Greenock Morton F.C.

Greenock Morton F.C.

Full name	Greenock Morton Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Ton [1], The Pride of the Clyde
Founded	1874
Ground	Cappielow Park Sinclair Street Greenock (Capacity: 11,612 (5,741 seated))
Chairman	Douglas Rae (since 2001)
Manager	Allan Moore (since 2010)
League	Scottish First Division
2010–11	Scottish First Division, 7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division.^[2] The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton were renamed as Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebrate the links with its home town of Greenock.

The club has a traditional local rivalry with St. Mirren.^[3]

Morton won the Scottish Cup in 1922, and achieved their highest league finish in 1916–17, finishing as runners-up to champions Celtic.

History

19th century

Morton Football Club was established in 1874.^[4] In the early 1870s the popularity of football was growing, with many clubs being established around Scotland. At the club's inaugural meeting, the first recorded words were "that this club be called Morton Football Club".^[4] The true reason for the name 'Morton' remains unclear, though the general consensus is that the club was named after the 'Morton Terrace', a row of houses next to the original playing field, where some of the players lived.^[4] The name would be altered in 1994 to read 'Greenock Morton Football Club', to celebrate the club's links with its hometown.

Morton were one of the founding members of the old Second Division, formed in 1893. They finished 8th in their first season. Morton first gained promotion to the old First Division in 1899–1900, and finished 4th in their first season there.

20th century

Morton's greatest success came when they defeated Rangers 1–0 in the 1922 Scottish Cup Final. Jimmy Gourlay scored the winning goal, direct from a free kick in the 11th minute. Straight after the match Morton boarded a train for Hartlepool to play the local side in a pre-arranged friendly match. The celebrations were delayed until the Wednesday when 10,000 locals turned out at Cappielow Park to celebrate.

Morton have made two other major cup final appearances. On Saturday 17 April 1948, Morton drew 1–1 with Rangers in the Scottish Cup Final.^[5] Morton's goal was a free kick scored by Jimmy White. The match was replayed on Wednesday 21 April. This time Rangers won 1–0 after extra time. The goal was said to be highly controversial because it was claimed that Morton goalkeeper Jimmy Cowan was blinded by the flash of a camera.^[6] These matches were significant because of the huge crowds they attracted. The first match was played in front of 132,629; the replay in front of 133,750, which was, at the time a British record attendance for a midweek match.^[7]

Morton's third and final major cup final to date was in the League Cup and this was played on Saturday 26 October 1963 when Rangers (who Morton have faced in all three final appearances) won by 5 goals to nil^[8](HT: 0–0) in front of 106,000 supporters.

During the Second World War 'guest' players were common at clubs throughout Great Britain. Morton were particularly fortunate in this respect in that two of English football's greatest ever players turned out at Cappielow. Sir Stanley Matthews^[9] and Tommy Lawton^[10] made several guest appearances for Morton. When Morton reached the 1948 Scottish Cup Final both players sent telegrams wishing good luck to their former club. Matthews simply said 'I am delighted to see Morton reach the final of the Scottish Cup'.^{[citation needed]} Lawton's was more expressive, he said 'Memories of happy days during the war at Cappielow compel me to wish the Morton manager & the boys all the best of luck in their cup final at Hampden'.^{[citation needed]}

To date Morton have played in a European Club Competition once. After finishing 6th in Scotland's top division in 1967–68 Morton qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. They were drawn to play Chelsea but were eliminated at the first hurdle after a 5–0 defeat at Stamford Bridge and a 4–3 defeat at Cappielow.^[11]

In 1992–93 Morton lost 3–2 to Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Challenge Cup Final^[12] in front of 7,391 fans. The final was played at Love Street, the home of Morton's arch rivals St. Mirren.

21st century

After experiencing financial problems the team was relegated from the First Division at the end of the 2000–01 season after a 6-year stay and was put into administration. The club's financial problems continued and a second successive relegation followed the next season. In season 2002–03, Morton's first ever season in the Third Division, the club's financial situation was resolved by the takeover by chairman Douglas Rae. Rae appointed John McCormack as manager,^[13] and the team won the Third Division championship at the first attempt, confirming their position with a 1–0 victory over Peterhead in front of a Third Division record crowd of 8,497 people.

After a strong start to the 2003–04 season the team fell away after the turn of the year, and finished in 4th place, well outside the promotion places. This came after being 12 points ahead in the Championship race at the half way stage. This led to unfounded allegations that some players had placed large bets on nearest rivals Airdrie United to win the league, which they eventually did.^{[citation needed]}

Jim McInally was announced as McCormack's successor,^[14] and in his first season as manager the club failed to gain promotion to the First Division by a single point, finishing behind Stranraer in 3rd place.

Morton failed to gain promotion to the First Division during the 2005–06 season. Finishing 2nd was not enough, as the SFL playoffs meant that only the championship-winning team would be promoted automatically. Gretna won the division, so Morton entered play-offs alongside Peterhead (3rd), Partick Thistle (4th), and Stranraer (9th in Division One.) Morton's first play-off match was against Peterhead, and the Greenock side were defeated 1–0 over two legs, the only goal a penalty in the second match at Balmoor.^[15]

The following season, a week after a 9–1 defeat of Forfar Athletic at Cappielow Park,^[16] Morton achieved promotion to the First Division ,^[17] and went on to become Second Division Champions.^[18]

Jim McInally resigned on 11 February 2008^[19] after a run of poor results allowed Morton to slip into 9th place in the First Division and was replaced by Davie Irons, with Derek Collins joining him as Assistant Manager.^[20] Morton battled relegation for most of the season and survived on the final day with a 3–0 victory against Partick Thistle, to avoid the relegation playoff by a single goal. Irons was sacked in September 2009 and replaced October by James Grady, until the end of the season.^[21] Grady was removed from the club in May 2010,^[22] and replaced by Allan Moore.^[23]

Colours

The team's home strip is traditionally a blue and white hooped shirt with white shorts and white socks, though season 2006–2007 saw the team playing a blue and white striped shirt with white shorts and blue socks. Short-lived yet distinctive designs have been used over the years, including sky blue and white stripes in the style of the Argentine national team and even a blue Morton tartan. The away strip tends to vary much more; for the 2003–2004 season it was an all yellow outfit, changing in 2004–2005 to all white, which in turn became the 3rd team strip in 2005–2006, with the special re-issue of the blue Morton tartan strip. The sponsor's logo on the strip is that of Millions, a brand owned by the Club Chairman's confectionery concern, Golden Casket (Greenock) Ltd.^[24]

Stadium

Main article: Cappielow

Cappielow Park

Their stadium is Cappielow Park in Greenock, a ground they have occupied since 1879. Cappielow's etymology is allegedly of Scandinavian origin, although details of this are sketchy. The current capacity is around 11,000, with 5,741 of these being seated. In December 2008, Morton purchased the Reid Kerr sponsored East stand from local rivals St. Mirren for £50,000, to improve the away end at Cappielow.^[25] This would also bring the stadium closer to the 6000 covered seating required to host SPL football.

The area currently behind the western goal (upon which the new stand will be built) is known as the Wee Dublin End, which contains non-backed bench seating, converted from the old terracing that once stood there. The main stand contains plastic bucket seating to replace the old wooden benches that were a fixture of the ground until the late 1990s. The "Cowshed" lies to the north of the pitch; formerly a fully terraced arena for both home and away supporters (complete with segregation fence down the middle), it is now for home supporters only, with much of the frontal terracing removed, and plastic bucket seats occupying its place. Behind the eastern goal is the "Sinclair Street" end, with uncovered terracing.

Supporters

Greenock Morton have several supporters' clubs, based in Greenock and the surrounding towns. The main clubs are The Andy Ritchie Travel Club, The Prince of Wales Travel Club, The Greenock Morton Supporters Club, The Gourock Morton Supporters Club, The Norseman Travel Club and The Spinnaker Hotel Supporters Club;^[26][27]

Rivalries

The club has a local rivalry with St. Mirren, from nearby Paisley, in what is known as the Renfrewshire derby. The two clubs originally had derby rivals in their own locality, with Abercorn playing in Paisley,^[28] while Morton's main rivals were Port Glasgow Athletic, who ceased running a senior team in the Scottish League in 1912. Port Glasgow Athletic even shared Morton's Cappielow ground from 1917 until 1921 when the needs of the war saw their ground compulsorily purchased for housing for the local shipyards.

Morton also have a traditional, although smaller, rivalry with Kilmarnock although this has diminished in recent years due to Killie's long stay in the SPL and Morton's stay in the lower divisions.

League Participations of Greenock Morton

• First Level: 1900–1927, 1929–1933, 1937–1938, 1946–1949, 1950–1952, 1964–1966, 1967–1975, 1978–1983, 1984–1985, 1987–1988

• Second Level: 1893–1900, 1927–1929, 1933–1937, 1938–39, 1949–1950, 1952–1964, 1966–1967, 1975–1978, 1983–1984, 1985–1987, 1988–1994, 1995–2001, 2007–

• Third Level: 1994–1995, 2001–2002, 2003–2007

• Fourth Level: 2002–2003

Honours

• Scottish Cup
  • Winners: 1921–1922, 2011-2012
  • Runners-up: 1947–1948

• Scottish League Cup
  • Runners-up: 1963–1964

• Scottish Challenge Cup
  • Runners-up: 1992–1993

• Scottish Premier Division
  • Runners-up: 1916–1917²

• Scottish First Division
  • Champions: 1949–1950¹, 1963–1964¹, 1966–1967¹, 1977–1978, 1983–1984, 1986–1987
  • Runners-up: 1899–1900¹, 1928–1929¹, 1936–1937¹

• Scottish Second Division
  • Champions: 1994–1995, 2006–2007
  • Runners-up: 2005–2006

• Scottish Third Division
  • Champions: 2002–2003

• Renfrewshire Cup
  • Champions: 51 times

• Great War Shield
  • Champions: 1914

• Southern League Cup
  • Runners-up: 1941-1942

¹ Known as Division II at the time
² Known as Division I at the time

Records

• Best league position – 2nd in First Division (Old) (1916–1917)
• Best Scottish Cup performance – winners (1921–1922)
• Best League Cup performance – runners-up (1963–1964)
• Best Challenge Cup performance – runners-up (1992–1993)
• Victory – 21–0 v Howwood (1886–87 Renfrewshire Cup)
• Defeat – 1–10 v Port Glasgow Athletic (5 May 1894), St. Bernard's (14 October 1933)
• Home attendance – 23,500 v Celtic (1922)
• Goals in one season – Allan McGraw (58 in 1963–1964)
• Most league appearances – Derek Collins (534)
• Most league goals – Allan McGraw (117)

Players

First team squad

As of 4 November 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Dominic Cervi (on loan from Celtic) GK Matthew McGinley GK Colin Stewart DF Grant Evans DF Ross Forsyth (Part-time) DF Andy Graham DF Stuart McCaffrey (Captain) DF Kevin McCann DF Marc Smyth (Vice-captain) MF Fouad Bachirou

No. Position Player MF Darren McGeough MF David O'Brien MF Michael Tidser MF Derek Young FW Archie Campbell FW Paul di Giacomo FW Sean Fitzharris FW Andy Jackson FW Peter MacDonald FW Peter Weatherson

Under 19 squad

Players who have appeared for first team in any competition / friendly match.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Alistair Deans DF Creag Little MF Aidan Fulton MF Declan McDaid MF Conor Ramsay

*Note A: Squad numbers are not used by the Scottish Football League

Appearances (current squad)

Players with over 50 league appearances. Including those with multiple spells at the club.

Most league appearances

Name	Début for club	Games	Goals
Peter Weatherson	2003	273	86
Colin Stewart	2008	69	0
Michael Tidser	2010	52	2

Player records

All statistics are for league games, post-World War II.^[29]

As of 5 November 2011

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Apps	Goals
1	Allan McGraw	1961–66	136	117
2	Andy Ritchie	1976–83	213	100
3	Rowan Alexander	1986–95	310	98
4	Tommy Orr	1946–58	257	86
	Peter Weatherson	2003–present	273	86
6	Eddie Beaton	1956–60	110	83
	Derek Lilley	1991–97 2005–07	232	83
8	Joe Mason	1966–73	186	76
9	Alex Linwood	1951–55	101	72
10	John McNeil	1975–91	328	67

Most appearances

#	Name	Career	Apps
1	Derek Collins	1987–99 2001–05	534
2	David Wylie	1985–99	482
3	Jim Holmes	1976–88	437
4	Davie Hayes	1970–84	353
5	John McNeil	1975–91	328
6	Rowan Alexander	1986–95	310
7	George Anderson	1969–81 1985–87	280
8	Peter Weatherson	2003–present	273
9	Roy Baines	1972–77 1978–83	271
10	Tommy Orr	1946–58	257

Top league goalscorers by season

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Completed seasons only.

Season	Name	Goals	Division
1966-67	Joe Harper	29	First Division
1967-68	Joe Mason	15	Premier League
1968-69	Joe Harper	25	Premier League
1969-70	Billy Osborne	11	Premier League
1970-71	Joe Mason	9	Premier League
1971-72	Donald Gillies	9	Premier League
1972-73	Donald Gillies	14	Premier League
1973-74	Hugh McIlmoyle	8	Premier League
1974-75	John Hazel	6	Premier League
1975-76	John Goldthorpe Ian Harley Richard Sharp	22	First Division
1976-77	Andy Ritchie	22	First Division
1977-78	John Goldthorpe Andy Ritchie	20	First Division
1978-79	Andy Ritchie	22	Premier League
1979-80	Andy Ritchie	19	Premier League
1980-81	Andy Ritchie	8	Premier League
1981-82	Andy Ritchie	6	Premier League
1982-83	James Rooney	7	Premier League
1983-84	John McNeil	17	First Division
1984-85	James Gillespie	5	Premier League
1985–86	John McNeil	14	First Division
1986–87	Rowan Alexander	23	First Division
1987–88	Jimmy Boag	8	Premier League
1988–89	Rowan Alexander	11	First Division
1989–90	Rowan Alexander	11	First Division
1990–91	Dave McCabe	21	First Division
1991–92	Alex Mathie	18	First Division
1992–93	Alex Mathie	13	First Division
1993–94	Rowan Alexander	11	First Division
1994–95	Derek Lilley	16	Second Division
1995–96	Derek Lilley	14	First Division
1996–97	Derek Lilley	15	First Division
1997–98	Warren Hawke	10	First Division
1998–99	Kevin Thomas	9	First Division
1999–2000	Harry Curran	9	First Division
2000–01	Ross Matheson	9	First Division
2001–02	Scott Bannerman	8	Second Division
2002–03	Alex Williams	23	Third Division
2003–04	Peter Weatherson Alex Williams	15	Second Division
2004–05	Chris Millar Peter Weatherson	10	Second Division
2005–06	Derek Lilley	12	Second Division
2006–07	Peter Weatherson	15	Second Division
2007–08	Peter Weatherson	9	First Division
2008–09	Peter Weatherson Brian Wake	9	First Division
2009–10	Peter Weatherson	10	First Division
2010–11	Allan Jenkins	8	First Division
2011–12			First Division

National Player Honours

• 2002–2003 – Alex Williams (SPFA Third Division Player of the Year)
• 1994–1995 – Derek McInnes (SPFA Second Division Player of the Year)
• 1984–1985 – Jim Duffy (SPFA Players' Player of the Year)
• 1978–1979 – Andy Ritchie (SFWA Footballer of the Year)

Notable players

To be included in this list players must have met the following criteria...

• Played over 100 league games for Morton
• Scored in a national Cup final
• Managed the club after playing for them
• Been from a nation outwith the British Isles
• Won full international honours

Stephen Aitken Rowan Alexander George Anderson John Anderson Preben Arentoft Fouad Bachirou Roy Baines Per Bartram Eddie Beaton Carl Bertelsen John Boag Andre Boe Emilio Bottiglieri Karim Boukraa John Boyd David Brcic Charlie Brown Dominic Cervi Gert Christensen Lars Christensen Ian Clinging Derek Collins Jimmy Cowan Craig Coyle Martin Doak Jim Duffy Robert Earnshaw Paul Fenwick Kevin Finlayson John Fowler James Gillespie

Stewart Greacen Bobby Gourlay Jimmy Gourlay James Grady Billy Gray Ryan Harding Joe Harper Paul Hartley Warren Hawke Davie Hayes Atli Thor Hedinsson Willie Hinshelwood Jim Holmes David Hopkin Bobby Houston Jim Hunter Roddy Hutchinson Bjarne Jensen Kai Johansen Dougie Johnstone Joe Jordan Jim Kiernan Carl Kristensen Tommy Lawton Gudgeir Leifsson Derek Lilley Janne Lindberg Alex Linwood Adam Little John Madsen Alan Mahood

John Maisano Marco Maisano Carsten Margaard Joe Mason Stanley Matthews Ally Maxwell Jim McAlister Scott McArthur Steve McCahill Ian McDonald Tom MacGarrity Mark McGhee Allan McGraw David MacGregor Derek McInnes Joe McLaughlin Alex McNab John McNeil Craig McPherson Dave McPherson Parfait Medou-Otye Chris Millar Jimmy Mitchell Flemming Nielsen Leif Nielsen Alex O'Hara Neil Orr Tommy Orr Billy Osborne (Sugar) Erik Paartalu Mark Pickering

Stuart Rafferty Marko Rajamäki Stan Rankin Brian Reid Stu Riddle Andy Ritchie Doug Robertson Jim Rooney Stan Seymour Kenneth Skovdam Bernie Slaven Erik Sørensen Jørn Sørensen Billy Steel Morris Stevenson Hugh Strachan Markus Sukalia Gerry Sweeney Henrik Terkelsen Bobby Thomson Børge Thorup Jim Tolmie Jonathan Toto Tommy Turner Jani Uotinen Peter Weatherson John Whigham David Witteveen David Wylie

For all Greenock Morton players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Greenock Morton F.C. players.

Non-playing staff

Boardroom

Name	Role
Douglas Rae	Chairman
Crawford Rae	Director/Stadium Director
Stuart Duncan	Director
Gillian Donaldson	Chief Executive
Arthur Montford	Hon. Vice-President
Iain D. Brown C.A.	Hon. Vice-President

Management

Name	Role
Allan Moore	Manager
Mark McNally	Assistant Manager
David Wylie	Goalkeeping Coach

Managers

This list does not contain caretaker managers such as David Hopkin or Joe McLaughlin.

George Morell (1904–1908) Bob Cochrane (1908–1927) David Torrance (1928–1931) Bob Cochrane (1931–1934) Jackie Wright (1934–1938) Jimmy Davies (1939–1955) Gibby McKenzie (1955–1957) Jim McIntosh (1957–1960) Hal Stewart (1961–1972) Eric Smith (1972) Hal Stewart (1972–1974) Erik Sørensen (1974–1975) Joe Gilroy (1975–1976) Benny Rooney (1976–1983) Alex Miller (1983)

Tommy McLean (1983–1984) Willie McLean (1984–1985) Allan McGraw (1985–1997) Billy Stark (1997–2000) Ian McCall (2000) Allan Evans (2000–2001) Ally Maxwell (2001) Peter Cormack (2001–2002) Dave McPherson (2002) John McCormack (2002–2004) Jim McInally (2004–2008) Davie Irons (2008–2009) James Grady (2009–2010) Allan Moore (2010–present)

Scottish Cup Record

Morton first entered the Scottish Cup in season 1877/1878, and won it once in 1922. Over the course of Morton's time in the competition has changed format 5 times, to its current format of 8 rounds.

• Between 1970–71 and 2006–07 there were 7 rounds.
• Between 1957/58 and 1969–70 there were 5 rounds plus a preliminary round.
• Between 1954/55 and 1956/57 there were 9 rounds.
• Between 1912/13 and 1953/54 there were 6 rounds.
• Between 1895/96 and 1911/12 there were 5 rounds.

So far Morton have finished the competition in the following rounds, this many times.

• Finals – 2
• Semi-finals – 5
• 1/4 finals – 13

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External links

• Official Website
• Greenock Morton Supporters Trust
• TonTastic Media Archive
• Morton BBC My Club page