Toby

Erik Paartalu. Admittedly his career after Morton was in Australia and Asia, but if you’d told me when he was with us that he’d end up getting capped by Australia I’d never have believed it.

Who were the sectarian bigots who hounded Jim McInally out of Cappielow for being a Catholic?

It's one of the highlights of the season today as the draw for the Third Round of the Scottish Cup takes place at 6pm on the Scottish Cup social media channels, and of course, this is the point that Morton enter the competition along with the other Championship teams and the League One teams, with the League Two sides entering yesterday's Second Round and only Clyde (lol) and East Kilbride having fallen by the wayside so far. With the Third Round due to take place on the weekend of the 29th November (there'll be a game on BBC Scotland, presumably on the 28th), our potential opponents are below: Championship and League One All teams enter at this stage League Two Annan Athletic, Dumbarton, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Stirling Albion, Stranraer, The Spartans. Highland League Banks O' Dee, Brechin City, Buckie Thistle, Clachnacuddin, Turriff United. Lowland League Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Clydebank, Linlithgow Rose, Tranent. East of Scotland Premier Division Camelon Juniors. West of Scotland Premier Division Auchinleck Talbot. West of Scotland First Division Benburb. While at this stage, the preference for me is always an away trip somehere obsure, there are slim pickings for a decent day out, with only Banks O' Dee remaining for me to tick off though I dare say others will have a few they may fancy getting to. I'd happily go back to Buckie, Clach, Tranent or Camelon, while Bonnyrigg, Linlithgow or Auchinleck would be decent enough days out, though fraught with danger. I wouldn't mind anyone in League Two away with the exception of Dumbarton, with Elgin being the pick of the bunch, while in League One, Montrose away's one of the more desirable trips. Anyone got any preferences before we draw Dunfermline at East End Park and exit the tournament with a whimper?

Each month.

I checked this with the rest of the board before replying- there have been additional payments of £1000 for the months of July, August and September due to increased membership and interest increased contributions from existing members. Apologies for the lack of updates, there will be more formal comms in the near future which will cover this and a number of other issues relating to MCT since the new board was set up. Thanks of course to everyone who contributes and to those who have recently joined or increased their contributions.

Jaze Kabia scores the winner for League Two shock troops Grimsby Town in Sheffield Wednesday’s last ever League Cup match before they do a Rangers.

Looking at the international fixtures, there. We play Partick at home on the weekend of the next international break. Can see that being moved to a midweek with their game against Queen’s Park at the weekend there being called off for international call ups.

Jack Iredale has been called up to the Australia squad.

Great bunch of lads.

Looks like I fucked that rant up, then.

An “early bird” offer for hospitality for a game which takes place five days from now is an absolute belter. Almost as if nobody bothered their hoop trying to market it weeks ago.

Saw it mentioned on the match thread, but I hope that John McMaster in particular is never welcomed back to Cappielow as a guest. Joe Harper was at least somewhat balanced in his pre-match social media message, and I went away to talk to my mates who were smoking on the embankment at half time behind the shed so missed them both making a bee line for the Aberdeen fans before apparently being dragged towards the shed by Gherry. McMaster’s always struck me as a bit of a weirdo anyway, and the “Gothenburg Great” Twitter handle and book title strikes me as the attitude of a total egotist- the public decide if you’re a “great”, not you. But the carry on of “ah luv baeth clubs but ah hope we hump yeez” can get in the fucking bin. We platformed that guy for a week just so he could lord up the attention of the Aberdeen fans. When playing a cup tie against superior opposition we should be doing everything in our power to turn it into as intimidating a cauldron as possible, not making it akin to a testimonial.

I didn’t say they are charging different prices for home and away fans, but they’re charging their own fans the same as us for vastly superior facilities in the other two stands, and £2 more than we charge for similarly Dickensian ones at Cappielow. It should also be noted that they could accommodate our support in those two stands without impacting the home support, but choose not to. My point is that while we couldn’t do that when they visit, we could offset the impact on Morton fans by offering a multi-match deal which could save them a few quid while also potentially growing the crowd at two games.

I note that it’s £24 into Partick’s shit pit, fire hazard of a stand tomorrow. Would really like to see a bit of tit-for-tat with them if they think it’s okay to charge our fans so much. You can’t charge home and away fans different prices, but I’d like to see £24 across the board for their next visit to Cappielow, with the option to buy a ticket for that match and the home game that follows it for £40 in total. Would that be a way we could behave like complete dicks towards them and get away with it?

I don’t think he’s ever said anything to offend anyone, but the point about him rolling about the pitch is valid. His nonsense in Inverness’s 2-0 win at Cappielow that ended the long unbeaten run was extremely frustrating, but we’re all happy enough when the shoe’s on the other foot. ”Rat cunt” might be a bit extreme, though. Until he signs for Partick, at least.