centralTons' Greenock Morton thread

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EverGer said:
I'm originally from Greenock. Not a fan of Morton but surprised to see a thread about them on here!
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I'm originally from Greenock, though I've not lived there for 45 years. Been going to Cappielow since 1966 with my Dad and Granda and even though we moved in 1969, I continued going to the games whenever I could.
One of the biggest problems for most provincial clubs in Scotland are the busloads of Old Firm fans who leave towns all over the country to go to Ibrox or Celtic park (safe to say you're a Rangers fan?). I'm not the sort of fan who thinks that everyone should support their local club, but you can see how it affects smaller clubs financially.

Mikey, Rowan Vine hasn't exactly set the heather on fire in his first two games, but did look a lot better on Saturday when O'Connor was substituted.

p.s. stuck £20 on a horse called Fitzgerald yesterday, won @ 11/8 :D
 
centralTon said:
I'm originally from Greenock, though I've not lived there for 45 years. Been going to Cappielow since 1966 with my Dad and Granda and even though we moved in 1969, I continued going to the games whenever I could.
One of the biggest problems for most provincial clubs in Scotland are the busloads of Old Firm fans who leave towns all over the country to go to Ibrox or Celtic park (safe to say you're a Rangers fan?). I'm not the sort of fan who thinks that everyone should support their local club, but you can see how it affects smaller clubs financially.

Mikey, Rowan Vine hasn't exactly set the heather on fire in his first two games, but did look a lot better on Saturday when O'Connor was substituted.

p.s. stuck £20 on a horse called Fitzgerald yesterday, won @ 11/8 :D
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Always hated greenock as a place so wasn't into the football team either. My dad's side of the family were Rangers fans so fell into that the same way as my mums lot being big Everton fans led me to support the mighty blues.
 
centralTon said:
I'm originally from Greenock, though I've not lived there for 45 years. Been going to Cappielow since 1966 with my Dad and Granda and even though we moved in 1969, I continued going to the games whenever I could.
One of the biggest problems for most provincial clubs in Scotland are the busloads of Old Firm fans who leave towns all over the country to go to Ibrox or Celtic park (safe to say you're a Rangers fan?). I'm not the sort of fan who thinks that everyone should support their local club, but you can see how it affects smaller clubs financially.

Mikey, Rowan Vine hasn't exactly set the heather on fire in his first two games, but did look a lot better on Saturday when O'Connor was substituted.

p.s. stuck £20 on a horse called Fitzgerald yesterday, won @ 11/8 :D
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HaHa!

Good stuff!

Luck of the Irish ;)
 
EverGer said:
Always hated greenock as a place so wasn't into the football team either. My dad's side of the family were Rangers fans so fell into that the same way as my mums lot being big Everton fans led me to support the mighty blues.
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Totally understand mate, my son was born in Falkirk, but is Morton daft because I've been taking him since he was a kid. It's how these things work.
Still trying to convince him to come down to Goodison for a game, but he hates to miss Morton playing. He has seen Everton play up here though.
 
centralTon said:
Totally understand mate, my son was born in Falkirk, but is Morton daft because I've been taking him since he was a kid. It's how these things work.
Still trying to convince him to come down to Goodison for a game, but he hates to miss Morton playing. He has seen Everton play up here though.
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Was at Goodison in December for the Fulham game which was good. Been a while since I had made a game.
 
Top of the league Dundee 2-0 Bottom of the league Morton.

No real surprise here as Dundee were the favourites to win the league at the start of the season anyway. Sore one that our top goalscorer from last season and deemed not good enough to be offered a new contract, scored Dundee's 2nd goal. For the few Morton fans who thought we might get something from this game...you need to up your medication.
 
Toffee tycoon Douglas Rae looks like having a lot to chew over in the next few weeks.
That's got nothing to do with the confectionery business from which he's made millions. His current concerns centre on another of his labours of love, Morton Football Club, where life at the moment is anything but sweet.
In March last year, the Greenock club were on the brink of promotion to the Premiership, losing out eventually to Partick Thistle.
Twelve months on, Morton are careering in the opposite direction. Relegation to League One seems a grim certainty.
And just as dramatic as the transformation in their fortunes are the changes that 82-year-old club chairman Rae will soon have to contemplate.
He won't want to reassess right now, being an eternal optimist who still hopes a football miracle might be possible.
But, pretty soon, the veteran businessman will have no choice but to confront Morton's slide down the rankings and the inevitable implications.
Will the club go part-time? Nobody wants that, but there might be no alternative if the club are to cope with a further fall in income.
There would be a stigma for some about losing full-time status. But, when you cast your eye over the Championship placings, maybe it's the right way to go.
Teams like Alloa and Dumbarton operate on a part-time basis and they've picked up more than double the Morton points total so far.
The other big question mark in the event of relegation would hang over the future of manager Kenny Shiels - which seems harsh since he's barely in the door.
He took over just before Christmas and, as I write, has won only one of the 10 games in which he's been in charge.
If that sounds a poor record, you would have to remember that Morton had won only four matches in the five months before that.
However, one of those wins was maybe the biggest shock of the season. Allan Moore's team went to Celtic Park in September and knocked out the Scottish League Cup favourites.
It's a real head-scratcher to try to work out how a team that can beat Celtic is struggling so badly at a much lower level.
The team that went so close to promotion last season lost Michael Tidser, Peter MacDonald and Peter Weatherson, to name but three. A trio who banged in a lot of goals.
And, despite an early-season morale-boosting Renfrewshire Cup-winning defeat of St Mirren and that memorable night at Celtic Park, it's lack of goals that has been Morton's main problem.
Defensively, they haven't been losing too many. They just haven't been finding the net often enough.
When I watched them recently at home to Cowdenbeath , their front four were loan Ranger Barrie McKay and three players with top-flight experience in Dougie Imrie, Rowan Vine and Garry O'Connor.
An attack that looked good on paper produced only one genuine goal-scoring chance in 90 minutes.
Was Shiels the right choice for the quick fix Morton needed at the turn of the year?
He was hardly going to turn down the job offer, but he's a manager who likes to build something long-term at a club.
It would be good to think he'll get that chance at Morton, but that's a decision for his chairman to mull over in the coming weeks.
The future of the club is all-important.
I sat at Cappielow a few weeks back and looked around a lovely old football ground that holds so many memories. Greenock is a real football place. It deserves a team to match.
(Rob McLean, BBC)
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On paper that front 4's better than a lot of SPL teams, I'm amazed that King Kenny hasn't at least gave you a fighting chance of staying up.
 
EFC David said:
On paper that front 4's better than a lot of SPL teams, I'm amazed that King Kenny hasn't at least gave you a fighting chance of staying up.
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Read that article earlier, pretty spot on. Totally agree about the front 4, but for some strange reason it just hasn't clicked.
I realise that arithmetically we can still stay up, however, it's a massive task facing the club and I'm not hopeful at all. Still, some great away days to look forward to next season.
 
Raith 2-1 Morton

Started off well and scored a screamer through Rowan Vine. Game seemed to be going our way until a bizzare decision by the ref to award Raith a penalty for a tackle a yard outside the box. Players surrounded ref to show him where the tackle actually took place, but he was having none of it. Lost heart and a second goal after the penalty incident.

Going for a few beers to cheer myself up.
 
EFC David said:
Will king Kenny get the chance to lead you back to the first division?
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To be honest David, it's not really worked out for him, or us. We were the better team today, Vine was outstanding, scored a cracker, but the poor penalty decision really threw us.

I realise we'll miss out on the big bucks of Rangers and Hearts next season, but would like to think that we'd win that division at the first attempt, otherwise, I think we're fecked. :confused:
 
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