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Second Legs

Bonnyrigg's Dean Brett played nine seasons for Cowdenbeath. Source.

Playoffs:

Premiership playoff semifinal, second leg (last night):

Arbroath 0 - 0 Inverness CT    (ICT win on PK and advance.)

Championship playoff final, second leg (tomorrow):

Airdrieonians [1 - 2] Queen's Park    [Queen's Park are promoted.]

League 1 playoff final, second leg (last night):

Annan Athletic 2 - 1 Edinburgh City

Edinburgh City win on aggregate and earn promotion to League 1.

League 2 playoff final, second leg:

Cowdenbeath [0 - 1] Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

[Cowdenbeath drop into the Lowland League; Bonnyrigg Rose join League Two.]

Dundee FC were relegated Wednesday, and St Johnstone are confirmed for the Premiership playoff finals. Celtic have won the Premiership title.

Mortonalia:

Jamie Brandon has signed with Livingston. He made 13 appearances with Morton this year.

Other matches:

The East of Scotland League will be decided today. Tranent Juniors and Penicuik Athletic each have 77 points, but Tranent are 20 goals to the better on goal difference. Today's helicopter matches are:

Tranent Juniors (1st) [2 - 0] Jeanfield Swifts (4th)

Penicuik (2nd) [2 - 1] Linlithgow Rose (3rd)

[Tranent win the East of Scotland League.]

The winners of the East, West and South of Scotland Leagues will play a round robin starting next weekend for promotion to the Lowland League.

Largs Thistle [3 - 0] Clydebank

[Largs preserve their place in the Premier Division.]

Finn Harps 0 - 1 UCD (yesterday)    UCD's first win.

HFX Wanderers [2 - 2] Cavalry (tomorrow)

[Goals by Garcia and Salter.]

League1 Ontario: North Mississauga 4 - 4 Prostars FC (yesterday)

ProStars started out in Mississauga in 2013 but in 2021 relocated to Brampton and now play at Victoria Park Stadium (capacity 2,000).

Royal-Sélect de Beauport [1 - 2] FC Laval (tomorrow)

Do not confuse FC Laval with AS Laval, the other team from Laval.

Wil 1 - 1 Winterthur (May 9)

Winterthur [3 - 1] Xamax

Freiburg II  [1 - 1] 1.FC Saarbrücken

This ends the 3.Liga season. [Saarbrücken finish seventh.]

Tokyo Verdy [0 - 2] Mito HollyHock

WE League: Elfen Saitama [1 - 4] JEF United (tomorrow)

Meiji University [1 - 1] Waseda University (tomorrow)

Tohoku: Bogolle.D.Tsugaru [1 - 1] Nippon Steel Kamaishi (tomorrow)

Subsequent careers of relegated Team 42s:

East Stirlingshire (Lowland League)

2016-17    30    21      5      4    107    43    +64    68    2nd

2017-18    30    19      7      4      67    31    +36    64    4th

2018-19    28    11      6     11     57    47    +10    39    6th

2019-20    26    17      2      7     77     29    +48    53    4th

2020-21    12      8      2      2     30     12    +18    26    5th

2021-22    34    15    11      8     61     36    +25    56    6th

Berwick Rangers (Lowland League)

2019-20    24      6      6    12     32     41       -9    24    12th

2020-21    13      5      1      7     12     16       -4    16    10th

2021-22    34    17      3    14     75     46    +29    54     8th

Brechin City (Highland League)

2021-22    34    28      1      5    102    27    +75    85    3rd

2007-08 records of the clubs that applied to replace Gretna in the SFL:

Cove Rangers        28    19    7    2    85    33    +52    64    1st, HL

The Spartans          22    14    5    3    57    23    +34    47    3rd, EoSL

Edinburgh City        22    12    4    6    50    34    +16    40    4th, EoSL

Preston Athletic      22    11    7    4    41    28    +13    40    5th, EoSL

Annan Athletic*       22      7    7    8    40    33      +7    28    7th, EoSL

*Annan got the job.

Some Largs Thistle results from 1889-90:

1890/3/22      Largs Thistle  6 - 2  Old Largs Athletic

1890/3/1        Largs Thistle  5? - 1  Queen's Park (Victoria XI)

1890/2/22      Largs Thistle  5 - 3  2nd Stevenson Thistle

1890/2/15      Largs Thistle  4? - 0  3rd? XI United Abstainers

1889/8/17      Largs Thistle  2 - 10  Yoker Athletic

(Source: Glasgow Herald.)

2022 Canadian Championship Round One

What Guelph United look like. Source.

It's the Canadian Championship, Round One. HFX Wanderers visit Guelph United, champions of League1 Ontario. The winner of this match will face Toronto FC in the next round.

Guelph United play at the University of Guelph's Alumni Stadium. The place seats 8,500, but was temporarily expanded to 13,362 in 2013 when the Hamilton Ticats were in residence. Guelph United and University of Guelph Gryphons don't just share a stadium, their rosters overlap too. I count ten players who are on both the 2021-22 Guelph Gryphons and the 2022 Guelph United squads. This works because League1 Ontario runs from April to August while university soccer runs from September to November.

HFX Wanderers' Colin Gander played for Guelph United last year. Tomasz Skublak (HFX Wanderers, 2019) plays for Guelph United this year.

[HFX Wanderers have signed forward Mour Samb to help fill the Morelli gap. Also, Kareem Sow is back with the team after have played with the University of Montreal Carabins last fall.]

13 teams are competing for the Canadian Championship. There should be 15 next year, once the CPL's Langley team and League1 BC come on stream, assuming FC Edmonton are still around at that time.

Match 1: Vancouver Whitecaps [2 - 0] Valour FC  (tomorrow)

Vancouver Whitecaps lost to Cavalry in 2019 and to Pacific in 2021.

Match 2: Cavalry [2 - 1] Edmonton

The winners of matches 1 and 2 will meet in the next round.

Match 3: Atlético Ottawa [1 - 1] York United [York win on PK.]

Winner meets Pacific FC.

Match 4: Forge FC [2 - 0] CS Mont-Royal Outremont (tomorrow)

Winner meets CF Montreal.

Match 5: Guelph United [0 - 2] HFX Wanderers

[Goals by Garcia and Daniels.]

And the SPFL playoffs continue:

Premiership playoff semifinals, first leg:

Inverness CT [0 - 0] Arbroath

Championship playoff final, first leg (Thursday):

Queen's Park [1 - 1]  Airdrieonians

League One playoff final, first leg:

Edinburgh City [2 - 0] Annan Athletic

Dundee will be relegated from the Premiership today if they fail to win this game:

Dundee [3 - 1] Hibs

West of Scotland League (tomorrow):

Largs Thistle [2 - 0] Glenafton Athletic

Both of these teams are trying to avoid relegation to the First Division.

Further Whither Cowdenbeath

Merchandising behemoth Cowdenbeath FC. Source.

Premiership playoff quarter-finals, second leg:

Inverness CT 1 - 0 Partick Thistle (last night)

ICT advance.

Championship playoff semi-finals, second leg:

Airdrieonians [6 - 4] Montrose

Dunfermline [0 - 1] Queen's Park

[Airdrieonians and Queen's Park advance. Dunfermline are relegated.]

League 1 playoff semi-finals, second leg:

Dumbarton [1 - 1] Edinburgh City

Forfar [1 - 1] Annan

[Annan and Edinburgh City advance. Dumbarton are relegated.]

League 2 playoff final, first leg:

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic [3 - 0] Cowdenbeath

Cowdenbeath step onto the SPFL trapdoor for the third time since it was introduced seven years ago. They squeaked through on penalty shots against East Kilbride in 2017, and on a 70' goal by Brad Smith to win 3 - 2 on aggregate against Cove Rangers in 2018.

Developments:

Raith Rovers' manager John McGlynn is leaving to take over at Falkirk, one league down.

Broomhill FC (the former BSG Glasgow) has changed its name to Open Goal Broomhill FC for sponsorship reasons.

West of Scotland League:

Darvel [3 - 2] Kilwinning Rangers

Glenafton Athletic [0 - 1] Auchinleck Talbot

[Darvel win the West of Scotland League.]

Other matches:

Winterthur 2 - 2 Thun (yesterday)

UCD 2 - 2 Dundalk (yesterday)

Valour [0 - 0] HFX Wanderers

Valour had to postpone their previous match due to a Covid outbreak in the dressing room.

1.FC Saarbrücken [1 - 1] Zwickau

Mito HollyHock [0 - 0] Machida Zelvia (tomorrow)

WE League: Sanfrecce Hiroshima [4 - 0] Elfen Saitama (tomorrow)

League1 Ontario: North Mississauga 1 - 0 FC London (yesterday)

FC London was founded in 2008 as Forest City London and played 7 seasons in the Premier Development League, now called USL2. They won that league in 2012. In 2016 they switched to League1 Ontario. They act as an academy for Toronto FC.

Since we're following the Ontario league, we should also choose a team from the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, which starts this weekend. The PLSQ has twelve teams, ten of them in or around Montreal, plus one in Quebec City and one in Ottawa. Let's follow Royal-Sélect de Beauport from Quebec City.

CS Longueuil [0 - 0] Royal-Sélect de Beauport (tomorrow)

Coupe de France final:

Nice [0 - 1] Nantes

Nice last won the cup in 1997, Nantes in 2000.

UEFA Europa League semi-finals, second leg (May 5):

Rangers 3 - 1 Red Bull Leipzig

Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 0 West Ham United

Rangers and Eintracht advance to the final.

1999-2000

May 6, 2000.    Clydebank played Raith Rovers to a scoreless draw at Stark's Park. Morton beat Dunfermline 2 - 0 at Cappielow. Craig McPherson and John Anderson scored. This ended the season. Morton finished eighth with 36 points, and Clydebank were bottom with only 10, from 1 win and 7 draws. Clydebank scored only 17 goals in league play. They were relegated to the Second Division, and a year later Morton joined them.

Fewest goals against in a 36-game tier II season since 1994-95:

23        St Johnstone (1996-97)     1st place

23        St Mirren (2004-05)            2nd

24        Dundee (1997-98)              1st

25        Hibs (2016-17)                   1st

26        Dundee (2013-14)              1st

26        Hearts (2014-15)                1st

27        Hamilton (2007-08)            1st

27        Kilmarnock (2021-22)       1st

28        St Mirren (2005-06)            1st

28        Partick Thistle (2012-13)    1st

28        Arbroath (2021-22)           2nd

29        St Johnstone (2002-03)      3rd

29        Clyde (2004-05)                  3rd

When did Cowdenbeath last play the other 41 SPFL clubs?

2022/4/30      Albion Rovers

2022/4/23      Elgin City

2022/4/16      Edinburgh City

2022/4/9        Annan Athletic

2022/4/2        Stirling Albion

2022/3/26      Forfar

2022/3/19      Stenhousemuir

2022/3/12      Stranraer

2022/3/5        Kelty Hearts

2021/9/4        Alloa Athletic

2021/7/24      Livingston

2021/7/10      Raith Rovers

2021/4/6        Queen's Park

2021/3/23      Partick Thistle

2020/10/13    Inverness CT

2020/10/10    Hearts

2020/10/6      East Fife

2020/1/18      Cove Rangers

2019/7/19      Dundee United

2019/5/4        Clyde

2019/3/30      Peterhead

2019/1/30      Rangers

2018/4/10      Montrose

2017/7/26      Dundee

2017/4/22      Arbroath

2016/7/23      Dunfermline

2016/4/2        Ayr United

2016/3/5        Airdrieonians

2015/4/4        Dumbarton

2015/3/31      Falkirk

2015/3/21      Queen of the South

2015/3/14      Hibs

2014/3/29      Hamilton Academical

2014/3/25      Morton

2012/12/17    St Johnstone

2011/5/7        Ross County

1993/5/15      St Mirren

1993/5/8        Kilmarnock

1977/9/3        Aberdeen

1976/2/14      Motherwell

1971/3/13      Celtic

Welsh Cup

THS versus Penybont back in September. Source.

The Welsh Cup final was held Sunday: The New Saints vs Penybont.

TNS had won it seven times before, most recently in 2019; Penybont never. Due to Covid the last two cup finals were cancelled.

The New Saints are 14-time Cymru Premier champions, including this year's championship. They make it to Europe nearly every year and have a place booked in the first qualifying round of the coming Champions League. They have also competed in four editions of the Scottish Challenge Cup. Declan McManus is on their squad; he played for Morton from 2014 to 2016.

Penybont finished fourth in this year's Cymru Premier. They were formed in 2013 through a merger of Brigdend Town and Bryntirion Athletic.

Final score: The New Saints 3 - 2 Penybont. Declan McManus (Morton 2014-16) scored the winner.

The SPFL playoffs are under way.

Premiership playoff quarter-finals, first leg:

Partick Thistle [1 - 2] Inverness CT

These two have never met in a playoff before.

Championship playoff semi-finals, first leg:

Montrose [1 - 0] Airdrieonians

These two have never met in a playoff before.

Queen's Park [0 - 0] Dunfermline (tomorrow)

Dunfermline have lots of playoff experience, all unhappy. They finished the 1994-95 season one point out of first place in the First Division, behind Raith Rovers, then met Aberdeen (9th in the Premier Division) in a playoff, and lost. In 2012-13, like this year, Dunfermline finished ninth. They were able to defeat Forfar but lost to Alloa. The next year they finished second in League One, beat Stranraer but lost to Cowdenbeath. In 2017-18 they finished 4th in the Championship and met 3rd-place Dundee United in the Premiership playoff quarterfinals, losing. Last year they finished 4th again, and lost to 3rd-place Raith.

But the last time Queen's Park beat Dunfermline in a game was 1985.

League 1 playoff semi-finals, first leg:

Edinburgh City [4 - 1] Dumbarton

Dumbarton beat Edinburgh City in the playoffs last year.

Annan [1 - 0] Forfar

Forfar beat Annan in the playoffs in 2017.

Concacaf Champions League final, second leg (tomorrow)

Seattle Sounders [3 - 0] UNAM

[Seattle advance to the Club World Cup.]

West of Scotland League (tomorrow):

Blantyre Victoria [1 - 6] Darvel

Auchinleck Talbot [0 - 1] Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Other matches:

Okayama [2 - 1] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)

WE League: Elfen Saitama 1 - 1 Nojima Stella (May 1)

League1 Ontario: Woodbridge Strikers 2 - 3 North Mississauga (May 1)

Woodbridge Strikers play at Vaughan Grove Sports Park. They were founded in 1976 and joined League1 Ontario as a founding member in 2014. They won the league in 2015 and 2017.

Vaughan is the city directly north of Toronto, and the site of CN's MacMillan Yard, three square kilometres of switches, tracks, humps and control towers.

Rumour has former HFX Wanderer Iida Kodai signing with RANS Cilegon of the Indonesian league. Source.

Which Morton scorelines were most frequent this season?

1 - 1    |||| |||

0 - 0    |||| |

0 - 1    ||||

0 - 3    ||||

1 - 0    ||||

1 - 2    ||||

2 - 2    ||||

2 - 1    |||

0 - 2    ||

3 - 1    ||

1 - 6    |

2 - 0    |

2 - 3    |

5 - 0    |

(League and cup. The scores are expressed as Morton first, opponent second.)

What if the 2021-22 Championship had an Apertura/Clausura format?

Apertura

Arbroath             18      9    7    2    30    14    +16    34

Raith Rovers      18      9    6    3    27    17    +10    33

Kilmarnock         18    10    2    6    22    12    +10    32

Partick Thistle    18      9    4    5    30    16    +14    31

Inverness CT     18      9    4    5    24    14    +10    31

QoS                   18      5    5    8    19    24       -5    20

Hamilton            18      5    5    8    17    31     -14    20

Ayr United         18      3    6    9    16    32     -16    15

Dunfermline       18      2    8    8    19    30     -11    14

Morton               18      2    7    9    16    30     -14    13

Clausura

Kilmarnock        18    10    5    3    28    15    +13    35

Arbroath            18      8    7    3    24    14    +10    31

Inverness CT     18     7    7    4    29    20      +9    28

Morton               18     7    6    5    20    17      +3    27

Ayr United          18     6    6    6    23    20      +3    24

Hamilton            18     5    7    6    21    22       -1    22

Dunfermline       18     5    6    7    17    23      +6    21

Partick Thistle    18     5    6    7    16    24       -8    21

Raith Rovers      18     3    8    7    17    27     -10    17

QoS                    18     3    4  11    17    30     -13    13

(The apertura includes all games played through December 12th, plus a postponed fixture between Kilmarnock and Dunfermline played on February 12th. The clausura is everything else.)

If Morton do as well in both halves of 2022-23 as they did in the second half of this season they'll end up with 54 points, which is generally good enough to make the promotion playoffs.

Darvel and Auchinleck Talbot are 1 point apart at the top of the West of Scotland League with three games to go. Which one has the easier run in?

Darvel play Blantyre Victoria (19th), Kilwinning Rangers (5th), Irvine Meadow (8th). Their placements in the league table add up to 32. Talbot play Rob Roy (13th), Glenafton (15th), Cumbernauld United (18th). Their placements add up to 46. Talbot's opponents as a group are lower in the table. Also, Kilwinning have beaten Darvel once already this season. Talbot have the easier run in.

The 2021-22 SWF Championship South is done. The final table is strange due to Covid and clubs dropping out mid-season. Morton Women finish seventh. Below is a completish list of Morton's results, including expunged games:

2021/8/8        Morton 1 - 4 St Mirren                league

2021/8/15      Renfrew 3 - 0 Morton                 league

2021/8/22      Morton 6 - 1 Airdrie                   league

2021/9/12      Morton 4 - 0 Gleniffer                league

2021/9/29      Edinburgh City 6 - 0 Morton       league

2021/10/3      Morton 4 - 0 Broomhill               league

2021/10/17    Falkirk 2 - 4 Morton                   league

2021/10/31    Morton 3 - 0 United Glasgow    league

2021/11/7      Clyde 0 - 6 Morton                    league

2021/11/14    Rossvale 3 - 2 Morton               league

2021/11/21    Morton 0 - 3 Livingston              league

2021/12/19    Raith Rovers 0 - 2 Morton    SWF Scottish Cup

2022/1/9        Spartans 11 - 0 Morton          SWF Scottish Cup

2022/1/16      Ayr United 1 - 0 Morton             league

2022/1/23      Morton 1 - 3 Hutchison Vale      league

2022/1/30      Edinburgh Caledonia 1 - 3 Morton    league

2022/2/6        Morton 1 - 1 Stenhousemuir      league

2022/2/20      Gartcairn 5 - 1 Morton               league

2022/2/27      Livingston 4 - 2 Morton              league

2022/3/6        Morton 7 - 4 Edinburgh Caledonia    league

2022/3/13      Morton 1 - 5 Gartcairn               league

2022/4/3        Hutchison Vale 2 - 3 Morton     league

2022/4/10      Morton 1 - 4 Edinburgh City      league

2022/4/13      Morton 4 - 1 Ayr United            league

2022/4/22      Morton 2 - 1 Renfrew                league

2022/4/24      Morton 3 - 2 Rossvale              league

Seasons of Morton Women:

                  G     W    D     L       F      A       GD    Pts    Pos

2017         20    18    2      0    122      8    +114    56      1st, SWFL 2 West

2018         22      2    0    20      18    79      -61       6    11th, SWFL 1 South

2019         14    14    0      0    105      4    +101    42      1st, SWFL 2 W/SW

2020           3      2    0      1        9      4       +5       6      3rd, SWF Champ S

2021-22    22    10    1    11      50    56        -6     31      7th, SWF Champ S

Greenock Morton Results 1895 to 1900

Central Greenock from Well Park, 1897. Source.

Morton in 1899-1900:

1900/5/15      Morton 2 - 1 Port Glasgow     G&WoS League

1900/5/12      Morton 3 - 1 Kilmarnock         G&WoS League

1900/5/9        Partick Thistle 2 - 1 Morton    G&WoS League

1900/5/5        Kilmarnock 1 - 0 Morton         G&WoS League

1900/5/1        St Mirren 2 - 1 Morton            G&WoS League

1900/4/28      Morton 1 - 1 Port Glasgow     Renfrew. Cup final

1900/4/21      Port Glasgow 3 - 2 Morton     Renfrew. Cup final*

1900/4/14      Morton 3 - 0 Partick Thistle    G&WoS League

1900/4/7        Morton 3 - 0 Motherwell            SFL2

1900/3/31      Morton 4 - 2 Paisley Academicals    Renfrew. Cup SF

1900/3/24      Leith Athletic 0 - 1 Morton         SFL2

1900/3/17      Morton 3 - 1 Cartvale            Renfrewshire Cup R2

1900/3/10      Morton 1 - 0 Abercorn           Renfrewshire Cup R1 replay

1900/3/3        Abercorn 2 - 2 Morton           Renfrewshire Cup R1

1900/2/24      Clyde 2 - 2 Morton                G&WoS League

1900/2/17      Abercorn 2 - 3 Morton               SFL2

1900/2/3        Morton 1 - 0 St Mirren           G&WoS League

1900/1/27      Hamilton 3 - 4 Morton               SFL2

1900/1/20      Morton 5 - 0 Linthouse              SFL2

1900/1/13      Rangers 4 - 2 Morton            Scottish Cup R1

1899/12/30    Port Glasgow 1 - 3 Morton    G&WoS League

1899/12/23    Ayr FC 1 - 4 Morton                   SFL2

1899/12/9      Leith Athletic 1 - 1 Morton (abandoned)    SFL2

1899/12/2      Morton 2 - 0 Airdrieonians         SFL2

1899/11/25    Motherwell 4 - 3 Morton             SFL2

1899/11/18    Morton 0 - 4 Linthouse (abandoned)    SFL2

1899/11/11    Morton 3 - 0 Clyde                 G&WoS League

1899/11/4      Linthouse 0 - 5 Morton               SFL2

1899/10/28    Morton 2 - 3 Partick Thistle        SFL2

1899/10/21    Morton 3 - 2 Port Glasgow         SFL2

1899/9/30      Morton 4 - 0 Leith Athletic          SFL2

1899/9/23      Airdrieonians 0 - 5 Morton         SFL2

1899/9/16      Morton 7 - 1 Ayr FC                   SFL2

1899/9/9        Port Glasgow 6 - 4 Morton         SFL2

1899/9/2        Morton 7 - 0 Hamilton                SFL2

1899/8/26      Partick Thistle 2 - 1 Morton        SFL2

1899/8/19      Morton 3 - 2 Abercorn                SFL2

*The Renfrewshire Cup final was a two-game tie.

(Sources: fitbastats for the Scottish League Division Two; The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup and the Glasgow and West of Scotland League; the Glasgow Herald for the matches on 1899/11/18, 1899/12/9, 1900/3/3.)

Morton results for 1898-99:

1899/5/15      Port Glasgow 3 - 1 Morton         Western League

1899/5/13      Abercorn 2 - 6 Morton                Western League

1899/5/10      Ayr FC 0 - 3 Morton                   Western League

1899/5/7        Morton 1 - 1 St Mirren                Western League

1899/5/6        Morton 2 - 0 St Mirren                Renfrewshire Cup final replay

1899/4/29      St Mirren 1 - 1 Morton                Renfrewshire Cup final

1899/4/26      Morton 9 - 2 Abercorn                Western League

1899/4/22      Morton 2 - 1 Ayr Parkhouse       Western League

1899/4/15      Ayr Parkhouse 2 - 2 Morton       Western League

1899/4/8        Morton 4 - 3 Port Glasgow         Renfrewshire Cup SF

1899/4/1        Morton 4 - 1 Abercorn                Renfrewshire Cup R2

1899/3/18      Morton 2 - 0 Ayr FC                   Western League

1899/3/11      Linthouse 1 - 2 Morton               Western League

1899/3/4        Morton 3 - 2 Paisley Academical    friendly

1899/2/25      Morton 9 - 3 Linthouse               Western League

1899/2/18      Morton 1 - 2 Partick Thistle        Scottish Cup R2 replay

1899/2/11      Partick Thistle 2 - 2 Morton        Scottish Cup R2

1899/1/21      Morton 1 - 3 Hearts                    friendly

1899/1/14      Morton 3 - 1 Annbank United     Scottish Cup R1

1899/1/7        St Mirren 1 - 1 Morton                Western League

1898/12/31    Ayr FC 1 - 0 Morton                    SFL2

1898/12/24    Morton 6 - 1 Hamilton                 SFL2

1898/12/10    Abercorn 2 - 1 Morton                SFL2

1898/12/3      Morton 2 - 4 Port Glasgow         SFL2

1898/11/26    Leith Athletic 3 - 2 Morton          SFL2

1898/11/19    Morton 4 - 2 Abercorn                SFL2

1898/11/12    Morton 2 - 2 Port Glasgow         Western League

1898/11/5      Morton 2 - 4 Motherwell             SFL2

1898/10/29    Linthouse 0 - 1 Morton               SFL2

1898/10/22    Morton 1 - 2 Linthouse               SFL2

1898/10/15    Kilmarnock 2 - 0 Morton             SFL2

1898/10/8      Morton 3 - 1 Airdrieonians          SFL2

1898/10/1      Motherwell 2 - 2 Morton             SFL2

1898/9/24      Morton 1 - 2 Kilmarnock             SFL2

1898/9/17      Port Glasgow 7 - 3 Morton         SFL2

1898/9/10      Morton 0 - 5 Leith Athletic          SFL2

1898/9/3        Airdrieonians 1 - 2 Morton          SFL2

1898/8/27      Morton 4 - 0 Ayr FC                    SFL2

1898/8/20      Hamilton 3 - 2 Morton                 SFL2

(Sources: fitbastats for the Scottish League Division 2; The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Western League and the Renfrewshire Cup; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)

Morton roster August 20, 1898 vs Hamilton Accies: M'Pherson, Anderson, Orr, Henderson, Walker, Blair, Hunter, Grant, Hendry, Linn, Reid.

Morton roster November 12, 1898 vs Port Glasgow Athletic: M'Pherson, Anderson, Orr, Corrigan, Henderson, Blair, Dale, Grant, Walker, Lynn, Reid.

Morton results for 1897-98:

1898/4/30      Morton 2 - 0 St Bernard's           friendly

1898/4/23      Morton 3 - 3 Abercorn                friendly

1898/4/16      St Mirren 3 - 0 Morton                friendly

1898/3/26      Ayr FC 6 - 1 Morton                    SFL2

1898/3/12      Morton 3 - ? Clyde                      friendly

1898/2/26      Morton 1 - 4 Port Glasgow        Renfrewshire Cup R2

1898/2/19      Morton 3 - 0 Port Glasgow (abandoned)    Renf. Cup R2

1898/2/12      Morton 1 - 2 Port Glasgow (abandoned)    Renf. Cup R2

1898/2/5        Morton 3 - 0 Hamilton                 SFL2

1898/1/29      Morton 9 - 1 Neilston                Renfrewshire Cup R1

1898/1/22      Hearts 4 - 1 Morton                   Scottish Cup R2

1898/1/15      Morton 6 - 1 Motherwell             SFL2

1898/1/8        Morton 7 - 1 Motherwell            Scottish Cup R1

1897/12/18    Morton 4 - 0 Ayr FC                    SFL2

1897/12/11    Hamilton 3 - 3 Morton                 SFL2

1897/12/4      Motherwell 1 - 3 Morton             SFL2

1897/11/27    Morton 2 - 0 Leith Athletic          SFL2

1897/11/13    Abercorn 2 - 3 Morton                SFL2

1897/11/6      Morton 3 - 2 Airdrieonians          SFL2

1897/10/30    Morton 0 - 0 Linthouse               SFL2

1897/10/23    Kilmarnock 5 - 2 Morton             SFL2

1897/10/16    Port Glasgow 3 - 0 Morton         SFL2

1897/10/9      Morton 1 - 1 Abercorn                SFL2

1897/10/2      Linthouse 2 - 5 Morton               SFL2

1897/9/25      Morton 3 - 4 Kilmarnock             SFL2

1897/9/18      Airdrieonians 1 - 2 Morton          SFL2

1897/9/11      Leith Athletic 3 - 3 Morton          SFL2

1897/9/4        Morton 3 - 4 Port Glasgow         SFL2

(Sources: fitbastats for the Scottish League Division Two; The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)

Morton 1896-97:

1897/5/15      Kilmarnock 3 - 2 Morton                SFL2

1897/5/8        Morton 3 - 4 Motherwell                SFL2

1897/5/1        Port Glasgow 5 - 1 Morton            SFL2

1897/4/24      Morton 3 - 4 Partick Thistle           SFL2

1897/4/17      Morton 1 - 3 Third Lanark             friendly

1897/4/3        Morton 3 - 1 Arthurlie                    friendly

1897/3/27      Morton 2 - 4 Port Glasgow        Renfrewshire Cup SF

1897/3/20      Morton 3 - 0 KIlbarchan            Renfrewshire Cup R2

1897/3/13      Morton 2 - 7 Rangers                Scottish Cup SF

1897/3/6        Morton 2 - 1 Paisley Academical    Renfrewshire Cup R1

1897/2/27      Abercorn 2 - 3 Morton               Scottish Cup R3 replay

1897/2/20      Morton 2 - 2 Abercorn               Scottish Cup R3

1897/2/13      Arthurlie 1 - 5 Morton                Scottish Cup R2

1897/1/9        Morton 3 - 1 Johnstone             Scottish Cup R1

1896/12/26    Linthouse 2 - 5 Morton                  SFL2

1896/12/12    Morton 2 - 2 Royal Albert             friendly

1896/12/5      Morton 4 - 0 Linthouse                  SFL2

1896/11/28    Morton 6 - 2 St Mirren                   friendly

1896/11/21    Morton 3 - 1 Airdrieonians             SFL2

1896/11/14    Queen's Park 5 - 3 Morton            friendly

1896/11/7      Morton 0 - 0 Leith Athletic             SFL2

1896/10/31    Motherwell 1 - 0 Morton                SFL2

1896/10/24    Renton 4 - 0 Morton                      SFL2

1896/10/17    Morton 3 - 1 Dumbarton                SFL2

1896/10/10    Morton 3 - 2 Kilmarnock                SFL2

1896/10/3      Morton 3? - 1 Raith Rovers          friendly

1896/9/26      Morton 0 - 1 Renton                      SFL2

1896/9/19      Airdrieonians 4 - 1 Morton             SFL2

1896/9/12      Leith Athletic 4 - 2 Morton             SFL2

1896/9/5        Morton 3 - 2 Port Glasgow            SFL2

1896/8/29      Dumbarton 0 - 3 Morton                SFL2

1896/8/22      Partick Thistle 2 - 2 Morton           SFL2

1896/8/15      Morton 7 - 1 King's Park               friendly

(Sources: fitbastats for the SFL Division 2; The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup; Glasgow Herald for friendlies. Unhappily, Google News is missing scans of the Glasgow Herald from January to March 1897.)

Who played for Morton in 1896-97?

August 15, 1896, vs King's Park: Cunningham, Armour, Ferguson, Rennie, Campbell, Elliot, Drysdale, M'Master, Xxxxx, Linn, Chalmers.

Morton results for 1895-96:

1896/5/9        Morton 1 - 1 Third Lanark                friendly

1896/5/2        Morton 2 - 2 Port Glasgow               friendly

1896/4/18      Partick Thistle 2 - 1 Morton              friendly

1896/4/11      Morton 1 - 1 Airdrieonians                SFL2

1896/3/14      Morton 7 - 1 Partick Thistle              SFL2

1896/3/7        Dundee 1 - 1 Morton                        friendly

1896/2/29      Morton 7 - 3 Dumbarton                  friendly

1896/2/22      Motherwell 2 - 2 Morton                   SFL2

1896/2/15      Morton 2 - 0 St Mirren                      friendly

1896/2/8        Abercorn 4 - 2 Morton                      SFL2

1896/2/1        Airdrieonians 5 - 1 Morton                SFL2

1896/1/18      Partick Thistle 4 - 1 Morton              SFL2

1896/1/11      Morton 2 - 3 Dundee                    Scottish Cup R1

1896/1/4        Morton 6 - 1 Arbroath Wanderers   friendly

1895/12/21    Morton 1 - 1 Renton                        friendly

1895/12/14    Port Glasgow 3 - 2 Morton Renfrewshire Cup SF

1895/11/30    Linthouse 1 - 0 Morton SFL2

1895/11/23    Leith Athletic 2 - 1 Morton SFL2

1895/11/16    Morton 4 - 1 Arthurlie Renfrewshire Cup R2

1895/11/9      Morton 2 - 1 Renton SFL2

1895/11/2      Morton 1 - 1 Port Glasgow SFL2

1895/10/26    Morton 2 - 3 Kilmarnock SFL2

1895/10/19    Morton 6 - 0 Johnstone Renfrewshire Cup R1

1895/10/12    Morton 2 - 2 2nd Celtic friendly

1895/10/5      Morton 4 - 1 Motherwell SFL2

1895/9/28      Renton 3 - 0 Morton SFL2

1895/9/21      Morton 2 - 2 Leith Athletic SFL2

1895/9/14      Port Glasfow 2 - 1 Morton SFL2

1895/9/7        Morton 2 - 3 Abercorn SFL2

1895/8/31      Kilmarnock 5 - 1 Morton SFL2

1895/8/24      Morton 1 - 2 Linthouse                     SFL2

1895/8/17      Morton 3 - 2 Abercorn                      friendly

1895/8/10      Morton 1 - 1 Albion Rovers              friendly

1895/8/3        St Mirren 2 - 2 Morton                  Renfrewshire League

(Sources: fitbastats for the SFL Division 2; The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire League and Renfrewshire Cup; Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)

Morton players 1895-96

August 3, 1895, versus St Mirren: M'Farlane, Buist, Richmond, Robertson, Elliot, J. Robertson, McWhirter, M'Master, M'Intyre, Kennedy, and M'Gregor.

October 5, 1895, versus Motherwell: M'Farlane, Buist, M'Kinley, Bonnar, Elliot, F. Robertson, Burns Johnstone, Sommer, M'Gregor, Fraser.

October 12, 1895, versus 2nd Celtic: MacFarlane, Buist, M'Kinlay, F. Robertson, Elliot, Bonnar, Burns, Johnstone, Sommer, Davidson, Fraser.

October 19, 1895 vs Johnstone: M'Farlane, Buist, M'Kinlay, Rennie, Bonnar, Robertson, Dick, Johnstome Sommer, M'Master, Davidson.

November 2, 1895, vs Port Glasgow Athletic: M'Farlane, Bonnar, M'Kinlay, Rennie, M'Dougall, J. Robertson, Burns, Johnstone , Sommers, M'Master, Davidson.

November 30, 1895, vs Linthouse: M'Farlane, Buist, M'Kinlay, Rennie, M'Dougall, Robertson, Burns, Johnstone, Salmond, M'Gregor, M'Master.

April 18.1896, vs Partick Thistle: M'Farlane, Buist, McKinlay, Rennie, Elliot, Robertson, Hamilton, Davidson, Caneron, Stewart, M'Gregor.

Another Friday Night in Arbroath

The Red Licht. Source.

For the second year in a row Morton end the Championship schedule on a Friday night in Arbroath. Last year the result was 0 - 0. A similar result tonight would set a new Morton record for scoreless draws in a season. (See below.) So far this season the Red Lichties have 2 wins and a draw against Morton.

Today's match is meaningless. Arbroath cannot finish better or worse than second, which gives them a bye into the Premiership playoff semi-finals. Morton can finish sixth or seventh, out of contact with both the relegation and promotion zones. Morton finished sixth in 1999 and 2009, and seventh in 2011, 2018 and 2020.

However, it's desperate days for Dunfermline and Ayr, who are trying to secure eighth place, and for Partick Thistle and Raith Rovers, who are trying to nail down fourth. Dunfermline trail Ayr by a point, and Raith are 3 points behind Partick. Ayr and Partick play each other today.

Arbroath has three players named Hamilton: Jack Hamilton the striker, Chris Hamilton and Colin Hamilton. Morton has Jack Hamilton the goalie.

Derek Gaston has accumulated 16 clean sheets in league play this year. Jack Hamilton has 10.

[Arbroath 3 - 0 Morton. The Ton end up in seventh place with 40 points.]

The other Championship matches:

Ayr United (8th) [3 - 1] Partick Thistle (4th)

Inverness CT (3rd) [4 - 0] Hamilton Accies (6th)

Raith Rovers (5th) [1 - 1] Kilmarnock (1st)

Dunfermline (9th) [1 - 2] Queen of the South (10th)

Pyramid playoffs, second leg (tomorrow):

Fraserburgh [1 - 0] Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

[Bonnyrigg Rose win on aggregate.]

Other matches:

HFX Wanderers vs FC Edmonton (tomorrow)

After three games played each, Wanderers are sixth with 3 points, Eddies seventh with 2. This is HFX Wanderers' home opener. Walking past the field the club appears to have added seats.

Edmonton have centre forward Mamadi Camara, who played for HFX Wanderers last year.

[HFX Wanderers win 3 - 1. Wanderers' goals by Bent, Salter and Garcia.]

Bohemians [3 - 0] UCD

Viktoria Berlin  2 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

Winterthur [1 - 1] Schaffhausen

At Match 31 of the Swiss Challenge League's 36-game schedule Winterthur hold first place with 56 points, and Schaffhausen are second with 55.

V-Varen Nagasaki 1 - 0 Mito HollyHock (April 27)

Mito HollyHock [2 - 1] Ventforet Kofu (tomorrow)

Waseda University [0 - 3] Tokyo International University (tomorrow)

Hurlford United [0 - 2] Largs Thistle (tomorrow)

St Cuthbert Wanderers won the South of Scotland League Wednesday.

The South Challenge Cup semi-finals:

Auchinleck Talbot [3 - 1] Sauchie Juniors (tomorrow)

The Spartans 1 - 4 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (April 12)

Concacaf Champions League final, first leg (April 27):

UNAM 2 - 2 Seattle Sounders

UEFA Europa League semi-finals, first leg (April 28):

Red Bull Leipzig 1 - 0 Rangers

West Ham United 1 - 2 Eintracht Frankfurt

Scottish Women's Cup semi-finals (Sunday):

Hearts [0 - 2] Celtic

Partick Thistle [1 - 3] Glasgow City

How did Morton fare in the Scottish Women's Cup?

2022/1/9        R3    Spartans 11 - 0 Morton

2021/12/19    R2    Raith Rovers 0 - 2 Morton

Top and bottom Championship clubs, week by week (3 of 3):

(1 of 3), (2 of 3).

Week 25            Arbroath                Queen of the South

Week 26            Arbroath                Queen of the South

Week 27            Arbroath                Queen of the South

Week 28            Arbroath                Dunfermline

Week 29            Kilmarnock            Dunfermline

Week 30            Kilmarnock            Dunfermline

Week 31            Kilmarnock            Queen of the South

Week 32            Kilmarnock            Queen of the South

Week 33            Kilmarnock            Queen of the South

Week 34            Kilmarnock            Queen of the South

Week 35            Kilmarnock P        Queen of the South R

Week 36            Kilmarnock            Queen of the South

How did Morton fare against the other Championship clubs?

Dunfermline       2 wins, 2 draws.  11 gf, 4 ga, +7 gd.  8 points.

Partick Thistle    2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss.  3 gf, 4 ga, -1 gd.  7 points.

Ayr United          1 win, 3 draws.  5 gf, 3 ga, +2 gd.  6 points.

Raith Rovers      1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses.  4 gf, 5 ga, -1 gd.  4 points.

Hamilton            1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses.  2 gf, 3 ga, -1 gd.  4 points.

QoS                   1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses.  4 gf, 7 ga, -3 gd.  4 points.

Inverness CT     1 win, 3 losses.  2 gf, 9 ga, -7 gd.  3 points.

Kilmarnock         2 draws, 2 losses.  2 gf, 5 ga, -3 gd.  2 points.

[Arbroath            2 draws, 2 losses.  3 gf, 7 ga, -4 gd.  2 points.]

What were Plenty of Nothing's objectives for Morton in 2021-22, and were they met?

1)    Beat Kilmarnock.    No

2)    Finish higher than Ayr United.    Yes

3)    Finish higher than Queen of the South.    Yes

4)    Score on Raith.    Yes

5)    Score on Arbroath.    Yes

6)    Score on Aberdeen.    No

7)    Play Cove Rangers.    No

8)    Play Kelty Hearts.    No

9)    Reach the semi-finals of any cup.    No

10)    Set a club record for scoreless draws.    [No]

Morton high points:

2021/11/6      Dunfermline 1 - 3 Morton

2021/12/7      Morton 1 - 1 ICT (Morton win on PK)

2021/12/21    Dougie Imrie appointed.

2022/1/8        Morton 5 - 0 Dunfermline

2022/2/5        ICT 0 - 1 Morton

2022/2/12      Morton 2 - 1 Queen of the South

2022/2/22      Partick Thistle 0 - 1 Morton

2022/4/9        Raith Rovers 0 - 1 Morton

Morton low points:

2021/7/10      Forfeit.

2021/8/28      Partick Thistle 3 - 0 Morton

2021/12/1      Queen of the South 2 - 1 Morton

2021/12/11    Morton 1 - 6 ICT

2022/2/18      Dougie Imrie suspended.

2022/3/5        Queen of the South 3 - 0 Morton

[2022/4/29      Arbroath 3 - 0 Morton]

Most scoreless draws in a season, Morton:

6        1987-88        (6 league matches)

6        1993-94        (6 league matches)

6        2010-11        (5 league matches + 1 cup match decided on PK)

6        2020-21        (4 league matches + 2 cup matches decided on PK)

6        2021-22        (4 league matches + 2 cup matches decided on PK)

1999-2000

April 29, 2000.    Morton (visitors) beat Clydebank (home) 0 - 3 at Cappielow. Ross Matheson, John Anderson, and Harry Curran were the goalscorers.

Seasons of Clachnacuddin

Clach, 1897. Source.

1893-94    12      7      1      4      26      22       +4    15    3rd

1894-95    10      8      2      0      44      20     +24    18    1st        N

1895-96    10      5      2      3      32      19     +13    12    3rd        N

1896-97      6      3      3      0      16        7       +9      6    1st

1897-98    16    15      1      0      74        8     +66    31    1st        N, P

1898-99    14      9      3      2      48      25     +23    21    2nd

1899-00    10      6      2      2      26      12     +14    14    2nd       N

1900-01    10      6      2      2      22        7     +15    14    1st        P

1901-02      6      1      3      2        9        8       +1      5    3rd

1902-03    10      7      2      1      30        9     +21    16    1st        N

1903-04    12    11      0      1      51      10     +41    22    1st        I, N

1904-05    12      8      1      3      41      16     +25    17    1st        I

1905-06    12      7      2      3      22      17       +5    16    3rd*      N

1906-07    10      4      1      5      18      20        -2      9    5th        I, N

1907-08    12    10      1      1      30      15     +15    21    1st

1908-09    12      7      2      3      25      17       +8    16    2nd

1909-10    14      7      2      5      26      23       +3    16    4th        I

1910-11    14      7      3      4      23      21       +2    17    4th

1911-12    12      7      3      2      27      14     +13    17    2nd

1912-13    15      7      1      7      32      25       +7    15    5th

1913-14    16      5      4      7      31      29       +2    14    6th

1914-15      6      5      0      1      19        5     +14    10    1st

1919-20    18    14      1      3      59      25     +34    29    2nd        I, N

1920-21    14    10      2      2      38      16     +22    22    1st         N

1921-22    14    10      3      1      29      11     +18    23    1st         I

1922-23    16    11      2      3      47      21     +26    24    1st         N

1923-24    16    12      2      2      32      10     +22    26    1st         I

1924-25    20      5      3    12      28      38      -10    13    9th

1925-26    18      9      4      5      48      37     +21    22    5th

1926-27    18    12      2      4      57      26     +31    26    2nd

1927-28    18    12      2      4      40      28     +12    26    2nd

1928-29    22    12      5      5      60      30     +30    29    3rd         I

1929-30    22      5      4    13      46      55        -9    14    10th       I

1930-31    21      7      4    10      46      57      -11    18    9th

1931-32    26      4      4    18      40      88      -48    12    14th

1932-33    26      7      4    15      56      75      -19    18    11th

1933-34    26      8      4    14      52      63      -11    20    11th

1934-35    24      9      3    12      56      61        -5    21    9th

1935-36    22      8      2    12      56      65        -9    18    9th

1936-37    22      6      5    11      56      72      -16    17    10th       I

1937-38    22    16      2      4      74      48     +26    34    2nd        N

1938-39    26    18      3      5      88      46     +42    39    1st

1939-40      3      0      0      3        4        8        -4      0    15th       N

1939-40    13      6      3      4      46      34     +12    15    2nd, E

1946-47    30    21      4      5    100      41     +59    46    3rd        N

1947-48    30    21      6      3      99      41     +58    48    1st        H, N

1948-49    30    20      3      7      80      39     +41    43    2nd       N

1949-50    30    16      2    12      70      57     +13    34    8th        N

1950-51    28    14      2    12      80      58     +22    30    7th        H

1951-52    28    14      3    11      74      51     +23    31    4th        I

1952-53    28    14      3    11      66      54     +12    31    5th        I

1953-54    28    13      3    12      64      56       +8    29    8th        N

1954-55    26    18      2      6      70      31     +39    38    1st

1955-56    28    14      8      6      71      48     +23    36    4th

1956-57    28    17      2      9      82      63     +19    36    5th

1957-58    28    15      2    11      75      55     +20    32    4th

1958-59    28      8      6    14      46      60      -14    22    12th

1959-60    28      8      4    16      47      68      -21    20    12th

1960-61    28    10      7    11      50      55        -5    27    8th

1961-62    28    16      4      8      59      52       +7    36    4th

1962-63    28    14      4    10      65      45     +20    32    3rd

1963-64    30    15      2    13      79      59     +20    32    7th

1964-65    29    15      4    10      94      60     +34    34    7th        N

1965-66    30    17      3    10      85      61     +24    37    4th

1966-67    30    11      4    15      64      84      -20    26    11th

1967-68    30    14      2    14      63      75      -22    30    9th

1968-69    30      5      8    17      56      74      -18    18    13th

1969-70    30    16      3    11      81      62     +19    35    7th

1970-71    30      7    10    13      44      67      -23    24    11th

1971-72    30      8      6    16      54      73      -19    22    10th

1972-73    30    11      7    12      65      52     +13    29    9th

1973-74    30    15      6      9      71      35     +36    36    6th

1974-75    30    19      8      3      72      32     +40    46    1st

1975-76    30      8    10    12      38      43        -5    26    10th

1976-77    30    11      9    10      53      44        -9    31    9th

1977-78    30      7      7    16      49      66      -17    21    13th        B

1978-79    30      8      3    19      45      75      -30    19    13th

1979-80    30      6      7    17      37      63      -26    19    14th        N

1980-81    30    14      9      7      55      42     +13    37    4th

1981-82    30    10      6    14      49      59      -10    26    12th        H

1982-83    30    12      8    10      75      72       +3    44    8th

1983-84    30      9      7    14      55      63        -8    34    11th

1984-85    30    11      2    17      47      60      -13    35    12th

1985-86    32      8      7    17      43      72      -29    31    13th

1986-87    34      6      4    24      42      84      -42    22    16th

1987-88    34      8      5    21      53      93      -40    29    14th

1988-89    34      5      5    24      34      89      -55    20    16th

1989-90    34      0      3    31      26    151    -125      3    18th

1990-91    34      8      2    24      42      92      -50    26    16th

1991-92    34    11      6    17      43      51        -8    39    12th

1992-93    34    17      7    10      47      34     +13    58    7th         N

1993-94    34    11      7    16      49      60      -11    40    12th

1994-95    30      7      5    18      37      61      -24    26    13th

1995-96    30      9      7    14      45      51        -6    34    11th

1996-97    30    16      5      9      59      46     +13    53    5th

1997-98    30    14      3    13      59      57       +2    45    8th

1998-99    30    16      8      6      80      45     +35    56    6th

1999-00    30    14      6    10      55      37     +18    48    7th

2000-01    26    13      5      8      47      35     +12    44    4th

2001-02    28    13    10      5      60      39     +21    49    4th        N

2002-03    28    13      4    11      45      50        -5    43    7th

2003-04    28    21      3      4      61      25     +36    66    1st        H

2004-05    28    14      3    11      60      37     +23    45    7th

2005-06    28    12      5    11      56      57        -1    41    9th

2006-07    28      9      6    13      43      42       +1    33    9th

2007-08    28    10      7    11      49      50        -1    37    10th

2008-09    28      8      7    13      53      58        -5    31    11th

2009-10    34    12      7      5      73      73         0    43    12th

2010-11    34      9      7    18      68      89      -21    34    15th

2011-12    34    14      8    12      79      65     +13    50    10th

2012-13    34    21      3    10      68      49     +19    66    5th

2013-14    34    13      7    14      67      64       +3    46    11th        H

2014-15    34    14      3    17      63      74      -11    45    11th

2015-16    34    10      2    22      59      80      -21    32    14th

2016-17    34    11      8    15      53      77      -24    41    11th

2017-18    34    11      8    15      54      69      -15    41    13th

2018-19    34      6      6    22      44      79      -35    24    16th

2019-20    27      4      4    19      27      63      -36    16    15th

2020-21      1      0      0      1        2        4        -2      0    12th

2021-22    34    10      7    17      51      80      -29    37    11th

* = won the league championship via playoffs

B = Bells Cup West

E = Highland Emergency League

H = Highland League Cup

I = Inverness Cup

N = North of Scotland Cup

P = Pattison Cup

Source: SFHA

Clune Park School

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The other Championship matches:

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

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

Killie win the division.

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

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

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

[QoS are relegated.]

Pyramid playoffs, first leg:

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic [3 - 1] Fraserburgh

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

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

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

Other matches:

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

Derry City 7 - 1 UCD (yesterday)

1.FC Saarbrücken [1 - 2] Verl

Mito HollyHock [3 - 2] Renofa Yamaguchi

Largs Thistle 8 - 1 Beith (April 20)

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

Largs Thistle [1 - 0] Irvine Meadow

Pacific FC [2 - 1] HFX Wanderers

[Cory Bent scored for HFX Wanderers.]

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

Yverdon [2 - 2] Winterthur (tomorrow)

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

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

Waseda University 0 - 1 Toyo University (tomorrow)

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

ReinMeer Aomori [3 - 1] Blancdieu Hirosaki

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

Morioka Zebra [1 - 0] Nippon Steel Kamaishi

Ganju Iwate [1 - 2] Fuji University

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

Cobaltore Onagawa [0 - 1] Sendai University

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

Iwaki FC [5 - 1] Iwaki Furukawa FC

Fukushima United [2 - 0] East Japan International University

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

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

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

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

Historical matches:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Greenock Morton Results 1890 to 1895

John Atkinson Grimshaw, Greenock Dockside by Night (1892). Source.

Greenock Morton 1894-95:

1895/5/11      Morton 5 - 0 Linthouse                  friendly

1895/5/4        Clyde 3 - 5 Morton                        friendly

1895/4/27      Morton 4 - 1 Port Glasgow          Renfrewshire League

1895/4/20      Morton 6 - 0 Cowlairs                     SFL2

1895/4/13      Port Glasgow 4 - 1 Morton          Renfrewshire League

1895/4/8        Dundee Wanderers 0 - 1 Morton    SFL2

1895/4/6        Morton 3 - 1 Airdrieonians              SFL2

1895/3/30      Morton Strollers 1 - 1 Queen's Park Strollers        colts

1895/3/23      Abercorn 5 - 3 Morton                    SFL2

1895/3/16      Morton 3 - 5 Motherwell                 SFL2

1895/3/9        Motherwell 6 - 4 Morton                 SFL2

1895/3/2        Morton 2 - 0 St Mirren                Renfrewshire League

1895/2/23      Cowlairs 2 - 4 Morton                     SFL2

1895/2/2        Morton 4 - 3 Port Glasgow             SFL2

1894/1/19      Morton 6 - 1 Ayr                             friendly

1894/12/22    Renton 2 - 0 Morton                       SFL2

1894/12/15    Morton 7 - 3 Dundee Wanderers    SFL2

1894/12/1      Morton 2 - 1 Wishaw Thistle          friendly

1894/11/24    Morton 4 - 2 Partick Thistle             SFL2

1894/11/17    Morton 2 - 1 Dumbarton                 friendly

1894/11/10    Dundee 4 - 0 Morton                    2nd XI Cup R4

1894/11/10    Port Glasgow 9 - 1 Morton              SFL2

1894/11/3      Morton 1 - 0 Kilmarnock Athletic    friendly

1894/10/27    Morton vs Ayr Parkhouse               friendly

1894/10/20    Morton 4 - 0 Royal Albert            2nd XI Cup R3

1894/10/20    Hibs 6 - 3 Morton                            SFL2

1894/10/13    Morton 1 - 7 Hibs                            SFL2

1894/10/6      Morton 2 - 3 Port Glasgow         Renfrewshire Cup R1

1894/x/x        Morton vs Galston                        2nd XI Cup R2

1894/9/29      Partick Thistle 4 - 4 Morton            SFL2

1894/9/22      Dykehead 4 - 2 Morton               Scottish Cup PR2

1894/9/15      Morton 5 - 1 Abercorn                    SFL2

1894/9/8        bye                                                2nd XI Cup R1

1894/9/8        Airdrieonians 6 - 1 Morton              SFL2

1894/9/1        Morton 9 - 0 Saltcoats Victoria    Scottish Cup PR1

1894/8/25      Morton 5 - 1 Renton                       SFL2

1894/8/18      Johnstone 2 - 2 Morton                  friendly

1894/8/11      Hibs 9 - 0 Morton                            friendly

The Renfrewshire League was formed in November 1894 and played in March, April, May and August of 1895, so the final game will be listed under 1895-96. The three member clubs were Morton, Port Glasgow Athletic and St Mirren.

(Sources: fitbastats for SFL Division 2; The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup, 2nd XI Cup and Renfrewshire League; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)

Greenock Morton 1893-94

1894/6/2        Morton 8 - 0 Battlefield        G&D Charity Cup final

1894/5/26      Motherwell 4 - 1 Morton          SFL2

1894/5/19      Morton 4 - 3 Black Watch    G&D Charity Cup SF

1894/5/5        Port Glasgow 10 - 1 Morton    SFL2

1894/4/28      bye                         Greenock and District Charity Cup R1

1894/4/28      Northern 2 - 7 Morton              SFL2

1894/4/21      Morton 1 - 1 Thistle                 SFL2

1894/4/14      Cowlairs 7 - 3 Morton              SFL2

1894/4/7        Morton 1 - 3 Clyde                  SFL2

1894/3/31      Morton 3 - 3 Albion Rovers     friendly

1894/3/24      Morton 0 - 2 Abercorn             SFL2

1894/3/10      Motherwell 4 - 1 Morton          friendly

1894/3/3        Morton 2 - 2 Dumbarton          friendly

1894/2/17      Morton 7 - 1 Northern              SFL2

1894/2/10      Morton 0 - 2 Clyde                  friendly

1894/2/3        Abercorn 2 - 1 Morton             SFL2

1894/1/13      Leith Athletic 6 - 1 Morton       friendly

1893/12/16    Morton 1 - 1 Johnstone           friendly

1893/12/9      Morton 6 - 3 Ayr Parkhouse    friendly

1893/12/2      Morton 0 - 1 Hibs                    SFL2

1893/11/25    Morton 2 - 4 Annbank             friendly

1893/11/18    St Mirren 5 - 1 Morton            Renfrewshire Cup R3

1893/11/11    Kilbirnie 3 - 2 Morton              2nd XI Cup R4

1893/11/11    Morton 2 - 3 Motherwell          SFL2

1893/11/4      Morton 5 - 0 Wishaw Thistle   friendly

1893/10/28    Morton 1 - 1 Northern             friendly

1893/10/28    bye                                         Renfrewshire Cup R2

1893/10/21    bye                                         2nd XI Cup R3

1893/10/21    Clyde 5 - 0 Morton                  SFL2

1893/10/14    Partick Thistle 5 - 2 Morton    SFL2

1893/10/7      Morton 8 - 1 Bridge of Weir    Renfrewshire Cup R1

1893/x/x        Morton vs Annbank                2nd XI Cup R2

1893/9/30      Morton 4 - 2 Cowlairs             SFL2

1893/9/23      Thornliebank 0 - 5 Morton      friendly

1893/9/16      Morton 1 - 0 Port Glasgow     SFL2

1893/9/9        Johnstone 1 - 10 Morton        2nd XI Cup R1

1893/9/9        Thistle 2 - 1 Morton                SFL2

1893/9/2        Kilmarnock 5 - 3 Morton         Scottish Cup PR1

1893/8/26      Hibs 9 - 2 Morton                    SFL2

1893/8/19      Morton 2 - 3 Partick Thistle     SFL2

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

Greenock Morton 1892-93:

1893/5/27      Morton 4 - 7 Partick Thistle    Greenock Charity Cup final

1893/5/6        Port Glasgow 4 - 0 Morton          friendly

1893/5/3        Morton 5 - 2 Johnstone          Greenock Charity Cup R1

1893/4/22      Hibs 2 - 3 Morton                        friendly

1893/4/15      Abercorn 5 - 3 Morton                  friendly

1893/4/1        Morton 2 - 2 Port Glasgow           friendly

1893/3/11      Johnstone 3 - 2 Morton                friendly

1893/3/4        Morton 2 - 4 Rangers                   friendly

1893/2/25      Morton 3 - 0 St Mirren           Renfrewshire Cup final

1893/2/18      Morton 1 - 0 Cambuslang           friendly

1893/1/21      Port Glasgow 4 - 2 Morton           friendly

1893/1/14      Morton 4 - 3 Saltcoats Victoria    friendly

1892/12/24    Morton 7 - 3 Dykebar                  friendly

1892/12/17    Dykebar 3 - 6 Morton            Renfrewshire Cup SF

1892/11/19    Morton 6 - 0 Renton                    friendly

1892/10/29    Morton 5 - 2 Arthurlie            Renfrewshire Cup R2

1892/10/22    Morton 5 - 1 Port Glasgow          friendly

1892/10/8      Morton 2 - 0 Kilbarchan        Renfrewshire Cup R1

1892/9/24      Ayr Parkhouse 2 - 0 Morton    Scottish Cup PR2

1892/9/10      Johnstone 3 - 2 Morton            2nd XI Cup R1

1892/9/3        Morton 7 - 1 1st Argyll RV     Scottish Cup PR1

1892/8/27      Renton 4 - 2 Morton                    friendly

1892/8/6        St Bernard's 5 - 0 Morton            friendly

Morton played no league football in 1892-93 and did not participate in the Scottish Cup, yet at the end of that season they were elected to the SFL. They won the Renfrewshire Cup, but that does not seem a huge accomplishment on a national scale until you consider that St Mirren, whom they beat 3 - 0, went on to finish third in the SFL. If this Renfrewshire Cup final was indeed what commended Morton to the league, then it stands out as one of Morton's most important wins.

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

Greenock Morton results for 1891-92:

Morton were a member of the Scottish Football Alliance in 1891-92. They also played in the preliminary rounds of the Scottish Cup, as well as the Renfrewshire Cup and the Greenock and District Charity Cup. And there were friendlies, some of them against other members of the Scottish Alliance. I have followed the Scottish Football Historical Archive as to which games are genuine Scottish Alliance matches, and have treated the others as friendlies.

There were three senior leagues operating in Scotland in 1891-92: the SFL, the Scottish Alliance, and the Scottish Federation. Twelve of today's SPFL clubs were in these leagues: Dumbarton, Celtic, Hearts, Rangers, Clyde and St Mirren in the SFL; Kilmarnock, Morton and Partick Thistle in the Alliance; and Albion Rovers, Falkirk and Motherwell in the Federation.

1892/5/28      Morton 4 - 1 Dumbarton         Greenock Charity Cup final

1892/5/24      Thistle 1 - 3 Morton                 Scottish Alliance

1892/5/21      Morton 3 - 1 Port Glasgow             friendly

1892/5/7        Morton 4 - 2 Kilmarnock Athletic    friendly

1892/5/5        Morton 1 - 0 Partick Thistle    Greenock Charity Cup R1

1892/4/30      Morton 3 - 1 E. Stirlingshire    Scottish Alliance

1892/4/27      Morton 2 - 1 Argyllshire                friendly                source?

1892/4/23      Morton 3 - 3 Kilmarnock          Scottish Alliance

1892/4/16      E. Stirlingshire 5 - 2 Morton     Scottish Alliance

1892/4/9        Morton 3 - 2 King's Park          Scottish Alliance

1892/4/2        St Bernard's 1 - 1 Morton         Scottish Alliance

1892/3/26      Morton 3 - 1 Ayr FC                Scottish Alliance

1892/3/19      King's Park 3 - 5 Morton         Scottish Alliance

1892/3/12      Airdrieonians 6 - 3 Morton        Scottish Alliance

1892/3/5        Morton 5 - 4 St Mirren                   friendly

1892/2/27      Morton 5 - 3 Linthouse            Scottish Alliance

1892/2/13      Ayr FC 5 - 3 Morton                  Scottish Alliance

1892/2/6        Kilmarnock 8 - 1 Morton           Scottish Alliance

1892/1/30      Morton 3 - 1 Partick Thistle      Scottish Alliance

1892/1/23      Abercorn 2 - 1 Morton            Renfrewshire Cup SF

1892/1/9        Abercorn 3 - 2 Morton                   friendly

1892/12/26    Dykebar 2 - 5 Morton            Renfrewshire Cup R3

1892/12/19    Dykebar 1 - 3 Morton (abandoned)    Renfrewshire Cup R3

1891/12/12    Dykebar 7 - 1 Morton (abandoned)    Renfrewshire Cup R3

1891/12/5      Morton 5 - 2 Thistle                Scottish Alliance

1891/11/28    Morton vs King's Park (postponed)    Scottish Alliance

1891/11/21    Morton 4 - 3 Dykebar                    friendly?

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

1891/11/7      Morton 1 - 2 Port Glasgow       Scottish Alliance

1891/10/31    Thistle 6 - 4 Morton                        friendly?

1891/10/24    Morton 4 - 1 Airdrieonians      Scottish Alliance

1891/10/17    Monkcastle 4 - 2 Morton          Scottish Cup PR2

1891/10/10    Morton 3 - 1 St Bernard's       Scottish Alliance

1891/10/3      Linthouse 6 - 0 Morton            Scottish Alliance

1891/9/26      Morton 3 - 1 Airdrieonians              friendly?

1891/9/19      Port Glasgow 5 - 5 Morton      Scottish Alliance

1891/9/12      Abercorn 5 - 1 Morton                2nd XI Cup R1

1891/9/12      Morton 7 - 1 Kilbirnie              Scottish Cup PR1

1891/9/5        Kilbirnie 2 - 2 Morton               Scottish Cup PR1

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

1891/8/22      Partick Thistle 1 - 2 Morton    Scottish Alliance

1891/8/15      Morton 1 - 2 Abercorn                    friendly

(Sources: SFHA for the Scottish Alliance, Renfrewshire Cup, the January 9 friendly, the 2nd XI Cup and Greenock and District Charity Cup; Glasgow Herald for Scottish Cup Qualifying and the other friendlies.)

Greenock Morton in 1890-91:

1891/6/6        Dumbarton 5 - 1 Morton        Greenock Charity Cup final

1891/4/18*     Morton 3 - 1 Arthurlie            Greenock Charity Cup SF

1891/4/18*     Morton 2 - 1 Abercorn                    friendly

1891/4/11      Morton 3 - 1 Partick Thistle            friendly

1891/4/4        Cowlairs 4 - 5 Morton                    friendly

1891/3/28      Morton 2 - 0 Rutherglen                friendly

1891/3/21      Morton 1 - 4 Northern                     friendly

1891/3/7        Kilmarnock Athletic 4 - 2 Morton    friendly

1891/2/28      Port Glasgow 1 - 3 Morton            friendly

1891/2/21      Partick Thistle 2 - 3 Morton           friendly

1891/2/7        Morton 1 - 1 Thistle                        friendly

1891/1/31      Ayr FC 2 - 2 Morton                       friendly

1891/1/24      Morton 1 - 1 Clyde                         friendly

1891/1/17      Northern 3 - 1 Morton                    friendly

1891/1/10      Morton 5 - 4 Whitefield                  friendly

1890/12/27    Morton 1 - 1 Glasgow Wanderers    friendly

1890/12/20    Morton 1 - 2 Linthouse                  friendly

1890/12/13    Morton 0 - 1 Cowlairs                    friendly

1890/12/6      Celtic 4 - 3 Morton                    2nd XI Cup R5

1890/11/29    Hearts 5 - 1 Morton                Scottish Cup R5

1890/11/22    Morton 1 - 3 Dykebar                     friendly

1890/11/15    bye                                            2nd XI Cup R4

1890/11/8      Morton 6 - 4 Dumfries Wanderers    Scottish Cup R4

1890/11/1      Abercorn 7 - 1 Morton            Renfrewshire Cup R1

1890/10/25    Morton 7 - 3 Kilbirnie                2nd XI Cup R3

1890/10/25    Thistle 5 - 2 Morton                        friendly

1890/10/18    Morton 10 - 0 Inveraray         Scottish Cup R3

1890/10/11    Morton 2 - 2 Port Glasgow             friendly

1890/10/4      Morton 4 - 3 Port Glasgow Athletic    2nd XI Cup R2

1890/10/4      Linthouse 4 - 1 Morton                   friendly

1890/9/27      Morton 3 - 2 Neilston             Scottish Cup R2

1890/9/20      Morton 6 - 2 Dykebar                     friendly

1890/9/13      Morton 3 - 1 Abercorn                2nd XI Cup R1

1890/9/13      Clyde 2 - 3 Morton                        friendly

1890/9/6        Morton 7 - 2 Ayr Athletic        Scottish Cup R1

1890/8/30      Arthurlie 6 - 3 Morton                     friendly

1890/8/2        Morton 2 - 5 Abercorn                    friendly

*Which squad is the second eleven?

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

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.