Abdou Samaké and Samuel Salter in a 2022 match. Both now play in Sweden. Source.
HFX Wanderers host Pacific FC for the first Halifax home game of 2026.
These two teams met in the first CanPL match for both on April 28th, 2019, and Pacific won 1 – 0. Over all Pacific have been somewhat the better club with 11 wins to Halifax’s 7, and 9 draws, but last season Halifax finished fourth while Pacific finished seventh. In a league in which the Edmonton and Winnipeg clubs have failed, Halifax and Victoria are refreshingly successful professional clubs, considering that neither town has ever had an NHL or CFL team.
The Wanderers are third in the table with a win and a draw. Pacific are sixth with two losses.
HFX Wanderers [2 – 2] Pacific FC [Halifax goals by Kachwele and Johnston.]
It’s the Scottish Cup semi-finals:
Dunfermline Athletic [0 – 0] Falkirk [Dunfermline win on PK]
Dunfermline and Falkirk met in the 2008-09 semi-finals and Falkirk won 2 – 0.
Celtic [6 – 2] St Mirren (tomorrow)
Meanwhile in the Championship Morton host Queen’s Park. QP are seventh with 39 points, Morton eighth with 36. So far this season Morton have a win, a draw and a loss against the Spiders.
Both teams have a player named Longridge.
As things stand Morton have outperformed only two of their post-1994 36-game tier II seasons: 2000-01 when they finished with 35 points, and 2013-14 when they finished with 26. Both times they were relegated. Morton finished 1999-2000 with 36 points, ending up in eighth place.
If Morton win today, and Airdrie lose or draw, then Morton are safe from relegation.
[Morton 0 – 0 Queen’s Park.]
The other Championship matches:
Airdrieonians (9th) 2 – 2 Dunfermline (4th) (April 14)
Queen’s Park (7th) 0 – 2 Raith Rovers (5th) (April 14)
Airdrieonians (9th) [2 – 2] Partick Thistle (2nd)
Arbroath (4th) [2 – 1] Raith Rovers (5th)
Ross County (10th) [2 – 1] Ayr United (6th)
Other matches:
Beith vs Largs Thistle (April 15) (postponed)
Lipno Stęszew [1 – 0] Pogoń Szczecin II
1.FC Magdeburg [2 – 0] Fortuna Düsseldorf
Halmstad [1 – 1] Göteborg
Wick Academy [1 – 1] Banks o’ Dee
The Highland League season ends. [Wick Academy finish 16th.]
Clydebank [2 – 0] Caledonian Braves (Clydebank are 2nd with 70 points.)
Bonnyrigg Rose [1 – 2] Linlithgow Rose (Linlithgow are 1st with 72 points, Bonnyrigg 3rd with 69.)
The Lowland League season ends. [Linlithgow win the Lowland League.]
Largs Thistle [1 – 1] Troon
Kilsyth Athletic [1 – 2] Greenock
Lugar Boswell Thistle [2 – 6] Port Glasgow
St Catharines Roma [0 – 2] Scrosoppi
Azul Claro Munazu [0 – 4] ReinMeer Aomori (tomorrow)
Morton Women [2 – 3] ICT (tomorrow)
Halifax Tides vs Atlantic All-Stars at Acadia University (tomorrow)
J1 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 11:
Yokohama F Marinos (9th) [1 – 2] Kawasaki Frontale (5th)
Kashima Antlers (1st) [1 – 0] Urawa Red Diamonds (6th)
Tokyo Verdy (4th) [1 – 0] JEF United (10th)
Mito HollyHock (7th) [2 – 0] Kashiwa Reysol (8th) (tomorrow)
2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, QF:
Al Sadd 3 – 3 Vissel Kobe (Kobe won on PK) (April 16)
Machida Zelvia 1 – 0 Al-Ittihad (April 17)
2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, SF, leg 2:
Bangkok United 0 – 3 Gamba Osaka (April 15) (Gamba advance.)
Highland League Cup final:
Formartine United [0 – 3] Turriff United
World Cup: Canada has blocked representatives of the Palestinian FA from entering the country. Story.
Historical matches:
1891/4/18 Morton 3 – 1 Arthurlie (Greenock Charity Cup SF) Source: SFHA
1891/4/18 Morton 2 – 1 Abercorn Source: Glasgow Herald, April 20, 1891
1931/4/18 Kilmarnock 3 – 1 Morton
1953/4/18 Morton 4 – 0 Arbroath
1981/4/15 Kilmarnock 0 – 0 Morton
1981/4/18 Morton 2 – 0 Dundee United
SFL results 1890-91:
1891/4/18 Third Lanark 4 – 0 Hearts
1891/4/18 Cowlairs 1 – 1 Cambuslang
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