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2017–18 Greenock Morton F.C. season

Season 2017–18 saw Greenock Morton compete in the Scottish Championship the second tier of Scottish football, having finished fourth in 2016-17. Morton also competed in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Greenock Morton
2017-18 season
ChairmanDouglas Rae
ManagerJim Duffy
StadiumCappielow Park
ChampionshipSeventh Place
League CupGroup stage
Challenge CupFirst round
Scottish CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Gary Harkins (8)
All: Gary Harkins & Bob McHugh (8)
Highest home attendance4,661 v St Mirren, Championship, 12 August 2017
Lowest home attendance1,036 v Livingston, Challenge Cup, 15 August 2017
Average home league attendance1,985

Fixtures and results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Pre–Season edit

1 July 2017 Friendly Stenhousemuir 0 – 3 Greenock Morton Stenhousemuir
14:00 Report McHugh   39'
Thomson   59'
Armour   70'		 Stadium: Ochilview Park
Referee: Stephen Finnie
8 July 2017 Friendly Turriff United 1 – 6 Greenock Morton Turriff
15:00 Miller   81' Report Thomson   19'
McHugh   30', 37', 53'
Tidser   67 pen.'
Tiffoney   83'		 Stadium: The Haughs
Referee: Liam Duncan

Scottish Championship edit

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Championship
5 August 2017 1 Dumbarton 0 – 0 Greenock Morton Dumbarton
15:00 Report Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,161
Referee: Steven Kirkland
12 August 2017 2 Greenock Morton 4 – 1 St Mirren Greenock
15:00 Tidser   26 pen.', 50 pen.'
McHugh   72'
Murdoch   77'		 Report Smith   41' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 4,661
Referee: Willie Collum
19 August 2017 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Greenock Morton Inverness
15:00 Warren   19' Report Thomson   51' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,202
Referee: Stephen Finnie
26 August 2017 4 Greenock Morton 1 – 0 Livingston Greenock
15:00 Report Danny Mullen   60' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,599
Referee: Euan Anderson
9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 5 Greenock Morton 3 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Greenock
15:00 Thomson   46'
Harkins   73'
Quitongo   90+3'		 Report Cardle   9'
Higginbotham   33 pen.'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,918
Referee: Kevin Clancy
16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 6 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Greenock Morton Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle   21' Report Forbes   16'
Quitongo   20'		 Attendance: 1,725
Referee: Newlands
Man of the Match: Lyle
23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 7 Dundee United 2 – 1 Greenock Morton Tannadice Park
15:00 Keatings   65'
McDonald   83'		 Report McHugh   75' Attendance: 5,569
Referee: Alan Muir
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 8 Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Greenock
15:00 Lamie   90' Report McKee   62' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,992
Referee: John McKendrick
14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 9 Brechin City 0 – 1 Greenock Morton Brechin
15:00 Report Murdoch   81' Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 624
Referee: Colin Steven
21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 10 Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Dumbarton Greenock
15:00 McHugh   50' Report Stewart   5' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,428
Referee: Barry Cook
28 October 2017 11 St Mirren 2 – 2 Greenock Morton St Mirren Park
15:00 McShane   66' (pen)
Reilly   72',   83'
Buchanan   78'		 BBC Report O'Ware   64'
Doyle   66'
Forbes   66'
Murdoch   68'
Harkins   79 pen.'
Oliver   90+2'		 Attendance: 5,496
Referee: Steven McLean
4 November 2017 12 Greenock Morton 1 – 2 Queen of the South Greenock
15:00 Harkins   7 pen.' Report Dobbie   41',   43'
Fordyce   47'
McFadden   63'
Jacobs   73'		 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,677
Referee: Mat Northcroft
21 November 2017 13 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Greenock Morton Dunfermline
19:45 Ryan   21'
Murdoch   40'
Williamson   41'		 Report Oliver   34' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,816
Referee: Finnie
25 November 2017 14 Falkirk 0 – 3 Greenock Morton Falkirk
15:00 Muirhead   9'
Tumilty   73'		 Report Harkins   9'
Lamie   11'
Forbes   27'
Thomson   42',   61'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 4,361
Referee: Greg Aitken
2 December 2017 15 Greenock Morton 4 – 1 Brechin City Greenock
15:00 Oliver   4'
Murdoch   12'
Tiffoney   44'
Harkins   72' (pen.)
Quitongo   83'		 Report Layne   41',   78' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,388
Referee: Alan Newlands
9 December 2017 16 Greenock Morton 0 – 2 Dundee United Greenock
15:00 Lamie   90+5' Report Durnan   45+1'
King   61',   90+4'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 2,021
Referee: Gavin Duncan
23 December 2017 17 Greenock Morton 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Greenock
Harkins   22 pen.'
Quitongo   75'		 Report Baird   16'
Raven   22'
Vigurs   57'
Polworth   69'
Donaldson   90+3'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,547
Referee: Colin Steven
2 January 2018 18 Greenock Morton 1 – 1 St Mirren Greenock
15:00 Thomson   34'
Harkins   50'
Doyle   69'
O'Ware   80'
Oliver   82'		 Report Morgan   25'
Magennis   68'
McGinn   69'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 4,126
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 January 2018 19 Brechin City 1 – 1 Greenock Morton Brechin
15:00 McLennan   7' Report McHugh   12' Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 694
Referee: John McKendrick
13 January 2018 20 Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Falkirk Greenock
15:00 Lamie   13'
Harkins   51'		 Report Sibbald   20' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 2,084
Referee: Andrew Dallas
27 January 2018 21 Dundee United 0 – 3 Greenock Morton Dundee
15:00 Quinn   59'
Kadded   69'		 Report O'Ware   35'
Tiffoney   47'
Harkins   49'
Ross   66'
Iredale   80'		 Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 5,730
Referee: Cook
3 February 2018 22 Greenock Morton 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Greenock, Scotland
15:00 Tidser   37'
Harkins   88'
Oliver   90'		 Report Beadling   23'
Craigen   51'
McManus   72'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,588
Referee: Gavin Duncan
17 February 2018 23 Queen of the South 1 – 1 Greenock Morton Dumfries
15:00 Dobbie   33'
Dykes   45+1'		 Report Oliver   55',   83'
Gasparotto   57'
Lamie   90+3'		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,489
Referee: Kevin Clancy
20 February 2018 24 Dumbarton 0 – 1 Greenock Morton Dumbarton
19:45 Wilson   28' Report Gasparotto   39'
O'Ware   74'		 Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 833
Referee: Don Robertson
24 February 2018 25 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 2 Greenock Morton Inverness
15:00 Report Tiffoney   28'
Harkins   70 pen.'
Purdue   90+1'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,359
Referee: Steven Kirkland
27 February 2018 26 Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Livingston Greenock
Doyle   80' Report Cadden   47'
De Vita   54'
Halkett   60'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,373
Referee: Euan Anderson
10 March 2018 27 Falkirk 3 – 1 Greenock Morton Falkirk
15:00 Muirhead   4' (pen.)
Nelson   18'
Jakubiak   30'
McGhee   41'
Blair   67'		 Report Murdoch   57'
Harkins   90+1',   90+2'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 4,218
Referee: Euan Anderson
13 March 2018 28 Livingston 1 – 1 Greenock Morton Livingston
Halkett   55'
Lithgow   41'
Byrne   59'   66'
Longridge   90+4'		 Report Harkins   68'
Oliver   88'		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 862
Referee: Greg Aitken
17 March 2018 29 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 0 Greenock Morton Dunfermline
15:00 Report O'Ware   11' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,613
Referee: Andrew Dallas
24 March 2018 30 Greenock Morton 2 – 0 Brechin City Greenock
15:00 Baird   50',   72'
Murdoch   68'		 Report Dyer   76' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,831
Referee: Mike Roncone
31 March 2018 31 Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Dundee United Greenock
15:00 Harkins   87'
Ross   90+3'		 Report Stanton   37'
Mohsni   59'
Smith   83'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 2,319
Referee: Don Robertson
7 April 2018 32 Livingston 3 – 2 Greenock Morton Livingston
15:00 Longridge   35'
Lithgow   53',   86'
Cadden   69'		 Report O'Ware   18'
Lamie   59',   69'
Tidser   85'		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Steven Kirkland
10 April 2018 33 Greenock Morton 3 – 2 Dumbarton Greenock
19:45 Fraser   62'
Baird   69'
Iredale   85',   90+4'		 Report Walsh   44'
Handling   55',   65'
O'Ware   87' (o.g.)
Stirling   90+1'		 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,134
Referee: Craig Charleston
14 April 2018 34 Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Queen of the South Greenock
15:00 Harkins   31' Report Dykes   25',   69'
Jacobs   52'		 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,514
Referee: Stephen Finnie
21 April 2018 35 St Mirren 2 – 1 Greenock Morton Paisley
15:00 Mullen   10'
Morgan   72',   72'		 Report Doyle   30'
Iredale   66'		 Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 6,422
Referee: Bobby Madden
28 April 2018 36 Greenock Morton 0 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Greenock
15:00 Harkins   7'
Murdoch   29'		 Report Oakley   20',   37'
Austin   55'
Trafford   59'		 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,539
Referee: Beaton

Scottish League Cup edit

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup § Group F

Group stage edit

Results

15 July 2017 Group stage Berwick Rangers 0 – 1 Greenock Morton Berwick-upon-Tweed
15:00 Report Fleming   33 o.g.' Stadium: Shielfield Park
Attendance: 701
Referee: Grant Irvine
18 July 2017 Group stage Greenock Morton 2 – 2
(4 – 2 p)		 Queen's Park Greenock
19:45 McHugh   85'
Barr   90+2'		 Report Wharton   70'
Orr   81'		 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,220
Referee: Colin Steven
22 July 2017 Group stage Motherwell 4 – 0 Greenock Morton Motherwell
15:00 Dunne   3'
Cadden   25'
Tait   67'
Moult   72'		 Report Gary Harkins   39' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,113
Referee: Kevin Clancy
29 July 2017 Group stage Greenock Morton 5 – 0 Edinburgh City Greenock
15:00 McHugh   14', 90+2'
Quitongo   53'
Thomson   73', 79'		 Report Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,065
Referee: Mike Roncone

Group F Table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOT GMO QPA EDC BER
1 Motherwell (Q) 4 4 0 0 0 12 2 +10 12 Qualification for the Second Round — 4–0 — — 1–0
2 Greenock Morton 4 2 1 0 1 8 6 +2 8 — — p2–2 5–0 —
3 Queen's Park 4 2 0 1 1 9 9 0 7 1–5 — — 3–0 —
4 Edinburgh City 4 0 1 0 3 3 12 −9 2 1–2 — — — p2–2
5 Berwick Rangers 4 0 0 1 3 4 7 −3 1 — 0–1 2–3 — —
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[2]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Challenge Cup
15 August 2017 1st Round Greenock Morton 0 – 2 Livingston Greenock
19:45 Report Todorov   25'
Mullen   70'		 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,036
Referee: Colin Steven

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Cup
20 January 2018 Fourth round Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 2 Greenock Morton Dunfermline
15:00 McManus   57' Report Oliver   24'
Quitongo   85'		 Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 2,573
Referee: Alan Muir
10 February 2018 Fifth round Greenock Morton 3 – 0 Dumbarton Greenock
15:00 Ross   12'
Iredale   49'
McHugh   80'		 Report Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,746
Referee: Craig Thomson
3 March 2018 Quarter-Final Celtic 3 – 0 Greenock Morton Glasgow
15:00 Dembélé   62', 71 pen.'
Édouard   90'		 Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 18,255
Referee: John Beaton

Player statistics edit

As of 28 April 2018

All competitions edit

Position Player Starts Subs Unused subs Goals   Red cards   Yellow cards  
FW   Ben Armour 0 7 0 0 0 0
FW   John Baird (on loan from Inverness) 6 2 0 3 0 0
DF   Darren Barr 4 1 0 1 0 0
GK   Conor Brennan 4 1 0 0 0 0
GK   Ross Doohan (on loan from Celtic) 0 0 2 0 0 0
DF   Michael Doyle 43 0 0 1 0 1
MF   Ben Eardley 0 1 0 0 0 0
MF   Ross Forbes 19 2 0 1 0 1
MF   Gary Fraser 3 3 0 1 0 0
DF   Luca Gasparotto 12 1 0 0 0 0
GK   Derek Gaston 40 0 0 0 0 0
MF   Gary Harkins 34 7 0 8 1 0
DF   Darren Hynes 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF   Jack Iredale 13 1 4 2 0 0
DF   Lee Kilday 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   Ricki Lamie 35 1 1 0 0 2
MF   Ruaridh Langan 0 5 4 0 0 0
GK   Jamie McGowan 0 0 7 0 0 0
FW   Robert McHugh 19 13 0 8 0 1
MF   Connor McManus 5 2 2 0 0 1
MF   Andy Murdoch 41 1 0 1 0 0
DF   Thomas O'Ware 37 0 0 4 0 0
FW   Gary Oliver 29 8 0 6 0 0
MF   Jack Purdue 0 1 0 0 0 0
FW   Jai Quitongo 16 5 0 5 0 2
MF   Frank Ross (on loan from Aberdeen) 12 6 0 2 0 0
DF   Mark Russell 32 4 1 0 0 1
DF   Lewis Strapp 2 4 3 0 0 0
FW   Robert Thomson 20 9 0 6 0 0
MF   Michael Tidser 32 4 0 3 0 0
FW   Scott Tiffoney 20 17 3 3 0 0

First team transfers edit

  • From end of 2016-17 season, to last match of season 2017-18

In edit

Player From League Fee
  Robert Thomson   Dumbarton Scottish Championship Free
  Robert McHugh   Falkirk Scottish Championship Free
  Darren Barr (player/coach)   Dumbarton Scottish Championship Free
  Gary Harkins   Ayr United Scottish League One Free
  Jack Iredale   ECU Joondalup National Premier Leagues Western Australia Free
  Connor McManus   Celtic Scottish Premiership Free
  Ross Doohan   Celtic Scottish Premiership Loan
  Cameron Hayes   Dumbarton Scottish Championship Free
  Daniel Farrell   Rutherglen Glencairn West of Scotland Super League First Division Free
  Luca Gasparotto   Falkirk Scottish Championship Free
  Conor Brennan   Ballymena United NIFL Premiership Free
  Frank Ross   Aberdeen Scottish Premiership Loan
  John Baird   Inverness Scottish Championship Loan
  Gary Fraser   Partick Thistle Scottish Championship Loan

Out edit

Player To League Fee
  Kudus Oyenuga   Chelmsford City National League South Free
  Lewis McIntyre   Stranraer Scottish League One Free
  Lewis Strapp   Elgin City Scottish League Two Loan
  Thomas Orr   Queen's Park Scottish League Two Free
  Darren Barr   Stirling Albion Scottish League Two Free
  Connor McManus   East Fife Scottish League Two Free

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 16 9 11 53 37 +16 57
6 Queen of the South 36 14 10 12 59 53 +6 52
7 Greenock Morton 36 13 11 12 47 40 +7 50
8 Falkirk 36 12 11 13 45 49 −4 47
9 Dumbarton (R) 36 7 9 20 27 63 −36 30 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[3]
(R) Relegated

References edit

  1. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group F". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Championship 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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