AyrshireTon Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 August 18th - 1954 - Morton 5-2 Arbroath (Gourlay, Linwood 2, Lewis, Orr) League Cup group stage. 1951 - Celtic 2-0 Morton League Cup group stage. 1948 - Morton 2-1 Partick Thistle (Orr pen, Farquhar) 1945 - Motherwell 2-1 Morton Scottish Southern League 1934 - East Fife 1-0 Morton 1931 - Rangers 7-3 Morton (Black 2, Banks) 1928 - Armadale 1-3 Morton 1923 - St. Mirren 3-1 Morton (Buchanan) 1920 - Ayr United 0-2 Morton (Thom, Stevenson) 1917 - Partick Thistle 3-3 Morton (Gourlay, Lister, Seymour pen) 1906 - Morton 3-0 Queen's Park 1900 - Morton 2-3 Celtic (J Oswald, Pearson) Other sources list two different scorers, the report below has Pearson scoring both. And we let Provost Black take the kick-off - "under a burning sun". McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinwoodTON Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 AT, was there any relationship between the Gourlay of the 20's and the Gourlay of the 50's? <span style='font-size: 14px;'><em class='bbc'>"That LinwoodTon's a c*nt, eh?"</em></span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 AT, was there any relationship between the Gourlay of the 20's and the Gourlay of the 50's? I've often wondered that. Jimmy Gourlay's dad (also Jimmy) and uncle played football for Annbank, as did his brother. Can't find any link between him and the Robert Gourlay of the 50s, but there is mention of "other football relatives" of Jimmy Snr, but without mentioning names. McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinwoodTON Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 I've often wondered that. Jimmy Gourlay's dad (also Jimmy) and uncle played football for Annbank, as did his brother. Can't find any link between him and the Robert Gourlay of the 50s, but there is mention of "other football relatives" of Jimmy Snr, but without mentioning names. I found this article. Doesn't link them either but it's an interesting wee read all the same. http://www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-history-news-and-blog/more-double-trouble-the-two-james-gourlays-of-cambuslang <span style='font-size: 14px;'><em class='bbc'>"That LinwoodTon's a c*nt, eh?"</em></span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 I found this article. Doesn't link them either but it's an interesting wee read all the same. http://www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-history-news-and-blog/more-double-trouble-the-two-james-gourlays-of-cambuslang Yes - that's the one. McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El gofer Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Jimmy Gourlay was first team coach in the 50s wasn't he? 20.1.09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Jimmy Gourlay was first team coach in the 50s wasn't he? An Everton article says he was Trainer at Morton until 1959 when he retired. That would likely mean coach, although "trainer" used to also mean the physio. Edit - link https://www.toffeeweb.com/season/16-17/comment/history/33874.html McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 19th August - 2017 - Morton 1-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Thomson) http://youtu.be/d6tgEiMhVJQ 2014 - Morton 5-2 Berwick Rangers (J McCluskey, O'Ware, McManus 3) League Challenge Cup. http://youtu.be/XX6wOc1ahaI 2006 - Morton 0-0 Ayr United McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 19th August - 2000 - Morton 2-0 Alloa Athletic (Whalen, McDonald) http://youtu.be/F9TBl2sm3ZM 1995 - Rangers 3-0 Morton League Cup. http://youtu.be/TaSK5Jlxb_8 1989 - Morton 0-1 Clyde 1987 - Morton 1-5 Clyde (J Robertson) League Cup. After three straight League defeats in the Premier, this was the chance to find form against lower league opposition. Instead we got this disgrace as Willie Watters ran riot in the second half. 1981 - Morton 2-0 Raith Rovers (Rooney pen, Thomson) League Cup group stage. 1978 - Aberdeen 3-1 Morton (Ritchie) 1972 - Cowdenbeath 1-0 Morton League Cup group stage. 1970 - Morton 3-2 Dunfermline (Campbell og, Hannigan) 1967 - Morton 6-0 Dumbarton (Bartram 2, 1 pen, Sweeney 2, Taylor 2) League Cup group stage. 1964 - Morton 3-2 Dundee (McBeth, Bertelsen 2) 1961 - East Stirlingshire 4-1 Morton (Cowie pen) League Cup group stage. 1959 - East Stirlingshire 3-1 Morton (Pearson) McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoTon Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 A fairly extensive report for a game on Aug 19, 1944 from my dad's diary:1st League Trophy match, at Cappielow ParkMorton (2)3 - 2(1) HibernianScorers: Lindsay, Whyte, Kelly. Team: Johnstone, Higgins, Highet, Campbell, Aird, Whyte, Crum, Garth, Lindsay, Walsh, Kelly. The UG Pipe & Drum band entertained and the Morton team had their pictures taken before the game. Morton kicked toward Port Glasgow in the 1st half. Hibs were on the offensive at the start and Johnstone had to move to prevent a run-through score on more than one occasion. Lindsay received and brought up a well-placed lob but had to shoot from too far for effect. A long effort from Heane for Hibs was tipped over the bar and followed up by an ineffective corner from Caskie. The first goal came on 8 minutes when Kelly outmanoeuvered Shaw and sent a spinning cross into the goalmouth that Hibs keeper Downie failed to grasp. LINDSAY for the 'Ton bulged the top of the net with his shot from two yards out! Hibs soon equalized when Caskie got away and sent a well-placed through-pass to a poorly-marked Rogers who raced through and scored with a low shot to the left-hand corner, Johnstone unable to reach it. The Hibs inside trio now had many chances but they missed 'em rather badly, and no second chances, Johnstone safe in the Morton goal. End-to-end play followed with Crum and Lindsay missing narrowly for Morton. Baxter started fouling for Hibs, and one of those fouls led to Morton re-taking the lead, when WHITE's free kick just outside the area was diverted into the goal off a Hibs defender that was part of the 'barrier' (defensive wall). Morton started the 2nd half strongly and had tough luck in their finishing. Hibs retaliated strongly but the Morton defence was always there. The best Hibs player in this period was Smith, and it was one of his crosses that almost sneaked in off Campbell, Johnstone having to smother quickly. The Morton forward line had now attained better understanding, and Crum and Garth had nice tries before Lindsay received a ball from the Morton half, beat 2 men and had his shot blocked. However the ball then diverted to KELLY who raced in and sent in a special of his from almost on the goal-line. 3-1 to the 'Ton! Hibs returned very strongly and both goals had further narrow escapes before the game's last goal came to Hibs. Gordon Smith broke away and sent in a long cross which Johnstone could not prevent going to Caskie, who lifted it to head height for Bogan to score with a header to the top-left corner. Further desperate play led to nothing, and the final whistle blew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 August 19th - 1950 - Morton 0-2 Aberdeen League Cup group stage. 1944 - Morton 3-2 Hibernian (Lindsay, Whyte, Kelly) Scottish Southern League. 1939 - Morton 3-0 East Stirlingshire Our only win of the season. 1933 - Morton 3-0 Edinburgh City 1922 - Morton 2-0 Motherwell (French 2) 1919 - Clyde 4-2 Morton (Seymour, French) Played at Celtic Park. 1916 - Morton 3-2 Heart of Midlothian (Paterson, Stevenson, Buchanan) 1911 - Rangers 6-1 Morton (O'Hagan) 1905 - Queen's Park 2-3 Morton (Reid 2, Walker) 1899 - Morton 3-2 Abercorn 1893 - Morton 2-3 Partick Thistle Apologies for the poor quality of this report. Edited to add scorers from torontobee' post. McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 August 20th - 2016 - Morton 1-1 Dumbarton (Oyenuga) Clip is long - Dumbarton's calamity of a goal is at at around 2.14, ours is at 4.30. http://youtu.be/Vju5UCjQ0vU 2011 - Raith Rovers 1-1 Morton (Di Giacomo) 2005 - Morton 1-0 Forfar (og) 1997 - Motherwell 3-0 Morton League Cup. Fairly sure it was an Owen Coyle hat-trick that night. 1994 - Meadowbank 0-1 Morton (Lilley pen) A late penalty gave us a barely deserved win at the Commonwealth Stadium. 1988 - Airdrieonians 1-1 Morton (Turner) 1986 - Morton 2-5 Dundee a.e.t (Alexander, Turner) League Cup - we were 2-1 up at one stage. 1983 - Meadowbank 1-4 Morton (Rooney 2, Duffy, McNeil) Jim Duffy's first goal for Morton. 1980 - Morton 0-2 Ayr United League Cup (agg score 2-3) 1977 - Morton 4-2 Alloa Athletic (Goldthorp 2, McGhee Ritchie pen) 1975 - Stranraer 2-1 Morton (Harley) League Cup group stage. 1969 - Dundee United 0-2 Morton (Gallagher, Harper) League Cup group stage. McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 August 20th - 1966 - Arbroath 0-0 Morton League Cup group stage. 1960 - Dumbarton 1-3 Morton (Collings) League Cup group stage. 1955 - Morton 7-1 Brechin City (McGhee 3, Fleming 3, Gibson) League Cup group stage. Wikipedia has Jimmy McGhee scoring only 2 goals for Morton. He got at least one more that season too. 1949 - Alloa Athletic 0-4 Morton League Cup group stage. 1938 - Morton 2-1 Dundee 1932 - Morton 2-2 Cowdenbeath (Keyes 2) 1927 - Morton 1-2 Third Lanark 1924 - Falkirk 3-0 Morton 1921 - Partick Thistle 3-2 Morton (McNab, Gourlay) 1910 - Morton 1-1 Partick Thistle (Gracie) 1904 - Morton 1-0 Port Glasgow Athletic (Reid) 1898 - Hamilton 3-2 Morton (Henderson, Hunter) First game of the season. The league table below seems to have no rhyme or reason to it, except for putting the Paisley club at the bottom. McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 August 21st - 2015 - Morton 0-0 St. Mirren First league derby in years, live on BBC Alba. Should have beaten them. Morton game starts at 4:11 in this clip. http://youtu.be/8j4g8vrkGt4 2010 - Morton 2-0 Partick Thistle (Kean, Tidser) http://youtu.be/AmHBu5fHRnI 2004 - Dumbarton 0-3 Morton (J Walker, Weatherson, Greacen) Four months after the shame game at the same ground. McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 August 21st - 1999 - Dunfermline 2-1 Morton (Wright) http://youtu.be/rvw_tt5Af_Q 1993 - St. Mirren 2-2 Morton (Doak, Donaghy) Two minutes from a win, Wylie handled outside the box and they stuck away the free-kick. And the scorer even credited Andy Ritchie with showing him how to hit them. 1991 - Morton 2-4 Celtic (McInnes, Ogg) League Cup. Goals in this clip starting at 1:16. http://youtu.be/1CWOuyCMBfg 1990 - Motherwell 4-3 Morton (Hopkin 2, Fowler pen) League Cup. A travesty. Behind whilst many of us were still coming into the ground, we got level before the break. Hopkin later gave us the lead with a scorcher of a free kick. It was 2-2 in injury time when Rowan Alexander scored into the postage stamp from the edge of the box. The #scenes were stopped by an offside flag (not against Alexander) which brought McGraw out onto the pitch to lecture the referee after full time. A penalty each in extra time saw us minutes away from a shoot-out when they scored a low header. 1985 - Morton 2-2 Dunfermline a.e.t (Robertson, Anderson) Morton won 4-3 on penalties. League Cup. 1984 - Meadowbank 2-1 Morton (McNeil pen) League Cup. 1982 - Morton 4-1 Dundee (Rooney, Cochrane, Ritchie, Docherty) League Cup group stage) 1977 - Morton 7-1 Cowdenbeath (McGhee 3, Evans, Holmes, Goldthorp, Brown) League Cup group stage. McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 August 21st - 1974 - Aberdeen 4-0 Morton League Cup group stage. 1971 - Rangers 2-0 Morton League Cup group stage. 1965 - Morton 2-4 Hibernian (Sorensen, McGraw) League Cup group stage. 1963 - Stranraer 1-3 Morton (McGraw, Wilson, Stevenson) 1957 - Hamilton 1-1 Morton (Gourlay) 1954 - Morton 3-0 Alloa Athletic (Lewis 2, Orr) League Cup group stage. 1948 - St. Mirren 2-1 Morton (Liddell) McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 August 21st - 1946 - Third Lanark 1-4 Morton (McInnes 2, Neil 2) 1943 - Celtic 2-0 Morton Scottish Southern League. 1937 - Celtic 4-0 Morton 1926 - Partick Thistle 4-5 Morton (Dunlop , Brown, Haddow 3) 1920 - Morton 9-2 Kilmarnock (French 4, Thom 2, McNab 2, Gourlay) 1915 - Partick Thistle 3-2 Morton (Stevenson, McLaughlin) 1909 - Hamilton 2-2 Morton (Smith, Lindsay) McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 August 22nd - 2012 - Morton 0-2 Aberdeen League Cup 2009 - Ayr United 0-2 Morton (Weatherson 2) 1998 - Morton 1-2 Hamilton (Fenwick) 1992 - Morton 0-1 St. Mirren Some more great defending...... http://youtu.be/osvdQKVxusA 1987 - Morton 3-3 Hibernian (Clinging, McMaster, Jimmy Boag) Our first Premier League point under McGraw. From the re-start after we scored Mickey Weir skinned Jim Holmes and equalised. Fight in the Cowshed after a number of guys who clearly were not locals had entered at Sinclair Street. Much scenes when Jimmy Boag stuck the equaliser past Alan Rough, who had gotten dog's abuse from the fans behind the goal. 1981 - Rangers 1-0 Morton League Cup group stage. 1973 - Morton 1-0 Dumbarton (McIlmoyle) League Cup group stage. 1970 - Motherwell 0-2 Morton (O'Neil, Hannigan) League Cup group stage. 1964 - Dumbarton 1-1 Morton (Bertelsen) League Cup group stage. 1962 - Morton 3-2 Stirling Albion (Robertson 2, McGraw) 1959 - Morton 0-1 Alloa Athletic League Cup group stage. 1956 - Morton 4-3 Arbroath (Gordon, Beaton 2, Simpson) 1953 - Dundee United 2-2 Morton (Gourlay 2) League Cup group stage. 1942 - Third Lanark 2-2 Morton Scottish Southern League. McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 August 22nd - 1936 - Morton 3-0 East Stirlingshire 1931 - Morton 1-2 Heart of Midlothian (Black) Great name for a striker in the Hearts team. 1925 - Morton 1-1 Partick Thistle (French) 1923 - Third Lanark 0-2 Morton (Leslie, Buchanan) 1914 - Third Lanark 3-3 Morton (Buchanan 2, Seymour) 1908 - Aberdeen 2-0 Morton 1903 - Morton 4-2 Kilmarnock 1896 - Partick Thistle 2-2 Morton McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Toon Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 AT I know it's been said before but you do a fantastic job on this thread and it is very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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