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Jimmy Miller
“Jimmy Miller, son of Professor James Miller” from the studio of Hill and Adamson (1840s). Source. There have been many legendary footballers named Jimmy Miller, not least midfielder Jimmy Miller who played for Morton from 1977 to 1980.
Morton travel to Dingwall for a game against Ross County. Morton are seventh in the Championship with 15 points. Ross County are ninth with 12. Morton are 4 points out of fourth place and 3 points out of ninth.
Former Morton player Stefan Milojevic (2014-15) has been arrested in Spain for heading a drug-running Neo-Nazi biker gang.
[Morton win 0 – 3 on goals by Shaw, MacPherson and Garrity.]
The other Championship matches:
Ayr United (5th) [1 – 1] Arbroath (3rd)
Raith Rovers (6th) [0 – 3] Airdrieonians (10th)
Raith Rovers sacked their manager on Monday.
St Johnstone (1st) [4 – 3] Queen’s Park (8th)
Other matches:
Wick Academy 2 – 3 Clachnacuddin (November 12)
Unia Swarzędz [0 – 2] Lipno Stęszew
Buckie Thistle [2 – 0] Wick Academy
Port Glasgow [0 – 3] Lugar Boswell Thistle
Coldstream [4 – 2] Lochgelly Albert
Golspie Sutherland [1 – 3] Invergordon
Grulla Morioka [1 – 3] Criacao Shinjuku (tomorrow)
Morton Women [0 – 1] Falkirk (tomorrow)
Former Morton man Nacho Novo is the new manager at Darvel.
2026 World Cup qualification:
Greece [3 – 2] Scotland
Scottish Challenge Cup, league phase, matchday 6 (November 11):
Dumbarton vs Stenhousemuir (postponed)
Scottish Junior Cup, R3:
Dundee North End [1 – 0] Camelon
Knightswood [2 – 2] Luncarty [Knightswood win on PK]
South Challenge Cup, R3:
St Roch’s (W1) [2 – 1] Crossgates Primrose (E1)
South Challenge Cup, R4:
Caledonian Braves (LL) [2 – 2] Cowdenbeath (LL) [Braves win on PK]
Cumbernauld United (W1) [4 – 2] Beith (WP) Upset
Dundonald Bluebell (EP) [2 – 3] Greenock (W2) Upset
Glenafton Athletic (WP) [3 – 2] Johnstone Burgh (WP)
Haddington Athletic (W3) [7 – 0] Glasgow United (W3)
Kilbirnie Ladeside (W1) [3 – 0] Lochar Thistle (SoS) Upset
Kilwinning Rangers (WP) [1 – 1] Cumnock (WP) [Cumnock win on PK]
Leith Athletic (E1) [1 – 1] Kilsyth Rangers (W2) [Leith win on PK]
Muirkirk (W1) [4 – 3] Auchinleck Talbot (WP) Upset
Neilston (W1) [1 – 0] Largs Thistle (WP) Upset
St Andrews United (EP) [0 – 1] Rutherglen Glencairn (WP)
Shotts Bon Accord (WP) [1 – 2] Renfrew (WP)
Thorn Athletic (W2) [1 – 3] Tranent (LL)
Vale of Clyde (W1) [4 – 1] Hurlford United (WP) Upset
University of Stirling (LL) [10 – 0] Ardeer Thistle (W3) (tomorrow)
105th Emperor’s Cup, semi-finals (tomorrow):
Machida Zelvia [2 – 0] FC Tokyo
Vissel Kobe [2 – 0] Sanfrecce Hiroshima
47th Empress’s Cup, R2:
Match No. 17: Urawa Reds (WE) [4 – 1] Sfida Setagaya (N1)
Match No. 18: Iga Kunoichi Mie (N1) [2 – 1] Otemon Gakuin University (Kansai)
Match No. 19: Viamaterasu Miyazaki (N1) [2 – 3] Nippon Sport Science University SMG Yokohama (N1)
Match No. 20: Red Bull Omiya Ardija (WE) [0 – 0] Diossa Izumo (Chugoku) [Diossa win on PK] Upset
Match No. 21: INAC Kobe Leonessa (WE) [5 – 0] Nihon University (Kanto)
Match No. 22: Shizuoka SSU Bonita (N1) [5 – 1] Yamanashi Gakuin University (Kanto)
Match No. 23: Mynavi Sendai (WE) [1 – 0] Ehime Ladies (N1)
Match No. 24: Albirex Niigata Ladies (WE) [5 – 1] Niigata University of Health and Welfare (Hokushinetsu)
Match No. 25: NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza (WE) [6 – 0] Nippatsu Yokohama Seagulls (N1)
Match No. 26: Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina (WE) [2 – 1] Vonds Ichihara Ladies (Kanto)
Match No. 27: JEF Chiba Ladies (WE) [1 – 3] Harima Albion (N1) Upset
Match No. 28: Elfen Saitama (WE) [0 – 1] JFA Academy Fukushima (Tohoku) Upset
Match No. 29: Cerezo Osaka (WE) [3 – 1] Orca Kamogawa (N1)
Match No. 30: Nojima Stella (WE) [3 – 2] Fujizakura Yamanashi (Kanto)
Match No. 31: Nagano Parceiro (WE) [2 – 1] Bunnys Gunma FC White Star (Kanto)
Match No. 32: Loveridge Nagoya (N1) [2 – 0] Seisa Osa Leia Shonan (Kanto)
Matches 17, 18, 22, 24 and 27 are tomorrow. Match 25 is on November 19th.
Northern Super League final:
AFC Toronto [1 – 2] Vancouver Rise
Grey Cup (tomorrow):
Saskatchewan Roughriders [25 – 17] Montreal Alouettes
Historical matches:
1890/11/15 bye (2nd XI Cup R4)
1930/11/15 Morton 1- 0 Hamilton Academical
1952/11/15 Queen’s Park 2 – 7 Morton
1980/11/15 Morton 2 – 2 Hearts
Cup results of the 1890-91 SFL clubs:
1890/11/15 Rangers 1 – 1 Third Lanark (Glasgow Cup R3 replay)
1890/11/15 Cambuslang 2 – 2 Wanderers (Glasgow Cup R3 Replay)
Ming Dynasty Beer Cans
Lei Xue makes porcelain beer cans inspired by Ming Dynasty ceramics. Source.
Willie O’Ree
Willie O’Ree became the NHL’s first Black player on January 18th, 1958 when he suited up for the Boston Bruins in a game against the Montreal Canadiens. By 1959-60 he was a Kingston Frontenac in the EPHL. But during the 1960 offseason he was transferred from Kingston to the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens, though still a Bruins property. On November 13th, 1960 the Frontenacs visited Hull-Ottawa at the Hull Arena.
First period: goals by Maxwell (Kingston) and O’Ree (Hull-Ottawa);
Second period: goals by O’Ree (Hull-Ottawa) and Locas (Hull-Ottawa);
Third period: goal by Panagabko (Kingston).
Final score: Hull-Ottawa 3 – 2 Kingston
O’Ree’s performance must have impressed the suits because on November 19th he was back up with the Boston Bruins.
Past and future Bruins on the 1960-61 Frontenacs team were Dick Meissner, Carl Boone, Don Blackburn, Orval Tessier, Tommy Williams, coach Harry Sinden, Real Chevrefils, Lorne Ferguson, Gerry Ouellette, Barry Ashbee, Charlie Burns, Ted Green, Jeannot Gilbert, Floyd Hillman, Ed Westfall, Harry Lumley and John Henderson. The Frontenacs’ home rink was the Kingston Memorial Centre on York Street, built in 1950 and still standing.
Willie O’Ree entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018 and recently celebrated his 90th birthday.
Antinomy?
Maroons at Senators, November 11, 1930
The Montreal Maroons and Ottawa Senators opened their 1930-31 seasons with a game at the Ottawa Auditorium, at the intersection of O’Connor and Argyle Streets. The Aud had been built in 1923 to replace Dey’s Arena over beside the Rideau Canal, and it retained a peculiarity of the older rink: semi-circular end boards. Most hockey rinks are playing-card shaped, a rectangle with rounded corners. But the Aud had no flat surfaces behind the goal, making it “a bitch to play defence in” as one old guy told me.
Of the Senators’ sixteen players, nine were from Ottawa itself and two more were from the Ottawa Valley. Ten had played in the Ottawa City Hockey League, which was at the time one of the NHL’s major sources of talent. Bill Beveridge had played for the Shamrocks and the New Edinburghs; Connell for the Cliffsides, St Brigid’s and Gunners; Connor, Grosvenor and Kilrea for the Rideaus; Finnigan for the Montagnards; Kinsella for the Shamrocks and Rideaus; Alex Smith for the Gunners and Rideaus; Starr for the Gunners, St Brigid’s and Shamrocks; and Touhey for the St Brigid’s, Gunners and Montagnards.
Though many Ottawa Senators have gone into the Hockey Hall of Fame, none of them were on the 1930-31 team.
The 1930-31 Maroons squad had fifteen players from Ontario and only three from Quebec. This was Anglophone Montreal’s club; the Habs were for the Francophone fans. Eight Maroons had played in the Montreal City Hockey League: Brydson, Gallagher and Haynes for the Montreal AAA; Roche and Wilcox for the Victorias; Huggins and Kerr for the CPR and AAA; and Boucher for La Casquette. Nels Stewart, Babe Seibert and Hooley Smith are in the Hockey Hall of Fame. For a complete history of the Maroons see William Brown’s The Montreal Maroons: The Forgotten Stanley Cup Champions.
First period: goal by Hec Kilrea (Ottawa).
Second period: goal by Danny Cox (Ottawa).
Third period: no scoring. Three major penalties.
Final Score: Senators 2 – 0 Maroons.
Let’s follow the 1930-31 Montreal Senior Group, which begins play this week. There are five teams: Columbus, Canadiens, Victorias, AAA, and McGill. A double bill is played each Monday night at the Forum:
Game 1, November 13: Columbus 2 – 1 Canadiens
Game 2, November 13: Victorias 1 – 2 AAA
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Umiko
Iida Kodai in Poland
Former HFX Wanderer Iida Kodai has played professionally in Canada, the USA, Australia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Georgia and now Poland with Lipno Stęszew. Source.
Morton host Arbroath. Arbroath are third in the division with 21 points, Morton seventh with 12 points, 9 of them from draws. Morton had only nine draws the entire 2023-24 season. Despite having won only once the Ton are actually 1 point ahead of their point total after 13 matches last year.
Arbroath are doing great, not far off their 2021-22 pace when they had 23 points after 13 games and went on to finish second.
Former Morton man Nacho Novo has been cleared of charges related to driving without a license.
[Morton win 1 – 0 on a goal by Moore.]
The other Championship matches:
Airdrieonians (10th) 1 – 1 Partick Thistle (2nd) (yesterday)
Dunfermline Athletic (4th) [2 – 2] St Johnstone (1st)
Queen’s Park (9th) [2 – 1] Raith Rovers (6th)
Ross County (8th) [3 – 3] Ayr United (5th)
Other matches:
Dinamo Tbilisi II 2 – 1 Meshtakhe (yesterday)
Mito HollyHock [0 – 2] Red Bull Omiya Ardija (tomorrow)
Lipno Stęszew [1 – 0] Wrzesnia
Skeid [5 – 2] Odd
This concludes the OBOS-ligaen schedule. Odd finish mid-table.
Holstein Kiel [1 – 0] Fortuna Dusseldorf (tomorrow)
Broxburn Athletic [2 – 1] Clydebank
Troon [1 – 0] Largs Thistle
Threave Rovers [6 – 1] Greenock
Girvan [1 – 1] Port Glasgow
Golspie Sutherland [4 – 0] Inverness Athletic
West Calder United [3 – 1] Coldstream
Cerezo Osaka [1 – 0] Elfen Saitama (tomorrow)
Atletico Suzuka [0 – 2] Grulla Morioka (tomorrow)
Morton Women [0 – 1] Dryburgh Athletic (tomorrow)
Highland League Cup, R1:
Banks o’ Dee 4 – 1 Deveronvale (yesterday)
Brechin City [3 – 2] Clachnacuddin
Formartine United [6 – 0] Lossiemouth
Forres Mechanics [1 – 2] Brora Rangers
Huntly [2 – 3] Nairn County
Inverurie Loco Works [2 – 2] Buckie Thistle [Locos win on PK]
Keith [0 – 1] Fraserburgh
Turriff United [6 – 0] Rothes
2025-26 UEFA Europa League, league phase, matchday 4:
Midtjylland 3 – 1 Celtic (November 6)
Rangers 0 – 2 Roma (November 6)
2025-26 UEFA Conference League, league phase, matchday 3:
AEK Larnaca 0 – 0 Aberdeen (November 6)
AEK Athens 1 – 1 Shamrock Rovers (November 6)
Shelbourne 0 – 1 Drita (November 6)
2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, league phase, matchday 4:
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 – 0 Gangwon FC (November 4)
Machida Zelvia 1 – 2 Melbourne City (November 4)
Vissel Kobe 1 – 0 Ulsan HD (November 5)
2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, group stage, matchday 4:
Gamba Osaka 1 – 0 Nam Định (November 5)
It’s the Japanese Regional Football Champions League, Round One. Let’s follow Tohoku champion Cobaltore Onagawa.
Cobaltore Onagawa 0 – 3 Tokyo United (yesterday)
Cobaltore Onagawa [1 – 2] Fukuyama City (today)
Cobaltore Onagawa [0 – 1] Basara Hyogo (tomorrow) [Veroskronos Tsuno, J-Lease, Tokyo United and Vonds Ichihara advance to the final round.]
47th Empress’s Cup, R1:
Match No. 1: Sfida Setagaya (N1) [3 – 1] NTV Tokyo Verdy Menina (Kanto)
Match No. 2: Otemon Gakuin University (Kansai) [1 – 0] Shikoku University Eglets (Shikoku)
Match No. 3: Nippon Sport Science University SMG Yokohama (N1) [2 – 0] Veertien Mie Ladies (Tokai)
Match No. 4: Waseda University (Kanto) [0 – 1] Diosa Izumo FC (Chugoku)
Match No. 5: Okayama Yunogo Belle (N1) [0 – 2] Nihon University (Kanto)
Match No. 6: Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi (Chugoku) [0 – 1] Yamanashi Gakuin University (Kanto)
Match No. 7: Ehime FC Ladies (N1) [2 – 1] FC Imabari Ladies (Shikoku)
Match No. 8: Niigata University of Health and Welfare (Hokushinetsu) [1 – 1] Kanagawa University (Kanto) [Niigata win on PK]
Match No. 9: Nippatsu Yokohama FC Seagulls (N1) [5 – 0] Migocarisa Kagoshima (Kyushu)
Match No. 10: Vonds Ichihara FC Ladies (Kanto) [6 – 0] Hokkaido Lilas Consadole (Hokkaido)
Match No. 11: Harima Albion (N1) [3 – 0] Tohoka University Tachibana High School (Tokai)
Match No. 12: Kamimura Gakuen High School (Kyushu) [0 – 7] JFA Academy Fukushima (Tohoku)
Match No. 13: Orca Kamogawa (N1) [4 – 0] Mynavi Sendai Youth (Tohoku)
Match No. 14: Diablo Rosso Hiroshima (Chugoku) [0 – 1] Fujizakura Yamanashi (Kanto)
Match No. 15: Speranza Osaka (N1) [3 – 3] Bunnys Gunma FC White Star (Kanto) [Bunnys win on PK]
Match No. 16: Seisa Osa Leia Shonan (Kanto) [6 – 0] Sakuyo Gakuen High School (Chugoku)
Matches 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 16 are tomorrow.
Northern Super League playoff semi-final, leg 1:
Vancouver Rise 2 – 1 Ottawa Rapid (November 4)
Leg 2:
Ottawa Rapid [2 – 1] Vancouver Rise [3 – 3 on aggregate. Vancouver win on PK]
AFC Toronto [4 – 1] Montreal Roses (tomorrow) [delayed till Monday]
Canadian Premier League playoff final (tomorrow):
Atlético Ottawa [2 – 1] Cavalry [played in a blizzard]
U Sports men’s soccer championship (tomorrow):
Mount Royal [0 – 1] York U [also played in a blizzard]
U Sports women’s soccer championship (tomorrow):
UBC [1 – 2] U de Montréal Carabins [likewise played in a blizzard]
Historical matches:
1890/11/8 Morton 6 – 4 Dumfries Wanderers (Sc Cup R4)
1930/11/8 East Fife 2 – 3 Morton
1952/11/8 Morton 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic
1980/11/8 Partick Thistle 0 – 0 Morton
Cup results of the 1890-91 SFL clubs:
1890/11/8 Cambuslang 4 – 1 Wanderers (protested) (Glasgow Cup R3 replay)
1890/11/8 Our Boys (Dundee) 1 – 3 Celtic (Sc Cup R4)
1890/11/8 Ayr FC 3 – 4 Hearts (Sc Cup R4)
1890/11/8 Airdrieonians 1 – 2 St Mirren (Sc Cup R4)
1890/11/8 Abercorn 8 – 0 Bathgate Rovers (Sc Cup R4)
1890/11/8 Dumbarton 7 – 3 Mossend Swifts (Sc Cup R4)
1890/11/8 Leith Athletic 3 – 1 Vale of Leven (Sc Cup R4)
Le temps de la rentrée
The closing credits of the anime Hisone to Masotan make good use of France Gall’s 1966 recording “Le temps de la rentrée”. Watch.
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