Morton visit Arbroath. The Red Lichties are seventh in the Championship with 11 points. Morton are dead last with 1 point, 5 goals for and 17 goals against.
The season is one-quarter over. Morton are on track to finish 2026-27 with 4 points, a −48 goal difference, and automatic relegation.
At this point in 2013-14 Morton had 1 win, 3 draws, 5 losses, 9 goals for, 17 goals against, for 6 points, in tenth place, 1 point behind Cowdenbeath.
Morton’s worst goal differences of all time were:
−73 in 1987-88
−71 in 1984-85
−63 in 1937-38
−51 in 1908-09
−48 in 1932-33
Comparing the first nine league matches of every year that Morton have played in a league we find that 2026-27 shows the worst start in the entire history of the club. Next worst was 1901-02, Morton’s first season in the top division, when the team accumulated 2 draws and 7 losses in their first nine matches.
Morton’s best start came in 1963-64 when they won all 9 matches.
Dean Black scored against Arbroath in their last meeting, August 22nd.
[Arbroath 1 – 2 Morton. Grant Gillespie scores, plus an own goal.]
The other Championship matches:
Ayr United (6th) [1 – 1] Dunfermline Athletic (5th)
Inverness CT (8th) [2 – 0] Stenhousemuir (1st)
Livingston (4th) [1 – 2] Partick Thistle (3rd)
Raith Rovers (2nd) [2 – 0] Queen’s Park (9th)
Other matches:
Inverurie Loco Works 1 – 0 Invergordon (October 7)
Göteborg 1 – 0 Västerås SK (yesterday)
Edmonton 27 – 12 Ti-Cats (yesterday)
Criacao Shinjuku [1 – 0] ReinMeer Aomori
Clyde [2 – 1] Dumbarton
Invergordon [2 – 0] Rothes
Port Glasgow [3 – 0] Girvan
Kilsyth Athletic [0 – 4] Greenock Juniors
Greenock HSFP [5 – 0] FC Papas
Carluke Rovers [3 – 0] East Kilbride Thistle
St Andrews United [3 – 4] Jeanfield Swifts
Toronto FC [2 – 1] CF Montréal
Mito HollyHock [1 – 2] Shimizu S-Pulse (tomorrow)
Grulla Morioka [1 – 1] Honda FC (tomorrow)
St Pauli [2 – 0] Karlsruher SC (tomorrow)
106th Emperor’s Cup, R3 (part 2) (October 7):
Match No. 58: Gainare Tottori (J3) 0 – 0 Tokyo Verdy (J1) (Verdy win on PK)
Match No. 59: Kawasaki Frontale (J1) 2 – 0 Tegevajaro Miyazaki (J2)
Match No. 61: Sanfrecce Hiroshima (J1) 4 – 0 Iwaki FC (J2)
Match No. 62: Fagiano Okayama (J1) 1 – 0 JEF United Chiba (J1)
Match No. 64: Avispa Fukuoka (J1) 0 – 1 Yokohama FC (J2) Upset
Match No. 66: Yokohama F Marinos (J1) 2 – 1 Kyoto Sangyo University (Kansai Univ. 1)
Match No. 67: Urawa Red Diamonds (J1) 3 – 2 Omiya Ardija (J2)
Match No. 68: Cerezo Osaka (J1) 2 – 0 Kagoshima United (J3)
Match No. 70: Shimizu S-Pulse(J1) 2 – 1 V-Varen Nagasaki (J1)
Match No. 72: FC Tokyo (J1) 4 – 0 Shonan Bellmare (J2)
Matches 57, 60, 63, 65, 69 and 71 were played September 23rd.
South Challenge Cup, R3 (selected):
Whitletts Victoria [0 – 2] Largs Thistle
Hawick Royal Albert [1 – 7] Clydebank
Women’s Scottish Cup, R2:
Stenhousemuir [9 – 2] Morton (tomorrow)
UEFA Nations League:
Scotland 1 – 2 Slovenia (October 6)
Historical matches:
Scottish Alliance, October 10, 1891:
Airdrieonians 6 – 1 Ayr
Kilmarnock 0 – 0 Port Glasgow Athletic
King’s Park 2 – 3 East Stirlingshire
Morton 3 – 1 St Bernard’s
Partick Thistle 0 – 3 Celtic (Glasgow Cup R2)
Scottish Federation, October 10, 1891:
Arthurlie 1 – 1 Hurlford
Falkirk 7 – 1 Wishaw Thistle
Kilmarnock Athletic 2 – 4 Albion Rovers
Motherwell 5 – 1 Clydebank
Royal Albert 1 – 3 Burnbank Swifts
Glasgow Wanderers 2 – 7 Clyde (Glasgow Cup R2)
Ayrshire League, October 10, 1891:
Ayr Parkhouse 1 – 4 Annbank
Galston 2 – 1 Monkcastle
Irvine 3 – 1 Saltcoats Victoria
Mauchline 4 – 1 Newmilns
Stevenston Thistle 3 – 0 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers (Ayrshire Cup R1)
