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Chris Aitken

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Chris Aitken appeared for Morton in the early Aughties. He later played for Stranraer and is now their manager. Source.

Morton host Stranraer in a preseason friendly at Cappielow Park. These two teams have met only once in a competitive match this decade: Morton won 3 – 0 on July 18th, 2023 in the League Cup group stage. But Stranraer were awarded a 3 – 0 win on July 10th, 2021 in that year’s League Cup group stage after Morton forfeited due to Covid.

Since 1994, when the four-division structure arrived, Stranraer have appeared in the second tier three times: 1994-95, 1998-99 and 2005-06. They have been in the fourth tier all this decade. Morton’s biggest win against Stranraer was 8 – 0 in the first round of the 2011-12 Challenge Cup.

Jackson Longridge played for Stranraer in 2014-15, as did Cammy MacPherson in 2017-18. Both Morton and Stranraer have a player named McLuckie.

Morton have signed 20-year-old midfielder Callum Sandilands on loan from Hearts.

[Morton 0 – 0 Stranraer.]

The World Cup continues:

Round of 32:
South Africa 0 – 1 Canada (June 28) Goal by Eustaquio.
Brazil 2 – 1 Japan (June 29)
Mexico 2 – 0 Ecuador (June 30)

Round of 16:
Canada [0 – 3] Morocco (today)
Reminder: Morocco beat Canada 2 – 1 in the last World Cup.
Mexico [2 – 3] England (tomorrow)

Other matches:
Carluke Rovers 0 – 4 Gartcairn (friendly) (June 29)
Ayr United 3 – 0 Dumbarton (friendly) (June 30)
Shamrock Rovers 1 – 0 Hibs (friendly) (June 30)
Altona 93 2 – 6 St Pauli (friendly) (July 1)
[East End United 2 – 2 Greenock HS FPs AFC]
HFX Wanderers 1 – 3 Atlético Ottawa (July 1) Goal by Ciccarelli.
Kickers Emden [1 – 3] St Pauli (friendly)
Clydebank [4 – 0] Musselburgh Athletic (Blackburn Legacy Shield)
Carluke Rovers [1 – 1] Kilsyth Rangers (friendly)
Largs Thistle [1 – 2] Knightswood (friendly)
Port Glasgow [5 – 1] Lesmahagow (friendly)
Greenock Juniors vs Drumchapel United (friendly)
[Greenock HS FPs 5 – 3 AFC Rutherglen Glencairn AFC]
Invergordon [1 – 9] Aberdeen XI (friendly)
Queen of the South [1 – 2] Crusaders (friendly)
These two met in the 2018-19 Challenge Cup, R2, and QoS won 4 – 3.
Clydebank [2 – 0] Cumbernauld Colts (Blackburn Legacy Shield) (tomorrow)
Göteborg [1 – 2] AIK (tomorrow)
Blue Bombers [14 – 13] Ti-Cats (tomorrow)
Pacific [1 – 2] HFX Wanderers (tomorrow) [Goals by Ciccarelli and Callegari.]
Halifax Tides [0 – 1] AFC Toronto (tomorrow)
Vaughan Azzurri [1 – 1] Scrosoppi (tomorrow)

Recommended sites: Scottish Football Fixtures, FitbaStats, Scottish Football Historical Archive, Pie and Bovril

1942 Summer Cup final:
1942/7/4 Rangers 4 – 4 Hibs (2 – 2 on corners, Rangers won on a coin toss.)

Scott McTominay

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Scott McTominay’s bicycle kick propelled Scotland into this World Cup, and now the Bank of Scotland has put it on a banknote. Story.

World Cup:

Group A:
Czech Republic 0 – 3 Mexico (June 24)

Group B:
Switzerland 2 – 1 Canada (June 24)

Group C:
Scotland 0 – 3 Brazil (June 24)

Group F:
Japan 1 – 1 Sweden (June 25)

Mexico, Canada and Japan advance.

Mortonalia: Morton were scheduled to play a friendly against Civil Service Strollers today, but it has been cancelled.

Michael Garrity has signed on for another year. He’s now the longest-serving member of the squad, having started in 2021. Aaron Comrie and Owen Moffat have left the club. 21-year-old defender Laiith Fairnie has signed up. And midfielder Harry Cochrane, formerly of Hearts, Dunfermline, Montrose, Queen of the South and Arbroath.

Other matches:
HFX Wanderers 5 – 3 Pacific (yesterday) Halifax goals by Arilla, Johnston and Ciccarelli, plus two own goals. Pacific are having a dreadful season.
St Pauli vs AFC Bournemouth (training match) (yesterday)
Invergordon [0 – 7] Ross County XI (friendly)
Queen of the South [0 – 1] Connah’s Quay Nomads (friendly)
Sauchie Juniors [2 – 3] Port Glasgow Juniors (friendly)
Calgary Wild [0 – 1] Halifax Tides [Goal by Miller.]
Sapporo University Goal Plunderers [0 – 6] Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (tomorrow)
Sigma [3 – 3] Scrosoppi (tomorrow)

Seventeen J1 matches and one J2 match will be held at the Japan National Stadium this season, but none of them involve Mito HollyHock.

Stirlingshire Cup, group stage, Group A:
Stenhousemuir [3 – 0] Stirling Albion (10 am)
Stenhousemuir [2 – 0] Dumbarton (noon)
Dumbarton [0 – 0] Stirling Albion (2 pm) [Binos win on PK]
These are 60-minute games.

1942 Summer Cup, SF:
1942/6/27 Hibs 3 – 1 Motherwell
1942/6/27 Rangers 3 – 2 Albion Rovers

Japan in the 2022 World Cup:
2022/11/23 Germany 1 – 2 Japan
2022/11/27 Japan 0 – 1 Costa Rica
2022/12/1 Japan 2 – 1 Spain
2022/12/5 Japan 1 – 1 Croatia (Croatia won on PK) (Round of 16)