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Greenock Morton Goalscorers, Part 4

Kudus Oyenuga. Source.

Goalscorers who left the team in 2017:

Jamie Lindsay

2016/7/30        2'    Cappielow    Berwick            Brennan    League Cup

2016/12/3      78'    Bellsdale       Beith                Grindlay    Scottish Cup

2017/1/21      39'    Cappielow    Falkirk                Rogers    Scottish Cup

Jamie McDonagh

2016/10/15    33'    Palmerston    QoS               Robinson    league

2016/12/3      42'    Bellsdale        Beith               Grindlay    Scottish Cup

Kudus Oyenuga

2016/8/20      62'    Cappielow    Dumbarton           Martin    league

2016/11/12    76'    Dumbarton    Dumbarton          Martin    league

2017/3/18      79'    Falkirk           Falkirk                Rogers    league

2017/5/6        52'    Cappielow    Dundee Utd       Halliwell    league

Conor Pepper

2014/8/16      56'    Cappielow    Stranraer            Mitchell    league

2014/9/20      76'    Cappielow    Dunfermline          Scully    league

Jon Scullion

2014/11/8      15'    Cappielow    Forfar                 Douglas    league

2015/8/1        70'    Cappielow    Elgin                       Black    League Cup

2015/8/1        83'    Cappielow    Elgin                       Black    League Cup

2015/9/5        82'    Almondvale    Livingston      Jamieson    league

Lawrence Shankland

2017/1/14      67'    Cappielow    Raith Rovers    Cuthbert    league

2017/4/8        66'    Cappielow    Hibs                 Marciano    league

2017/4/22      38'    Cappielow    Ayr Utd              Fleming    league

2017/4/29      37'    East End    Dunfermline        Murdoch    league

Morton Castle, 1869

Watercolour of Morton Castle, by Princess Helena, 1869. Source.

Greenock Morton travel to Palmerston Park to contest the ownership of Morton Castle, located in Nithsdale. Thanks to Morton's win on Leap Day last year they are currently king of the castle and QoS are the dirty rascal.

After last night's Arbroath/Dundee match Morton hold fourth place with 16 points. QoS are eighth with 11 points. Morton won their December 19th match 2 - 0 at Cappielow, but QoS won the shootout in their League Cup group stage match October 6th.

Morton's last three matches have ended in a draw. At the moment, seven of the ten Championship clubs have accumulated at least as many draws as wins. Hearts are the only team without any draws.

[QoS have brought in an emergency goalkeeper.]

Morton Castle games up till now:

Jan 28, 2012        QoS 2 - 1 Morton        M7 Q10*

Mar 29, 2014       QoS 3 - 0 Morton         Q4 M10

Oct 10, 2015        QoS 1 - 0 Morton         Q5 M6

Feb 4, 2017          QoS 3 - 0 Morton         M3 Q5

Feb 17, 2018        QoS 1 - 1 Morton         M5 Q6

April 6, 2019         QoS 1 - 1 Morton         M6 Q7

Feb 29, 2020        QoS 0 - 4 Morton        M6 Q9

*Means Morton were in seventh place and QoS in tenth place at time of kickoff.

Other Championship matches:

Arbroath [1 - 1] Dundee (last night)

Dunfermline [0 - 0] Ayr United

Hearts [2 - 3] Raith Rovers

Raith first match of 2021.

Inverness CT vs Alloa [postponed -- frozen pitch]

[QoS 2 - 1 Morton. Queen of the South retake the castle. Morton goal by Orsi.]

It's the League Cup semi-finals:

St Johnstone [3 - 0] Hibs

These two have met in the League Cup semi-final twice before, in 2007 and 2016. Hibs won both times.

Livingston [1 - 0] St Mirren (tomorrow)

Now that these two are in the group stage south section they meet up pretty often, but they've never met in the semi-finals before. Livi are on a nine-game unbeaten streak. St Mirren are on a four-game winless streak.

These two cup games will employ goal-line technology.

When did these clubs last appear in the League Cup final?

2015-16    Hibs

2012-13    St Mirren

2003-04    Livingston

1998-99    St Johnstone

How many times has each won the cup?

3        Hibs

1        St Mirren

1        Livingston

0        St Johnstone

When has neither Old Firm team made the League Cup semi-finals?

1950-51, 1954-55, 1959-60, 1979-80, 2006-07, 2013-14, 2020-21.

League Cups won:

46    (62%)    Old Firm

28    (38%)    everyone outside the Old Firm combined

Other matches:

3.Liga: 1.FC Saarbrücken [0 - 0] VfB Lübeck (tomorrow)

Swiss Challenge League: Chiasso [0 - 3] Winterthur

Postponed:

Kilmarnock vs St Johnstone (postponed due to the League Cup)

Lowland League: Bonnyrigg Rose vs Gala Fairydean Rovers

Highland League: Clachnacuddin vs Buckie Thistle

WoSFL: Troon vs Largs Thistle

SWF Championship South: Gartcairn vs Morton

Progrès Niederkorn haven't played in two months.

Developments:

The twenty League One and Two clubs have written to the football authorities asking to be allowed to resume play.

Tokyo Musashino City FC of the JFL and Tokyo United of the Kanto League have merged. The JFL team will now go by the name Tokyo Musashino United, while the Kanto League team will continue as Tokyo United. The JFL team had already announced that it is not aiming at J League membership.

HFX Wanderers are setting up an U-23 squad.

Wanderers have signed Nova Scotian goalkeeper Kieran Basket, who has been playing for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

They've also signed Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé, formerly of Montreal Impact, Ottawa Fury, and Saint Louis FC.

Montreal Impact has renamed itself Club de Foot Montréal. I do not think this is an improvement.

The Canadian Premier League has put out a coffee table book about last year's tournament.

Iida Kodai has renewed his contract with Oklahoma City Energy FC.

Club The Strongest's crosstown rivals Bolivar have entered into a partnership with Manchester City FC.

Scottish Cup

Suppose the lower leagues don't return this year and their teams all drop out of the Scottish Cup. Who's left? There are the 12 Premiership clubs, plus Queen of the South and Dundee who have already won their Round Two matches, plus Arbroath, Raith Rovers, Ayr United, Inverness CT and Hearts, whose Round Two opponents would have dropped out, plus either Morton or Dunfermline, who have their Round Two match still to play. That makes 20 teams. Round Three could be reorganized to have the eight remaining Championship clubs play each other, so that Round Four would have 16 teams, the Premiership clubs plus the four Round Three winners.

South Challenge Cup

They're still trying to finish the 2019-20 South Challenge Cup. BSC Glasgow beat East Kilbride in one semi-final on December 27th. The other semi-final between Hill of Beath Hawthorn and Dunipace is still up in the air. The final is scheduled for March 14th.

This is a good illustration of how it's better to have the lockdown late in the competition. The 2020-21 cup still has 66 teams in it, which should prove to be a rescheduling nightmare.

Historical matches:

Jan 23, 1915. Morton visited Dundee and played to a 1 - 1 draw.

SFL Division Three in the 1924-25 Scottish Cup:

Beith

    did not play

Brechin City

    did not play

Clackmannan

1925/1/24      R1    Raith Rovers 3 - 0 Clackmannan

Dumbarton Harp

    did not play

Dykehead

1925/1/24      R1    Dykehead 1 - 0 Forfar

1925/2/7        R2    Dykehead 3 - 1 Peebles Rovers

1925/2/21      R3    Kilmarnock 5 - 0 Dykehead

Galston

1925/1/24      R1    Motherwell 6 - 3 Galston

Helensburgh

1925/1/24      R1    Bo'ness 1 - 1 Helensburgh

1925/1/27               Helensburgh 0 - 0 Bo'ness

1925/2/3                Bo'ness 2 - 0 Helesburgh (at Firhill)

Leith Athletic

1925/1/24      R1    Hearts 4 - 1 Leith Athletic

Lochgelly United

1925/1/24      R1    Lochgelly United 4 - 0 Breadalbane

1925/2/7        R2    Dundee 2 - 1 Lochgelly United

Mid Annandale

    did not play

Montrose

1925/1/24      R1    Montrose 6 - 2 Inverness Citadel

1925/2/7        R2    Montrose 0 - 2 Rangers

Nithsdale Wanderers

1925/1/24      R1    Broxburn United 3 - 2 Nithsdale Wanderers

Peebles Rovers

1925/1/24      R1    St Cuthbert Wanderers 0 - 0 Peebles Rovers

1925/1/27               Peebles Rovers 5 - 0 St Cuthbert Wanderers

1925/2/7        R2    Dykehead 3 - 1 Peebles Rovers

Queen of the South

1925/1/24      R1    Queen of the South 1 - 1 Alloa

1925/1/27               Alloa 2 - 0 Queen of the South

Royal Albert

1925/1/24      R1    Royal Albert 9 - 1 Stranraer

1925/2/7        R2    Royal Albert 1 - 3 Broxburn United

Solway Star

1925/1/24      R1    Solway Star 4 - 2 Stenhousemuir

1925/2/7        R2    Vale of Leven 2 - 2 Solway Star

1925/2/12               Solway Star 3 - 3 Vale of Leven

1925/2/16               Vale of Leven 1 - 2 Solway Star (at Cathkin Park)

1925/2/21      R3    Celtic 2 - 0 Solway Star

Vale of Leven

1925/1/24      R1    Vale of Leven 2 - 0 Inverness Caledonian

1925/2/7        R2    Vale of Leven 2 - 2 Solway Star

1925/2/12               Solway Star 3 - 3 Vale of Leven

1925/2/16               Vale of Leven 1 - 2 Solway Star (at Cathkin Park)

Greenock Morton Goalscorers, Part 3

Ross Forbes. Source.

Goalscorers who left the team in 2018:

John Baird

2018/3/24      50'    Cappielow    Brechin                Smith    league

2018/3/24      72'    Cappielow    Brechin                Smith    league

2018/4/10      69'    Cappielow    Dumbarton    Gallacher    league

Darren Barr

2017/7/18      92'    Cappielow    Queen's Park         Muir    League Cup

Michael Doyle

2018/4/21      30'    St Mirren       St Mirren         Samson    league

Ross Forbes

2015/8/1        74'    Cappielow    Elgin                    Black    League Cup

2015/8/25      69'    Palmerston    QoS             Thomson    League Cup

2015/10/24    55'    Cappielow    Alloa                  McNeil    league

2016/2/24      63'    Easter Road    Hibs                 Oxley    league

2016/3/19      17'    Cappielow    Alloa             Gallacher    league

2016/8/9        58'    New Douglas   Hamilton   Matthews    League Cup

2016/9/10      80'    Somerset    Ayr Utd               McNeil    league

2016/10/1      18'    Cappielow   Raith Rovers   Cuthbert    league

2016/10/15      6'    Palmerston    QoS             Robinson    league

2016/11/1      27'    Cappielow    St Mirren        Langfield    league

2016/12/3      11'    Bellsdale       Beith               Grindlay    Scottish Cup

2017/1/14      27'    Cappielow   Raith Rovers   Cuthbert    league

2017/1/21      47'    Cappielow    Falkirk               Rogers    Scottish Cup

2017/1/28      11'    Somerset    Ayr Utd              Fleming    league

2017/1/28      19'    Somerset    Ayr Utd              Fleming    league

2017/2/18      68'    Cappielow    Falkirk               Rogers    league

2017/3/11      55'    Cappielow    QoS               Robinson    league

2017/9/16      16'    Palmerston    QoS                   Martin    league

Gary Fraser

2018/4/10      62'    Cappielow    Dumbarton    Gallacher    league

Gary Harkins

2017/7/18      SO    Cappielow    Queen's Park        Muir    League Cup

2017/9/9        73'    Cappielow    Dunfermline    Murdoch    league

2017/10/28    79'    St Mirren       St Mirren         Samson    league

2017/11/4        7'    Cappielow    QoS                     Martin    league

2017/11/25      9'    Falkirk           Falkirk            Thomson    league

2017/12/2      72'    Cappielow    Brechin                 Smith    league

2017/12/23    22'    Cappielow    Inverness          Ridgers    league

2018/2/24      70'    Caledonian    Inverness         Ridgers    league

2018/3/10      91'    Falkirk           Falkirk               Hazard    league

Ricki Lamie

2016/12/31    93'    St Mirren    St Mirren           Gallacher    league

2017/7/18      SO    Cappielow    Queen's Park         Muir    League Cup

2018/4/7        69'    Livingston    Almondvale    Alexander    league

Andy Murdoch

2017/4/11      29'    Cappielow    St Mirren            O'Brien    league

2017/7/18     SO    Cappielow    Queen's Park          Muir    League Cup

2017/8/12      77'    Cappielow    St Mirren           Samson    league

2017/10/14    81'    Glebe Park    Brechin                Smith    league

2017/10/28    68'    St Mirren      St Mirren           Samson    league

Thomas O'Ware

2014/4/1        38'    Cappielow    Dumbarton         Ewings    league

2014/8/19      45'    Cappielow    Berwick                   Bald    Challenge Cup

2014/8/23      92'    Balmoor    Peterhead                Smith    league

2014/10/4      69'    Glebe Park    Brechin                Smith    league

2014/10/25    79'    East End    Dunfermline            Scully    league

2015/8/29      72'    Recreation    Alloa                Crawford    league

2015/10/3      82'    Stark's Park   Raith Rovers   Cuthbert    league

2016/1/9        65'    Almondvale    Livingston     Jamieson    Scottish Cup

2016/2/24      36'    Easter Road    Hibs                    Oxley    league

2016/4/9        82'    Cappielow    Livingston       McCallum    league

2016/7/16      SO    Cliftonhill    Albion Rovers      Stewart    League Cup

2016/7/19      77'    Cappielow    Clyde                  Gibson    League Cup

2016/8/6        17'    St Mirren    St Mirren            Langfield    league

2016/9/20      31'    Cappielow    Dundee Utd              Bell    League Cup

2016/10/15    72'    Palmerston    QoS               Robinson    league

2016/10/29    73'    Cappielow    Ayr Utd              Fleming    league

2016/11/1      15'    Cappielow    St Mirren          Langfield    league

2016/12/3      51'    Bellsdale    Beith                   Grindlay    Scottish Cup

2016/12/3      90'    Bellsdale    Beith                   Grindlay    Scottish Cup

2016/12/24    17'    Cappielow    QoS                Robinson    league

2017/2/18      13'    Cappielow    Falkirk                Rogers    league

2017/5/9          7'    Cappielow    Dundee Utd             Bell    playoffs

2018/1/2        80'    Cappielow    St Mirren           Samson    league

2018/1/27      35'    Tannadice    Dundee Utd           Lewis    league

2018/2/20      74'    Dumbarton    Dumbarton     Gallacher    league

2018/4/7        18'    Almondvale    Livingston     Alexander    league

Jai Quitongo

2016/7/23      67'    Rugby    Kilmarnock        MacDonald    League Cup

2016/7/30      16'    Cappielow    Berwick            Brennan    League Cup

2016/8/9        63'    New Douglas    Hamilton    Matthews    League Cup

2016/9/17      84'    Cappielow    Dunfermline        Hutton    league

2016/9/20      24'    Cappielow    Dundee Utd             Bell    League Cup

2016/10/15    64'    Palmerston    QoS               Robinson    league

2017/7/29      53'    Cappielow    Edinburgh City      Antell    League Cup

2017/9/9        93'    Cappielow    Dunfermline     Murdoch    league

2017/9/16      20'    Palmerston    QoS                    Martin    league

2017/12/2      83'    Cappielow    Brechin                 Smith    league

2018/1/20      85'    East End    Dunfermline      Robinson    Scottish Cup

Frank Ross

2018/2/10      12'    Cappielow    Dumbarton    Gallacher    Scottish Cup

2018/3/31      93'    Cappielow    Dundee Utd         Lewis    league

Mark Russell

2015/1/10      69'    Ochilview   Stenhousemuir   Fleming    league

2015/2/21      91'    Cappielow    Stranraer          Mitchell    league

2015/3/28      90'    East End    Dunfermline           Scully    league

2015/5/2        39'    Cappielow    Peterhead            Smith    league

2016/11/12    69'    Dumbarton    Dumbarton         Martin    league

Princes Pier

Source.

Morton host Dunfermline Athletic in a Friday night game, broadcast on BBC Scotland. This is Morton's second televised game of the season (if you don't count all the ones that have been streamed to subscribers). The other televised game was against St Mirren in the League Cup group stage.

Dunfermline are second in the division, with 19 points. Morton are fifth with 15. Morton are undefeated in four games, Dunfermline in three. Dunfermline's last defeat was to Morton.

There have been developments. Monday the SFA cancelled all soccer in Scotland for the remainder of January, except for the Premiership and Championship. The Scottish Cup is postponed. Morton's Tuesday night Scottish Cup match against the Pars was therefore put off, even though it was an all-Championship pairing.

If the League One season turns out to be over, then Falkirk have won the title on a points per game basis, and Forfar are last. In League Two, Queen's Park have won and Brechin are last.

If the Lowland League is over, then Kelty Hearts have won and Vale of Leithen are last. The Highland League has played so few games I'm sure they would just scrub the table.

When it restarts, the Scottish Cup will present some scheduling problems. Come February 1st there will be 44 teams still in it. Last February 1st there were only 16 remaining.

[The 3 - 0 losses imposed on Kilmarnock and St Mirren earlier in the season have been overturned and replaced by fines.]

[Morton 0 - 0 Pars.]

Other Championship matches tomorrow:

Alloa [1 - 3] Hearts

Dundee vs Ayr United [postponed -- frozen pitch]

Queen of the South [2 - 2] Arbroath

Raith Rovers vs Inverness CT [postponed -- Covid at Raith Rovers]

One last Scottish Cup Round One match got squeezed in:

Camelon Juniors 1 - 2 Brora Rangers (January 11)

Other matches:

Hibs [2 - 0] Kilmarnock

3.Liga: 1.FC Magdeburg  1 - 2  1.FC Saarbrücken (January 12)

Postponed:

Lowland League: Edinburgh University vs Bonnyrigg Rose

Highland League: Clachnacuddin vs Fort William

WoSFL: Largs Thistle vs Hurlford United

SWF Championship South: BSC Glasgow vs Morton

Cowdenbeath versus Lochgelly United, the record:

Lochgelly United existed from 1890 to 1928. They played in the SFL from 1914 to 1926.

Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly are one mile apart in Fife, so it's not difficult to imagine the two teams' supporters not only attending these matches en masse, but walking to get there.

Cowdenbeath versus Lochgelly United in the King Cup:

1896/11/26    Lochgelly United 0 - 0 Cowdenbeath

1897/1/16      Lochgelly United 0 - 0 Cowdenbeath

1897/2/13      Cowdenbeath 1 - 2 Lochgelly United

1898/12/10    Cowdenbeath 1 - 3 Lochgelly United

Cowdenbeath versus Lochgelly United in the Wemyss Cup:

1899/1/14      Lochgelly United 2 - 4 Cowdenbeath

1900/x/x        Cowdenbeath W - L Lochgelly United

1903/5/6        Cowdenbeath 0 - 1 Lochgelly United

1906/2/24      Lochgelly United 3 - 1 Cowdenbeath

1906/3/10      Cowdenbeath 1 - 1 Lochgelly United

1907/4/27      Cowdenbeath 1 - 1 Lochgelly United

1907/5/1        Lochgelly United 3 - 1 Cowdenbeath

1907/8/15      Cowdenbeath 1 - 1 Lochgelly United

1907/10/5      Lochgelly United 3 - 0 Cowdenbeath

1909/3/20      Cowdenbeath 0 - 0 Lochgelly United

1909/4/5        Lochgelly United vs Cowdenbeath

1910/4/27      Lochgelly United 4 - 1 Cowdenbeath

1912/10/19    Cowdenbeath 5 - 2 Lochgelly United

1921/3/23      Cowdenbeath 5 - 2 Lochgelly United

1923/8/29      Cowdenbeath 5 - 1 Lochgelly United    (cup final)

1925/5/29      Cowdenbeath 3 - 0 Lochgelly United    (cup final)

1926/4/21      Cowdenbeath 5 - 0 Lochgelly United

1927/4/27      Cowdenbeath 1 - 1 Lochgelly United    (Cowdenbeath won on corner kicks.) (cup final)

Cowdenbeath versus Lochgelly United in the Fife Cup:

1902/2/15      Lochgelly United 1 - 2 Cowdenbeath

1902/4/5        Cowdenbeath 1 - 0 Lochgelly United

1904/4/16      Cowdenbeath 2 - 1 Lochgelly United

1904/5/9        Lochgelly United 2 - 3 Cowdenbeath

1905/4/29      Lochgelly United 2 - 1 Cowdenbeath

1905/5/13      Cowdenbeath 3 - 1 Lochgelly United

1905/12/2      Lochgelly United 1 - 2 Cowdenbeath

1906/11/10    Cowdenbeath 2 - 0 Lochgelly United

1907/10/12    Cowdenbeath 1 - 1 Lochgelly United

1907/10/19    Lochgelly United 3 - 1 Cowdenbeath

1910/3/5        Cowdenbeath 1 - 1 Lochgelly United

1910/3/12      Cowdenbeath 1 - 1 Lochgelly United

1910/3/19      Cowdenbeath 2 - 1 Lochgelly United    (cup final)

1917/2/17      Lochgelly United 0 - 2 Cowdenbeath

1919/10/4      Cowdenbeath 1 - 0 Lochgelly United

1923/4/9        Cowdenbeath 4 - 1 Lochgelly United

1925/9/23      Cowdenbeath 3 - 3 Lochgelly United

1926/4/7        Cowdenbeath 4 - 1 Lochgelly United    (cup final)

1927/?/?        Cowdenbeath W - L Lochgelly United

(Drawn from SFHA, "Fife Cup" and "King Cup".)

Cowdenbeath versus Lochgelly United in the SFL Division Two:

1914/8/15      Lochgelly United 0 - 4 Cowdenbeath

1915/2/6        Cowdenbeath 2 - 0 Lochgelly United

1921/8/20      Cowdenbeath 4 - 3 Lochgelly United

1922/3/25      Lochgelly United 2 - 1 Cowdenbeath

1922/11/25    Lochgelly United 3 - 2 Cowdenbeath

1923/3/3        Cowdenbeath 4 - 0 Lochgelly United

1923/10/13    Lochgelly United 0 - 1 Cowdenbeath

1924/3/29      Cowdenbeath 2 - 1 Lochgelly United

(Source: Fitbastats.)

Historical matches:

Jan 16, 1915. Rangers came to Cappielow and won 0 - 1.

SFL Division Three results, January 17, 1925:

Clackmannan 2 - 1 Leith Athletic

Dykehead 1 - 1 Mid Annandale

Galston 1 - 0 Vale of Leven

Lochgelly United 3 - 3 Queen of the South

Montrose 1 - 2 Solway Star

Nithsdale Wanderers 5 - 3 Brechin City

Peebles Rovers 5 - 0 Helensburgh

Royal Albert 3 - 2 Beith

Source: Glasgow Herald, January 19, 1925, p. 15.

Greenock Morton Goalscorers, Part 2

Robert Thomson's Match Attax card. Source.

Goalscorers who left the team in 2019:

Ben Armour

2018/7/28      75'    Cappielow    Albion Rovers   Hallford    League Cup

Connor Bell

2018/7/28      38'    Cappielow    Albion Rovers   Hallford    League Cup

Gregor Buchanan

2018/12/8      78'    Cappielow    Dundee Utd       Siegrist    league

2019/2/26      85'    Cappielow    QoS                     Martin    league

Jack Iredale

2018/1/27      80'    Tannadice    Dundee Utd          Lewis    league

2018/2/10      49'    Cappielow    Dumbarton     Gallacher    Scottish Cup

2018/4/10      94'    Cappielow    Dumbarton     Gallacher    league

2018/11/3      54'    Cappielow    Partick Thistle          Bell    league

Denny Johnstone

2015/8/1        68'    Cappielow    Elgin                     Black    League Cup

2015/9/5        52'    Almondvale    Livingston     Jamieson    league

2015/9/19      65'    Palmerston    QoS               Thomson    league

2015/10/27    52'    Cappielow    St Johnstone     Mannus    League Cup

2015/10/31    85'    Dumbarton    Dumbarton          Brown    league

2015/11/7        6'    Cappielow    Livingston       McCallum    league

2015/11/14    51'    Cappielow    QoS                 Thomson    league

2015/11/14    62'    Cappielow    QoS                 Thomson    league

2015/11/28    41'    Cliftonhill    Albion Rovers       Stewart    Scottish Cup

2016/2/13      64'    Cappielow    Dumbarton          Ewings    league

2016/2/24      51'    Easter Road    Hibs                    Oxley    league

2016/3/11      22'    Ibrox         Rangers         Foderingham    league

2016/3/15        8'    Cappielow    QoS                 Thomson    league

2016/3/15      22'    Cappielow    QoS                 Thomson    league

2016/3/19      81'    Cappielow    Alloa                Gallacher    league

2016/4/9        51'    Cappielow    Livingston       McCallum    league

2016/4/16      59'    St Mirren    St Mirren            Langfield    league

(Johnstone dressed for 4 matches in 2018-19 but did not score.)

Lee Kilday

2014/11/22    15'    Cappielow   Stenhousemuir   Fleming   league

2014/11/22    35'    Cappielow   Stenhousemuir   Fleming   league

2015/3/28      50'    East End    Dunfermline           Scully    league

2015/7/25      '73    Cappielow    Dumbarton          Brown    Challenge Cup

2016/7/16      SO    Cliftonhill    Albion Rovers     Stewart    League Cup

2016/8/13      25'    Cappielow    Falkirk              Mehmet    league

2016/11/5      87'    Falkirk    Falkirk                      Rogers    league

2017/2/7        53'    Stark's    Raith Rovers         Brennan    league

2017/2/25      39'    Tannadice    Dundee Utd             Bell    league

Greg Kiltie

2019/3/1        32'    Cappielow    Falkirk            Burgoyne    league

2019/4/2        71'    Somerset    Ayr Utd               Doohan    league

2019/4/9        51'    Cappielow    Alloa                     Parry    league

2019/4/16      42'    Cappielow    Inverness          Mackay    league

2019/4/20      47'    Falkirk          Falkirk            Burgoyne    league

2019/4/27      84'    East End    Dunfermline           Scully    league

Ross MacLean

2018/7/21      33'    Cappielow    Stenhousemuir    Smith    League Cup

2018/8/4        63'    Cappielow    QoS                    Martin    league

Charlie Telfer

2018/9/29      35'    Cappielow    Ayr Utd             Doohan    league

2018/10/6      10'    Caledonian    Inverness        Ridgers    league

2018/12/29    80'    Firhill         Partick Thistle    Sneddon    league

2019/4/6        64'    Palmerston    QoS              Leighfield    league

2019/4/20      54'    Falkirk          Falkirk            Burgoyne    league

Robert Thomson

2017/7/29      73'    Cappielow    Edinburgh City     Antell    League Cup

2017/7/29      79'    Cappielow    Edinburgh City     Antell    League Cup

2017/8/19      51'    Caledonian    Inverness         Ridgers    league

2017/9/9        46'    Cappielow    Dunfermline     Murdoch    league

2017/11/25    43'    Falkirk           Falkirk            Thomson    league

2017/11/25    61'    Falkirk           Falkirk            Thomson    league

2018/11/27    61'    Balmoor        Peterhead        Fleming    Scottish Cup

Michael Tidser

2010/8/21      88'    Cappielow    Partick               Halliwell    league

2011/8/13        9'    Cappielow    Livingston            McNeil    league

2011/8/23      17'    Cappielow    St Mirren           Samson    League Cup

2012/3/20      56'    Falkirk          Falkirk            McGovern    league

2012/8/5        86'    Ochilview   E. Stirlingshire   McWillams  League Cup

2012/8/14      38'    Cappielow    QoS                 Robinson    Challenge Cup

2012/11/13    53'    Cappielow    Albion Rovers   McGinley   Scottish Cup

2012/11/13    73'    Cappielow    Albion Rovers   McGinley   Scottish Cup

2012/12/17    45'    Cappielow    Turriff Utd             Coutts    Scottish Cup

2012/12/17    63'    Cappielow    Turriff Utd             Coutts    Scottish Cup

2012/12/29    56'    Cappielow    Dunfermline     Gallacher    league

2012/12/29    89'    Cappielow    Dunfermline     Gallacher    league

2013/1/26      53'    Cappielow    Raith Rovers      McGurn    league

2013/2/3        31'    Dens            Dundee              Douglas    Scottish Cup

2013/2/23      46'    East End      Dunfermline     Gallacher    league

2013/2/23      64'    East End      Dunfermline     Gallacher    league

2013/3/16      32'    Dumbarton   Dumbarton        Grindlay    league

2015/9/22     112'   Cappielow    Motherwell            Ripley    League Cup

2016/7/16      SO    Cliftonhill    Albion Rovers      Stewart    League Cup

2016/12/3      17'    Bellsdale      Beith Juniors     Grindlay    Scottish Cup

2017/1/7        66'    Cappielow    Dumbarton           Brown    league

2017/2/12        7'    Ibrox             Rangers    Foderingham    Scottish Cup

2017/8/12      26'    Cappielow    St Mirren            Samson    league

2017/8/12      50'    Cappielow    St Mirren            Samson    league

2018/2/3        37'    Cappielow    Dunfermline    Robinson    league

2018/7/14      14'    Somerset     Ayr Utd                Doohan    League Cup

2018/7/28      74'    Cappielow    Albion Rovers     Hallford    League Cup

2018/7/28      79'    Cappielow    Albion Rovers     Hallford    League Cup

2018/8/4        47'    Cappielow    QoS                       Martin    league

2018/8/25      60'    Cappielow    Ross County             Fox     league

2018/9/15      11'     Tannadice    Dundee Utd      Rakovan     league

2018/11/3      71'    Cappielow    Partick Thistle             Bell    league

2019/5/4        19'    Cappielow    Dundee Utd          Laidlaw    league

Scott Tiffoney

2016/7/16      SO    Clintonhill    Albion Rovers    Stewart    League Cup

2017/7/18      SO    Cappielow    Queen's Park         Muir    League Cup

2017/12/2      44'    Cappielow    Brechin                 Smith    league

2018/1/27      46'    Tannadice    Dundee Utd          Lewis    league

2018/2/24      28'    Caledonian    Inverness         Ridgers    league

2018/9/22      81'    Cappielow    Dunfermline    Robinson    league

2018/12/22    73'    Cappielow    Inverness           Ridgers    league

2018/12/29      9'    Firhill    Partick Thistle          Sneddon    league

Kerr Waddell

2018/11/27    10'    Balmoor        Peterhead        Fleming    Scottish Cup

2019/1/4        66'    Cappielow    Ross County           Fox     league

Greenock, a Garden City

A design for council flats on the Vennel, 1947. Source.

It's the Scottish Cup, Round Two. Today's match between Morton and Dunfermline is postponed due to the frozen condition of the pitch at Cappielow. Which is just as well because three more of Morton's starters have tested positive for Covid.

In addition to the rearranged match to be played Tuesday, Morton and Dunfermline are also scheduled to meet in league play Friday.

Other postponed matches:

Airdrieonians (L1) [0 - 1] Edinburgh City (L2) (tomorrow)

Dumbarton (L1) vs Huntly (HL)

Camelon (ES) vs Brora Rangers (HL) (Round One)

Camelon (ES) or Brora Rangers (HL) vs Hearts (Ch)

Keith (HL) vs Clyde (L1)

Nairn (HL) vs Montrose (L1)

Round One leftover:

Huntly (HL) 3 - 1 Cumbernauld Colts (LL) (January 6)

Last night:

Queen's Park (L2) 0 - 3 Queen of the South (Ch) (last night)

These two also met in the League Cup.

Matches being played today, weather permitting:

Alloa (Ch) [2 - 3] Cove Rangers (L1)

This is their first Scottish Cup meeting.

Arbroath (Ch) vs Falkirk (L1) [postponed -- frozen pitch]

They met last year.

Buckie Thistle (HL) vs Inverness CT (Ch) [postponed -- frozen pitch]

This is their first Scottish Cup meeting.

Dundee (Ch) [3 - 2] Bonnyrigg Rose (LL)

This is on BBC Scotland.

East Fife (L1) [5 - 1] Tranent (ES)

First meeting.

Elgin (L2) vs Ayr United (Ch) [postponed -- frozen pitch]

These two met in 1967.

Forfar (L1) [4 - 1] Linlithgow Rose (ES)

These two met in 2016.

Formartine (HL) vs Annan (L2) [postponed]

And these two met in 2016.

Fraserburgh (HL) [2 - 1] Banks O' Dee (SJFA North) (see below)

First Scottish Cup meeting.

Kelty Hearts (LL) [2 - 3] Stranraer (L2)

First meeting. This match is at Stark's Park.

Partick Thistle (L1) vs Cowdenbeath (L2) [postponed -- frozen pitch]

These two have met seven times before in the Scottish Cup.

Peterhead (L1) vs Stenhousemuir (L2) [postponed -- frozen pitch]

They met in 1980.

Stirling Albion (L2) vs Raith Rovers (Ch) [postponed]

They've met three times before in the Scottish Cup.

Elsewhere:

Kilmarnock [2 - 0] Hamilton

3.Liga: SV Meppen [1 - 0] 1.FC Saarbrücken

Lowland League: Bo'ness United vs Bonnyrigg Rose (January 5) [postponed]

Berwick Rangers vs Bonnyrigg Rose (postponed, see above)

Highland League: Lossiemouth vs Clachnacuddin [postponed -- frozen pitch]

WoSFL: Rossvale vs Largs Thistle (postponed)

The final of the Levain Cup, J1's League Cup, which I never follow because Mito HollyHock aren't in it, was played January 4th. It was to have happened November 7th but was delayed because of Covid in the Reysol dressing room.

Kashiwa Reysol 1 - 2 FC Tokyo

Two cup finals are still pending: the 2019-20 Scottish Challenge Cup final between Raith Rovers and Inverness CT, and the 2020 Canadian Championship between Toronto FC and Forge FC.

Developments

Scotland is back to a strict lockdown. Schools are closing until February, but professional football continues.

The League of Ireland has postponed the start of its 2021 season from February 26th to March 19th.

The K League 1 in South Korea plans a flexible schedule for 2021. The season will start with either a double or a triple round robin, depending on health conditions, followed by a split and a five-game final stretch.

HFX Wanderers have signed right-back Morey Doner, who played for York9 the last two seasons. I can hear the donair jokes already.

Josh McPake who was on loan to Morton from Rangers until last month is now on loan to Harrogate Town of the English League Two.

The invaluable Scottish Football Historical Archive is up and running again. You can find it here.

Banks O' Dee in the Scottish Cup:

2008/9/27      R1    Banks O' Dee 10 - 0 Fort William

2008/10/25    R2    Inverurie Loco Works 5 - 1 Banks O' Dee

2009/9/26      R1    Rothes 1 - 5 Banks O' Dee

2009/10/24    R1    Banks O' Dee 0 - 3 Montrose

2014/9/13      R1    Rothes 0 - 4 Banks O' Dee

2014/10/4      R2    Brora Rangers 5 - 0 Banks O' Dee

2016/9/3      PR2    Banks O' Dee 4 - 0 Golspie Sutherland

2016/9/24      R1    Keith 0 - 1 Banks O' Dee

2016/10/22    R2    Banks O' Dee 2 - 2 Formartine

2016/10/29    R2    Formartine 7 - 2 Banks O' Dee

2017/9/23      R1    Banks O' Dee 4 - 0 Huntly

2017/10/14    R2    Banks O' Dee 2 - 0 Selkirk

2017/11/18    R3    Banks O' Dee 2 - 6 Ayr United

2018/8/11    PR1    Auchinleck Talbot 3 - 1 Banks O' Dee

2019/8/10    PR1    Banks O' Dee 5 - 0 Glasgow University

2019/8/31    PR2    Banks O' Dee 2 - 0 Golspie Sutherland

2019/9/21      R1    Forres Mechanics 1 - 4 Banks O' Dee

2019/10/18    R2    Edinburgh City 3 - 1 Banks O' Dee

2020/12/12  PR2    Banks O' Dee 6 - 1 Vale of Leithen

2020/12/26    R1    Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 0 - 3 Banks O' Dee

Source: Wikipedia.

Historical matches:

Jan 4, 1915. Morton were at home to Falkirk and won 1 - 0.

Jan 9, 1915. Morton visited Hearts, the league leaders, and lost 1 - 0.

Jan 9, 1993. Morton travelled to Gayfield Park for a Scottish Cup Third Round meeting with Arbroath. Arbroath won 3 - 0 and Morton were out of the cup.

SFL Division Three results, January 10, 1925:

Montrose 2 - 0 Galston

Helensburgh 0 - 0 Solway Star

Vale of Leven 3 - 0 Dykehead

Beith 7 - 1 Brechin City

Clackmannan 3 - 1 Mid Annandale

Leith Athletic 0 - 0 Lochgelly United

Nithsdale Wanderers 7 - Peebles Rovers 1

Queen of the South 5 - 1 Royal Albert

There also must have been a midweek match:

Dykehead 3 - 1 Dumbarton Harp

Source: Glasgow Herald, January 12, 1925, p. 13.

Greenock Morton Goalscorers, Part 1

Bob McHugh Topps jersey swatch card. Source.

Goalscorers who left the team in 2020:

Jack Baird

2019/10/29    47'    Cappielow    Ayr Utd      Doohan        league

2019/11/9      61'    Firhill             Partick       Fox              league

2019/12/21    67'    Recreation    Alloa          MacDonald    league

Nicky Cadden

2019/7/23      33'    Galabank      Annan        Avci             League Cup

2019/7/23      43'    Galabank      Annan        Avci             League Cup

2019/7/27      45'    Cappielow     QoS          McCrorie      League Cup

2019/7/27      SO    Cappielow     QoS         McCrorie       League Cup

2019/8/3        79'    Somerset       Ayr Utd    Doohan         league

2019/8/23      72'    Cappielow     Partick      Fox               league

2019/12/3      49'    Dudgeon       Brora        Malin             Scottish Cup

2019/12/3      53'    Dudgeon       Brora        Malin             Scottish Cup

2019/12/21    64'    Recreation    Alloa         MacDonald    league

2020/2/25      72'    Somerset      Ayr Utd     Doohan          league

Peter Grant

2019/7/16      17'    Cappielow    Dumbarton    Brennan     League Cup

2019/9/21      45'    Cappielow    Dundee      Hamilton        league

Bob McHugh

2017/7/18      85'    Cappielow    Queen's Park    Muir        League Cup

2017/7/29      14'    Cappielow    Edinburgh City    Antell    League Cup

2017/7/29      92'    Cappielow    Edinburgh City    Antell    League Cup

2017/8/12      72'    Cappielow    St Mirren         Samson    league

2017/9/23      75'    Tannadice    Dundee Utd         Lewis    league

2017/10/21    50'    Cappielow    Dumbarton    Gallacher    league

2018/1/6        12'    Glebe           Brechin                Smith    league

2018/2/10      80'    Cappielow    Dumbarton    Gallacher    Scottish Cup

2018/7/21      41'    Cappielow    Stenhousemuir    Smith    League Cup

2018/7/28      36'    Cappielow    Albion Rovers   Hallford    League Cup

2018/8/25      77'    Cappielow    Ross County           Fox    league

2018/10/20    76'    Cappielow    Falkirk                 Fasan    league

2018/10/30    41'    Palmerston    QoS                   Martin    league

2018/11/3      43'    Cappielow    Partick Thistle          Bell    league

2018/11/3      66'    Cappielow    Partick Thistle          Bell    league

2018/11/24    41'    Cappielow    Peterhead         Fleming    Scottish Cup

2019/1/19        7'    Bayview       East Fife                Long    Scottish Cup

2019/2/2        73'    Tannadice    Dundee Utd       Siegrist    league

2019/7/16      69'    Cappielow    Dumbarton       Brennan    League Cup

2019/7/27      56'    Cappielow    QoS                 McCrorie    League Cup

2019/8/10        5'    Cappielow    Alloa                      Parry    league

2019/8/10      61'    Cappielow    Alloa                      Parry    league

2019/8/10      74'    Cappielow    Alloa                      Parry    league

2019/8/17      34'    Easter Road    Hibs               Maxwell    League Cup

2019/10/26      6'    Cappielow    Inverness           Ridgers    league

2019/10/26    81'    Cappielow    Inverness           Ridgers    league

2019/10/29    61'    Cappielow    Ayr Utd              Doohan    league

2019/11/23    44'    Cappielow    Brora Rangers       Malin    Scottish Cup

2020/2/8        59'    Cappielow    QoS                    Stewart    league

2020/2/22      45'    Cappielow    Alloa                     Wright    league

John Sutton

2019/7/16      45'    Cappielow    Dumbarton    Brennan     League Cup

2019/7/27      31'    Cappielow    QoS            McCrorie       League Cup

2019/8/23      77'    Cappielow    Partick        Fox                league

2019/9/7        78'    Caledonian   Inverness   Mackay         Challenge Cup

2019/12/10    25'    Cappielow    Dundee Utd    Siegrist      league

2020/1/4        12'    Gayfield        Arbroath     Gaston          league

Reghan Tumilty

2018/7/17      74'    Firhill            Partick        Bell                League Cup

2019/7/27      SO    Cappielow    QoS           McCrorie        League Cup

2019/8/3        73'    Somerset      Ayr Utd       Doohan         league

2020/2/22      44'    Cappielow    Alloa            Wright           league

2020/2/29      25'    Palmerston    QoS           Stewart          league

(Sources for this and following Greenock Morton Goalscorers posts: fitbastats, BBC Football, Wikipedia, transfermarkt, RSSSF, various betting sites and club webpages.)

Recreation Park

Aerial view of a Roman marching camp, c. 90 AD; or possibly Recreation Park, Alloa, 1928. Source.

Alloa Athletic host Morton. Morton hold fifth place in the Championship with 14 points. Alloa are ninth with 7. In their prior meeting at Cappielow October 17th Morton won 1 - 0.

If Morton keep up their current pace they will end the season with 42 points, 27 goals for and 36 goals allowed. 42 points would have put them in third place last season.

Morton have visited Alloa on league business 47 times over the decades, earning 21 wins, 10 draws, and 16 losses, with 91 goals for and 75 allowed.

Two Morton players are in self-isolation.

Other Championship matches:

Arbroath vs Inverness CT [postponed -- frozen pitch]

Dundee [3 - 1] Hearts (a late start)

Dunfermline vs Raith Rovers [postponed -- frozen pitch]

Queen of the South [3 - 2] Ayr United

[Alloa 1 - 1 Morton. Goal by Fjørtoft.]

How many games have Morton played against the other 2020-21 Championship clubs since January 1st, 2000?

56        Queen of the South

45        Ayr United

44        Raith Rovers

43        Dunfermline

42        Alloa

30        Dundee

25        Inverness CT

14        Arbroath

  1        Heart of Midlothian

Other matches:

Motherwell 0 - 2 Kilmarnock (December 30)

This result caused Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson to resign.

Kilmarnock [1 - 1] St Mirren

Lowland League: Bonnyrigg Rose vs Kelty Hearts (postponed)

Scottish Cup, R1: Bonnyrigg Rose 5 - 2 Bo'ness United (yesterday)

Highland League: Clachnacuddin [2 - 4] Inverurie Loco Works

WoSFL: Largs Thistle vs Darvel (tomorrow) (postponed)

Bolivia: Guabira 3 - 2 The Strongest (December 28)

The Strongest 2 - 0 Aurora (December 29)

Blooming 1 - 3 The Strongest (December 31)

That ends the 2020 Bolivian league season, at the wire. The Strongest finish in second place behind Always Ready.

How many competitive matches did our teams play in calendar year 2020?

42    Mito HollyHock            42 J2 League

37    FC Winterthur             (18 + 16) league + 3 Swiss Cup

34    B36 Tórshavn             27 league + 4 Europa League + 3 Faroe Islands Cup

30    Pohang Steelers         27 league + 3 League Cup

30   1.FC Saarbrucken        (3 + 22) league + 3 DFB-Pokal + 2 Saarland Cup

28    Club the Strongest     (12 + 14) league + 2 Copa Libertadores

24    Greenock Morton       (10 + 9) league + 1 Scottish Cup + 4 League Cup

23    IBV                             20 league + 3 Icelandic Cup

20    UCD AFC                   18 league + 1 playoff + 1 FAI Cup

17    Iwaki FC                     15 JFL + 2 Emperor's Cup

16    Largs Thistle               (5 + 9) league + 1 West of Scotland Cup + 1 South Challenge Cup

11    HFX Wanderers          11 Island Games

10    Morioka Zebra              9 Tohoku League + 1 Emperor's Cup qualifier

  4    Morton Women             3 league + 1 cup

How many games did Club the Strongest play the past two Decembers?

December 2019          9

December 2020        12

Historical matches:

Dec 29, 1992. Morton were home to Kilmarnock and won 2 - 0. Johnstone and Alexander scored.

Jan 1, 1915. Morton visited Airdrie and played to a scoreless draw.

Jan 2, 1915. Morton were at home to Hamilton Accies and won 4 - 0.

Jan 2, 1993. St Mirren first-footed Cappielow and played Morton to a 1 - 1 draw. Derek McInnes scored.

SFL Division Three results, December 31, 1924:

Vale of Leven 0 - 0 Solway Star

Source: fitbastats

I have doubts about the existence of this match. But the January 1 table below suggests that the following match did happen:

Vale of Leven 3 - 1 Dumbarton Harp

SFL Division Three results, January 1, 1925:

Beith 4 - 2 Galston

Helensburgh 4 - 1 Mid Annandale

Montrose 3 - 1 Brechin City

Nithsdale Wanderers 3 - 1 Clackmannan

Peebles Rovers 1 - 1 Royal Albert

Queen of the South a - a Leith Athletic (match abandoned)

Solway Star a - a Lochgelly United (match abandoned)

Source: Glasgow Herald, January 2, 1925, p. 11.

SFL Division Three results, January 3, 1925:

Brechin City 2 - 1 Leith Athletic

Clackmannan 3 - 0 Vale of Leven

Dumbarton Harp a - a Dykehead (pitch unplayable)

Galston 1 - 1 Nithsdale Wanderers

Lochgelly United a - a Queen of the South (pitch unplayable)

Mid Annandale 3 - 2 Peebles Rovers

Royal Albert 3 - 1 Helensburgh

Solway Star 5 - 0 Beith

Source: Glasgow Herald, January 5, 1925, p. 14.

42nd Empress's Cup Final

Reds. Source.

It's the 42nd Empress's Cup final:

Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies [3 - 4] Nippon TV Beleza

These are the same finalists as last year. Beleza have won the cup 14 times; Reds never. But Urawa are currently the stronger team. They won this year's Nadeshiko League, while Beleza came third. The current Japanese national women's squad includes four Beleza players and seven Reds.

In league play this season the results were:

2020/8/2        Urawa 1 - 0 Beleza

2020/10/11    Beleza 3 - 2 Urawa

Both teams are joining the new fully professional WE League, which starts next season.

Meanwhile in Scotland, Ayr United host Morton. Morton hold fifth place with 13 points, and Ayr are sixth with 12.

[Rangers are recalling loaned Josh McPake from Morton.]

[Ayr United 1 - 1 Morton. Nesbitt scored for Morton.]

Other Championship matches:

Dundee [3 - 1] Alloa

Hearts [3 - 1] Arbroath

Inverness CT [1 - 1] Dunfermline

Raith Rovers [0 - 2] Queen of the South

Scottish Cup, Round One:

Bonnyrigg Rose vs Bo'ness (postponed -- pitch)

Huntly vs Cumbernauld Colts (postponed)

First and last place teams week by week (1 of 3):

Week 1        Hearts                  Dundee

Week 2        Raith Rovers        Arbroath

Week 3        Dunfermline         Arbroath

Week 4        Raith Rovers        Arbroath

Week 5        Dunfermline         Alloa

Week 6        Hearts                  Alloa

Week 7        Hearts                  Arbroath

Week 8        Hearts                 Queen of the South

Week 9        Hearts                 Queen of the South

Which teams have had the most losing seasons in the Premiership since 1975?

31        Motherwell

25        Hibs

24        Dundee

23        Kilmarnock

22        St Mirren

21        Hearts

Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup group stage standings:

Group A         G    W    D    L      F     A    GD    Pts

Hearts             4     4     0     0    15     3   +12    12

Dundee           4     3     0     1      7     7       0      9

Morton            4      1     1     2      2     3     -1      5

Arbroath          4     0     2     2      1     3     -2       2

QoS                4      0     1     3      3   12     -9      1

Group B         G    W    D    L      F     A    GD    Pts

Dunfermline    4     2     2     0      9     4      +5      8

Ayr United       4     1     3     0      3     1      +2      6

Raith Rovers   4     1     2     1      7     6      +1      5

Inverness        4     1     1     2      5     6       -1      4

Alloa                4     1     0     3      5    12      -7      3

Hearts will meet Ayr in the semi-finals, and Dunfermline will meet Dundee. Both matches are in February.

Boxing Day Soccer

Inverness CT or Chiasso? Source.

Morton host Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Morton enter this game in third place with 13 points. Can you believe that? ICT are sixth with 11 points. Last season Inverness won twice, Morton once, in league play, and ICT knocked Morton out of the Challenge Cup. Depending on how the other matches go Morton can finish the day anywhere from second place to seventh.

ICT's Wallace Duffy was signed with Morton in the early part of this year but he never made an appearance. Nobody on Morton has played for ICT.

[But the pitch is waterlogged and the game is postponed.]

Other Championship matches:

Alloa [2 - 5] Raith Rovers*

Dunfermline [1 - 0] Arbroath

Hearts [5 - 3] Ayr United

Queen of the South [1 - 3] Dundee*

(*Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup group stage match.)

Which years have Morton played on Boxing Day? And was it because it was Boxing Day or just because it was a Saturday?

Because it was Boxing Day: 1921 (Monday), 1966 (Monday), 1976 (Sunday), 1983 (Monday), 1994 (Monday), 1996 (Thursday), 2005 (Monday), 2007 (Wednesday), 2011 (Monday), 2012 (Wednesday).

Because it was Saturday: 1896, 1903, 1908, 1914, 1931, 1936, 1942, 1953, 1959, 1964, 1970, 1987, 1992, 1998.

2020-21 Scottish Cup, Round One

Here the survivors of the qualifying rounds mix it up with League Two. Let's follow the Lowland League teams:

Berwick Rangers (LL) [0 - 3] Stirling Albion (L2)

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (LL) vs Bo'ness United (LL) [postponed -- weather]

Edinburgh City (L2) [3 - 1] Caledonian Braves (LL)

Elgin City (L2) [4 - 0] Civil Service Strollers (LL)

Huntly (HL) vs Cumbernauld Colts (LL) [postponed -- weather]

Tranent Juniors (ES) [4 - 1] East Stirlingshire (LL)

Gala Fairydean Rovers (LL) [1 - 2] Annan Athletic (L2)

Kelty Hearts (LL) [2 - 1] Jeanfield Swifts (ES)

Stranraer (L2) [5 - 0] The Spartans (LL)

Other matches:

Dundee United 2 - 0 Kilmarnock (December 23)

Kilmarnock [1 - 2] Livingston

At the halfway mark of the Premiership season there are four winning teams (Rangers, Celtic, Hibs and Aberdeen) and eight losing teams.

Lowland League: University of Stirling [7 - 1] Edinburgh University

Kelty Hearts vs Bonnyrigg Rose (postponed, see above)

WoSFL: Kirkintilloch Rob Roy vs Largs Thistle (tomorrow) [postponed]

Swiss Challenge League: Xamax 2 - 0 Winterthur (December 22)

The Swiss Challenge League is off till January 22.

Bolivia: Royal Pari 1 - 0 The Strongest (December 21)

The Strongest 3 - 0 Nacional Potosi (December 24)

42nd Empress's Cup, semi-finals (December 24):

Match No. 45: Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 1 - 1 Albirex Niigata Ladies (Urawa win on PK.)

Match No. 46: Nippon TV Beleza 4 - 1 Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies

Historical matches:

On December 22th, 1914 the SFA voted to cancel the 1914-15 Scottish Cup and all internationals. (The Scottish Cup did not normally begin until January in those days.)

Boxing Day, 1914. Morton hosted Ayr United and won 3 - 0.

Boxing Day, 1992. Morton visited Dumbarton and lost 3 - 1. Mathie scored.

SFL Division Three results, December 27, 1924:

Beith 3 - 0 Clackmannan

Brechin City 0 - 0 Galston

Dumbarton Harp 6 - 3 Queen of the South

Dykehead 1 - 1 Nithsdale Wanderers

Leith Athletic 4 - 0 Royal Albert

Lochgelly United 4 - 1 Montrose

Solway Star 2 - 1 Peebles Rovers

Vale of Leven 2 - 2 Helensburgh

Source: Glasgow Herald, December 29, 1924, p. 10.