
That sealife sculpture on the Greenock waterfront could take Kingsley. Source.
Morton host Partick Thistle. This is the final meeting between these two unless they pair up in the playoffs. Partick have won twice, Morton once. Partick arrive with a newly appointed permanent manager, Kris Doolan, who has been interim manager since McCall was sacked. Thistle is his first managerial gig.
Partick's top scorer is Brian Graham with 11 goals.
The schedule is three-quarters done. Every Championship side has played 27 games. But the Scottish Cup quarter-finals introduce a new set of postponements that won't be cleared away until April 11th.
[Morton 0 - 0 Partick Thistle.]
The other Championship matches:
Queen's Park 1 - 0 Cove Rangers (last night)
Dundee vs Ayr United (postponed)
ICT vs Arbroath (postponed)
Raith Rovers vs Hamilton Academical (postponed)
It's the Scottish Cup quarter-finals:
Inverness CT 2 - 1 Kilmarnock (yesterday) Upset
Hearts [0 - 3] Celtic
Rangers [3 - 0] Raith Rovers (Sunday)
Falkirk [2 - 1] Ayr United (Monday) Upset
Other matches:
Gala Fairydean Rovers [1 - 1] Cowdenbeath
I project Celtic B to win the Lowland League by 1 point, and The Spartans to finish second and represent the league in the pyramid playoff.
Forres Mechanics [1 - 1] Formartine United
Five teams can still win the Highland League: Buckie, Brechin, Brora, Formartine or Fraserburgh, though realistically it'll come down to Buckie or Brechin, and I think it'll be Brechin.
Largs Thistle [3 - 1] Irvine Meadow XI
UCD 0 - 4 Derry City (March 6)
UCD 0 - 1 Drogheda (yesterday)
Willem II 2 - 3 PEC Zwolle (yesterday)
Minaj [1 - 1] Oleksandriya
Norwich Victoria [1 - 1] FC Isle of Man (tomorrow)
Grasshoppers [2 - 1] Winterthur (tomorrow)
Hutchison Vale [2 - 3] Morton Women (tomorrow)
NPL2 Vic: Western United [0 - 1] Preston Lions (tomorrow)
Machida Zelvia [3 - 0] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)
Vegalta Sendai [0 - 1] Iwaki FC (tomorrow)
Urawa Reds [1 - 0] Elfen Saitama (tomorrow)
The 2023 JFL starts tomorrow. I've dumped on Honda FC plenty for for their refusal to get a J League license. This year, let's accept them for what they are and follow them through the season.
Honda [3 - 1] Okinawa SV
Tokyo Cup, Round Two (tomorrow):
Tokyo United [2 - 0] Aries
Tokyo 23 FC [4 - 0] Cerveza
2023 Concacaf Champions League, Round of 16, first leg (March 8):
Vancouver Whitecaps 5 - 0 RCD España (Honduras)
Historical matches:
March 11, 1967 Morton 4 - 0 Berwick Rangers
March 8, 1978 Morton 0 - 1 Hearts
March 11, 1978 Aberdeen 2 - 2 Morton
Scottish Cup, Round Five. Goals by Goldthorp and Ritchie.
Alexandra Athletic in the Scottish Cup:
1873/10/18 R1 Alexandra Athletic 2 - 0 Callander
1873/11/22 R2 Alexandra Athletic 0 - 2 Blythswood
1874/10/24 R1 Dumbreck 5 - 1 Alexandra Athletic
1875/10/16 R1 Queen's Park 3 - 0 Alexandra Athletic
1876/9/30 R1 Alexandra Athletic 1 - 1 Eastern
1876/10/7 R1 Eastern 2 - 0 Alexandra Athletic (protested)
1876/10/14 R1 Alexandra Athletic 1 - 0 Eastern
1876/10/21 R2 Northern 4 - 0 Alexandra Athletic
1877/9/29 R1 Alexandra Athletic 2 - 0 Lancefield
1877/10/27 R2 Rangers 8 - 0 Alexandra Athletic
1878/9/28 R1 Alexandra Athletic 3 - 1 Jordanhill
1878/10/19 R2 Alexandra Athletic 3 - 0 Partick Burnside
1878/11/9 R3 Alexandra Athletic 2 - 0 John Elder
1878/11/30 R4 Rangers 3 - 0 Alexandra Athletic
1879/9/20 R1 Alexandra Athletic 4 - 0 Albatross
1879/10/11 R2 Alexandra Athletic 5 - 0 Harmonic Good Templars
1879/11/1 R3 Parkgrove 6 - 2 Alexandra Athletic
1880/9/18 R1 Alexandra Athletic 4 - 1 Kelvinbank
1880/10/2 R2 Alexandra Athletic 1 - 0 Athole
1880/10/23 R3 Cowlairs 2 - 1 Alexandra Athletic (protested)
1880/11/6 R3 Cowlairs 2 - 1 Alexandra Athletic
1881/8/17 R1 Alexandra Athletic wo/scr Possil Blue Bell
1881/10/1 R2 Alexandra Athletic 4 - 1 Whitefield
1881/10/22 R3 Rangers 3 - 1 Alexandra Athletic
1882/9/9 R1 Pollokshields Athletic 6 - 5 Alexandra Athletic
1883/9/8 R1 Whitehill 3 - 1 Alexandra Athletic
(Source: The Beautiful Dribbling Game.)
Alexandra Athletic played at Alexandra Park in east central Glasgow. Despite what Wikipedia will tell you they made it past the first round of the Scottish Cup seven out of eleven times.