has moved. It started out in the Halifax Shopping Centre in 2019, then moved to the old Video Difference space on Quinpool, and will now be at 5566 Sackville Street, between the bars and the stadium.

It's the 2022 Fujifilm Super Cup:

Kawasaki Frontale [0 - 2] Urawa Red Diamonds

2021 FIFA Club World Cup:

Semi-finals:

Palmeiras 2 - 0 Al Ahly (February 8)

Al-Hilal 0 - 1 Chelsea (February 9)

Final:

Chelsea [2 - 1] Palmeiras (today)    [Chelsea are champions of the world.]

1999-2000

February 8, 2000.    Morton were at Brechin for their Scottish Cup Round Three replay. The game ended 0 - 0, and Morton won on penalty kicks.

February 12, 2000.    Morton visited Dunfermline and played to a 1 - 1 draw, Robert Earnshaw scoring the Morton goal.

Greenock Morton results for 1885-86:

1886/5/22      Morton 8 - 1 1st Renfrew RV    Greenock Charity Cup final

1886/4/29      Morton 8 - 2 Lyle Athletic          Greenock Charity Cup SF

1886/4/24      Morton 4 - 1 London Caledonians

1886/4/3        Morton 1 - 1 Rangers

1886/3/13      St Mirren 0 - 4 Morton

1886/3/6        Morton 2 - 2 Hibs

1886/2/20      Abercorn 6 - 5 Morton                Renfrewshire Cup SF

1886/1/2        Dundee Harp 1 - 8 Morton

1885/12/12    Morton 5 - 2 Johnstone             Renfrewshire Cup R3

1885/11/28    Renfrew 2 - 2 Morton

1885/11/21    Morton 14 - 1 Southern             Renfrewshire Cup R2

1885/11/14    Thistle 2nd XI 1 - 3 Morton 2nd XI

1885/10/31    Morton 7 - 0 Woodvale              Renfrewshire Cup R1

1885/10/24    Rangers 1 - 2 Morton

1885/10/3      Morton 7 - 5 St Mirren

1885/9/19      Morton 9 - 1 Renfrew

1885/9/12      Cartvale 2 - 1 Morton                    Scottish Cup R1

1885/8/29      Partick Thistle vs Morton            "a disgraceful fight"

1885/8/22      Morton 3 - 4 Dumbarton

1885/8/8            Morton Football Athletic Sports

1885/8/1        Morton vs St Mirren                            Morton FC Amateur Athletics

1885/7/18      St Mirren Swifts 4, Morton 1 touch        St Mirren FC Athletic Sports

The football played at the St Mirren Athletic Sports and Morton Football Athletic Sports was four-a-side.

Given the number of empty Saturdays this list is very likely incomplete.

(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup and Greenock and District Charity Cup; the Glasgow Herald for ordinary games; Wikipedia article "1885-86 Morton F. C. season" for the March 3 and April 24 matches.)

Du hast den Fujifilm vergessen!

2021-22 Scottish Cup, Round Four

Motherwell's Ricki Lamie played for Morton from 2014 to 2018. Source.

It's the Scottish Cup, Round Four, the dramatic moment when the Premiership clubs step in. Altogether there are twelve Premiership clubs in this round, six Championship clubs, five from League One, four from League Two, one from the Lowland League, one from the SJFA North Superleague, and three from the West of Scotland Premier Division.

There are no all-Championship matches this round. Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Queen of the South are already out. Dunfermline and ICT are taking this opportunity to make up a league game postponed from December 29th.

From this round forward there are no replays. Draws will be decided with extra time and penalty kicks. So any Premiership club that wins the Cup will have played exactly five matches to earn it. A lower league club could win the Cup in more: Banks O' Dee and Darvel have each played four matches to get this far; if either of them wins the Cup it will have taken them nine. If Morton win the Cup it will have taken them seven.

Morton visit Motherwell. This is a repeat of last year's Round Four, when Morton visited Motherwell and lost in the shootout. Morton have not won at Fir Park since 1970. And they have not beaten Motherwell in a Scottish Cup match since 1922, the year one century ago when Morton won the Cup. But Morton supporters are expecting the planets to align in their favour for this anniversary. One oracle on Pie and Bovril has written, "Maybe Motherwell can beat Morton, but they can't beat Fate."

Morton have won their last two matches, outscoring the opposition 7 to 0. A win today would be Morton's first three-game streak since the 2020-21 playoffs. In the event of a loss, expect their postponed fixture with Queen of the South to land on the Round Five game date of February 12th.

Motherwell, who are currently fourth in the Premiership, have played one match since returning from winter break: they lost 3 - 1 to Ross County Tuesday night. In a move I don't quite understand the Well have just sold their top scorer Tony Watt to Dundee United, the club three rungs below them in the standings.

[Motherwell 2 - 1 Morton in extra time. Morton goal by Muirhead.]

Recent upsets in the first round of Championship participation:

2020/1/18      Ayr United 1 - 0 Ross County

2019/1/29      Queen of the South 3 - 0 Dundee

2019/1/19      Motherwell 1 - 2 Ross County

2017/1/21      Dundee 0 - 2 St Mirren

2016/1/9        Annan Athletic 4 - 1 Hamilton Academical

2014/11/30    Rangers 3 - 0 Kilmarnock    (hardly seems like an upset)

2013/11/30    Albion Rovers 1 - 0 Motherwell

The other Round Four matches:

Hibs 1 - 0 Cove Rangers (January 20)

Rangers 4 - 0 Stirling Albion (January 21)

Auchinleck Talbot [0 - 5] Hearts

Peterhead [2 - 2] East Kilbride    [Peterhead win on PK]

Clydebank [3 - 4] Annan

Banks O' Dee [0 - 3] Raith Rovers

Kelty Hearts [1 - 0] St Johnstone    Upset!

Livi [1 - 0] Ross County

Dumbarton [0 - 1] Dundee

Aberdeen [3 - 0] Edinburgh City

Ayr United [0 - 2] St Mirren

Kilmarnock [1 - 2] Dundee United

Partick Thistle [1 - 0] Airdrieonians

Arbroath [3 - 0] Darvel

Alloa [1 - 2] Celtic

Championship league play:

Dunfermline Athletic (10th) [1 - 1] Inverness Caledonian Thistle (2nd)

Other matches:

Clachnacuddin vs Keith [abandoned]

Duisburg [3 - 4] 1.FC Saarbrücken (tomorrow)

SWF Championship South: Morton [1 - 3] Hutchison Vale (tomorrow)

FC Isle of Man [5 - 2] Cheadle Town

Largs Thistle [0 - 2] Pollok

Beerschot [3 - 1] Leuven

UCD 0 - 2 Cork City (friendly) (January 18)

HFX Wanderers have signed midfielder Aidan Daniels from OKC Energy. And they've drafted midfielder Christopher Campoli of Ontario Tech University and defender Colin Gander of the Guelph Gryphons.

Three Cape Breton Capers were taken by CPL clubs in the university draft, bringing the number of Capers drafted since the league started to 11.

Morton versus the Highland League in the Scottish Cup:

2019/12/3      Brora Rangers 1 - 3 Morton              R3 replay

2019/11/23    Morton 1 - 1 Brora Rangers              R3

2012/12/17    Morton 6 - 0 Turriff United                 R4 replay

2012/12/1      Turriff United 1 - 1 Morton                 R4

2011/11/9      Morton 5 - 1 Deveronvale                  R3

2007/11/24    Morton 3 - 2 Buckie Thistle                R3

2004/12/11    Cove Rangers 1 - 7 Morton               R2

2003/1/13      Morton 4 - 3 Deveronvale                  R2

1968/3/9        Morton 2 - 1 Elgin City                       R3

1955/10/22    Morton 5 - 2 Clachnacuddin              R4

1952/2/9        Clachnacuddin 1 - 2 Morton              R2

1950/1/28      Ross County 0 - 3 Morton                  R1

1949/1/26      Morton 2 - 0 Inverness Caledonian    R1 replay

1949/1/22      Inverness Caledonian 2 - 2 Morton    R1

1938/1/22      Morton 4 - 0 Peterhead                      R1

1999-2000

January 22, 2000.    Morton beat Airdrieonians 4 - 0 at Cappielow. Robert Earnshaw, John Anderson, and Paul McDonald (twice) were the goalscorers. Clydebak were at Livingston and lost 3 - 0.

Greenock Morton results for 1887-88:

1888/5/5        Morton 1 - 2 Cambuslang                  

1888/4/21      Dumbarton Athletic 3 - 1 Morton    Greenock Charity Cup SF

1888/4/14      Renton 2 - 2 Morton

1888/4/7        Victoria (Helensburgh) 4 - 0 2nd Morton                         

1888/4/7        Morton 1 - 3 Hearts

1888/3/31      Abercorn 6 - 4 Morton

1888/3/17      3rd Morton 6 - 1 Carlton                      

1888/3/17      Morton 5 - 3 Renfrew                        

1888/3/10      Morton 3 - 2 Third Lanark

1888/3/3        Morton Strollers 4 - 5 Partick Thistle Swifts

1888/3/3        Partick Thistle 6 - 2 Morton               

1888/2/25      Morton 0 - 3 Kilmarnock 3

1888/2/18      Morton Strollers 1 - 1 2nd Airdrieonians                

1888/2/18      Airdrieonians 2 - 6 Morton                

1888/2/11      Morton 10 - 1 Campbeltown Athletic

1888/2/4        Summerton (Govan) 2 - 3 Morton Strollers

1888/2/4        Morton 2 - 1 Pollokshields Athletic

1888/1/28      Ayr FC 4 - 2 Morton                           

1888/1/21      Morton 3 - 3 Royal Albert                   

1888/1/14      Morton 2? - 3? Rangers                              [murky]

1888/1/7        3rd Morton 1 - 1 Carlton

1888/1/7        1st RRV 2? - 5? Morton                            [very murky]

1887/12/31    Morton 9? - 1 Dumbarton? Rangers       [messy scan]

1887/12/24    Morton 11 - 1 1st RRV

1887/12/17    Dumbarton Rangers 0 - 2 Morton Strollers                     

1887/12/17    Morton 0 - 5 Dumbarton

1887/12/10    Morton Strollers 3 - 4 Queen's Park Strollers                   

1887/12/10    St Mirren 2 - 0 Morton                    Renfrewshire Cup R3

1887/12/3      Dumbarton 1 - 4 Morton                   

1887/11/26    3rd Morton 2 - 0 John Dunlop

1887/11/19    Morton 11 - 2 Mearns Athletic        Renfrewshire Cup R2

1887/11/12    3rd Morton 3 - 0 West End Strollers (Paisley)

1887/11/5      Morton 4 - 1 Hurlford                        

                      Howwood scr/wo Morton               Refrewshire Cup R1

1887/10/29    Morton 8? - 0 Arthurlie

1887/10/22    Queen's Park 8 - 1 Morton                    

1887/10/15    Morton 4 - 1 Thornliebank

1887/10/15    2nd Abercorn 6 - 3 2nd Morton

1887/10/8      Govan Athletic 6 - 6 Morton Strollers              

1887/10/8      Dundee Wanderers 2 - 3 Morton     

1887/10/1      Morton Strollers 3 - 1 1st RRV (scratch)

1887/10/1      Cambuslang 4 - 1 Morton

1887/9/24      3rd Morton 2 - 1 Overton

1887/9/17      3rd Morton 1 - 1 Belville

1887/9/17      Morton 2 - 3 St Mirren                     2nd XI Cup R1

1887/9/17      Morton 0 - 3 Rangers                        

1887/9/10      Morton 3 - 2 Partick Thistle              

1887/9/3        Dykebar 5 - 2 Morton                     Scottish Cup R1

1887/8/27      Morton Strollers 0 - 3 Rangers Swifts

1887/8/27      Rangers 2 - 2 Morton                        

1887/8/20      Morton 5 - 2 Ayr FC                          

(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup, 2nd XI Cup and Greenock and District Charity Cup; the Glasgow Herald for ordinary matches.)

Tommy Orr

Tommy Orr played his entire SFL career for Morton, from his debut in 1946 to retirement in 1958, during which time he scored 86 goals. He lead the team with 14 in 1947-48. He earned two caps with the Scottish national team and scored on Northern Ireland.

In the Fifties there was no practical difference between soccer jerseys and rugby shirts.

Source.

Inverness CT visit Cappielow for their Scottish Cup Round Three replay against Morton. The winner of today's game will face Motherwell in Round Four.

Morton manager Gus MacPherson was sacked after Saturday's 2 - 2 draw against Ayr United. His league record as Morton manager was 3 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses. He was 6W 1D 4L in cup play and had 3 wins and 1 loss in the playoffs.

Derek Anderson is interim manager. This is the third time for him. He previously filled in after the Allan Moore and Ray McKinnon regimes.

[Morton 1 - 1 ICT. Goal by Muirhead. Morton win on PK. Penalties scored by Reilly, Lyon, Ugwu, Muirhead and Oliver.]

Also today: Queen of the South [0 - 3] Cove Rangers [Oof! QoS!]

Queen of the South are the only club in the bottom half of the Championship who have not fired their manager this season.

The J League ended on the weekend. These are the promotions and relegations:

J1:    Kawasaki Frontale win the league. They will be joined in the 2022 AFC Champions League by Yokohama F. Marinos, Vissel Kobe and Kashima Antlers. There was no relegation last year, so this year there's extra. Yokohama FC, Vegalta Sendai, Oita Trinita and Tokushima Vortis all go down to J2. J1 2022 will have 18 teams.

J2:    Júbilo Iwata and Kyoto Sanga are promoted to J1. Matsumoto Yamaga, Ehime FC, Giravanz Kitakyushu and SC Sagamihara are relegated to J3. Mito HollyHock finish mid-table as always. J2 2022 will have 22 teams.

J3:    Roasso Kumamoto and Grulla Morioka are promoted to J2. There's no relegation out of J3. J3 2022 will have 18 teams.

JFL:    Iwaki FC are promoted to J3. Suzuka Point Getters squeaked into fourth place, but their J3 license is conditional on them building a new stadium, which won't be completed until 2023. The two bottom JFL clubs must play off against the top two Regional Champions League winners. Honda Lock will play FC Ise-Shima and FC Kariya will play Criacao Shinjuku on December 18th. The JFL 2022 will have 16 teams.

Years in which the JFL champion got promoted:

2000            Yokohama FC

2004            Otsuka Pharmaceutical (as Tokushima Vortis)

2005            Ehime FC

2010            Gainare Tottori

2012            V-Varen Nagasaki

2013            Nagano Parceiro

2021            Iwaki FC

Morton versus Northern:

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

1889/12/7      Morton 3 - 1 Northern        friendly

1890/2/1        Morton 6 - 4 Northern        friendly

1891/1/17      Northern 3 - 1 Morton       friendly

1891/3/21      Morton 1 - 4 Northern       friendly

1891/8/29      Morton 4 - 3 Northern        Scottish Alliance

1891/11/14    Northern 6 - 0 Morton       Scottish Alliance

1893/10/28    Morton 1 - 1 Northern        friendly

1894/2/17      Morton 7 - 1 Northern        SFL2

1894/4/28      Northern 2 - 7 Morton        SFL2

Sources: Glasgow Herald for friendlies; SFHA for Greenock Charity Cup and Scottish Alliance; fitbastats for SFL Division 2

2021-22 Scottish Cup, Round Three

McLeod's Fish and Chips, Inverness. "Fresh but bland." Source.

It's Round Three of the Scottish Cup, wherein the twenty teams from League One and the Championship join the twenty winners from Round Two. Morton travel to Inverness to meet Caley Thistle.

ICT is one of three Championship sides to be drawn against Morton in a cup game so far this season. The others are Kilmarnock (League Cup) and QoS (Challenge Cup).

On the day of the draw (October 24) ICT were the highest-ranked opponent available, having held first place in the Championship for the previous seven weeks. In Round Two of the 2020-21 Cup, Morton drew Dunfermline who were the second-highest ranked opponent available, but Morton beat them on penalty kicks.

ICT beat the Ton 2 - 0 in league play on October 16th.

Morton and ICT have met in the Scottish Cup twice before, both times in Inverness, and ICT won both times. But Morton did defeat ICT's ancestor Caledonian in the 1948-49 cup.

If Morton lose, it will be the first time since November 30th, 2013 that they have exited the Cup after only one game. The winner that day was Inverness CT.

[Inverness CT 1 - 1 Morton. Goal by Reilly. The teams go to a replay at Cappielow.]

The other matches involving Championship clubs:

Partick Thistle 1 - 0 Dunfermline (last night)

Arbroath [3 - 0] Forfar

A Forfarshire derby.

Ayr United [2 - 1] Albion Rovers

Auckinleck Talbot [1 - 0] Hamilton Academical    Upset

Queen's Park [0 - 1] Kilmarnock

Cove Rangers [2 - 2] Queen of the South

Falkirk [1 - 2] Raith Rovers

Falkirk have never lost to Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup, but Raith are the favourites today.

Also of interest:

Clydebank [2 - 0] Clyde    Upset

This is the first time any iteration of Clydebank has played Clyde in the Scottish Cup.

Banks O' Dee [2 - 1] East Fife    Upset

How Banks O' Dee got here:

2021/8/28      PR    Linlithgow Rose 1 - 2 Banks O' Dee

2021/9/18      R1    Banks O' Dee 1 - 0 Turriff United

2021/10/23    R2    Banks O' Dee 5 - 0 Nairn County

Currently Banks O' Dee are fifth in the SJFA North Region Super League, but with seven games in hand.

Other matches:

J2: Mito HollyHock [2 - 1] Ehime (tomorrow)

JFL: FC Kariya [0 - 1] Matsue City (tomorrow)

Incheon [0 - 0] Pohang Steelers (tomorrow)

Winterthur 2 - 5 Schaffhausen (yesterday)

Clachnacuddin [0 - 0] Inverurie Loco Works (See below.)

1.FC Saarbrücken [2 - 0] Viktoria Berlin

The Strongest 3 - 0 Aurora (yesterday)

FC Isle of Man vs New Mills [postponed]

Copa Libertadores final:

Palmeiras [2 - 1] Flamengo

Two Brazilian teams.

Concacaf League semi-final, first leg (November 24):

Forge 2 - 2 Motagua (Honduras)

Motagua have also played Toronto FC:

2010/7/27      CChL PR    Toronto FC 1 - 0 Motagua

2010/8/3        CChL PR    Motagua 2 - 2 Toronto FC

HFX Wanderers have released Riggi, Firth, Karajovanovic, Camara, Portal and Doner.

League of Ireland promotion/relegation playoff final (yesterday):

Waterford 1 - 2 UCD

The writing was on the wall when Waterford sacked their manager Tuesday. UCD are promoted and Waterford are relegated.

FAI Cup final (tomorrow):

Bohemians [1 - 1] St Patrick's [St Patrick's won on PK.]

First Division clubs Bray Wanderers and Cabinteely have announced that they will merge before next season.

AFC Champions League final (November 23):

Al-Hilal 2 - 0 Pohang Steelers

Al-Hilal advance to the FIFA Club World Cup.

Scottish Junior Cup, Round Four:

Gartcairn [1 - 4] Arthurlie

Johnstone Burgh [1 - 3] Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Largs Thistle [1 - 0] Dundee North End

Muirkirk Juniors [0 - 1] Dyce

Petershill [2 - 1] Lochee United

Shotts Bon Accord vs Rossvale [postponed]

Craigmark Burntonians or Auchinleck Talbot vs Irvine Meadow XI [postponed]

Yoker 3 - 1 Ashfield (yesterday)

Europa League group stage, matchday 5 (November 25):

Rangers 2 - 0 Sparta Praha

Bayer Leverkusen 3 - 2 Celtic

It's the Japan Regional Champions League, final round. FC Tokushima, FC Ise-Shima, Ococias Kyoto and Criacao Shinjuku play a group stage to determine the pecking order for possible promotion to the JFL.

Match No. 19:    FC Tokushima 0 - 1 FC Ise-Shima (November 24)

Match No. 20:    Ococias Kyoto 0 - 1 Criacao Shinjuku (November 24)

Match No. 21:    FC Tokushima 0 - 2 Ococias Kyoto (yesterday)

Match No. 22:    FC Ise-Shima 0 - 0 Criacao Shinjuku (yesterday)

Match No. 23:    FC Tokushima [1 - 2] Criacao Shinjuku (tomorrow)

Match No. 24:    FC Ise-Shima [0 - 0] Ococias Kyoto (tomorrow)

[The pecking order is: Criacao Shinjuku, FC Ise-Shima, Ococias Kyoto, FC Tokushima.]

It's the 43rd Empress's Cup, Round One:

Match No. 1: Veertien Mie Ladies [0 - 1] University of Tsukuba (tomorrow)

Match No. 2: Yamato Sylphid [0 - 0] Tokuyama University [Tokuyama U won on PK.]

Match No. 3: Diavoloso Hiroshima [0 - 1] Fukuoka J. Anclas (tomorrow)

Match No. 4: Otemon Gakuin High School [3 - 6] Japan Soccer College Ladies

Match No. 5: Konomiya Speranza Osaka Takatsuki [3 - 1] Kanagawa University (tomorrow)

Match No. 6: Norddea Hokkaido [0 - 3] Fujieda Junshin High School

Match No. 7: Ehima FC Ladies [0 - 3] JFA Academy Fukushima

Match No. 8: Shizuoka SSU Asregina [2 - 2] FC Fujizakura Yamanashi [SSU won on PK.]

Match No. 9: Yokohama FC Seagulls [8 - 0] Hokaido Bunkyo University High School (tomorrow)

Match No. 10: Orca Kamogawa [4 - 0] Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

Match No. 11: Waseda University [4 - 0] Kagawa Nishi High School, Shikoku Gakuin University

Match No. 12: Ange Violet Hiroshima [3 - 1] JEF United Ladies U-18 (tomorrow)

Match No. 13: Viamaterras Miyazaki [1 - 2] Diosa Izumo FC (tomorrow)

Match No. 14: Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama [0 - 1] Seisa Osa Reia Shonan FC (tomorrow)

Match No. 15: Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi [1 - 2] Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Menina (tomorrow)

Match No. 16: AS Harima Albion [5 - 0] Sendai University

Match No. 17: NGU Loveledge Nagoya [4 - 1] Fukuoka High School attached to Tokai University (tomorrow)

Inverurie Loco Works versus Clachnacuddin:

2021/7/24      Inverurie Loco Works 5 - 0 Clachnacuddin     league

2021/1/2        Clachnacuddin 2 - 4 Inverurie Loco Works     league

2019/11/9      Inverurie Loco Works 4 - 1 Clachnacuddin     league

2019/3/9        Inverurie Loco Works 2 - 2 Clachnacuddin        league

2018/10/31    Clachnacuddin 0 - 0 Inverurie Loco Works        league

2018/2/17      Inverurie Loco Works 3 - 0 Clachnacuddin     league

2017/10/21    Clachnacuddin 0 - 4 Inverurie Loco Works     league

2017/3/4        Inverurie Loco Works 4 - 1 Clachnacuddin     league

2016/10/15    Clachnacuddin 2 - 0 Inverurie Loco Works        league

2016/4/16      Inverurie Loco Works 2 - 3 Clachnacuddin        league

2015/11/7      Clachnacuddin 2 - 1 Inverurie Loco Works        league

2015/1/10      Inverurie Loco Works 2 - 0 Clachnacuddin     league

2014/9/20      Clachnacuddin 1 - 0 Inverurie Loco Works        league

2014/1/18      Inverurie Loco Works 1 - 2 Clachnacuddin        league

2013/9/7        Clachnacuddin 2 - 2 Inverurie Loco Works        league

2013/4/3        Inverurie Loco Works 1 - 3 Clachnacuddin        league

2012/8/11      Clachnacuddin 3 - 3 Inverurie Loco Works        league

2012/5/2        Inverurie Loco Works 4 - 1 Clachnacuddin     league

2011/10/29    Inverurie Loco Works 3 - 2 Clachnacuddin     Scottish Cup

2011/10/22    Clachnacuddin 1 - 1 Inverurie Loco Works        Scottish Cup

2011/9/17      Clachnacuddin 2 - 3 Inverurie Loco Works     league

2011/4/30      Inverurie Loco Works 4 - 0 Clachnacuddin     league

2010/9/18      Clachnacuddin 3 - 3 Inverurie Loco Works        league

2010/3/13      Clachnacuddin 2 - 2 Inverurie Loco Works        league

2009/11/7      Inverurie Loco Works 4 - 3 Clachnacuddin     league

2009/4/8        Inverurie Loco Works 2 - 1 Clachnacuddin     league

2008/11/8      Clachnacuddin 1 - 2 Inverurie Loco Works     league

2007/12/8      Clachnacuddin 1 - 3 Inverurie Loco Works     league

2007/11/10    Inverurie Loco Works 3 - 1 Clachnacuddin     league

2007/1/20      Clachnacuddin 2 - 3 Inverurie Loco Works     league

2006/11/18    Inverurie Loco Works 2 - 0 Clachnacuddin     league

2006/4/8        Inverurie Loco Works 1 - 0 Clachnacuddin     league cup

2006/2/11      Clachnacuddin 1 - 2 Inverurie Loco Works     league

2005/10/1      Inverurie Loco Works 4 - 0 Clachnacuddin     league

2005/4/30      Inverurie Loco Works 2 - 1 Clachnacuddin     league

2004/8/7        Clachnacuddin 0 - 3 Inverurie Loco Works     league

2003/12/13    Clachnacuddin 3 - 3 Inverurie Loco Works        league

2003/8/9        Inverurie Loco Works 1 - 1 Clachnacuddin        league

2003/3/29      Inverurie Loco Works 1 - 1 Clachnacuddin        league

2002/8/17      Clachnacuddin vs** Inverurie Loco Works         league

2002/1/12      Clachnacuddin 1 - 2 Inverurie Loco Works     league

2001/8/4        Inverurie Loco Works 0 - 0* Clachnacuddin       league

*This was Inverurie Loco Works' first Highland League match.

**Not found.

Clachnacuddin compete in the North of Scotland Cup while Inverurie play in the Aberdeenshire Cup, so there are few cup games between them.

(Sources: Highland Football League website; Wikipedia; Inverurie Loco Works website for 2001; soccerbase.com for 2002/1/12, 2003/3/29.)

1999-2000

November 27, 1999.    Morton played Ayr United to a scoreless draw at Cappielow. Clydebank visited Dunfermline and lost 2 - 1. Danny McKelvie scored for the Bankies.

FC Renton, 1892-93:

1893/5/29      Dumbarton 1 - 0 Renton         benefit

1893/5/20      Renton 0 - 4 Dumbarton          SFL

1893/4/15      Rangers 2 - 0 Renton              SFL

1893/4/8        Queen's Park 3 - 3 Renton     friendly

1893/4/1        Leith Athletic 6 - 2 Renton       SFL

1893/3/25      Renton 0 - 2 Celtic                   SFL

1893/3/18      Renton 1 - 1 Clyde                   SFL

1893/3/11      St Mirren 3 - 0 Renton              SFL

1893/3/4        Dumbarton 1 - 1 Renton          SFL

1893/2/18      Renton 2 - 1 Abercorn            SFL

1893/2/4        Renton 3 - 1 Third Lanark       SFL

1893/1/28      Thistle 1 - 1 Renton                friendly

1892/12/31    Hearts 2 - 0 Renton                friendly

1892/11/26    Abercorn 6 - 0 Renton            Scottish Cup R1

1892/11/19    Morton 6 - 0 Renton               friendly

1892/11/5      Renton 2 - 2 Rangers               SFL

1892/10/29    Dumbarton 2 - 1 Renton        friendly

1892/10/22    Third Lanark 6 - 2 Renton        SFL

1892/10/15    Abercorn 1 - 2 Renton             SFL

1892/10/8      Renton 2 - 3 Leith Athletic       SFL

1892/10/1      Renton 4 - 1 Hearts                 SFL

1892/9/24      Clyde 2 - 2 Renton                   SFL

1892/9/17      Renton 0 - 2 Dumbarton        friendly

1892/9/10      Hearts 2 - 2 Renton                 SFL

1892/9/3        Renton 3 - 2 St Mirren            SFL

1892/8/27      Renton 4 - 2 Morton              friendly

1892/8/20      Celtic 4 - 3 Renton                   SFL

(Sources: fitbastats; Wikipedia for the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton friendlies and benefit game; Glasgow Herald for Abercorn matches, Morton friendlies; SFHA for Greenock Charity Cup.)

    RENTON v. MORTON.--At Greenock. Renton arrived 40 minutes late, and two half-hours were played. The "Village" team had three second eleven men, and M'Call was partnered on the left by the ordinary goalkeeper Lindsay. An excellent beginning was made by both teams, the passing by the forward ---- being very pretty. The local men scored a goal within five minutes. Morison's gaining the ball though midfield play followed, and then as the result of a run on the right Burns scored the second. Elliot scored the third from a corner, Morison the fourth, and O------ the fifth. All this time the Renton were showing good play on the ----, but their shooting was poor. The Morton were ---- having greatly the best of the game, and were decidedly lucky in their scoring, while the goalkeeping was not of a brilliant order. In the second half play was of an equal character, and Morton scored again, but the ill luck of Renton stuck to them throughout, and they had to retire goalless.

Glasgow Herald, November 21, 1892, page 10. (A very blurry scan.)