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 vs Pacific FC

It’s the Scottish Cup semi-finals:
Dunfermline Athletic vs Falkirk
Dunfermline and Falkirk met in the 2008-09 semi-finals and Falkirk won 2 – 0.
Celtic vs 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.

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.

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) vs Partick Thistle (2nd)
Arbroath (4th) vs Raith Rovers (5th)
Ross County (10th) vs Ayr United (6th)

Other matches:
Beith vs Largs Thistle (April 15) (postponed)
Lipno Stęszew vs Pogoń Szczecin II
1.FC Magdeburg vs Fortuna Düsseldorf
Halmstad vs Göteborg
Wick Academy vs Banks o’ Dee
The Highland League season ends.
Clydebank vs Caledonian Braves (Clydebank are 2nd with 70 points.)
Bonnyrigg Rose vs Linlithgow Rose (Linlithgow are 1st with 72 points, Bonnyrigg 3rd with 69.)
The Lowland League season ends.
Largs Thistle vs Troon
Kilsyth Athletic vs Greenock
Lugar Boswell Thistle vs Port Glasgow
St Catharines Roma vs Scrosoppi
Azul Claro Munazu vs ReinMeer Aomori (tomorrow)
Morton Women vs 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) vs 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)

Highland League Cup final:
Formartine United vs 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

Torontonian Cale Loughrey played three seasons in the Canadian Premier League, two of them with HFX Wanderers. He recently came to Partick Thistle from Hamilton Academical. Source.

Morton host Partick Thistle in a Friday-nighter. Partick are second in the division with 49 points, Morton eighth with 30. After last weekend’s loss Morton cannot win the division.

Partick do not have a Saturday game in March, but three Fridays, a Sunday and a Tuesday.

[Morton 1 – 2 Partick Thistle. Morton goal by MacPherson.]

The other Championship matches (tomorrow):
Ayr United 1 – 2 Queen’s Park (March 10)
Airdrieonians (10th) [0 – 0] Arbroath (3rd)
This is a Consolation Cup semi-final. [Arbroath advance on the yellow card rule.]
Dunfermline Athletic (4th) [3 – 0] Raith Rovers (7th)
Queen’s Park (6th) [1 – 1] Ayr United (5th)
St Johnstone (1st) [1 – 1] Ross County (9th)

Other matches (mostly tomorrow):
Largs Thistle 1 – 3 Pollok (March 11)
Eintracht Braunschweig [1 – 0] Fortuna Düsseldorf
Rewal [1 – 1] Lipno Stęszew
Strathspey Thistle [2 – 0] Wick Academy
East Stirlingshire [0 – 6] Clydebank
Beith vs Largs Thistle [postponed]
Maybole [4 – 1] Greenock
Port Glasgow [1 – 1] Kello Rovers
Kinnoull [0 – 0] Coldstream
Fort William [5 – 2] Golspie Sutherland
Ayr United [1 – 1] Morton Women (Sunday)

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

Prior to this season, when was the last time Mito played the other J1 East teams?
2025/10/19 JEF United Chiba (J2)
2024/7/10 Yokohama F Marinos (Emperor’s Cup)
2023/7/29 Tokyo Verdy (J2)
2023/7/12 Kawasaki Frontale (Emperor’s Cup)
2023/6/24 Machida Zelvia (J2)
2019/10/14 Kashiwa Reysol (J2)
2019/8/14 Urawa Red Diamonds (Emperor’s Cup)
2015/11/11 FC Tokyo (Emperor’s Cup)
2015/10/14 Kashima Antlers (Emperor’s Cup)

2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, round of 16, leg 2:
Machida Zelvia 1 – 0 Gangwon (March 10)
Vissel Kobe 2 – 1 FC Seoul (March 11)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 – 0 Johor Darul Ta’zim (March 11) Johor win on aggregate.
Machida Zelvia and Vissel Kobe advance. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are out.

2026-26 AFC Champions League Two, QF, leg 2:
Ratchaburi 1 – 2 Gamba Osaka (March 11)
Gamba advance.

Play in the West Region of the AFC Champions League Elite and Champions League Two has been suspended due to the Iran war. Story.

Iran has dropped out of the World Cup. Story. Or not. Story.

2026 Concacaf Champions Cup, Round of 16, leg 1:
Vancouver Whitecaps 0 – 3 Seattle Sounders (March 12)
Haitian players are being denied entry to the US, gutting Jamaican club Mount Pleasant’s roster prior to their series against LA Galaxy. Story.

Major League Soccer really blows as a Canadian league. There are only three all-Canadian matches this season. Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto don’t even meet. The games are:
2026/7/16 Montreal vs Toronto
2026/10/10 Toronto vs Montreal
2026/11/7 Montreal vs Vancouver Whitecaps

Historical matches:
1931/3/14 Morton 3 – 0 East Fife
1953/3/14 Morton 1 – 2 Dundee United
1981/3/11 Morton 0 – 0 Clydebank (Sc Cup R5)
1981/3/14 Morton 0 – 1 Airdrieonians

1890-91 SFL results:
1891/3/14 Celtic 2 – 0 Cowlairs
1891/3/14 St Mirren 3 – 2 Third Lanark
1891/3/14 Rangers 2 – 0 Abercorn
1891/3/14 Hearts 3 – 0 Armadale (EoSc Shield final)

Dunfermline and Aberdeen in last year’s cup. Source.

It’s the Scottish Cup quarter-finals:
Falkirk 2 – 1 Dundee United (yesterday)
Dunfermline Athletic [3 – 0] Aberdeen Upset!
Rangers [0 – 0] Celtic [Celtic win on PK] (tomorrow)
St Mirren [2 – 1] Partick Thistle (tomorrow)

Celtic have won the Scottish Cup 42 times, Rangers 34, Aberdeen 8, St Mirren 3, Dundee United 2, Falkirk 2, Dunfermline 2, and Partick Thistle once.

Meanwhile in the Championship it’s Morton vs St Johnstone. St Johnstone are first in the division with 54 points. Morton are seventh with 30. This is Morton’s last chance to get a win off the Saints, unless, improbably, they meet in the playoffs.

Morton are three quarters of the way through this season, on track to finish with 40 points. In 2023-24 Inverness CT were relegated with 42. Following Tuesday’s games St Johnstone are safe from relegation.

St Johnstone have four former Morton players on their roster: Reghan Tumilty (Morton 2018-20), Jack Baird (2019-20 and 2022-25), Josh McPake (2020-21) and Morgan Boyes (2024-25).

Morton’s most recent goal against St Johnstone was scored by Eamonn Brophy August 30th.

As usual in the last quarter of the season, everyone is injured.

[Morton 0 – 2 St Johnstone.]

The other Championship matches:
Arbroath 1 – 1 Ayr United (March 3)
This was a Consolation Cup round one match. Arbroath advance on the yellow card rule.
Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0 Ross County (March 3)
This was a Consolation Cup semi-final match.
Queen’s Park (8th) [1 – 0] Aidrieonians (9th)
Arbroath (3rd) [0 – 0] Ross County (10th)

J League 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 5:
JEF United (10th) [2 – 1] Kashiwa Reysol (8th)
Machida Zelvia (2nd) vs Kawasaki Frontale (4th) [March 28]
FC Tokyo (6th) [3 – 0] Yokohama F Marinos (9th)
Urawa Red Diamonds (5th) [2 – 0] Mito HollyHock (7th)
Kashima Antlers (1st) [2 – 0] Tokyo Verdy (3rd)

Other matches:
Golspie Sutherland 4 – 2 St Duthus (March 4)
1.FC Nürnberg [0 – 1] Fortuna Düsseldorf
Wick Academy [2 – 3] Keith
Clydebank [5 – 1] Bonnyrigg Rose
Kilsyth Rangers [3 – 2] Greenock
Glasgow University [0 – 2] Port Glasgow
Coldstream [4 – 0] Fauldhouse United
Inverness Thistle [0 – 0] Golspie Sutherland
Morton Women vs Armadale Thistle (tomorrow) [abandoned]

Scottish Junior Cup, QF:
Largs Thistle [1 – 1] Benburb [Largs win on PK]

West of Scotland League Cup, QF:
Thorn Athletic [0 – 5] Hurlford United
Muirkirk [1 – 4] Irvine Meadow XI

2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, Round of 16, leg 1:
Gangwon 0 – 0 Machida Zelvia (March 3)
FC Seoul 0 – 1 Vissel Kobe (March 4)
Johor Darul Ta’zim 3 – 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (March 4)

2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, QF, leg 1:
Gamba Osaka 1 – 1 Ratchaburi (March 4)

The Canadian Premier League will test-drive a new offside rule this season. It will only be an offside if the linesman can see daylight between the attacker and the last defender. Inter Toronto (the former York United) will put three development squads into the Ontario Premier League (the former League1 Ontario).

Historical matches:
1891/3/7 Kilmarnock Athletic 4 – 2 Morton
1931/3/7 Falkirk 3 – 1 Morton

SFL results 1890-91:
1891/3/7 Cambuslang 3 – 1 Celtic
1891/3/7 Dumbarton 5 – 1 St Mirren
1891/3/7 Cowlairs 1 – 2 Hearts
1891/3/7 Third Lanark 0 – 4 Rangers
1891/3/7 Abercorn 6 – 0 Vale of Leven

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)