Port Glasgow Juniors play at Parklea in the West of Scotland League Third Division. Source.
Ross County visit Cappielow. Morton hold seventh place with 23 points, and Ross County are ninth with 19. Morton have a win and a draw against the Staggies so far this season.
Stewart Kettlewell has been Ross County manager for a month. This is his second spell at the job, the first time having been from 2018 to 2020.
Ross County managed to climb out of automatic relegation last weekend. They have not been in tier III since 2007-08.
The last Morton player to score against Ross County was Michael Garrity, November 15th.
Half of Morton’s league matches have ended in draws, which puts them on track for 18 in 2025-26. The club record for draws in a season is 17, but that was in a 44-game schedule (1993-94).
[Morton win 2 – 1 on goals by Brophy and O’Halloran.]
The other Championship matches:
St Johnstone (1st) 2 – 2 Partick Thistle (2nd) (yesterday)
Ayr United (5th) [2 – 1] Raith Rovers (6th)
Dunfermline Athletic (4th) [0 – 2] Airdrieonians (8th)
Queen’s Park (10th) [2 – 1] Arbroath (3rd)
Other matches:
[Unia Swarzędz 1 – 1 KS Lipno Stęszew (sparring match)]
Fortuna Düsseldorf [2 – 1] SC Paderborn [tomorrow]
Rothes [1 – 1] Wick Academy
Largs Thistle [2 – 1] Shotts Bon Accord
Port Glasgow [8 – 1] St Anthony’s
Inverness CT [7 – 3] Morton Women (tomorrow)
A US consortium has bought Kelty Hearts. Story.
UEFA Europa League, league phase, matchday 8 (January 29):
Celtic 4 – 2 Utrecht
Porto 3 – 1 Rangers
Celtic advance. Rangers are out.
Scottish Challenge Cup, QF (January 27):
Arbroath vs Airdrieonians (postponed)
Inverness CT 1 – 0 Stenhousemuir
Queen’s Park 1 – 1 Raith Rovers (Raith win on PK)
St Johnstone vs Ayr United (postponed)
Scottish Junior Cup, R5:
Dundee Violet vs Johnstone Burgh (postponed)
South Challenge Cup, QF:
Muirkirk (W1) [3 – 0] Haddington Athletic (EP) Upset
Tranent (LL) [0 – 1] Cumnock (WP) Upset
Vale of Clyde (W1) [5 – 4] Greenock (W2)
University of Stirling (LL) [2 – 2] Cumbernauld United (W1) [U of Stirling win on PK] (tomorrow)
Lowland League Cup, R1:
East Stirlingshire 1 – 3 Clydebank (yesterday)
Berwick Rangers vs Bonnyrigg Rose [postponed]
Caledonian Braves [1 – 1] Civil Service Strollers [CSS win on PK]
Cumbernauld Colts [1 – 0] Albion Rovers
Gala Fairydean Rovers [2 – 1] Gretna 2008
Linlithgow Rose [4 – 0] Cowdenbeath
Football Times Cup, QF:
Clachnacuddin “A” [5 – 4] Golspie Sutherland
Video: Port Glasgow versus Greenock.
HFX Wanderers have signed 18-year-old fullback Francesco Troisi, and also 28-year-old defender Marcus Godinho formerly of Toronto FC II, Heart of Midlothian, FSV Zwickau, Vancouver Whitecaps, Korona Kielce in Poland and Degerfors IF in Sweden.
Historical matches:
1891/1/31 Ayr FC 2 – 2 Morton
1931/1/26 Morton 2 – 0 Raith Rovers (Sc Cup R1 2nd replay)
1931/1/31 Queen’s Park 0 – 1 Morton (Sc Cup R2)
1953/1/31 Morton 1 – 4 Kilmarnock
1981/1/28 Hearts 1 – 3 Morton (Sc Cup R3 replay)
1981/1/31 Morton 1 – 0 Kilmarnock
Cup games of the 1890-91 SFL clubs:
Third Lanark 1 – 4 Hearts (Sc Cup SF)
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