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Parenting, educating, hillwalking and researching stuff. Morton fan and self appointed Morton historian. All good.

Joined June 2012
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Andy Ritchie with THAT goal. @Morton_FC @AberdeenFC
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31st Oct 2015 Joe McKee's thumping strike and Denny Johnstone 's late winner saw Morton beat Dumbarton 2-1 at The Rock. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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31st Oct 2020 Lockdown football in a monsoon at Cappielow saw Morton come from 2-0 down very late on, to beat Ayr United 3-2 thanks to goals from Gary Oliver, Cammy Blues and Lewis Strapp (who also scored an og). @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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31st Oct 1979 To the obvious delight of Arthur Montford, Andy Ritchie scores a late winner against Kilmarnock at Cappielow to give us a 3-2 lead to take to Rugby Park for the 2nd leg of our League Cup Quarter Final tie. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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OTD 31 Oct 1981 Morton 0-2 St Mirren Frank McAvennie in action at Cappielow Late Billy Stark & John McEachran goals, both from Ian Scanlon crosses, won it Andy Ritchie ‘equalised’ with a free kick a minute after Stark’s opener but it was ruled out as free kick was indirect
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30th Oct 1976 Andy Ritchie scores his first goal for Morton. Unfortunately, it was during a 5-1 doing against St. Mirren at Love Street, but things began to change for us after this game. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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30th Oct 2013 Nacho Novo broke from the Morton wall in the final minute, so the referee allowed St. Johnstone to re-take their free-kick, and knock us out of the League Cup Quarter Final. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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30th Oct 2018 Bob McHugh opened the scoring for Morton against Queen of the South at Palmertson. After the home side levelled, Reece Lyon volleyed home the winner. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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30th Oct 2021 The day when the referee added on every last second of Hamilton's timewasting, and Gozie Ugwu headed Morton's equaliser in the 97th minute. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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29th Oct 1994 Rowan Alexander celebrates after heading past John Burridge to give Morton a 1-0 win over Dumbarton at Cappielow. This game marked the home debuts of Janne Lindberg and Marko Rajamaki. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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29th Oct 2016 Goals from Thomas O'Ware and Gary Oliver saw Morton come from 1-0 down to beat Ayr United at Cappielow, after Aidan Nesbitt's effort had been disallowed. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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29th Oct 1988 Morton hosted Dunfermline in a 1st v 3rd clash at Cappielow. Tommy Turner's second half penalty gave us the win. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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My wife has just gotten back from the Hydro - girls’ night out. Says the Manic Street Preachers were excellent. They left Suede early. Very early.
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28th Oct 2023 A late header from George Oakley gave Morton a very welcome 1-0 win (our first win in five games) against Ayr United at Somerset Park. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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28th Oct 2022 Morton made it 13 points from the last 5 games with a 4-0 thumping of I.C.T. under the lights on a Friday night. Scorers were Robbie Muirhead, Grant Gillespie, Cammy Blues and an own goal for the 3rd. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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27th Oct 2017 Morton came from behind twice in Paisley to draw 2-2 with St. Mirren, Andy Murdoch and Gary Harkins the scorers, with all of the goals coming in the 2nd half. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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Had some lad approach me in Tesco yesterday asking if he could “take a photo because of a challenge I lost”. Politely declined. Can these folk not just go and find each other?
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27th Oct 1979 Morton made their third consecutive appearance on Sportscene as they took on Partick Thistle at Firhill. Goals from Jim Holmes, Andy Ritchie, John McNeil and Bobby Thomson gave us a 4-1 win. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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26th Oct 1977 A couple of weeks after beating Hearts 5-3, Morton players leave the field at full time having beaten them again at Cappielow by a score of 2-0, but ultimately going out of the League Cup 3-2 on aggregate. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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26th Oct 2019 A double from Bob McHugh gave Morton a 2-1 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Cappielow. @Chrismcnulty75 @1874_ton
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Ooft - this is going to end up about 7-5 or something.
Celtic did well to keep their defence so tight for the first 2 minutes there.
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