Morton News

MORTON, who had lost five of their previous six home games this season, took the lead in the 14th minute.

KEVIN FINLAYSON insists Morton must end their run of five straight defeats and drag themselves out of trouble.

THISTLE got their faltering promotion push back on the rails after suffering two successive defeats with a boat-steadying win over punchless Morton.

INVERNESS striker Adam Rooney once broke Sir Stanley Matthews' record at Stoke City - on Saturday he settled for breaking an unwanted set of statistics.

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Dunfermline skipper Stephen Glass is closing in on a return but the clash with Morton will come too soon for the former Newcastle midfielder.

CHRIS MILLAR knew his career was back on track when he swapped rubbing shoulders with Henrik Larsson at Parkhead for washing his own kit after a game at Montrose.

ROSS County moved second top of the table after a second-half strike by Garry Wood gave them the precious three points in a game they should have won in a canter.

PARTICK Thistle's jump to the top of the table after their 2-0 home win over Airdrie United emphasised the tight nature of the Irn-Bru SFL First Division, with the Firhill club now the sixth side to top the league since it kicked off two months a go.

THEY say a side who have just lost their manager are a dangerous proposition and Morton played like a wounded animal fighting for its life, moving up two places in the table in the process.

IN Morton manager James Grady is hoping that three of the heroes from the win in his first game against Airdrie United last weekend recover to play against Queen of the South on Saturday.

James Grady and Allan Jenkins are taking charge of Morton for the home match against Airdrie following the sacking of Davie Irons.

THERE was a stalemate in this basement battle although both sides were at least happy to learn they had leapfrogged Morton at the bottom on goal difference.

AN OPEN game at Cappielow saw chances at both ends with the Highland visitors deservedly taking all the points north.

JIM McInally must be desperately hoping Simon Lynch will be his missing link. EAST STIRLINGSHIRE 1 Stevenson 89 ELGIN CITY 1 Gunn 15 Attendance: 324 The 26-year-old former Celtic, Preston North End and Dundee striker checked into Shire before the weekend clash with Elgin City with one mission a ' to fill the hole left by the departure of last ...

It didn't take a genius to explain Partick Thistle's worst start to a season under Ian McCall.

Both Liam Buchanan and Mark Corcoran scored twice as Partick thumped 10-man Morton at Firhill.

ON the same day that Kevin Kyle was named in the Scotland squad, Conor Sammon stole some of the limelight from his striking partner.

Conor Sammon ensured there was no upset at Rugby Park when he grabbed a double to send Kilmarnock into the third round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup despite a plucky performance from Morton.

THERE will be tougher tests along the way but Dundee duly did enough yesterday to confirm their widely-regarded status as First Division championship favourites.