Robert Bruce Aeneas Macleod, 3rd Macleod of Cadboll, was MP for Cromartyshire from 1807 to 1812, and Lord Lieutenant of Cromarty from 1794 to 1833. While an undergrad at Glasgow University his trustees bought him Invergordon Castle, formerly held by the Gordons. The Invergordon Museum has Robert’s bust and that of his son Roderick, and is currently in a tussle for Edmé Bouchardon’s bust of Sir John Gordon. Source.

Invergordon is situated north of Inverness on Cromarty Firth, a harbour long favoured by the Royal Navy and the site of the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. Invergordon FC has been around since the 19th Century. They earned promotion from the North Caledonian League to the Highland League this year.

Morton host Dunfermline Athletic. Dunfermline are fifth in the division, 8 points up on tenth-place Morton. Following Kilmarnock’s win on Tuesday Morton are the club with the fewest points in the SPFL.

To find any club worse off that Morton you have to look at tier V. Dunipace in the Lowland League East has 1 point and a -12 goal difference. In the Lowland League West Newton Stewart and Dalbeattie Star each have 1 point with a -24 goal difference.

The last Morton player to score against the Pars was Cameron Blues on April 4th.

Morton have signed striker Zach Robinson, formerly of AFC Wimbledon, Basingstoke, Leatherhead, Woking, Hemel Hempstead, Hampton & Richmond, Dundee and Motherwell. Bobby McLuckie has been loaned out to Peterhead.

Video: The Team That Forgot How To Win.

The other Championship matches:
Stenhousemuir (2nd) 1 – 0 Partick Thistle (3rd) (September 15)
Queen’s Park (9th) 0 – 2 Ayr United (8th) (yesterday)
Livingston (4th) vs Inverness CT (7th)
Partick Thistle (3rd) vs Raith Rovers (2nd)
Stenhousemuir (1st) vs Arbroath (6th)

Other matches:
Clydebank 4 – 2 Caledonian Braves (September 15)
Brora Rangers 7 – 2 Invergordon (September 16)
Auchinleck Talbot 0 – 1 Largs Thistle (September 16) Goal by Sewell.
Jeanfield Swifts 1 – 3 St Andrews United (September 16)
Alouettes 37 – 25 Ti-Cats (yesterday)
Yokohama F Marinos vs Mito HollyHock
Minebea Mitsumi vs Grulla Morioka
ReinMeer Aomori vs Honda FC
Energie Cottbus vs St Pauli
Brommapojkarna vs Göteborg
Dumbarton vs The Spartans
Invergordon vs Turriff United
Largs Thistle vs Johnstone Burgh
Clydebank vs Pollok
St Andrews United vs Thornton Hibs
Craigmark Burntonians vs Greenock Juniors
Elfen Saitama vs Tokyo Verdy Beleza (WE League Cup)
Halifax Tides vs AFC Toronto
BTOP Hokkaido vs Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (tomorrow)
Morton Women vs Stenhousemuir (tomorrow)
HFX Wanderers vs Inter Toronto (tomorrow)

UEFA Europa League, league phase, matchday 1:
Celtic 1 – 3 Ferencváros (September 17)

AFC Champions League Elite, league phase, matchday 1:
Kashima Antlers 7 – 1 Newcastle Jets (September 15)
Daejeon Hana 1 – 0 Kyoto Sanga (September 15)
Gamba Osaka 4 – 1 CAHN (September 15)
Jeonbuk 2 – 1 Kashiwa Reysol (September 16)
Port FC 1 – 2 Vissel Kobe (September 16)

AFC Champions League Two, group stage, matchday 1:
Machida Zelvia 2 – 0 PKR Svay Rieng (September 17)

Scottish Communities Cup, R2 (selected matches):
Dundee North End vs Carluke Rovers
Largs Thistle vs Coupar Angus

Strathclyde Cup, leg 2:
Port Glasgow vs St Patrick’s FP

Caribbean Cup, group B, week 5 (September 17):
Mount Pleasant 1 – 0 Cavalier
Cibao 1 – 2 Portmore United
Mount Pleasant and Portmore United advance.

Men’s Canadian Championship, SF, leg 2:
Forge 1 – 0 Supra (September 15)
CF Montréal 2 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps (September 16)
Forge and CF Montréal advance.

Historical matches:

Scottish Alliance and cups, September 19, 1891:
East Stirlingshire 5 – 2 Ayr
King’s Park 5 – 1 Airdrieonians
Port Glasgow Athletic 5 – 5 Morton
Morton have never played to a 5-all draw in the Scottish League.
St Bernard’s 3 – 2 Kilmarnock
Northern 4 – 3 Thistle (Glasgow Cup R1)
Cathcart 1 – 1 Partick Thistle (Glasgow Cup R1)
Linthouse 7 – 1 Pollokshaws (Glasgow Cup R1)*

Scottish Federation and cups, September 19, 1891:
Arthurlie 3 – 2 Albion Rovers
Clydebank 5 – 2 Wishaw Thistle
Falkirk 1 – 1 Hurlford
Kilmarnock Athletic 7 – 2 Burnbank Swifts
Motherwell 1 – 3 Royal Albert
Linthouse 7 – 1 Pollokshaws (Glasgow Cup R1)*

Ayrshire League, September 19, 1891:
Ayr Parkhouse 4 – 3 Newmilns
Irvine 0 – 8 Monkcastle
Mauchline 3 – 1 Saltcoats Victoria
Stevenston Thistle 6 – 1 Beith

*same match

Morton host Livingston for a Friday nighter on BBC. Livi are fifth in the Championship with 6 points, Morton tenth with 1 point. Morton are on a 14-game winless streak stretching back into last season. They have not scored a second goal in a match since April 11th.

Livi sacked manager Glenn Whelan following that 1 – 0 loss to Stenhousemuir last weekend. Meanwhile Ian Murray continues at Morton.

Where were Morton after five league matches in their relegation year of 2013-14? 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, 7 goals for, 9 goals against, 5 points.

Where were Brechin City after five league matches in their relegation year of 2017-18? 0 wins, 2 draw, 3 losses, 4 goals for, 12 goals against, 2 points.

Livi are managed today by David Martindale, the club’s previous manager. Martindale had been in the job since 2020 but wore out his welcome back in February when it became clear that Livi were about to drop out of the Premiership again. He returns on a temporary basis.

Morton have entered into a cooperation agreement with Renfrew FC of the Lowland League West and have shipped Dean Black, Louie Murphy and Joey O’Toole to them. Dean Black scored one of Morton’s three goals this season.

The last Morton player to score against Livi was Ali Crawford, April 12th, 2025.

[Morton 1 – 4 Livingston. Morton goal by O’Halloran.]

The other Championship matches (tomorrow):
Ayr United (7th) [1 – 3] Inverness CT (9th)
Dunfermline Athletic (6th) [2 – 0] Queen’s Park (8th)
Raith Rovers (3rd) [4 – 0] Arbroath (4th)

League Cup quarter-finals:
Stenhousemuir [0 – 3] Hearts (today)
Ross County [0 – 3] Hibs (tomorrow)
Kilmarnock [1 – 1] Aberdeen (tomorrow) [Aberdeen win on PK]
Rangers [3 – 0] Celtic (Sunday)

Scottish Cup, PR3 (mostly tomorrow):
St Cadoc’s (WoSPrem) [1 – 2] Glasgow University (WoS2) (today) Upset
Kirkintilloch Rob Rob (WoSPrem) [2 – 1] Rutherglen Glencairn (WoSPrem)
Dunbar United (EoSPrem) [1 – 2] Preston Athletic (EoSPrem)
Bonnyton Thistle (WoS1) [3 – 2] Camelon (EoSPrem) Upset
Blackburn United (EoSPrem) [3 – 4] Stonehaven (NoSPrem)
Tayport (Mid) [2 – 1] St Andrews United (EoSPrem)
Penicuik Athletic (EoSPrem) [4 – 3] Whitehill Welfare (EoS1)
Threave Rovers (WoS1) [3 – 1] Dundee North End (Mid) Upset
Drumchapel United (WoSPrem) [0 – 3] Haddington Athletic (EoSPrem)
Benburb (WoSPrem) [0 – 2] Irvine Meadow XI (WoSPrem)

Highland League Cup, preliminary round (tomorrow):
Forres Mechanics [1 – 3] Lossiemouth
Wick Academy [2 – 1] Fraserburgh

Challenge Cup, league phase, matchday 3 (September 8):
Clydebank (3rd) 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic (10th)
Cove Rangers (21st) 6 – 1 Dumbarton (27th)

J League Cup, R1 (September 9):
Nagano Parciero 0 – 0 Mito HollyHock (Mito win on PK)

WE League Cup (Sunday):
Cerezo Osaka [2 – 3] Elfen Saitama

Caribbean Cup, group B, week 4:
Portmore United 0 – 1 Mount Pleasant (September 9)
Salcedo 1 – 1 Cibao (September 10)

West of Scotland League Cup, R1 (selected):
Vale of Clyde [1 – 1] Greenock Juniors [Vale win on PK] (tomorrow)

West of Scotland League Cup, R2 (selected):
Carluke Rovers [3 – 2] Gartcosh United (tomorrow)

Strathclyde Cup final, leg 1:
St Patrick’s FP [0 – 4] Port Glasgow
There are only two clubs in this cup.

Other matches (mostly tomorrow):
Mjallby 1 – 4 Göteborg (September 7)
HFX Wanderers 1 – 3 Cavalry (September 7) HFX goal by Johnston.
Argos 37 – 22 Ti-Cats (September 7)
Mito HollyHock [0 – 1] Kawasaki Frontale
ReinMeer Aomori [1 – 4] Okinawa SV
St Pauli [1 – 0] VfL Wolfsburg
Göteborg [2 – 1] Halmstad
Stranraer [3 – 1] Dumbarton
Clydebank [4 – 0] Largs Thistle
Supra [0 – 2] HFX Wanderers [Goals by Bahamboula and Johnston.]
Calgary Wild [1 – 0] Halifax Tides
Grulla Morioka [1 – 1] Azul Claro Numazu (Sunday)
Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth [8 – 0] Sapporo University Goal Plunderers (Sunday)
Rossvale [6 – 2] Morton Women (Sunday)

Historical matches:

Scottish Alliance, September 12, 1891:
Ayr 5 – 1 Port Glasgow Athletic
Kilmarnock 6 – 1 Airdrieonians
Linthouse 1 – 2 St Bernard’s
Northern 6 – 4 East Stirlingshire
Partick Thistle 2 – 4 Thistle
Morton 8 – 1 Kilbirnie (Sc Cup PR1 replay)

Scottish Federation, September 12, 1891:
Albion Rovers 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Athletic
Burnbank Swifts 3 – 3 Hurlford
Clydebank 3 – 1 Royal Albert
Falkirk 3 – 2 Glasgow Wanderers
Pollokshaws 2 – 1 Wishaw Thistle
Arthurlie 3 – 1 Beith (Sc Cup PR1 replay)*

Ayrshire League, September 12, 1891:
Annbank 11 – 1 Irvine
Ayr Parkhouse 5 – 1 Stevenston Thistle
Saltcoats Victoria 1 – 2 Newmilns
Arthurlie 3 – 1 Beith (Sc Cup PR1 replay)*

*same match