The block defined by Sussex Street (later Drive), Murray Street, Parent Street (formerly Barrett’s Lane) and Clarence Street was built up with small wooden structures in the 19th Century. Fire swept through the addresses 23 to 47 Clarence in 1900 or 1901. In 1907 Cavanagh’s Hotel opened at 25 Clarence Street. That’s a blacksmith’s shop to the left of it. The hotel business did not appear to prosper and by the end of World War One the building had been converted into apartments, named Valmar Apartments or Valmore Apartments depending on which source you read. One of the longterm residents was John G. Cavanagh, son of the original owner. Photo source.
The block burned down again on January 2nd, 1957. 25 Clarence is on the left.
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Today no building goes by the street address 25 Clarence, but the east end of Sussex House, numbered 23 Clarence, looks as if it occupies the same space.
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 LeagueEast, 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
Seibu Princess Rabbits (blue) versus Road Construction Peregrine (green). Source.
March 12: Match No. 1: Daishin [15 – 0] Vortex Sapporo Match No. 2: Mikage Gretz [1 – 8] Seibu Princess Rabbits Match No. 3: Toyota Cygnus [7 – 1] Kushiro Bears Match No. 4: Showa University Blue Winds [0 – 7] Road Construction Peregrine
March 13: Match No. 5: [Vortex Sapporo 0 – 4 Mikage Gretz] Match No. 6: [Kushiro Bears 1 – 3 Showa University Blue Winds] Match No. 7: [Daishin 5 – 1 Seibu Princess Rabbits] Match No. 8: [Toyota Cygnus 3 – 2 Road Construction Peregrine]
March 14: Match No. 9: [Mikage Gretz 6 – 2 Kushiro Bears] Match No. 10: [Vortex Sapporo 1 – 5 Showa University Blue Winds] Match No. 11: [Daishin 1 – 3 Road Construction Peregrine] Match No. 12: [Seibu Princess Rabbits 3 – 1 Toyota Cygnus]
March 15: Match No. 13: [Kushiro Bears 5 – 2 Vortex Sapporo] Match No. 14: [Mikage Gretz 7 – 3 Showa University Blue Winds] Match No. 15: [Daishin 2 – 3 Toyota Cygnus] Match No. 16: [Road Construction Peregrine 0 – 3 Seibu Princess Rabbits]
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]
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).
Source. I bought my copy of Mawil’s graphic novel about the fall of the Berlin Wall from the German publisher at TCAF. He cautioned me more than once that the only copy he had left was in French, ’til I exclaimed, “This is Canada!” — hypocritically, as I had to use a dictionary to read it.
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