Barrfields

A rainbow over Barrfields Park in Largs. Source.

Morton visit Queen’s Park. Morton are ninth, Queen’s Park tenth, each with 1 point. After four league matches Morton have accumulated 0 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, 2 goals for, 6 goals against. That’s an ever-so-slight improvement on the League Cup group stage in which they earned 0 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses, 0 goals for, and 7 goals against.

Queen’s Park were the bottom club in the Scottish League in 2013-14, Arbroath in 1996-97, Stenhousemuir in 1988-89, Livingston (as Meadowbank Thistle) in 1978-79, Morton in 1960-61 and Raith Rovers in 1916-17. Partick, Ayr, Dunfermline and ICT have never been bottom club.

QP’s head coach is Sean Crighton, who was born in Greenock and played for Morton in 2014-15.

The last Morton player to score against Queen’s Park was Iain Wilson on February 21st.

Morton have signed 19-year-old Phil Croker on loan from Crewe Alexandra. Also 18-year-old defender Calvin Okike from Hull City. And 20-year-old Dylan Borso from the Chicago Fire. Meanwhile Kris Moore has left the club.

The other Championship matches:
Livingston (5th) 0 – 1 Stenhousemuir (1st) (yesterday)
Arbroath (4th) vs Dunfermline Athletic (7th)
Inverness CT (8th) vs Raith Rovers (3rd)
Partick Thistle (2nd) vs Ayr United (6th)

Other matches:
Mito HollyHock (11th) 4 – 2 Kashima Antlers (2nd) (September 2) Epochal
Arminia Bielefeld (10th) vs St Pauli (16th)
Dumbarton (10th) vs Elgin City (1st)
Invergordon (13th) vs Strathspey Thistle (10th)
Avispa Fukuoka (18th) vs Mito HollyHock (7th)
Verspah Oita (6th) vs Grulla Morioka (8th)
Elfen Saitama (8th) vs Nagano Parceiro (10th)
Vancouver Rise (4th) vs Halifax Tides (5th)
ReinMeer Aomori (8th) vs J-Lease (10th) (tomorrow)
Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (1st) vs ASC Hokkaido (2nd) (tomorrow)
Morton Women (11th) vs Inverness CT (7th) (tomorrow)

Men’s Canadian Championship, SF, leg 1:
Supra 1 – 1 Forge (September 1)
Vancouver Whitecaps 1 – 1 CF Montreal (September 2)

Svenska Cupen:
Olympic 0 – 5 Göteborg (September 2)

Caribbean Cup, group stage, week 3:
Salcedo vs Mount Pleasant
Cavalier vs Portmore United

South Challenge Cup, R2 (selected matches):
St Andrews United vs Castlemilk
Greenock Juniors vs Berwick Rangers
Livingston United vs Clydebank
Largs Thistle vs Lochgelly Albert

North of Scotland Cup, R1:
Invergordon vs Clachnacuddin

Historical matches:

September 5th, 1891 was reserved for the Scottish Cup preliminary round 1. Here are the cup results of the teams of the Scottish Alliance, Scottish Federation and Ayrshire League on that day.

Scottish Alliance clubs:
Thistle 6 – 1 Shettleston Swifts
Linthouse 12 – 0 Carfin Hibernian
Maryhill scr – wo Airdrieonians
Glasgow Warriors 1 – 2 Partick Thistle*
Port Glasgow Athletic 6 – 3 Lanemark
Ayr 12 – 0 Pollokshaws**
Kilbirnie 2 – 2 Morton
King’s Park 5 – 3 Clydebank Athletic
East Stirlingshire 8 – 2 Jamestown
Adventurers 0 – 5 St Bernard’s

Scottish Federation clubs:
Burnbank Swifts 5 – 1 Hamilton Harp
Wishaw Thistle 7 – 3 Albion Rovers
Motherwell 1 – 4 Cowlairs
Glasgow Wanderers 1 – 2 Partick Thistle*
Southern Athletic 1 – 6 Royal Albert
Ayr 12 – 0 Pollokshaws**
Beith 2 – 2 Arthurlie***
Neilston 3 – 6 Kilmarnock
Falkirk wo – scr Tillicoultry
Clydebank 7 – 1 Grasshoppers
Cronberry Eglinton 2 – 4 Hurlford

Ayrshire League clubs:
Mauchline wo – scr Maybole
Stevenston Thistle 5 – 2 Galston
Bute Rangers 3 – 4 Monkcastle
Beith 2 – 2 Arthurlie***
Newmilns 1 – 7 Dykebar
Saltcoats Victoria 6 – 3 Lochwinnoch
Stewarton Cunninghame 3 – 2 Irvine
Annbank 8 – 3 Ayr Parkhouse

*same match
**same match
***same match