Largs Thistle, 1994 victors. Source.

Largs Thistle and Auchinleck Talbot meet in the final of the Scottish Communities Cup, formerly the Scottish Junior Cup. Auchinleck have won this cup 14 times, Largs once. Auchinleck beat Largs in the 2018-19 final.

Both clubs will be playing in the new Lowland League West next season.

Auchinleck Talbot [2 – 1] Largs Thistle (tomorrow)

Other matches:
Göteborg 1 – 1 Mjallby (May 25)
Halifax Tides 1 – 2 Ottawa Rapid (yesterday) Halifax goal by Benati.
Scrosoppi 2 – 1 Sigma (yesterday)
Ti-Cats 20 – 14 Argos (pre-season) (yesterday)
Lipno Stęszew [4 – 3] Unia Swarzędz
This ends the Polish III Liga, Group II season. Lipno Stęszew finish midtable fourth.
HFX Wanderers [1 – 0] Vancouver FC [Goal by Ciccarelli.]
Scotland [4 – 1] Curaçao (friendly) [Two goals for Shankland.]
Mexico [1 – 0] Australia (friendly)
Norbritz Hokkaido [0 – 2] Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (tomorrow)
Västerås SK [4 – 5] Göteborg (tomorrow)
Japan [1 – 0] Iceland (friendly) (tomorrow)

Mortonalia: Players not returning are: Fergus Owens, Ali Crawford, Kian Taylor, Nathan Shaw, Zak McKay, James Storer, Aaron Lyall, Reuben Lopata-White, Curtis Main and Murray Johnson.

Iain (“Shug”) Wilson has signed on for another year.

Former Morton throw-in specialist Lewis Strapp has signed with Ross County. Lawrence Shankland has signed with Rangers. Josh McPake has joined Hearts.

The draw for the League Cup group stage was held Wednesday. Morton are in the same group as St Johnstone, Inverness CT, East Fife and Linlithgow Rose. Three of them are league champions.

The 2026-27 Highland League schedule is already out. That is the best organized league.

J League 100 Year Vision League playoffs, leg 1 (selected matches):
Vissel Kobe [5 – 0] Kashima Antlers (for 1st place)
V-Varen Nagasaki [1 – 0] Mito HollyHock (for 17th place)
Although there will be no relegation at the end of the 100 Year Vision League, the 18th team would be relegated in a regular J1 season, which makes V-Varen vs HollyHock important for both teams.
Avispa Fukuoka [2 – 2] JEF United (for 19th place)

JFL Cup final, leg 1 (tomorrow):
ReinMeer Aomori [0 – 0] Okinawa SV

2025-26 UEFA Conference League final (May 27):
Crystal Palace 1 – 0 Rayo Vallecano

2025-26 UEFA Champions League final:
Paris Saint-Germain [1 – 1] Arsenal [PSG win on PK]

Cup games of the 1890-91 SFL clubs:
1891/5/30 Celtic 6 – 1 Third Lanark (SFL Charity Cup SF)

1942 Summer Cup, R1, leg 1:
1942/5/30 Albion Rovers 2 – 0 Queen’s Park
1942/5/30 Celtic 2 – 1 Partick Thistle
1942/5/30 Dumbarton 1 – 0 Motherwell
1942/5/30 Falkirk 3 – 2 Morton
1942/5/30 Hamilton Academical 1 – 7 Rangers
1942/5/30 Hibs 2 – 1 Clyde
1942/5/30 St Mirren 3 – 3 Hearts
1942/5/30 Third Lanark 4 – 2 Airdrieonians

The 1961 Pars show off their Scottish Cup. Source.

It’s the Scottish Cup final: Celtic versus Dunfermline Athletic. Celtic have won the cup 42 times, Dunfermline twice, including 1961 when they beat Celtic. These two clubs met in the final three other times, in 1965, 2004 and 2007, and Celtic won each time.

Celtic snapped up the Championship title last weekend after trailing all season. 1985 was the last time the Old Firm did not win the title. Winning the Scottish Cup is easy in comparison; since 1985 non-Old Firm clubs have won it 15 times.

Dunfermline manager Neil Lennon has won the Scottish Cup four times as a player and four times as a manager. Celtic manager Martin O’Neill has won the cup three times as a manager.

Celtic [3 – 1] Dunfermline Athletic

Premiership playoff finals:
Partick Thistle 1 – 1 St Mirren (May 21)
St Mirren [1 – 0] Partick Thistle (May 25) [St Mirren stay up.]

Other matches:
Halifax Tides 1 – 2 Vancouver Rise (May 18)
Września [1 – 3] Lipno Stęszew
HFX Wanderers [1 – 1] Inter Toronto [Halifax goal by Johnston.]
Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth [6 – 2] Sabas FC (tomorrow)
Calgary Wild [0 – 4] Halifax Tides (tomorrow) [Two for Miller, two for Vallerand.]
Burlington [0 – 3] Scrosoppi (tomorrow)
Argonauts [20 – 10] Tiger-Cats (pre-season) (tomorrow)

Derek Gaston has moved from Stirling Albion to East Fife.

Cristóbal Fernández, who played Dani Rojas in Ted Lasso, has been signed by El Paso Locomotive of the USL Championship.

Coupe de France final (May 22):
Lens 3 – 1 Nice

DFB-Pokal final:
Bayern Munich [3 – 0] VfB Stuttgart

2025-26 UEFA Europa Cup final (May 20):
SC Freiburg 0 – 3 Aston Villa

2025-26 Concacaf Women’s Champions Cup, SF (May 20):
Club América 4 – 1 Gotham FC
Washington Spirit 1 – 0 Pachuca
Final (May 23):
Club América [5 – 3] Washington Spirit

J League 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 18:
Machida Zelvia (3rd) 1 – 0 Urawa Red Diamonds (5th) (yesterday)
Kashima Antlers (1st) [1 – 0] FC Tokyo (2nd)
Kashiwa Reysol (8th) [4 – 2] JEF United (10th)
Mito HollyHock (7th) [1 – 3] Kawasaki Frontale (6th) (tomorrow)
Tokyo Verdy (4th) [0 – 6] Yokohama F Marinos (9th) (tomorrow)
This ends the double round robin. [Mito finish ninth.] Next, each team will play off against the team with the same position in the West table to determine the order of the combined table.

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/5/21 Rangers 2 – 2 Dumbarton
Rangers and Dumbarton finished the 1890-91 SFL tied for first. This match was a tiebreaker, but it ended in a draw so they were declared joint champions. Under today’s rules Dumbarton, with the superior goal difference, would have been declared sole champion.

HFX Wanderers visit Forge in the preliminary round of the Canadian Championship. They played the same cup fixture last year and Forge won 3 – 1. They also met in league play last weekend in Halifax and Forge won 3 – 1.

Former Wanderers assistant coach Derek King has been appointed head of the Trinidad and Tobago national men’s team.

[Forge 4 – 0 HFX Wanderers.]

The other Canadian Championship matches:
Toronto FC 1 – 3 Atlético Ottawa (May 5) Upset
CF Montréal 5 – 0 Calgary Blizzard (May 6)
Supra 3 – 1 Woodbridge Strikers (yesterday)
Pacific [1 – 3] Cavalry
Vancouver FC [2 – 0] Langley United (tomorrow)
Inter Toronto [0 – 1] CS Saint-Laurent (tomorrow) Upset

It’s the SPFL playoffs:
Premiership playoffs, QF:
Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Arboath (May 5)
Arbroath 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic (yesterday) Pars advance.
Championship playoffs, semi-finals:
Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Airdrieonians (May 5)
Queen of the South 1 – 1 Stenhousemuir (May 5)
Airdrieonians [1 – 2] Alloa Athletic (May 9) [Airdrie are relegated.]
Stenhousemuir [2 – 2] Queen of the South (May 9) [Stenny win on PK.]
League 1 playoffs, SF:
Forfar 1 – 3 Hamilton Academical (May 5)
Clyde 2 – 0 Spartans (May 5)
Hamilton Academical [2 – 1] Forfar (May 9)
Spartans [1 – 1] Clyde (May 9) [Hamilton and Clyde advance.]
League 2 playoff final, leg 1:
Brora Rangers [1 – 1] Edinburgh City

Airdrieonians are in the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year, once (2023-24) in the Premiership playoffs and five times in the Championship playoffs.

Dumbarton are replacing their grass with a plastic pitch. Story.

Mortonalia: James Storer has returned to Wolverhampton. Cammy Ballantyne has signed on for another year.

Other matches:
Djurgården 6 – 0 Göteborg (May 4)
Beith 2 – 1 Largs Thistle (May 5)
Pogoń Nowe Skalmierzyce [2 – 0] Lipno Stęszew
Göteborg 0 – 1 Hammarby
Stirling University EoS [0 – 5] Coldstream
Hurlford United [2 – 2] Largs Thistle
Thorn Athletic [4 – 2] Greenock
International FC [1 – 3] Scrosoppi
Elfen Saitama [0 – 1] Kobe Leonessa (tomorrow)
Fortuna Düsseldorf [3 – 1] SV Elversberg (tomorrow)
Forfar Farmington [0 – 4] Morton Women (tomorrow)

J League 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 15 (May 6):
FC Tokyo (2nd) 0 – 3 JEF United (10th)
Machida Zelvia (3rd) 2 – 0 Yokohama F Marinos (8th)
Kashima Antlers (1st) 3 – 0 Mito HollyHock (7th)
Kawasaki Frontale (5th) 1 – 0 Tokyo Verdy (4th)
Kashiwa Reysol (9th) 0 – 1 Urawa Red Diamonds (6th)

J League 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 16:
Mito HollyHock (7th) [1 – 4] Urawa Red Diamonds (6th)
Yokohama F Marinos (8th) [1 – 1] Kashima Antlers (1st) [Kashima win on PK] (tomorrow)
FC Tokyo (2nd) [2 – 1] Tokyo Verdy (4th) (tomorrow)
Kashiwa Reysol (10th) [1 – 0] Kawasaki Frontale (5th) (tomorrow)
JEF United (9th) [0 – 2] Machida Zelvia (3rd) (tomorrow)

2026 HKFA 8th Hokkaido Football Championship:
SF #1: BTOP Hokkaido [3 – 0] Tokai University Sapporo (May 9)
SF #2: Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth [1 – 1] Sapporo University [Sapporo University win on PK] (May 9)
Final: [BTOP Hokkaido 0 – 1 Sapporo University] (May 10)

Video: How Hearts Are DESTROYING the Entire Scottish System

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/5/5 Celtic 9 – 1 Vale of Leven
1891/5/6 Third Lanark 3 – 0 Cowlairs
1891/5/9 Vale of Leven 2 – 4 Hearts
1891/5/9 Rangers 4 – 1 Third Lanark

Who scored the most goals against Morton in 2025-26?
4 Jamie Gullan (St Johnstone)
3 Josh McPake (St Johnstone)
2 Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell); Matthew Aitken (Stenhousemuir); Aidan Connolly (Queen’s Park); Dom Thomas (Airdrieonians); Ben Stanway (Partick Thistle); Alex Samuel (Partick Thistle); Findlay Marshall (Arbroath); Euan Henderson (Airdrieonians)

It’s the last day of the season. Morton host Airdrieonians. Morton are eighth in the division with 37 points. Airdrie are ninth with 35. Morton can finish the day anywhere from sixth place to tenth.

If Morton beat Airdrie, and Queen’s Park and Ayr United both lose, and Morton make up a 3-goal deficit with Queen’s Park, Morton will finish sixth.

If Morton win and only one of Queen’s Park and Ayr United draw or win, Morton will finish seventh.

If Morton, Queen’s Park and Ayr United all win, Morton will finish eighth. If Morton and Airdrie play to a draw, Morton will finish eighth.

If Airdrie beat Morton, and Ross County lose, Morton will finish ninth and go into a playoff against either Alloa or Queen of the South.

If Airdrie beat Morton, and Ross County win and make up a 4-goal deficit, Morton will finish tenth and be relegated.

The last time Morton went into the final weekend not knowing their fate was 2021. They finished ninth and had to beat Montrose and Airdrie in the playoffs to stay up.

Morton have met New Airdrieonians on the last day of the season only once before, on May 15th, 2004. Airdrie won 2 – 0.

[Morton 1 – 1 Airdrieonians. Goal by Curtis Main. Morton finish eighth.]

The other Championship matches:
Ayr United (7th) [0 – 1] St Johnstone (1st)
Partick Thistle (2nd) [1 – 1] Queen’s Park (6th)
Raith Rovers (5th) [3 – 2] Ross County (10th)
Dunfermline Athletic (4th) [0 – 0] Arbroath (3rd)
This match is a preview of the Premiership playoff quarter-final. It is also the A Ton of Snow Consolation Cup final. [Arbroath win on the corner kicks rule.]

Other matches:
FC Schalke 04 [1 – 0] Fortuna Düsseldorf (tomorrow)
Lipno Stęszew [1 – 0] Noteć Czarnków
Nojima Stella [1 – 2] Elfen Saitama (tomorrow)
Largs Thistle [1 – 0] Renfrew (tomorrow)
Greenock [3 – 0] Maybole (tomorrow)
Kilsyth Rangers [6 – 1] Kilsyth Athletic (tomorrow)
Port Glasgow [6 – 0] Glasgow Perthshire (tomorrow)
HFX Wanderers [1 – 3] Forge FC (tomorrow) [On the upside Johnston’s goal for Halifax was the first goal conceded by Forge this season.]
ReinMeer Aomori [3 – 1] Vonds Ichihara (May 3)
AFC Toronto [0 – 0] Halifax Tides (May 3)
Woodbridge Strikers [5 – 1] Scrosoppi (May 3)

West of Scotland League Cup final (May 3):
Auchinleck Talbot [0 – 1] Troon

J League 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 13 (April 29):
Tokyo Verdy (5th) 2 – 1 Kashima Antlers (1st)
JEF United (10th) 2 – 3 Yokohama F Marinos (8th)
Urawa Red Diamonds (7th) 2 – 0 Kawasaki Frontale (4th)
Kashiwa Reysol (9th) 1 – 3 FC Tokyo (2nd)
Mito HollyHock (6th) 2 – 2 Machida Zelvia (3rd) (Zelvia win on PK)

J League 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 14:
Yokohama F Marinos (8th) [1 – 1] Mito HollyHock (6th) [Mito win on PK] (May 2)
FC Tokyo (2nd) [2 – 0] Kawasaki Frontale (5th) (May 2)
Urawa Red Diamonds (7th) [2 – 0] JEF United (10th) (May 2)
Tokyo Verdy (4th) [1 – 0] Kashiwa Reysol (9th) (May 3)
Kashima Antlers (1st) [1 – 1] Machida Zelvia (3rd) [Kashima win on PK] (May 3)

Polish Cup final (May 2):
Górnik Zabrze [2 – 0] Raków Częstochowa

Vancouver Whitecaps are poised to do a Quebec Nordiques.

Historical matches:
1981/5/2 Airdrieonians 3 – 2 Morton

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/4/28 Third Lanark 2 – 1 Abercorn
1891/4/29 Cowlairs 0 – 5 Celtic
1891/5/2 Rangers 1 – 2 Celtic
1891/5/2 St Mirren 2 – 4 Dumbarton
1891/5/2 Cambuslang 2 – 0 Hearts
1891/5/2 Vale of Leven 1 – 2 Third Lanark

The paper programme from April 12th’s leg 1 match, which ended 1 – 1. Source.

It’s leg two of the semi-finals of the Scottish Communities Cup, formerly the Scottish Junior Cup.

Largs Thistle [2 – 1] Buchanhaven Hearts (tomorrow)
Auchinleck Talbot [2 – 1] Dundee North End (tomorrow)
Tommy Sloan just recorded his 1000th competitive match as Auchinleck manager.

[Auchinleck and Largs advance.]

Meanwhile in the Championship Morton travel to Dingwall. Morton are eighth with 37 points, Ross County tenth with 31. So far this season Morton have two wins and a draw against the Staggies.

Morton are not out of the relegation woods yet. If they lose both remaining fixtures, and Airdrie and Ross County both win both of theirs, Morton will end up ninth, tied with Ross County at 37 points but ahead of them on goal difference. Ross County are 12 goals behind Morton in that department..

Morton have racked up 13 draws in league play so far this season. There have been only four years in which they recorded more: 14 in 1920-21 and 2001-02, 16 in 1989-90, and 17 in 1993-94.

Ayr United have accumulated 15 draws. If they play to a draw against Airdrieonians today then Morton are safe from relegation.

The other Championship matches:
Dunfermline Athletic (4th) 0 – 2 St Johnstone (1st) (April 21)
St Johnstone earn promotion.
St Johnstone (1st) 2 – 0 Raith Rovers (5th) (yesterday)
Airdrieonians (9th) [2 – 1] Ayr United (7th)
Arbroath (3rd) [0 – 0] Partick Thistle (2nd)
Queen’s Park (6th) [0 – 2] Dunfermline Athletic (4th)

[Oof. Ross County 4 – 0 Morton.]

Pyramid playoff SF, leg 1:
Linlithgow Rose vs Brora Rangers
Lowland League champions Linlithgow Rose have been disqualified for want of a bronze license. Brora advance directly to the final against Edinburgh City. Story.

Other matches:
Bellshill Athletic 3 – 1 Greenock (April 22)
Kalmar 1 – 1 Göteborg (April 23)
Supra 2 – 1 HFX Wanderers (yesterday) Halifax goal by Johnston.
Greenock [3 – 1] Caledonian Locomotives
Kennoway Star Hearts [1 – 1] Coldstream
Cartusia Kartuzy [0 – 1] Lipno Stęszew
Halifax Tides [3 – 1] Ottawa Rapids
Fortuna Düsseldorf [3 – 1] SG Dynamo Dresden
Elfen Saitama [1 – 2] Albirex Niigata (tomorrow)
Göteborg [2 – 2] GAIS (tomorrow)
Morton Women [0 – 2] Dryburgh Athletic (at Cappielow) (tomorrow)
Sudbury Cyclones [1 – 2] Scrosoppi (tomorrow)
[ReinMeer Aomori 4-0 Hachinohe Gakuin University (tomorrow)
This was the 79th Aomori Prefecture Championship.]

J League 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 12:
FC Tokyo (2nd) 5 – 2 Mito HollyHock (6th) (yesterday)
Kashiwa Reysol (8th) 0 – 1 Kashima Antlers (1st) (yesterday)
Machida Zelvia (3rd) vs Tokyo Verdy (4th) (postponed)
Urawa Red Diamonds (7th) [2 – 3] Yokohama F Marinos (9th)
Kawasaki Frontale (5th) [2 – 1] JEF United Chiba (10th)

2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, SF:
Vissel Kobe 1 – 2 Al-Ahli (April 20)
Machida Zelvia 1 – 0 Shabab Al Ahli (April 21)
Final: Al-Ahli [1 – 0] Machida Zelvia

Why Montreal isn’t hosting the World Cup.

KR changed their logo and no one noticed.

Historical matches:
1931/4/20 St Mirren 0 – 0 Morton
1931/4/25 Queen’s Park 5 – 2 Morton
1953/4/25 Morton 2 – 2 Queen’s Park
1981/4/25 St Mirren 2 – 0 Morton

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/4/20 Hearts 0 – 4 Dumbarton
1891/4/25 Rangers 4 – 2 Dumbarton
1891/4/25 Celtic 1 – 1 Third Lanark
1891/4/25 Abercorn 1 – 0 Hearts
1891/4/25 Cowlairs 4 – 2 St Mirren
1891/4/25 Vale of Leven 2 – 1 Cambuslang

Abdou Samaké and Samuel Salter in a 2022 match. Both now play in Sweden. Source.

HFX Wanderers host Pacific FC for the first Halifax home game of 2026.

These two teams met in the first CanPL match for both on April 28th, 2019, and Pacific won 1 – 0. Over all Pacific have been somewhat the better club with 11 wins to Halifax’s 7, and 9 draws, but last season Halifax finished fourth while Pacific finished seventh. In a league in which the Edmonton and Winnipeg clubs have failed, Halifax and Victoria are refreshingly successful professional clubs, considering that neither town has ever had an NHL or CFL team.

The Wanderers are third in the table with a win and a draw. Pacific are sixth with two losses.

HFX Wanderers [2 – 2] Pacific FC [Halifax goals by Kachwele and Johnston.]

It’s the Scottish Cup semi-finals:
Dunfermline Athletic [0 – 0] Falkirk [Dunfermline win on PK]
Dunfermline and Falkirk met in the 2008-09 semi-finals and Falkirk won 2 – 0.
Celtic [6 – 2] St Mirren (tomorrow)

Meanwhile in the Championship Morton host Queen’s Park. QP are seventh with 39 points, Morton eighth with 36. So far this season Morton have a win, a draw and a loss against the Spiders.

Both teams have a player named Longridge.

As things stand Morton have outperformed only two of their post-1994 36-game tier II seasons: 2000-01 when they finished with 35 points, and 2013-14 when they finished with 26. Both times they were relegated. Morton finished 1999-2000 with 36 points, ending up in eighth place.

If Morton win today, and Airdrie lose or draw, then Morton are safe from relegation.

[Morton 0 – 0 Queen’s Park.]

The other Championship matches:
Airdrieonians (9th) 2 – 2 Dunfermline (4th) (April 14)
Queen’s Park (7th) 0 – 2 Raith Rovers (5th) (April 14)
Airdrieonians (9th) [2 – 2] Partick Thistle (2nd)
Arbroath (4th) [2 – 1] Raith Rovers (5th)
Ross County (10th) [2 – 1] Ayr United (6th)

Other matches:
Beith vs Largs Thistle (April 15) (postponed)
Lipno Stęszew [1 – 0] Pogoń Szczecin II
1.FC Magdeburg [2 – 0] Fortuna Düsseldorf
Halmstad [1 – 1] Göteborg
Wick Academy [1 – 1] Banks o’ Dee
The Highland League season ends. [Wick Academy finish 16th.]
Clydebank [2 – 0] Caledonian Braves (Clydebank are 2nd with 70 points.)
Bonnyrigg Rose [1 – 2] Linlithgow Rose (Linlithgow are 1st with 72 points, Bonnyrigg 3rd with 69.)
The Lowland League season ends. [Linlithgow win the Lowland League.]
Largs Thistle [1 – 1] Troon
Kilsyth Athletic [1 – 2] Greenock
Lugar Boswell Thistle [2 – 6] Port Glasgow
St Catharines Roma [0 – 2] Scrosoppi
Azul Claro Munazu [0 – 4] ReinMeer Aomori (tomorrow)
Morton Women [2 – 3] ICT (tomorrow)
Halifax Tides vs Atlantic All-Stars at Acadia University (tomorrow)

J1 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 11:
Yokohama F Marinos (9th) [1 – 2] Kawasaki Frontale (5th)
Kashima Antlers (1st) [1 – 0] Urawa Red Diamonds (6th)
Tokyo Verdy (4th) [1 – 0] JEF United (10th)
Mito HollyHock (7th) [2 – 0] Kashiwa Reysol (8th) (tomorrow)

2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, QF:
Al Sadd 3 – 3 Vissel Kobe (Kobe won on PK) (April 16)
Machida Zelvia 1 – 0 Al-Ittihad (April 17)

2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, SF, leg 2:
Bangkok United 0 – 3 Gamba Osaka (April 15) (Gamba advance.)

Highland League Cup final:
Formartine United [0 – 3] Turriff United

World Cup: Canada has blocked representatives of the Palestinian FA from entering the country. Story.

Historical matches:
1891/4/18 Morton 3 – 1 Arthurlie (Greenock Charity Cup SF) Source: SFHA
1891/4/18 Morton 2 – 1 Abercorn Source: Glasgow Herald, April 20, 1891
1931/4/18 Kilmarnock 3 – 1 Morton
1953/4/18 Morton 4 – 0 Arbroath
1981/4/15 Kilmarnock 0 – 0 Morton
1981/4/18 Morton 2 – 0 Dundee United

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/4/18 Third Lanark 4 – 0 Hearts
1891/4/18 Cowlairs 1 – 1 Cambuslang

JEF United really have no need for a second jersey, unless they play Australia. Source.

Morton travel to Stark’s Park for a match against Raith Rovers. Raith are fifth with 36 points and a 0 goal difference, Morton eighth, also with 36 points but -11 on goal difference. So far this season Raith have one win against Morton and two draws.

To equal last season’s point total and break even Morton must win every remaining game.

Raith Rovers won the Challenge Cup last weekend.

After last night’s result Ross County must win their last three matches and Morton lose their last four in order for the Staggies to finish higher than the Ton.

[Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Morton. Morton goals by Blues and Shaw. Morton cannot gain promotion.]

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

Other matches:
Elfsborg 2 – 0 Göteborg (April 6)
Elana Toruń [1 – 1] Lipno Stęszew
Fortuna Düsseldorf [1 – 2] Holstein Kiel
Göteborg [0 – 2] Häcken
Wick Academy [0 – 3] Buckie Thistle
[Brora Rangers win the Highland League.]
Linlithgow Rose [4 – 1] Clydebank
Greenock [2 – 3] Threave Rovers
Port Glasgow [3 – 1] Girvan
Coldstream [3 – 1] West Calder United
YSCC [0 – 2] ReinMeer Aomori (tomorrow)

Inter Toronto [2 – 2] HFX Wanderers [Goals by Sow and Ciccarelli.]
Inter Toronto is the latest guise of York United, the erstwhile York9 FC. Despite those two rebrandings they’re still at York Lions Stadium where they’ve always played. They were supposed to have moved to a new facility at Woodbine Raceway by now but there’s no firm date for that yet.

Scottish Junior Cup, SF, leg 1 (tomorrow):
Buchanhaven Hearts [1 – 1] Largs Thistle
Dundee North End [0 – 4] Auchinleck Talbot

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

2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, SF, leg 1:
Gamba Osaka 0 – 1 Bangkok United (April 8)

Video: Eduardo Souto de Moura talks about designing Braga Stadium.

Historical matches:
1891/4/11 Morton 3 – 1 Partick Thistle
1931/4/11 Morton 1 – 2 Aberdeen
1953/4/11 Morton 6 – 1 Ayr United
1981/4/11 Rangers 2 – 1 Morton (Sc Cup SF)

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/4/11 Celtic 1 – 0 Dumbarton
1891/4/11 St Mirren 3 – 2 Hearts
1891/4/11 Cowlairs 2 – 2 Third Lanark
1891/4/11 Cambuslang 4 – 5 Abercorn

It’s the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup, a fixture steeped in tradition, fraught with meaning, the antithesis of diddiness.

ICT won the cup in 2003-04 and 2017-18, Raith in 2013-14 and 2021-22. They were to have met in the 2019-20 final but it was cancelled due to Covid and the two sides were declared co-winners, so it’s correct to say that each has won the cup two-and-a-half times.

Raith are fifth in the Championship, Inverness first in League One. They met in the League Cup group stage back in July and Raith won 5 – 1. Only four third-tier teams have ever won this cup: Stenhousemuir, Stranraer, Alloa and Queen of the South.

Clubs that have never played in the Challenge Cup final are: Celtic, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Hearts, Hibs, Kilmarnock, Arbroath, Montrose, East Fife, Cove Rangers, Kelty Hearts, East Kilbride, The Spartans, Forfar, Annan, Elgin, Stirling Albion and Edinburgh City.

Top ticket price is £20. Top ticket price for the coming FIFA World Cup final is $10,990. Story.

2025-26 Scottish Challenge Cup final (tomorrow):
Raith Rovers [4 – 1] Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Meanwhile in the Championship, Morton visit Dunfermline. The Pars are fourth in the Championship with 40 points, and Morton are sixth with 36. So far this season they’re even, with a win, a loss and a draw each. A win today would put Morton 1 point out of the promotion playoffs.

The last Morton player to score against Dunfermline was Cammy MacPherson on February 17th. The last Dunfermline player to score against Morton was Charlie Gilmour on November 22nd.

[Dunfermline 3 – 1 Morton. Morton goal by Blues.]

The other Championship matches:
Arbroath (3rd) [2 – 4] St Johnstone (1st)
Ayr United (8th) [1 – 1] Partick Thistle (2nd)
Ayr sacked their manager Monday. They’re on an eight-game winless streak.
Ross County (9th) [0 – 4] Airdrieonians (10th)

Other matches:
Drumchapel United 0 – 2 Largs Thistle (March 31)
Cowdenbeath 0 – 4 Clydebank (April 1)
Lipno Stęszew [1 – 1] Środa
1.FC Kaiserlauten [3 – 0] Fortuna Düsseldorf
Banks o’ Dee [6 – 1] Wick Academy
Only Brechin, Brora or Formartine can win the Highland League.
Clydebank [4 – 0] Broxburn Athletic
Only Clydebank, Bonnyrigg Rose, Linlithgow Rose or Tranent can win the Lowland League.
Largs Thistle [0 – 1] Rutherglen Glencairn
Lesmahagow vs Greenock [postponed]
Ardeer Thistle [4 – 0] Port Glasgow
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts [3 – 3] Coldstream
ReinMeer Aomori [2 – 2] Grulla Morioka [Grulla win on PK] (tomorrow)
Tokyo Verdy Beleza [0 – 1] Elfen Saitama (tomorrow)

Aberdeen have joined the Union of European Clubs. Story.

Hamilton Accies will play at New Douglas Stadium next season. Story.

Bo’ness Athletic will fold at the end of this season. Story.

Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the third straight time. Story.

Whenever the Scottish Sun has a story about a non-Premiership club the accompanying photo is always just a pile of footballs.

The 2026 Canadian Premier League begins:
Vancouver FC [0 – 1] HFX Wanderers [Goal by Callegari.]

This is the eighth season for the Canadian Premier League. The league now has a team in Montreal, but no longer has a team in Winnipeg. Only five of the league’s original seven clubs remain and one of those has rebranded itself twice.

There’s a gap in the CanPL schedule in June where the World Cup group stage will go, though none of the CanPL clubs play at a World Cup venue. The Toronto Argonauts and BC Lions are the ones who have had to move out of their stadiums for FIFA.

The league has abandoned its eccentric five-team playoff format and returned to the rational universe of two semi-finals and a final.

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

Historical matches:
1891/4/4 Cowlairs 4 – 5 Morton
1931/4/4 Rangers 2 – 1 Morton
1953/4/4 Morton 4 – 1 Alloa
1981/4/1 Rangers 4 – 0 Morton
1981/4/4 Morton 1 – 3 Aberdeen

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

Coimbra explains to the Swedish press how it’s the Halifax in Nova Scotia and not the Halifax in England. Source.

Arbroath travel to Cappielow. Arbroath are third in the division with 47 points, Morton eighth with 33. Despite their respective positions Morton have handled Arbroath pretty well so far with a win and two draws.

Seventeen Morton players have scored this season, league and cup. Forty-four players have scored on Morton, league and cup. St Johnstone’s Jamie Gullan leads all others with four anti-Ton goals.

There are six matches left in the schedule, including today’s. Are Morton safe from relegation? No. But in order for Morton to finish ninth Ross County must earn two more wins than them in the final six fixtures, and for Morton to finish tenth Ross County and Airdrie must both win two more games than them. Ross County and Airdrie each have only one win from their previous six league matches.

Morton have been fined for bad fan behaviour at the Scottish Cup Round Four match against Stenhousemuir January 17th.

[Morton win 2 – 1 on goals by Moffat and Main. (Sounds like a street corner.)]

The other Championship matches:
Raith Rovers (7th) 0 – 2 Partick Thistle (2nd) (March 24)
Partick Thistle (2nd) 3 – 1 Ross County (9th) (yesterday)
Raith Rovers (7th) 3 – 0 Ayr United (5th) (yesterday)
St Johnstone (1st) [1 – 1] Queen’s Park (6th)

Other matches:
Wick Academy 1 – 3 Forres Mechanics (March 25)
Largs Thistle 1 – 3 Auchinleck Talbot (March 25)
Golspie Sutherland 1 – 2 Thurso (March 25)
Yokogawa Musashino [0 – 1] ReinMeer Aomori
Tłuchovia Tłuchowo 3 – 1 Lipno Stęszew (yesterday)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima [1 – 0] Elfen Saitama
Turriff United [0 – 1] Wick Academy
Albion Rovers [0 – 1] Clydebank
Glenafton Athletic [0 – 3] Largs Thistle
Greenock [0 – 4] Blantyre Victoria
Port Glasgow [2 – 1] Knightswood
Golspie Sutherland [0 – 4] Inverness Thistle
Dryburgh Athletic [1 – 1] Morton Women (tomorrow)

South Challenge Cup final (tomorrow):
Cumnock [2 – 0] University of Stirling

Cumnock’s path to the final:
2025/9/13 Irvine Meadow XI 1 – 3 Cumnock (R2)
2025/10/11 Cumnock 1 – 0 Glasgow University (R3)
2025/11/15 Kilwinning Rangers 1 – 1 Cumnock (Cumnock won on PK) (R4)
2025/12/20 Cumnock 3 – 0 Neilston (R5)
2026/1/31 Tranent 0 – 1 Cumnock (QF)
2026/2/28 Cumnock 5 – 1 Vale of Clyde (SF)

West of Scotland League Cup, QF:
Auchinleck Talbot [3 – 1] Johnstone Burgh

J1 100 Year Vision League East:
Machida Zelvia (3rd) [1 – 1] Kawasaki Frontale (6th) [Zelvia win on PK]

International friendlies:
Scotland [0 – 1] Japan
Canada [2 – 2] Iceland [2 goals for Jonathan David]

HFX Wanderers played Leiknir Reykjavik of the Icelandic second tier last weekend in Spain. 0 – 0. Video. Prior to leaving they played both Dal and St FX indoors and beat them both 5 – 0, though to be fair the university soccer season is at the other end of the year. Thursday they beat Mons Calpe of the Gibraltar league 3 – 1. Rampersad and Telfer have been called up by the Trinidad and Tobago national team. Former HFX Wanderer Wesley Timoteo has signed with Ottawa.

Dario Zanatta, who has played for Hearts, Queen’s Park, Raith Rovers, Alloa Athletic, Partick Thistle, Ayr United, Hamilton Academical and most recently Pacific FC, signed with Tormenta FC of the USL League One in January, and in February the club folded.

Former HFX Wanderer Tiago Coimbra has signed with IFK Göteborg, so let’s follow them. They play in the Swedish Allsvenkan, which is a summer league, but they’ve already played plenty of matches.

Friendlies:
2026/1/23 Öster 1 – 3 Göteborg
2026/2/14 Göteborg 4 – 2 Stabaek
2026/2/15 Häcken 2 – 1 Göteborg
2026/2/24 Ljungskile 4 – 2 Göteborg
2026/3/4 Utsikten 0 – 6 Göteborg
2026/3/23 Göteborg 2 – 1 Oddevold
2026/3/27 Vålerenga 3 – 3 Göteborg

Atlantic Cup:
2026/2/2 Rosenborg 0 – 1 Göteborg
2026/2/6 Göteborg 3 – 1 Artis Brno

Svenska Cupen:
2026/2/21 Göteborg 0 – 0 Östersund
2026/2/28 Trelleborg 0 – 4 Göteborg
2026/3/8 Göteborg 3 – 1 Dererfors
2026/3/15 (QF) Sirius 1 – 0 Göteborg

Historical matches:
1891/3/28 Morton 2 – 0 Rutherglen
1931/3/28 Cowdenbeath 3 – 0 Morton
1953/3/28 Albion Rovers 4 – 1 Morton
1981/3/28 Partick Thistle 3 – 1 Morton

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