Winter Football

Action from the CanPL final, November 9th, 2025. Source.

Morton visit Excelsior Stadium for a match against Airdrieonians. Morton are seventh with 30 points, Airdrie ninth with 23. Each has beaten the other once so far this season. Airdrie are coming off a midweek loss to Raith Rovers in the Challenge Cup semi-finals.

So far this season Morton have lost in league play to Raith Rovers, Ayr United, St Johnstone (twice), Dunfermline, Airdrieonians, Partick Thistle and Queen’s Park, or everybody except Ross County and Arbroath.

Airdrie have knocked Arbroath out of both the Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup this season.

Jackson Longridge has Morton’s most recent goal against Airdrie, scored October 4, 2025.

This is an A Ton of Snow Championship Consolation Cup round one match.

[Airdrieonians 3 – 1 Morton. Morton goal by Garrity.]

The other Championship matches:
Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 2 Partick Thistle (February 24)
Queen’s Park 1 – 1 St Johnstone (February 24)
Dunfermline Athletic (6th) [1 – 0] Queen’s Park (8th)*
Ross County (10th) [2 – 0] Raith Rovers (5th)*
Partick Thistle (2nd) [0 – 0] Arbroath (3rd)
St Johnstone (1st) [3 – 1] Ayr United (4th)

*These are also Consolation Cup round one matches. [Airdrie, Dunfermline and Ross County advance.]

Other matches:
Wick Academy vs Forres Mechanics (February 25) (postponed)
Wda Świecie [3 – 0] Lipno Stęszew
Fortuna Düsseldorf [2 – 1] VfL Bochum
Berwick Rangers [1 – 2] Clydebank
Lossiemouth [0 – 3] Wick Academy
Arthurlie [1 – 2] Largs Thistle
Greenock [1 – 3] Ashfield
Inverness Athletic [6 – 2] Golspie Sutherland

J League 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 4:
Machida Zelvia (5th) 2 – 1 JEF United Chiba (8th) (yesterday)
Urawa Red Diamonds (2nd) [2 – 3] Kashima Antlers (3rd)
FC Tokyo (4th) [0 – 2] Kashiwa Reysol (10th)
Yokohama F Marinos (9th) [3 – 2] Tokyo Verdy (1st)
Kawasaki Frontale (6th) [2 – 2] Mito HollyHock (7th) [Kawasaki win on PK] (tomorrow)

The 106th Emperor’s Cup does not begin until August this year and will end on the traditional date of January 1st.

Scottish Challenge Cup, SF:
Ayr United 1 – 2 Inverness CT (February 24)
Airdrieonians 1 – 1 Raith Rovers (Raith win on PK) (February 25)
ICT and Raith have each won this cup two and a half times, new Airdrieonians twice and Ayr never.

South Challenge Cup, SF:
Cumnock (WP) [5 – 1] Vale of Clyde (W1)
University of Stirling (LL) [0 – 0] Muirkirk (W1) [Stirling win on PK] (tomorrow)

Lowland League Cup, QF:
Linlithgow Rose 1 – 1 Clydebank (Linlithgow win on PK) (February 24)

Highland League Cup, SF:
Formartine United [1 – 1] Banks o’ Dee [Formartine win on PK]
Turriff United [1 – 1] Brechin City [Turriff win on PK]

West of Scotland League Cup, R3:
Lanark United [0 – 6] Auchinleck Talbot

West of Scotland League Cup, QF:
Troon vs Drumchapel United [abandoned]

2025-26 UEFA Europa League, knockout playoff, leg 2:
VfB Stuttgart 0 – 1 Celtic (February 26)
Celtic lose on aggregate and are out of European competition for this year.

2026 Concacaf Champions Cup, R1, leg 2:
Nashville 5 – 0 Atlético Ottawa (February 24)
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 – 0 Cartaginés (February 25)
Vancouver Whitecaps advance. Atlético Ottawa are out.

HFX Wanderers have signed Victor Akinwale from Crystal Palace. Halifax Tides have signed veteran midfielder Cho So-Hyun from Suwon FC.

World Cup watch: Could Toronto and Vancouver absorb matches relocated from Guadalajara where there’s currently a drug war going on? The matches are:
June 11, South Korea vs UEFA Path D. Toronto’s BMO Field is in use June 12 for Canada vs UEFA Path A. Vancouver’s BC Place is in use June 13 for Australia vs UEFA Path C.
June 18, Mexico vs South Korea. BC Place is in use that day for Canada vs Qatar and on June 21 for New Zealand versus Egypt. BMO Field is in use on June 17 for Ghana vs Panama and on June 20 for Germany vs Ivory Coast. (Plus it’s hard to picture Mexico allowing its national team’s match to be relocated to another country.)
June 23, Colombia vs IC Path 1. BMO Field is in use that day for Panama vs Croatia. BC Place is in use June 24 for Switzerland vs Canada.
June 26, Uruguay vs Spain. BMO Field is in use that day for New Zealand vs Egypt, while BC Place is in use the same day for Senegal vs IC Path 2. And there’s a CFL game scheduled for BC Place June 27.
Conclusion: It would take a shoehorn.

Historical matches:
1891/2/28 Port Glasgow Athletic 1 – 3 Morton
1931/2/28 Morton 0 – 1 Clyde
1953/2/28 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Morton
1981/2/28 Morton 0 – 3 Celtic

1890-91 SFL results:
1891/2/28 Celtic 1 – 0 Hearts
1891/2/28 Dumbarton 4 – 0 Vale of Leven
1891/2/28 St Mirren 3 – 7 Rangers
1891/2/28 Cambuslang 2 – 2 Third Lanark
1891/2/28 Cowlairs 7 – 5 Abercorn

Hull-Ottawa at Kitchener-Waterloo, February 22, 1961

Cliff Pennington.

The Hull-Ottawa Canadiens visited the Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers on this date in 1961. The Canadiens were atop the EPHL table with 78 points, the Beavers third with 59.

The Beavers were the former Trois-Rivières Lions who had played in the Quebec Hockey League from 1955 till 1959 and in the EPHL in its inaugural season. In 1960 the Lions relocated to Kitchener in search of higher attendance figures. The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium had become available when the Kitchener Dutchmen ended their run there. The Dutchmen had been members of the OHA’s Senior A league, but played a shortened season in 1959-60 in order to represent Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where they won silver. Cliff Pennington was on that Olympic team.

Pennington was a hot property in 1961. He had scored 62 goals as a junior with the Flin Flon Bombers in 1958-59. He led the EPHL in scoring in 1960-61, despite being called up to the Montreal Canadiens. But he would go on to play only one complete and two partial seasons in the NHL, mostly with Boston.

The Beavers were affiliates of the New York Rangers. Clubs in that part of Ontario had been feeding the Rangers system for years. The Kitchener Rangers of the OHL reflect that history in their name and uniform.

There’s a Trois-Rivières Lions in the ECHL today.

First period: goal by Gray (Hull).

Second period: goal by Ronson (Kitchener).

Third period: goals by Ellett (Hull) and Stratton (Kitchener).

Final score: 2 all.

Pennington’s Shirriff coin.

Ricki Lamie

Ricki Lamie is back at Queen’s Park. He first played for them in 2013-14. And he played for Morton from 2014 to 2018. Source.

Morton visit Lesser Hampton for a match against Queen’s Park. Morton are fifth sixth with 30 points, Queen’s Park eighth with 24. Morton are 1 point off last year’s pace.

This is Queen’s Park’s fourth year in the Championship. They finished 2022-23 third with 58 points, 2023-24 eighth with 43, and 2024-25 eighth with 35. They are roughly on track to equal last year’s performance.

[Queen’s Park 3 – 2 Morton. Morton goal by Wilson and an own goal.]

The other Championship matches:
Raith Rovers (7th) (6th) 0 – 0 St Johnstone (1st) (yesterday)
Arbroath (3rd) [4 – 2] Dunfermline Athletic (6th)
Ayr United (4th) [0 – 0] Ross County (10th)
Partick Thistle (2nd) [1 – 0] Airdrieonians (9th)

Other matches:
SV Darmstadt 98 [2 – 1] Fortuna Düsseldorf
Wick Academy [1 – 2] Turriff United
Celtic B [3 – 1] Clydebank
Greenock [1 – 1] Maryhill
Yoker Athletic [0 – 2] Port Glasgow
Coldstream [2 – 0] Burntisland Shipyard
Rossvale [4 – 0] Morton Women (tomorrow)
Elfen Saitama [0 – 1] Omiya Ardija (tomorrow)

J1 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 3:
Yokohama F Marinos (9th) [0 – 2] Urawa Red Diamonds (4th)
Tokyo Verdy (1st) [2 – 2] Machida Zelvia (3rd) [Verdy win on PK]
Kawasaki Frontale (2nd) [1 – 2] FC Tokyo (6th)
Kashima Antlers (5th) [2 – 0] Kashiwa Reysol (10th)
Mito HollyHock (7th) [1 – 1] JEF United (8th) [Mito win on PK] (tomorrow)

Scottish Junior Cup, R5:
Dundee Violet [0 – 1] Johnstone Burgh
Fraserburgh United [0 – 3] Largs Thistle

West of Scotland League Cup, R4:
Irvine Meadow XI [3 – 1] Benburb

North Caledonian Cup, R1:
Golspie Sutherland [3 – 8] Invergordon

2025-26 UEFA Europa League, knockout playoff, leg 1 (February 19):
Celtic 1 – 4 VfB Stuttgart

2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, league phase, matchday 8:
Machida Zelvia 3 – 2 Chengdu Rongcheng (February 17)
FC Seoul 2 – 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (February 17)
Johor Darul Ta’zim 1 – 0 Vissel Kobe (February 17)
Machida Zelvia, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Vissel Kobe all advance.

2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, Group of 16, leg 2:
Gamba Osaka 2 – 1 Pohang Steelers (February 19)
Gamba advance.

Former HFX Wanderers and Scrosoppi FC forward Tomasz Skublak has signed with Inter Toronto.

Historical matches:
1891/2/21 Partick Thistle 2 – 3 Morton
1931/2/18 Motherwell 3 – 0 Morton
1931/2/21 Hibs 1 – 1 Morton
1953/2/21 Morton 1 – 4 Rangers (Sc Cup R3)
1981/2/21 Dundee United 1 – 0 Morton

1890-91 SFL results:
1891/2/21 Dumbarton 2 – 2 Celtic
1891/2/21 Hearts 1 – 0 St Mirren
1891/2/21 Third Lanark 4 – 1 Vale of Leven
1891/2/21 Rangers 2 – 1 Cambuslang