Plenty of Nothing

Universal Carrier, Sable Island

Source. Canadian industry churned these out by the thousand during WWII. Read about them here.

Packard Proving Grounds

A Packard proves itself on the Packard Proving Grounds in Shelby Township, Michigan. Source.

Shell Motor Spirit, 1923

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Yonge and Bloor, 1929

Frank Stollery's Store For Men on the southwest corner is soon to be the site of a 91-story condo. Source.

This is the car on the billboard: the Willys-Knight Great Six roadster. Source.

To Firhill via the Clyde Tunnel

A stalled bus in the Clyde Tunnel, July 1963. Source.

Partick Thistle host Greenock Morton. This is the final fixture between these two unless they meet in the playoffs. So far Partick have two wins and a draw against the Ton. Entering today's game Partick are 3rd with 40 points, Morton 4th with 37.

Morton will take over third place today if they win by two goals. But they have not scored in four games. For their part Partick have not won since January 20th.

Morton went five games without a goal from December 2013 to January 2014.

[Partick Thistle 2 - 1 Morton. Goal by Muirhead.]

The other Championship matches:

Partick Thistle 0 - 1 Raith Rovers (March 12)

Dunfermline (7th) 3 - 1 Dundee United (1st) (yesterday)

Airdrieonians (5th) [5 - 2] Arbroath (10th)

Inverness CT (9th) [1 - 2] Ayr United (8th)

Queen's Park (6th) [0 - 0] Raith Rovers (2nd)

Longest run w/o a win, league and cup, 2023-24 Championship:

15 matches    Queen's Park

10 matches    Arbroath

10 matches    Inverness CT

  9 matches    Dunfermline Athletic

  8 matches    Partick Thistle

  5 matches    Ayr United

  5 matches    Airdrieonians

  5 matches    Raith Rovers

  4 matches    Morton

  2 matches    Dundee United

Other matches:

UCD 3 - 0 Athlone Town (yesterday)

Buckie Thistle 2 - 1 Banks o' Dee (March 13)

Banks o' Dee [4 - 0] Forres Mechanics

Linlithgow Rose [0 - 1] Hearts B

Cowdenbeath [1 - 4] Berwick Rangers

Largs Thistle [4 - 2] Gartcairn

Peebles Rovers [1 - 4] Thornton Hibs

Giffnock [4 - 1] Carluke Rovers

Cheadle Town [3 - 2] FC Isle of Man

Ballymena [0 - 2] Carrick Rangers

Cardiff MU [0 - 1] Bala Town

Mito HollyHock [1 - 2] Tokushima Vortis

Kochi United [1 - 0] ReinMeer Aomori (tomorrow)

Renfrew [2 - 1] Morton Women (tomorrow)

HFX Wanderers pre-season friendlies:

Wanderers [2 - 0] East Coast Selects (yesterday)

Wanderers vs East Coast Selects (today)

Former Wanderers assistant coach Moset Mert will manage the Selects.

West of Scotland League Cup, R4:

Darvel [3 - 1] Ardrossan Winton Rovers

Hurlford United [3 - 1] Cumbernauld United

Quarter-finals:

Auchinleck Talbot [5 - 1] Craigmark Burtonians

Glenafton Athletic [0 - 2] Shotts Bon Accord

Icelandic Women's League Cup group stage, matchday 5:

Þór/KA [2 - 3] Stjarnan

2023-24 UEFA Europa League, group of 16, second leg (March 14):

Rangers 0 - 1 Benfica

Rangers are out.

2023-24 DFB-Pokal, QF (March 12):

1.FC Saarbrücken 2 - 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach    Wow!

AFC Champions League, QF, leg 2 (March 13):

Yokohama F. Marinos 1 - 0 Shandong Taishan

Marinos advance.

Mie prefectural championship:

Match C: Honda Suzuka FC [2 - 2] E.X.D. (tomorrow) [E.X.D. win on PK]

Match D: Ise Yamato [1 - 1] TSV1973 Yokkaichi (tomorrow) [Ise Yamato win on PK]

The Nadeshiko League starts this weekend. Let's follow Sfida Setagaya.

The Nadeshiko League (aka Japan Women's Football League) began in 1989 and until the introduction of the WE League in 2021 it was the top women's football league in Japan. At the moment there's no automatic promotion and relegation between the Nadeshiko League and the WE League, and it would be difficult to pull off anyway because the Nadeshiko League plays in summer and the WE League plays in winter.

Sfida Setagaya started out in 2001 in the Tokyo Women's Soccer League, entered the Nadeshiko League in 2011, and became part of Nadeshiko Division 1 in 2021. They were one of four N1 teams to make it to the Empress's Cup Round of 16 this year.

"Sfida" is Italian for "challenge". (The Japanese word for "sfida" is "chōsen".) They wear black and blue. Their slogan for 2024 is Shin Sfida. "Shin" can mean "new" and "true".

Viamaterras Miyazaki [3 - 1] Sfida Setagaya (tomorrow)

Historical matches:

1883/3/17      Morton 2 - 2 Southern    Greenock and District Cup R2

1945/3/17      Queen's Park 2 - 1 Morton

This was Southern League Cup group stage matchday 4.

1968/3/16      Clyde 2 - 2 Morton

1996/3/16      Morton 1 - 2 St Mirren

Goal by Rajamaki.

Greenock Morton Women versus Renfrew Ladies:

2018/4/22      Morton 0 - 1 Renfrew

2018/8/26      Renfrew 1 - 0 Morton

2020/2/23      Renfrew 2 - 0 Morton

2021/8/15      Renfrew 3 - 0 Morton

2022/4/22      Morton 2 - 1 Renfrew

2022/9/18      Renfrew 3 - 1 Morton

2022/11/6      Morton 1 - 3 Renfrew

2023/1/29      Renfrew 3 - 1 Morton

2023/10/29    Morton 0 - 5 Renfrew

2024/3/17      Renfrew [2 - 1] Morton

(Sources: Scottish Football Historical Archive; Plenty of Nothing)

Arthurlie FC 1901-02:

1902/4/19      Arthurlie 2 - 1 Abercorn    friendly

1902/4/12      Arthurlie 3 - 3 Airdrieonians    SFL2

1902/4/5        Arthurlie 0 - 1 St Bernard's    SFL2

1902/3/29      Arthurlie 0 - 2 St Mirren    RCup SF

1902/3/22      Arthurlie 4 - 1 Paisley Academical    RCup R2 replay

1902/3/15      Paisley Academical 0 - 0 Arthurlie    RCup R2

1902/3/8        St Bernard's 2 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1902/3/1        Arthurlie 2 - 1 Motherwell    SFL2

1902/3/1        bye    RCup R1

1902/2/22      Arthurlie 1 - 5 Partick Thistle    SFL2

1902/2/15      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1902/1/25      Partick Thistle 5 - 2 Arthurlie    SFL2

1902/1/18      Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 1 Arthurlie    SCup R1 replay

1902/1/11      Arthurlie 1 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    SCup R1

1902/1/4        Airdrieonians 3 - 0 Arthurlie    SFL2

1901/12/21    East Stirlingshire 1 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1901/12/7      Arthurlie 2 - 0 Abercorn    SFL2

1901/11/30    Arthurlie 1 - 4 Hamilton Academical    SFL2

1901/11/16    Leith Athletic 2 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1901/11/9      Thornliebank 4 - 0 Arthurlie    QCup R4

1901/11/2      Arthurlie 0 - 1 Ayr FC    SFL2

1901/10/26    Arthurlie 3 - 1 Clyde    SFL2

1901/10/19    Arthurlie 3 - 3 East Stirlingshire    SFL2

1901/10/12    Abercorn 1 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1901/10/5      Arthurlie 2 - 0 Leith Athletic    SFL2

1901/10/5      bye    QCup R3

1901/9/28      Clyde 1 - 0 Arthurlie    SFL2

1901/9/21      Arthurlie 8 - 1 Cameronians    QCup R2

1901/9/14      Ayr FC 1 - 0 Arthurlie    SFL2

1901/9/7        Cartvale scr-wo Arthurlie    QCup R1

1901/8/31      Hamilton Academical 1 - 3 Arthurlie    SFL2

1901/8/24      Arthurlie 3 - 1 Port Glasgow Athletic    SFL2

1901/8/17      Motherwell 2 - 2 Arthurlie    SFL2

(Sources: London Hearts for the Scottish Football League Division Two; The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Qualifying Cup and the Scottish Cup; Scottish Football Historical Archive for the Renfrewshire Cup; the Glasgow Herald for 1902/4/19)

1903 CCM Ivanhoe

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Burgundy 1983 Pontiac 6000 LE. Source.

This is Plenty of Nothing blog post #6000.

Sick's Seattle Stadium

1938. Source.

About 1960. Source.

About 1970. Source.

Sicks' Stadium was home to the Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League for many years, and to the American League's Seattle Pilots for one year, 1969.

TTC Bus, 1923

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Wikov 35 Kapka

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