More Friday night football, this time involving the entire Championship. Saturday’s matches have been moved to make way for Slovenia vs Scotland in the Nations League.

Morton visit Inverness Caledonian Thistle. ICT are eighth in the Championship with 7 points, Morton tenth with 1 point.

Morton met ICT at Cappielow in the League Cup group stage in July and lost 0 – 1. The last Morton player to score against Caley Thistle was Kirk Broadfoot, May 3rd, 2024.

Chris Cupps has been called up by the US U20 team.

[Inverness CT 2 – 0 Morton]

The other Championship matches:
Dunfermline Athletic (4th) vs Partick Thistle (3rd) (postponed)
Raith Rovers (2nd) [0 – 2] Livingston (5th)
Ayr United (6th) [0 – 1] Stenhousemuir (1st)
This is an A Ton of Snow Championship League Cup R1 match.
Arbroath (7th) [2 – 1] Queen’s Park (9th)
This is an A Ton of Snow Championship League Cup R2 match.

Nations League (tomorrow):
Slovenia [0 – 0] Scotland

Other matches (mostly tomorrow):
Nojima Stella 1 – 1 Elfen Saitama (Saitama win on PK) (WE League Cup) (September 23)
Largs Thistle 1 – 0 Johnstone Burgh (September 23)
Huntly [7 – 0] Invergordon
Beith [1 – 1] Largs Thistle
Greenock Juniors [2 – 2] Larkhall Thistle
Forth Wanderers [3 – 1] Port Glasgow
St Anthony’s [1 – 0] Carluke Rovers
Dundonald Bluebell [0 – 1] St Andrews United
HFX Wanderers [0 – 1] Atlético Ottawa
Ti-Cats [35 – 37] Edmonton Elks
Mynavi Sendai [1 – 1] Elfen Saitama [Saitama win on PK] (WE League Cup) (September 27)
ReinMeer Aomori [1 – 0] Yokogawa Musashino (September 27)
Ayr United [1 – 2] Morton Women (September 27)
Halifax Tides [0 – 0] Montreal Roses (September 27)

Scottish Challenge Cup, league phase, matchday 4 (September 22):
Clydebank (5th) 2 – 1 St Mirren B (14th)
Dumbarton (31st) 3 – 2 Kilmarnock B (23rd)

Scottish Challenge Cup, league phase, matchday 5 (tomorrow):
East Fife (15th) [0 – 2] Clydebank (2nd)
Dumbarton (27th) [3 – 2] Banks o’ Dee (28th)
Teams ranked 22nd or higher after six matches will advance.

Emperor’s Cup, R3 (part 1) (September 23):
Match No. 57: Kashima Antlers (J1) 3 – 1 Ventforet Kofu (J2)
Match No. 60: Gamba Osaka (J1) 5 – 0 Tokushima Vortis (J2)
Match No. 63: Vissel Kobe (J1) 1 – 0 Sagan Tosu (J2)
Match No. 65: Kashiwa Reysol (J1) 4 – 0 FC Imabari (J2)
Match No. 69: Kyoto Sanga (J1) 1 – 0 Fujieda MYFC (J2)
Match No. 71: Machida Zelvia (J1) 2 – 1 Tochigi City (J2)
These six matches were moved forward from October 10th because they feature clubs that will be involved in the AFC Champions League that week.

Historical matches:

Scottish Alliance, September 26, 1891:
Kilmarnock 5 – 2 Northern (league match)
East Stirlingshire vs King’s Park (abandoned) (Sc Cup PR2)y
St Bernard’s 7 – 1 Dunipace (Sc Cup PR2)
Partick Thistle 0 – 3 Hurlford (Sc Cup PR2)*
Morton 3 – 1 Airdrieonians (Sc Cup PR2)
Ayr 3 – 3 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers (Sc Cup PR2)
Johnstone 4 – 7 Thistle (Sc Cup PR2)
Port Glasgow Athletic 4 – 1 Glengowan (Sc Cup PR2)
Linthouse wo – scr Whifflet Shamrock (Sc Cup PR2)

Scottish Federation, September 26, 1891:
Vale of Bannock 0 – 7 Clydebank (Sc Cup PR2)
Grangemouth 0 – 2 Falkirk (Sc Cup PR2)
Carrington 2 – 8 Burnbank Swifts (Sc Cup PR2)
Partick Thistle 0 – 3 Hurlford (Sc Cup PR2)*
Wishaw Thistle 5 – 2 Arthurlie (Sc Cup PR2)
Royal Albert 6 – 6 Cowlairs (Sc Cup PR2)
Stevenston Thistle 3 – 3 Kilmarnock Athletic (Sc Cup PR2)**

Ayrshire League, September 26, 1891:
Annbank 4 – 0 Rutherglen (Sc Cup PR)
Dykebar 1 – 4 Mauchline (Sc Cup PR2)
Stevenston Thistle 3 – 3 Kilmarnock Athletic (Sc Cup PR2)**
Kelvinside Athletic scr – wo Monkcastle (Sc Cup PR2)
Saltcoats Victoria had a bye through Sc Cup PR2.

*same match
**same match

Robert Bruce Aeneas Macleod, 3rd Macleod of Cadboll, was MP for Cromartyshire from 1807 to 1812, and Lord Lieutenant of Cromarty from 1794 to 1833. While an undergrad at Glasgow University his trustees bought him Invergordon Castle, formerly held by the Gordons. The Invergordon Museum has Robert’s bust and that of his son Roderick, and is currently in a tussle for Edmé Bouchardon’s bust of Sir John Gordon. Source.

Invergordon is situated north of Inverness on Cromarty Firth, a harbour long favoured by the Royal Navy and the site of the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. Invergordon FC has been around since the 19th Century. They earned promotion from the North Caledonian League to the Highland League this year.

Morton host Dunfermline Athletic. Dunfermline are fifth in the division, 8 points up on tenth-place Morton. Following Kilmarnock’s win on Tuesday Morton are the club with the fewest points in the SPFL.

To find any club worse off that Morton you have to look at tier V. Dunipace in the Lowland League East has 1 point and a -12 goal difference. In the Lowland League West Newton Stewart and Dalbeattie Star each have 1 point with a -24 goal difference.

The last Morton player to score against the Pars was Cameron Blues on April 4th.

Morton have signed striker Zach Robinson, formerly of AFC Wimbledon, Basingstoke, Leatherhead, Woking, Hemel Hempstead, Hampton & Richmond, Dundee and Motherwell. Bobby McLuckie has been loaned out to Peterhead.

Video: The Team That Forgot How To Win.

[Morton 0 – 1 Dunfermline.]

The other Championship matches:
Stenhousemuir (2nd) 1 – 0 Partick Thistle (3rd) (September 15)
Queen’s Park (9th) 0 – 2 Ayr United (8th) (yesterday)
Livingston (4th) [2 – 2] Inverness CT (7th)
Partick Thistle (3rd) [0 – 0] Raith Rovers (2nd)
Stenhousemuir (1st) [1 – 0] Arbroath (6th)

Other matches:
Clydebank 4 – 2 Caledonian Braves (September 15)
Brora Rangers 7 – 2 Invergordon (September 16)
Auchinleck Talbot 0 – 1 Largs Thistle (September 16) Goal by Sewell.
Jeanfield Swifts 1 – 3 St Andrews United (September 16)
Alouettes 37 – 25 Ti-Cats (yesterday)
Yokohama F Marinos [2 – 0] Mito HollyHock
Minebea Mitsumi [1 – 2] Grulla Morioka
ReinMeer Aomori [2 – 0] Honda FC
Elfen Saitama [0 – 1] Tokyo Verdy Beleza (WE League Cup)
Brommapojkarna [0 – 1] Göteborg
Dumbarton [3 – 0] The Spartans
Invergordon [3 – 1] Turriff United
Clydebank [2 – 2] Pollok
St Andrews United [1 – 1] Thornton Hibs
Craigmark Burntonians vs Greenock Juniors [postponed]
Halifax Tides [1 – 1] AFC Toronto [Goal by Vallerand.]
BTOP Hokkaido [0 – 4] Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (tomorrow)
Energie Cottbus [1 – 1] St Pauli (tomorrow)
Morton Women [2 – 1] Stenhousemuir (tomorrow)
HFX Wanderers [4 – 1] Inter Toronto (tomorrow) [Wanderers goals by Johnston (2), Callegari and Bahamboula.]

UEFA Europa League, league phase, matchday 1:
Celtic 1 – 3 Ferencváros (September 17)

AFC Champions League Elite, league phase, matchday 1:
Kashima Antlers 7 – 1 Newcastle Jets (September 15)
Daejeon Hana 1 – 0 Kyoto Sanga (September 15)
Gamba Osaka 4 – 1 CAHN (September 15)
Jeonbuk 2 – 1 Kashiwa Reysol (September 16)
Port FC 1 – 2 Vissel Kobe (September 16)

AFC Champions League Two, group stage, matchday 1:
Machida Zelvia 2 – 0 PKR Svay Rieng (September 17)

Scottish Communities Cup, R2 (selected matches):
Dundee North End [1 – 1] Carluke Rovers [Carluke win on PK]
Largs Thistle [5 – 0] Coupar Angus

Strathclyde Cup, leg 2:
Port Glasgow [4 – 1] St Patrick’s FP
[Port Glasgow win the cup.]

Caribbean Cup, group B, week 5 (September 17):
Mount Pleasant 1 – 0 Cavalier
Cibao 1 – 2 Portmore United
Mount Pleasant and Portmore United advance.

Men’s Canadian Championship, SF, leg 2:
Forge 1 – 0 Supra (September 15)
CF Montréal 2 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps (September 16)
Forge and CF Montréal advance.

Historical matches:

Scottish Alliance and cups, September 19, 1891:
East Stirlingshire 5 – 2 Ayr
King’s Park 5 – 1 Airdrieonians
Port Glasgow Athletic 5 – 5 Morton
Morton have never played to a 5-all draw in the Scottish League.
St Bernard’s 3 – 2 Kilmarnock
Northern 4 – 3 Thistle (Glasgow Cup R1)
Cathcart 1 – 1 Partick Thistle (Glasgow Cup R1)
Linthouse 7 – 1 Pollokshaws (Glasgow Cup R1)*

Scottish Federation and cups, September 19, 1891:
Arthurlie 3 – 2 Albion Rovers
Clydebank 5 – 2 Wishaw Thistle
Falkirk 1 – 1 Hurlford
Kilmarnock Athletic 7 – 2 Burnbank Swifts
Motherwell 1 – 3 Royal Albert
Linthouse 7 – 1 Pollokshaws (Glasgow Cup R1)*

Ayrshire League, September 19, 1891:
Ayr Parkhouse 4 – 3 Newmilns
Irvine 0 – 8 Monkcastle
Mauchline 3 – 1 Saltcoats Victoria
Stevenston Thistle 6 – 1 Beith

*same match