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Aberystwyth College Mosaic

A detail from the mosaics adorning the Old College building at Aberystwyth University. Source.

Penry Williams

Penry Williams, Tiber with the temple of Hercules Victor, Santa Maria in Cosmedin, and the Ponte Rotto seen from the covent of San Barto (c. 1827). Source. Also.

Seren Morgan Jones

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Stovepipe Hat

See here for a collection of 19th-Century photographs of Welsh women in stovepipe hats.

Roman Amphitheatre, Caerleon

The Roman amphitheatre at Caerleon, Wales. Photo by Gareth Blaney. Source.

2018-19 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

Nomads. Source.

Morton's game at Somerset Park has been moved to April 2nd due to call-ups for the Scotland U-21 squad who play a friendly against Mexico this weekend. Goalkeepers Robbie McCrorie (Morton) and Ross Doohan (Ayr) are both called up.

However, yesterday Morton visited Celtic for a closed door friendly and won 0 - 1.

Robbie McCrorie's clean sheets for Morton:

2019/1/26      Morton 0 - 0 Dunfermline

2019/2/16      Morton 0 - 0 Ayr

2019/2/26      Morton 1 - 0 Queen of the South

It's the final of the 2018-19 Scottish Challenge Cup. Ross County meet Connah's Quay Nomads at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium in Inverness.

Ross County have won this cup twice and been runners-up twice. To get to today's game they had to beat Heart of Midlothian colts, Raith Rovers, Montrose, Motherwell colts, and East Fife. The Staggies are currently top of the Scottish Championship.

Connah's Quay Nomads are the first non-Scottish club to make it to the final. They bested Falkirk, Coleraine, Queen's Park, and Edinburgh City in the earlier rounds. The Nomads are presently first or second in the Welsh Premier League, depending on how The New Saints did last night. The town of Connah's Quay is on the River Dee, which forms part of the northern boundary of Wales, and is not to be confused with the River Dee that runs through Aberdeen. It's a different Dee.

[Ross County win 3 - 1.]

Championship matches:

Dundee United 1 - 0 Ross County (March 19)

Partick Thistle 1 - 2 ICT (yesterday)

Dundee United [2 - 1] Alloa (today)

If the Tangerines win they cannot be relegated.

[Ayr United visited BSC Glasgow for a friendly and won 0 - 4.]

Today Cappielow is the site of a UEFA Under-17 match between Portugal and Poland. Another game, between Portugal and Russia, will be played on March 26th, also at Cappielow.

Morton and Falkirk announced Monday that they have reached an agreement in the McKinnon affair, but that the details are confidential.

Thursday was the 100th birthday of Queen of the South FC. The club was formed in a merger of the teams of the 5th Kings Own Scottish Borderers and the Arrol-Johnston car company.

1928-29: Morton visited Alloa and won 1 - 3.

1951-52: On March 22nd, 1952 Morton beat Aberdeen 3 - 2 at Cappielow.

Cowlairs versus Rangers. Fitbastats lists ten games between these two Glasgow clubs. I feel there must be more, but these ten will certainly do.

They met in Round Three of the 1886-87 English FA Cup. In those days clubs from all parts of the UK were admitted. Rangers beat Cowlairs 3 - 2 on Rangers' ground. (Whether this was Kinning or Cathkin Park I don't know.) I think this is the only instance of two Scottish clubs playing each other in the FA Cup.

They played five games in the 1887-88 Glasgow Cup semi-finals. The first two were scoreless draws, the third was a 2 - 2 draw, then Rangers won 2 - 1, and then for some reason they played again, and this time Rangers won 3 - 1.

They both played in the inaugural 1890-91 SFL season. Rangers won one, with one draw.

On November 25th, 1893 they met in Round One of the Scottish Cup and Rangers won 8 - 0. But then on December 9th, 1893 they met in the Glasgow Cup final, and Rangers won, but only by a score of 1 - 0.

SWFL2 Cup, Round Two: Morton Women [3 - 2] Murieston United (tomorrow)

West of Scotland Premiership: Largs Thistle vs Glenafton

Irvine Meadow 1 - 1 Largs Thistle

Danish 1st Division: Fredericia [2 - 1] Nykobing

Regionalliga Südwest: 1. FC Saarbrücken [1 - 1] Kickers Offenbach

Tomorrow Iwaki FC play a training match against Vonds Ichihara. [1 - 1.]

The 72nd Aomori Prefecture Football Championship begins tomorrow with the first of six rounds:

Match No. 1: Maritime Self-Defence Force Hachinohe SC [2 - 0] Aomori Chuo Gakuin University

Match No. 2: 筒木坂FC [1 - 1] Gonohe SC [Gonohe won on PK.]

I don't know who 筒木坂FC are or how to write their name in Latin letters, but they play in the Aomori League Division 1.

Edward the Chancellor

Apparently the only full-length statue of King Edward VIII is the one outside the Aberystwyth University Student Union, unveiled in 1923 while he was was Prince of Wales as well as Chancellor of the university. Source.