Morton host Arbroath. Morton are bottom of the Championship with 0 points, a -3 goal difference and no goals scored. Arbroath are eighth.

Morton have gone six matches without a goal in 2026-27. That’s a club record for scorelessness from the start of a season, but not a club record for consecutive scoreless games. The Ton also went six matches without a goal in March/April of 1910. But the record for futility lies in the 1987-88 season, Morton’s last time in the Premiership. They went eight straight games without a goal in November/December 1987 and nine in February/March/April of 1988.

But did Bob Cochrane lose his job in 1910? No. Did Allan McGraw lose his job in 1988? No.

It’s different nowadays. Last season Rhys McCabe lost his job on August 15th, when Airdrieonians were eighth with 1 point. Don Cowie lost his job on August 24th when Ross County were tenth with 1 point. Despite those changes both clubs went on to be relegated.

At this point in 2013-14, Morton’s most recent relegation year, the team had 3 wins and 3 losses in all competitions.

Ian Murray’s record as Morton manager to date, league and cup, is: 4 wins, 4 draws, 15 losses, 18 goals for, 41 goals against.

The last Morton player to score against Arbroath was Curtis Main, on March 28th.

Greenock wants immigrants. Story.

[Morton 1 – 2 Arbroath. Dean Black scores for Morton.]

The other Championship matches:
Inverness CT (7th) 1 – 1 Partick Thistle (1st) (yesterday)
Livingston (5th) [2 – 0] Dunfermline Athletic (6th)
Queen’s Park (9th) [0 – 2] Stenhousemuir (3rd)
Raith Rovers (4th) [2 – 0] Ayr United (2nd)

Other matches:
Cumnock (11th) 1 – 1 Largs Thistle (1st) (August 18)
Caledonian Braves (6th) 2 – 2 Clydebank (8th) (August 18)
Wick Academy (18th) 1 – 2 Invergordon (12th) (August 19)
Scrosoppi 2 – 0 St Catharines Roma (yesterday)
Kelty Hearts (8th) [3 – 1] Dumbarton (9th)
Kilwinning Rangers (4th) [2 – 0] Largs Thistle (2nd)
Clydebank (7th) [7 – 1] Gretna 2008 (13th)
Invergordon (11th) [0 – 6] Buckie Thistle (4th)
Ti-Cats [20 – 39] Argos
HFX Wanderers [1 – 0] Vancouver FC [Goal by Bahamboula]
Nojima Stella [1 – 0] Elfen Saitama
Kyoto Sanga (14th) [1 – 3] Mito HollyHock (15th)
Göteborg [1 – 1] Elfsborg (tomorrow)
Stirling University [3 – 2] Morton Women (tomorrow)
Halifax Tides [0 – 2] AFC Toronto (tomorrow)

Marymass Trophy (yesterday):
Irvine Meadow XI 2 – 0 Irvine Victoria
This is for the football supremacy of Irvine, and is held in conjunction with Irvine’s annual Marymass Festival, which takes place around about the feast of the Assumption of Mary, August 15th.

Scottish Cup, PR2:
St Cadocs 3 – 0 Burntisland Shipyard (yesterday)
Benburb [2 – 1] Newtongrange Star
Blackburn United [10 – 1] St Cuthbert Wanderers
Bonnyton Thistle [4 – 2] Tweedmouth Rangers
Broughty Athletic [0 – 4] Threave Rovers
Camelon [3 – 0] Whitletts Victoria
Coldstream [1 – 4] Dunbar United
Creetown [0 – 2] Stonehaven
Dalkeith Thistle [1 – 2] Haddington Athletic
Easthouses Lily [1 – 5] Preston Athletic
Edinburgh University [3 – 3] Irvine Meadow XI [Meadow win on PK]
Glasgow University [1 – 0] Darvel
Penicuik Athletic [9 – 2] Golspie Sutherland
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy [4 – 0] Tynecastle
Rutherglen Glencairn [2 – 0] Dundonald Bluebell
Dundee North End [9 – 0] Wigtown & Bladnoch
St Andrews United [6 – 1] Hutchison Vale
Tayport [2 – 0] Carluke Rovers
Vale of Leithen [0 – 4] Drumchapel United
Whitehall Welfare [2 – 1] Girvan

Scottish Communities Cup, R1 (one match of many):
Glasgow Perthshire [6 – 2] Greenock Juniors

Caribbean Cup, group stage, week 2:
Mount Pleasant (Jamaica) 1 – 2 Cibao (Dominican) (August 18)
Cavalier (Jamaica) 0 – 0 Salcedo (Dominican) (August 20)

DFB Pokal, R1 (selected matches):
Saarbrücken [1 – 1] Hertha [Hertha win on PK]
Berlin Duisberg [1 – 3] Elversberg
Rot-Weiss Essen [2 – 0] St Pauli (tomorrow)
Fortuna Düsseldorf [1 – 5] Freiburg (tomorrow)

2026-27 UEFA Champions League, playoff round, leg 1 (August 19):
Celtic 3 – 0 LASK (Austria)

2026-27 UEFA Conference League, playoff round, leg 1 (August 20):
Hearts 2 – 2 Rapid Wien (Austria)
Rangers 1 – 0 Jablonec (Czechia)
Motherwell 1 – 3 SC Freiburg (Germany)
Gent (Belgium) 0 – 0 Hibs
Shamrock Rovers 1 – 1 KuPS (Finland)
Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar) 0 – 2 Larne

Historical matches:

Scottish Alliance, August 22, 1891:
Linthouse 6 – 4 King’s Park
Northern 5 – 3 Airdrieonians
Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Morton
Port Glasgow Athletic 3 – 6 Kilmarnock
St Bernard’s 4 – 1 East Stirlingshire
Thistle 7 – 4 Ayr

Scottish Federation, August 22, 1891:
Burnbank Swifts 0 – 2 Glasgow Wanderers
Falkirk 9 – 1 Clydebank
Hurlford 2 – 2 Kilmarnock Athletic
Pollokshaws 5 – 2 Motherwell
Royal Albert 4 – 2 Arthurlie
Wishaw Thistle 2 – 5 Albion Rovers

Ayrshire League, August 22, 1891:
Ayr Parkhouse 7 – 1 Beith
Mauchline 3 – 1 Stevenston Thistle
Newmilns 2 – 3 Annbank
Saltcoats Victoria 2 – 2 Galston

It’s the Scottish League Cup, Round Two.

Kilmarnock 3 – 2 Ayr United (yesterday)
These two Ayrshire clubs met in Round 2 in 2014 and Ayr won.
Dundee United [0 – 4] Celtic
Dundee United have not beaten Celtic in the League Cup since 1988.
Dunfermline Athletic [1 – 2] Ross County Upset
These two have met in the League Cup only once before, in the 2022-23 group stage. The Staggies won.
Aberdeen [3 – 0] Dundee
The last time Dundee beat Aberdeen in this cup was in 2009.
Hibs [1 – 0] Partick Thistle (tomorrow)
These two last met in the League Cup in 1993 and Hibs won.
Hearts [6 – 2] Inverness CT (tomorrow)
ICT beat Hearts in the semi-finals in 2014.
Stenhousemuir [1 – 0] Motherwell (tomorrow) Upset
Stenny have not yet lost a match in 2026-27, league or cup. [And they still haven’t.]
Rangers [5 – 1] St Mirren (tomorrow)
St Mirren knocked Rangers out of the cup in 2020.

Other matches:
Mito HollyHock (14th) [1 – 1] Gamba Osaka (3rd)
Holstein Kiel (7th) 2 – 2 St Pauli (9th) (yesterday)
Dumbarton (8th) [0 – 3] Edinburgh City (10th)
Largs Thistle (5th) [3 – 0] Auchinleck Talbot (2nd) [This win puts Largs in 1st place in the Lowland League West.]
Easterhouse (14th) [1 – 3] Greenock Juniors (5th)
Invergordon (10th) [1 – 2] Formartine United (13th)
Greenock HSFP [3 – 3] Drumchapel Amateurs
Scrosoppi [13 – 0] Simcoe County Rovers
Saskatchewan Roughriders [19 – 26] Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Vancouver Rise [2 – 1] Halifax Tides [Halifax goal by Rhodes.]
Degerfors [3 – 0] Göteborg (tomorrow)
Forfar Farmington [2 – 1] Morton Women (tomorrow)
Inter Toronto [4 – 3] HFX Wanderers (tomorrow) [HFX goals by Arilla, Rampersad and Johnston.]

South Challenge Cup, R1 (selected matches):
Stoneyburn [1 – 3] Clydebank
Port Glasgow [0 – 4] Kilwinning Rangers
St Andrews United [4 – 1] Thorn Athletic
Neilston [3 – 2] Carluke Rovers

Mortonalia: East Kilbride manager Mick Kennedy has offered to sponsor one or more Morton players.

Historical matches:

Scottish Alliance, August 15, 1891:
Airdrieonians 1 – 1 Port Glasgow Athletic
Ayr 6 – 2 St Bernard’s
East Stirlingshire 1 – 2 Partick Thistle
Kilmarnock 5 – 1 Thistle
King’s Park 3 – 8 Northern

Scottish Federation, August 15, 1891:
Albion Rovers 7 – 2 Glasgow Wanderers
Clydebank 3 – 3 Burnbank Swifts
Hurlford 3 – 2 Royal Albert
Motherwell 1 – 3 Falkirk
Wishaw Thistle 6 – 0 Kilmarnock Athletic

Ayrshire League, August 15, 1891:
Annbank 4 – 0 Galston
Newmilns 4 – 2 Beith