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

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

Lennon’s Dunfermline Athletic return to Cappielow for a Tuesday nighter to make up for the match postponed January 10th. Dunfermline are fifth in the Championship with 29 points, Morton seventh with 27. The Pars have two games in hand.

Morton’s season is two-thirds over. They’re on track to finish with 40 or 41 points, not completely safe from relegation. At the moment they’re 5 points out of fourth place and 4 points out of ninth.

By my count this is Lennon’s ninth game against Morton. He has won twice:
2013/9/24 Celtic 0 – 1 Morton
2016/8/27 Hibs 4 – 0 Morton
2016/12/17 Morton 1 – 1 Hibs
2017/3/29 Hibs 0 – 0 Morton
2017/4/8 Morton 1 – 1 Hibs
2025/5/2 Morton 2 – 0 Dunfermline
2025/8/2 Morton 0 – 0 Dunfermline
2025/11/22 Dunfermline 1 – 0 Morton

[Morton win 2 – 0 on goals by Brophy and MacPherson.]

Scottish Cup, R5:
Dundee United [2 – 1] Spartans
Aberdeen [2 – 0] Motherwell (tomorrow)

Scottish Challenge Cup, QF:
St Johnstone [3 – 3] Ayr United [Ayr win on PK]

Lowland League Cup, QF:
Broxburn Athletic [0 – 1] Cumbernauld Colts
Civil Service Strollers vs Tranent [postponed]
Linlithgow Rose vs Clydebank [postponed]
Gala Fairydean Rovers [2 – 0] Bonnyrigg Rose (tomorrow)

Concacaf Champions Cup, R1, leg 1:
Atlético Ottawa [0 – 2] Nashville SC
Cartaginés (Costa Rica) [0 – 0] Vancouver Whitecaps (tomorrow)

Imrie. Source.

It’s the return of Dougie Imrie as his new team Raith Rovers visit Cappielow. Raith are sixth in the Championship with 28 points, Morton seventh with 26. 26 is the total number of points Morton earned in the relegation year of 2013-14.

Not so long ago Imrie was in charge at Morton and Morton’s new manager Ian Murray was in charge at Raith Rovers. What’s their record against one another?
2022/8/13 Murray 2 – 1 Imrie
2022/10/15 Imrie 1 – 0 Murray
2022/12/10 Murray 1 – 1 Imrie (Murray won on PK)
2022/12/23 Murray 2 – 2 Imrie
2023/4/22 Imrie 1 – 0 Murray
2023/8/12 Murray 3 – 2 Imrie
2023/10/31 Imrie 1 – 2 Murray
2024/2/27 Murray 0 – 0 Imrie
2024/4/27 Imrie 0 – 0 Murray

Where have Morton’s 26 points come from?
7 Ross County
5 Arbroath
4 Queen’s Park
3 Airdrieonians
2 Ayr United
2 Partick Thistle
1 Dunfermline Athletic
1 Raith Rovers
1 St Johnstone

An international business interest named Estrella Football Group wants to invest in Morton. Story.

Morton have signed goalkeeper Murray Johnson on loan from Hibs.

Hamilton Academical have been docked six more points. That’s twenty-one on the season.

[Morton 0 – 0 Raith Rovers]

The other Championship matches:
Airdrieonians (8th) 0 – 1 St Johnstone (1st) (yesterday)
This was a Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup semi-final. It sets up a March 21st final between Partick Thistle and St Johnstone.
Arbroath (3rd) vs Ayr United (4th) [postponed]
This is an A Ton of Snow Championship Consolation Cup Round One match.*
Dunfermine Athletic (5th) vs Partick Thistle (2nd) [postponed]
Ross County (9th) [0 – 1] Queen’s Park (10th)

*Once the Championship League Cup finalists are known, the other eight clubs embark on the Consolation Cup. I’ve run this cup for four years so far and never once had a winner, because there are never enough fixtures left in the season to get to the final. This year I’m making a format change to try to speed things up. Instead of pairing up the teams according to their places in last season’s standings, I’ll choose the set of four fixtures that can be completed the soonest, barring postponements. One of those is today [but it’s postponed] and the other three are on February 28th.

Scottish Challenge Cup, QF (February 10):
St Johnstone vs Ayr United (postponed)

J1 100 Year Vision League East, week 2:
Machida Zelvia (4th) [2 – 2] Mito HollyHock (9th) [Zelvia win on PK]
Kashima Antlers (7th) [1 – 0] Yokohama F Marinos (6th)
FC Tokyo (5th) [1 – 1] Urawa Red Diamonds (3rd) [FC Tokyo win on PK]
JEF United Chiba (10th) [0 – 0] Kawasaki Frontale (1st) (tomorrow) [Kawasaki in on PK]
Kashiwa Reysol (8th) [1 – 2] Tokyo Verdy (2nd) (tomorrow)
[Draws go to penalty kicks. The winner gets 2 points, the loser 1.]

Other matches:
Elfen Saitama [4 – 0] Nagano Parceiro
Fortuna Düsseldorf [0 – 0] Preußen Münster [yesterday]
Clydebank [1 – 2] Tranent
Hurlford United vs Largs Thistle [postponed]
Bellshill Athletic vs Greenock [postponed]
Port Glasgow [3 – 1] Glenvale
Coldstream vs Fauldhouse United [postponed]

Lowland League Cup, R1 (February 10):
Berwick Rangers 1 – 2 Bonnyrigg Rose

West of Scotland League Cup, R3:
Lanark United vs Auchinleck Talbot [postponed]

West of Scotland League Cup, R4:
Drumchapel United [4 – 0] East Kilbride Thistle
Irvine Meadow XI vs Benburb [postponed]

Concacaf Champions Cup, R1, leg 2:
UANL 4 – 1 Forge (February 10)
Cruz Azul 5 – 0 Vancouver FC (February 12)
Both Forge and Vancouver FC are out.

2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, league phase, matchday 7:
Vissel Kobe 2 – 0 FC Seoul (February 10)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 – 1 Johoe Darul Ta’zim (February 10)
Shanghai Shenhua 0 – 2 Machida Zelvia (February 10)

2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, Round of 16, leg 1:
Pohang Steelers 1 – 1 Gamba Osaka (February 12)

Historical matches:
1931/2/14 Morton 1 – 4 Celtic (Sc Cup R3)
1953/2/14 Stenhousemuir 2 – 5 Morton
1981/2/14 Morton 1 – 0 Aberdeen (Sc Cup R4)

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/2/14 Hearts 2 – 2 Cambuslang
1891/2/14 Celtic 4 – 0 Third Lanark (Glasgow Cup final)
1891/2/14 St Mirren 4 – 0 Port Glasgow Athletic (Renfrewshire Cup final)
1891/2/14 Dumbarton 4 – 1 Vale of Leven (Dumbartonshire Cup final)

The J League is in the midst of switching from summer to winter football. The 2025 season ended in December. The next season, 2026-27, will begin in August. That leaves a seven-month gap, which will be filled by a one-off tournament called the 100 Year Vision League. The name comes from the JFA’s 100 Year Plan, promulgated in 1992, to build toward 100 professional clubs and a World Cup championship by 2092.

For the purposes of this tournament the J1 League is divided into two ten-team sections, East and West. Each section will play a double round robin and the two first-place finishers will meet in a playoff for the overall championship and a place in the 2026-27 AFC Champions League Elite.

Mito HollyHock are in the East section. By happy chance all ten East teams are located in the Kanto region, making this a kind of super Kanto League. (The next Kanto league down is in tier five.) The East section is loaded with powerhouses: Kashima Antlers, Kashiwa Reysol, Machida Zelvia, Urawa Red Diamonds, Kawasaki Frontale, FC Tokyo, Yokohama F Marinos, Tokyo Verdy, Mito HollyHock and JEF United Chiba. If Mito finish better than ninth or tenth it’ll be a notable accomplishment. But it doesn’t matter — there will be no relegation at the end of the tournament.

J1 East, matchday 1:
Yokohama F Marinos 2 – 3 Machida Zelvia (yesterday)
JEF United [0 – 2] Urawa Red Diamonds
FC Tokyo [2 – 1] Kashima Antlers
Kawasaki Frontale [5 – 3] Kashiwa Reysol (tomorrow)
Tokyo Verdy [3 – 1] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)

J2 and J3 also have a tournament going on. Their clubs have been lumped together and divided into four ten-team sections. And the JFL will have a thing called the JFL Cup, but it doesn’t start till March.

Meanwhile, it’s the Scottish Cup, Round Five:
Airdrieonians 1 – 2 St Mirren (yesterday)
Dundee United vs The Spartans [postponed]
Dunfermline Athletic [2 – 0] Kelty Hearts
Elgin City [2 – 3] Partick Thistle
Celtic [2 – 1] Dundee
These two met in the Scottish Cup, round three, on January 19th, 1895, and Dundee won 1 – 0.
Aberdeen vs Motherwell [postponed]
Rangers [8 – 0] Stranraer Queen’s Park (tomorrow)
These two met in the Scottish Cup, round six, March 22nd, 1879, and Rangers won 1 – 0.
Stenhousemuir [0 – 2] Falkirk (tomorrow)
These two met in the Scottish Cup, round two, on September 29th, 1883, and Falkirk won 9 – 1.

There was one Championship match midweek:
Queen’s Park 0 – 1 Ross County (February 3)

Morton have signed 20-year-old centre-back Reuben Lopata-White on loan from Leeds United. Dylan Corr has left the club for Kelty Hearts. Morton have also signed 33-year-old striker Curtis Main, formerly of Darlington, Middlesbrough, Shrewsbury Town, Doncaster Rovers, Oldham Athletic, Portsmouth, Motherwell, Aberdeen, St Mirren, Bengaluru, Dundee and Ayr United. And Kerr Robertson has been loaned out to East Kilbride.

Scottish Challenge Cup, QF:
Arbroath 2 – 2 Airdrieonians (Airdrie win on PK) (February 3)
St Johnstone vs Ayr United [postponed]

Other matches: Lipno Stęszew [0 – 3] Sroda (sparring match)
Karlsruher SC [1 – 1] Fortuna Düsseldorf (tomorrow)
Wick Academy vs Forres Mechanics (February 4) (postponed)
Nairn County [1 – 1] Wick Academy
Berwick Rangers vs Clydebank (postponed)
Johnstone Burgh [3 – 1] Largs Thistle
Blantyre Victoria [2 – 0] Greenock
Port Glasgow [1 – 0] Craigmark Burtonians
Harthill Royal [2 – 4] Coldstream
Golspie Sutherland [2 – 2] Alness United
Renfrew [6 – 0] Morton Women (tomorrow)

Lowland League Cup, R1:
Bo’ness United 2 – 3 Tranent (February 3)

West of Scotland League Cup, R4:
Shotts Bon Accord [2 – 4] Muirkirk

Scottish Junior Cup, R5:
Fraserburgh United vs Largs Thistle (postponed)
Dundee Violet vs Johnstone Burgh (postponed)

Scottish Junior Cup, QF:
Auchinleck Talbot [2 – 0] Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Pollok [1 – 1] Buchanhaven Hearts [Buchanhaven win on PK]

Concacaf Champions Cup, R1, leg 1:
Forge 0 – 0 UANL (February 3)
Vancouver FC 0 – 3 Cruz Azul (February 4)

Historical matches:
1891/2/7 Morton 1 – 1 Thistle
1931/2/7 Morton 0 – 1 Celtic
1953/2/7 Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Morton (Sc Cup R2)
1981/2/7 Aberdeen 0 – 1 Morton

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/2/7 Celtic 3 2 St Mirren
1891/2/7 Vale of Leven 2 – 1 Cowlairs
1891/2/7 Abercorn 1 – 1 Rangers
1891/2/7 Dumbarton 0 – 1 Hearts (Sc Cup final)

Port Glasgow Juniors play at Parklea in the West of Scotland League Third Division. Source.

Ross County visit Cappielow. Morton hold seventh place with 23 points, and Ross County are ninth with 19. Morton have a win and a draw against the Staggies so far this season.

Stewart Kettlewell has been Ross County manager for a month. This is his second spell at the job, the first time having been from 2018 to 2020.

Ross County managed to climb out of automatic relegation last weekend. They have not been in tier III since 2007-08.

The last Morton player to score against Ross County was Michael Garrity, November 15th.

Half of Morton’s league matches have ended in draws, which puts them on track for 18 in 2025-26. The club record for draws in a season is 17, but that was in a 44-game schedule (1993-94).

[Morton win 2 – 1 on goals by Brophy and O’Halloran.]

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

Other matches:
[Unia Swarzędz 1 – 1 KS Lipno Stęszew (sparring match)]
Fortuna Düsseldorf [2 – 1] SC Paderborn [tomorrow]
Rothes [1 – 1] Wick Academy
Largs Thistle [2 – 1] Shotts Bon Accord
Port Glasgow [8 – 1] St Anthony’s
Inverness CT [7 – 3] Morton Women (tomorrow)

A US consortium has bought Kelty Hearts. Story.

UEFA Europa League, league phase, matchday 8 (January 29):
Celtic 4 – 2 Utrecht
Porto 3 – 1 Rangers
Celtic advance. Rangers are out.

Scottish Challenge Cup, QF (January 27):
Arbroath vs Airdrieonians (postponed)
Inverness CT 1 – 0 Stenhousemuir
Queen’s Park 1 – 1 Raith Rovers (Raith win on PK)
St Johnstone vs Ayr United (postponed)

Scottish Junior Cup, R5:
Dundee Violet vs Johnstone Burgh (postponed)

South Challenge Cup, QF:
Muirkirk (W1) [3 – 0] Haddington Athletic (EP) Upset
Tranent (LL) [0 – 1] Cumnock (WP) Upset
Vale of Clyde (W1) [5 – 4] Greenock (W2)
University of Stirling (LL) [2 – 2] Cumbernauld United (W1) [U of Stirling win on PK] (tomorrow)

Lowland League Cup, R1:
East Stirlingshire 1 – 3 Clydebank (yesterday)
Berwick Rangers vs Bonnyrigg Rose [postponed]
Caledonian Braves [1 – 1] Civil Service Strollers [CSS win on PK]
Cumbernauld Colts [1 – 0] Albion Rovers
Gala Fairydean Rovers [2 – 1] Gretna 2008
Linlithgow Rose [4 – 0] Cowdenbeath

Football Times Cup, QF:
Clachnacuddin “A” [5 – 4] Golspie Sutherland

Video: Port Glasgow versus Greenock.

HFX Wanderers have signed 18-year-old fullback Francesco Troisi, and also 28-year-old defender Marcus Godinho formerly of Toronto FC II, Heart of Midlothian, FSV Zwickau, Vancouver Whitecaps, Korona Kielce in Poland and Degerfors IF in Sweden.

Historical matches:
1891/1/31 Ayr FC 2 – 2 Morton
1931/1/26 Morton 2 – 0 Raith Rovers (Sc Cup R1 2nd replay)
1931/1/31 Queen’s Park 0 – 1 Morton (Sc Cup R2)
1953/1/31 Morton 1 – 4 Kilmarnock
1981/1/28 Hearts 1 – 3 Morton (Sc Cup R3 replay)
1981/1/31 Morton 1 – 0 Kilmarnock

Cup games of the 1890-91 SFL clubs:
Third Lanark 1 – 4 Hearts (Sc Cup SF)

The Burns Memorial at Mauchline, Ayrshire exudes a baronial self-satisfaction pretty far removed from the spirit of Burns’ poetry. Sunday is Robert Burns Day.

Morton visit Arbroath. This is a Friday-nighter for BBC Scotland. Arbroath are third in the Championship with 36 points. Morton are seventh with 22. Last weekend Arbroath were put out of the Scottish Cup by Airdrie, and Morton were blown out by Stenhousemuir.

Morton have not won a match since December 12th. But so far this season they have a win and a draw against Arbroath.

Josh McPake (Morton 2020-21) has signed a pre-contact with Hearts, which means he’ll remain with St Johnstone ’til the end of this season. He’s currently the Championship’s leading scorer.

[Morton have signed defender Fergus Owens, formerly of Hamilton Academical, Clydebank, Bo’ness Athletic, Blackburn United and Kelty Hearts.]

[Arbroath 1 – 1 Morton. Morton goal by Garrity.]

The other Championship matches (tomorrow):
Aidrieonians (8th) [0 – 1] Ross County (10th)
Airdrie are the only Championship side still alive in both the Scottish Cup and Challenge Cup. [Although it looks like Queen’s Park might get reinstated in the Challenge Cup.]
Raith Rovers (6th) [4 – 1] Queen’s Park (9th)
St Johnstone (1st) [0 – 1] Dunfermline Athletic (5th)
Partick Thistle (2nd) [2 – 1] Ayr United (4th)
This is a Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup semi-final.

Other matches (mostly tomorrow):
Hannover 96 [2 – 1] Fortuna Düsseldorf
Clydebank [1 – 3] Cumbernauld Colts
Turriff United vs Wick Academy [postponed]
Largs Thistle [6 – 0] St Cadoc’s
Greenock [4 – 1] Larkhall Thistle
Easterhouse [2 – 3] Port Glasgow
Edinburgh College [0 – 5] Coldstream
Clachnacuddin “A” [0 – 2] Golspie Sutherland
Morton Women [2 – 3] Stenhousemuir (Sunday)

2025-26 UEFA Europa League, league phase, matchday 7 (January 22):
Bologna 2 – 2 Celtic
Rangers 1 – 0 Ludogorets Razgrad

Scottish Cup, R4 (January 20):
Stranraer 1 – 1 Queen’s Park (Stranraer win on PK)

Scottish Junior Cup, R4:
Fraserburgh United [2 – 0] Lochee United

West of Scotland Cup, R2:
Auchinleck Talbot (WP) [3 – 1] Thorniewood United (W1)

West of Scotland Cup, R3:
Benburb (W1) [2 – 1] Cambuslang Rangers (W2)
Petershill (W1) [0 – 3] Drumchapel United (WP)

West of Scotland Cup, R4:
Neilston (W1) [2 – 2] Hurlford United (WP) [Hurlford win on PK]
St Roch’s (W1) [1 – 2] Johnstone Burgh (WP)
Thorn Athletic (W2) [4 – 1] Lesmahagow (W2)

HFX Wanderers have drawn Forge FC in the first round of the Canadian Championship, again. Wanderers have signed Spaniard Miguel Arilla. Tiago Coimbra is to transfer to IFK Göteborg. [Also signed is Sven Zitman formerly of PEC Zwolle and TOP Oss.]

Historical matches:
1891/1/24 Morton 1 – 1 Clyde
1931/1/21 Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Morton (Sc Cup R1 replay)
1931/1/24 Morton 2 – 4 Hearts
1953/1/24 Morton 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic (Sc Cup R1)
1981/1/24 Morton 0 – 0 Hearts (ScCup R3)

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/1/24 Vale of Leven 3 – 1 Celtic
1891/1/24 Dumbarton 5 – 0 Cambuslang
1891/1/24 Hearts 0 – 1 Rangers
1891/1/24 Abercorn 5 – 1 St Mirren
1891/1/24 Queen’s Park 1 – 4 Third Lanark (Sc Cup R6 2nd replay)

It’s the Scottish Cup, Round Four, when the Premiership clubs join in. Morton visit Stenhousemuir. These two met in the League Cup group stage in July and Morton won 3 – 0.

Stenny’s best Scottish Cup run came in 1902-03 when they reached the semi-finals, where they were knocked out by Rangers. Morton reached the semi-finals in 1896-97, 1903-04, 1919-20, 1921-22 (when they won the cup), 1936-37, 1947-48 (when they lost the final to Rangers), 1967-68, and 1980-81.

In this century Morton reached the quarter-finals in 2015-16, 2017-18 and 2023-24.

Stenny reached the Challenge Cup quarter-finals this midweek. Morton went out in the second round.

Stenny’s manager Gary Naismith has been in the job for three years, putting him sixth in the SPFL’s managerial seniority list.

Tomi Adeloye has left the club. And alt-manager Billy Davies has too.

[Stenny 4 – 0 Morton] Upset

The other Scottish Cup Round Four matches:
Rangers (Pr) 5 – 0 Annan Athletic (L2) (yesterday)
Dunfermline Athletic (Ch) [1 – 0] Hibs (Pr) Upset
Kilmarnock (Pr) [1 – 2] Dundee (Pr)
Airdrieonians (Ch) [3 – 3] Arbroath (Ch) [Airdrie win on PK]
Stranraer (L2) vs Queen’s Park (Ch) [postponed]
Kelty Hearts (L1) [1 – 1] Cove Rangers (L1) [Kelty win on PK]
Camelon (EP) [1 – 3] Elgin (L2)
The Spartans (L2) [0 – 0] Inverness CT (L1) [Spartans win on PK] Upset
Partick Thistle (Ch) [3 – 1] Montrose (L1)
Livingston (Pr) [1 – 1] St Mirren (Pr) [St Mirren win on PK]
Dundee United (Pr) [2 – 0] Ayr United (Ch)
Motherwell (Pr) [1 – 0] Ross County (Ch)
Hearts (Pr) [1 – 1] Falkirk (Pr) [Falkirk win on PK]
Aberdeen (Pr) [1 – 0] Raith Rovers (Ch) (tomorrow)
Auchinleck Talbot (WP) [0 – 2] Celtic (Pr) (tomorrow at Rugby Park)

Scottish Challenge Cup, R3 (January 13):
Queen’s Park (Ch) 2 – 0 Forfar Athletic (L2)
Stirling Albion (L2) 1 – 2 Stenhousemuir (L1)
Partick Thistle (Ch) 3 – 3 Inverness CT (L1) (ICT win on PK) Upset
Ayr United (Ch) 4 – 1 Stranraer (L2)
Arbroath (Ch) 3 – 0 East Fife (L1)
St Johnstone (Ch) 2 – 0 Ross County (Ch)

Other matches:
Wick Academy [0 – 0] Inverurie Loco Works
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 – 0 Arminia Bielefeld (yesterday)
Cowdenbeath vs Clydebank [postponed]
Largs Thistle [1 – 2] Cumnock
Port Glasgow [3 – 2] Dalry Thistle
Orkney [1 – 4] Golspie Sutherland
Morton Women [11 – 1] Glasgow GWFC (tomorrow)

Scottish Junior Cup, R5:
Armadale Thistle [1 – 2] Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Dundee Violet vs Johnstone Burgh [postponed]
Pollok [3 – 2] Knightswood

South Challenge Cup, R5:
Greenock (W2) [2 – 2] Glenafton Athletic (WP) [Greenock win on PK] Upset
Tranent (LL) [2 – 2] St Roch’s (W1) [Tranent win on PK]

King Cup, R2:
Edinburgh University [6 – 3] Coldstream

Lowland League Cup, R1:
Broxburn Athletic [4 – 2] University of Stirling

There’s a piece about HFX Wanderers‘ Tiago Coimbra in the Guardian. (Not the Charlottetown Guardian.) The Wanderers have signed Finn Linder from Vancouver Whitecaps, and Lucas Olguin of the Canadian U21 squad.

Video: Gasworks Park.

Historical matches:
1891/1/17 Northern 3 – 1 Morton
1931/1/17 Morton 1 – 1 Raith Rovers (Sc Cup R1)
1953/1/17 Dumbarton 4 – 2 Morton

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/1/17 Vale of Leven 1 – 3 Rangers
1891/1/17 Cambuslang 4 – 0 Cowlairs
1891/1/17 Arthurlie 1 – 3 St Mirren (Renfrewshire Cup SF)
1891/1/17 Queen’s Park 2 – 2 Third Lanark (Sc Cup R6 replay)
1891/1/17 Dumbarton 3 – 1 Abercorn (Sc Cup SF)

In 1910-11 Morton had a sheep as team mascot. Source.

Dunfermline Athletic visit Cappielow. The Pars are fifth with 26 points, Morton seventh with 22.

Last weekend’s 3 – 2 loss to Partick was the first time since 1951 that Partick had won a league match at Firhill after being down 2 – 0 at the half.

Celtic have sacked manager Wilfried Nancy after only eight matches (two wins, six losses).

Sonny Hart has returned to Swindon Town. Dylan Corr has been loaned out to Kelty Hearts.

[Postponed.]

The other Championship matches:
Ross County (10th) 2 – 0 Partick Thistle (2nd) (yesterday)
Ayr United (4th) [1 – 1] Airdrieonians (8th)
Queen’s Park (9th) vs St Johnstone (1st) [postponed]
Raith Rovers (6th) [2 – 3] Arbroath (3rd)

Scottish Challenge Cup, R3 (January 6):
Queen’s Park (Ch) vs Forfar Athletic (L2) (postponed)
Stirling Albion (L2) vs Stenhousemuir (L1) (postponed)
Partick Thistle (Ch) vs Inverness CT (L1) (postponed)
Raith Rovers (Ch) 1 – 0 Queen of the South (L1)
Airdrieonians (Ch) 3 – 1 Montrose (L1)
Ayr United (Ch) vs Stranraer (L2) (postponed)
Arbroath (Ch) vs East Fife (L1) (postponed)
St Johnstone (Ch) vs Ross County (Ch) (postponed)

West of Scotland League Cup, R2:
Auchinleck Talbot (WP) vs Thorniewood United (W1) (postponed)
Cameron Keay has signed with Talbot.
Girvan (W3) [1 – 2] Petershill (W1)

West of Scotland League Cup, R3:
Benburb (W1) vs Cambuslang Rangers (W2) [postponed]
Yoker Athletic (W3) vs Muirkirk (W1) [postponed]

West of Scotland League Cup, R4:
Neilston (W1) vs Hurlford United (WP) (postponed)
St Roch’s (W1) vs Johnstone Burgh (WP) [postponed]
Thorn Athletic (W2) vs Lesmahagow (W2) (postponed)
Troon (WP) [0 – 0] Beith (WP) [Troon win on PK]

Football Times Cup, QF:
Clachnacuddin ‘A’ vs Golspie Sutherland (postponed)

Other matches:
Fraserburgh [4 – 1] Wick Academy
Cowdenbeath vs Clydebank (postponed)
Renfrew vs Largs Thistle [postponed]
Port Glasgow [2 – 2] Finnart
Coldstream vs Dalkeith Thistle (postponed)
Blantyre Victoria vs Greenock (postponed)

Tiago Coimbra of HFX Wanderers has been called up to the Canadian national team.

Historical matches:
1891/1/10 Morton 5 – 4 Whitefield
1931/1/10 Dundee 3 – 0 Morton
1953/1/10 Morton 1 – 1 St Johnstone
1981/1/10 Morton 0 – 2 Rangers

Cup results of the 1890-91 SFL clubs:
Third Lanark 1 – 1 Queen’s Park (Sc Cup R6)

Morton visit Partick Thistle. Partick are second in the division with 39 points, Morton seventh with 22. Both meetings so far this season have ended as draws.

Morton played to a scoreless draw against Partick Thistle on this date in 1920, and beat them 3 – 1 on this date in 1931. Morton’s record against all comers on January 3rd is 10 wins, 12 draws and 13 losses, according to Fitbastats.

Morton have scored 18 goals in league play entering this match. Twelve players have scored, and none of them has more than 3 league goals on the season. Partick’s Logan Chalmers has 6.

Ian Murray is the new Morton manager. He has previously managed Dumbarton, St Mirren, Airdrieonians and Raith Rovers. By my count he has 6 wins against Morton, 5 draws and 8 losses.

Morton chairman John Laird has resigned.

From the Scottish Sun style sheet: The words QUIT and SACKED must only be written in all-caps.

[Partick Thistle 3 – 2 Morton. Morton goals by Garrity and Brophy.]

The other Championship matches:
Aidrieonians (9th) [0 – 0] Raith Rovers (6th)
Ayr United (4th) vs Queen’s Park (8th) [postponed]
Dunfermline Athletic (5th) vs Ross County (10th) [postponed]
Ross County have hired Stuart Kettlewell as manager. Kettlewell managed County from 2018 to 2020, and was sacked by Kilmarnock last month.
St Johnstone (1st) [1 – 0] Arbroath (3rd)

Other matches:
Wick Academy vs Forres Mechanics [postponed]
Albion Rovers vs Clydebank [postponed]
Arniston Rangers vs Coldstream [postponed]
Golspie Sutherland vs Alness United [postponed]

Historical matches:
1931/1/1 Morton 1 – 1 Leith Athletic
1931/1/3 Morton 3 – 1 Partick Thistle
1953/1/1 Morton 2 – 2 Stirling Albion
1953/1/3 Hamilton Academical 3 – 0 Morton
1981/1/1 Morton 1 – 3 St Mirren
1981/1/3 Celtic 3 – 0 Morton

When was the last time each SPFL club beat Rangers?
2025/12/21 Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers
2025/11/2 Celtic 3 – 1 Rangers
2025/4/5 Rangers 0 – 2 Hibs
2025/3/1 Rangers 1 – 2 Motherwell
2025/2/22 Rangers 0 – 2 St Mirren
2025/2/9 Rangers 0 – 1 Queen’s Park
2024/10/30 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Rangers
2024/10/20 Kilmarnock 1 – 0 Rangers
2024/4/14 Ross County 3 – 2 Rangers
2022/11/6 St Johnstone 2 – 1 Rangers
2021/8/7 Dundee United 1 – 0 Rangers
2020/3/4 Rangers 0 – 1 Hamilton Academical
2018/9/30 Livingston 1 – 0 Rangers
2017/11/24 Dundee 2 – 1 Rangers
2017/2/24 Inverness CT 2 – 1 Rangers
2016/3/18 Falkirk 3 – 2 Rangers
2015/4/9 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Rangers
2015/2/8 Rangers 1 – 2 Raith Rovers
2014/12/3 Alloa Athletic 3 – 2 Rangers
2013/8/3 Forfar 2 – 1 Rangers
2013/4/20 Rangers 1 – 2 Peterhead
2013/3/9 Rangers 1 – 2 Annan Athletic
2012/10/6 Stirling Albion 1 – 0 Rangers
2007/1/7 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 2 Rangers
1993/5/4 Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Rangers
1988/4/9 Morton 3 – 2 Rangers
1975/10/11 Ayr United 3 – 0 Rangers
1974/2/2 Rangers 2 – 3 Arbroath
1973/10/13 Rangers 0 – 1 East Fife
1972/10/4 Rangers 1 – 2 Stenhousemuir
1969/12/27 Rangers 0 – 3 Clyde
1894/12/1 Dumbarton 1 – 0 Rangers
The rest never.