2019–20 Greenock Morton F.C. season

During the 2019–20 season, Greenock Morton are competing in the Scottish Championship the second tier of Scottish football, having finished 5th in the 2018–19 season. Morton will also compete in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.[1]

Greenock Morton
2019–20 season
ChairmanCrawford Rae
ManagerDavid Hopkin
StadiumCappielow Park
Scottish Championship7th
Scottish CupFourth Round
Scottish League CupSecond round
Scottish Challenge CupThird round

Match results
Win Draw Loss

Scottish Championship
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Championship
3 August 2019 1Ayr United4 – 2Greenock MortonAyr
15:00 Moffat  9'
McCowan  55'
Forrest  64'
McGuffie  90+2'		 Report Tumilty  73'
Cadden  79'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,935
Referee: Gavin Duncan
10 August 2019 2Greenock Morton4 – 1Alloa AthleticGreenock
15:00 McHugh  5', 61', 74'
Lyon  53'		 Report Cawley  22'
Graham  62'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,646
Referee: Gavin Ross
23 August 2019 3Greenock Morton3 – 2Partick ThistleGreenock
15:00 Cadden  72'
Sutton  77'
McLean  80'		 Report Miller  25'
De Vita  28'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 2,197
Referee: Bobby Madden
3 August 2019 4Inverness CT5 – 0Greenock MortonInverness
15:00 Keatings  43', 46'
White  67'
Donaldson  77'
Todorov  80'		 Report Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,136
Referee: Alan Newlands
3 August 2019 5Queen of the South1 – 0Greenock MortonDumfries
15:00 El Bakhtaoui  16' Report Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,302
Referee: John Beaton
21 September 2019 6Greenock Morton1 – 0DundeeGreenock
15:00
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,901
Referee: John McKendrick
28 September 2019 7Dundee United6 – 0Greenock MortonDundee
15:00
Report
Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 7,404
Referee: Alan Muir (referee)
5 October 2019 8Greenock Morton1 – 1Dunfermline AthleticGreenock
15:00
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,690
Referee: Graham Beaton
19 October 2019 9Arbroath1 – 0Greenock MortonArbroath
15:00
Report
Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1,009
Referee: Willie Collum
26 October 2019 10Greenock Morton2 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleGreenock
15:00
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,408
Referee: Euan Anderson
29 October 2019 11Greenock Morton2 – 3Ayr UnitedGreenock
19:45
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,431
Referee: Colin Steven
1 November 2019 12Dundee2 – 1Greenock MortonDundee
19:05
Report
Stadium: Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park
Attendance: 4,228
Referee: Greg Aitken
9 November 2019 13Partick Thistle2 – 1Greenock MortonGlasgow
15:00
Report
Stadium: The Energy Check Stadium
Attendance: 2,751
Referee: Bobby Madden
16 November 2019 14Greenock Morton1 – 0ArbroathGreenock
15:00
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,185
Referee: Alan Newlands
7 December 2019 15Dnfermline Athletic3 – 1Greenock MortonDunfermline
15:00
Report
Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 3,515
Referee: Barry Cook
10 December 2019 16Greenock Morton1 – 2Dundee UnitedGreenock
19:45
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,120
Referee: David Lowe
21 December 2019 17Alloa Athletic0 – 2Greenock MortonAlloa
15:00 Report
Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium
Attendance: 727
Referee: Kevin Clancy
28 December 2019 18Greenock Morton1 – 2Partick ThistleGreenock
15:00
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 2,742
Referee: Craig Napier
4 January 2020 19Arbroath1 – 2Greenock MortonArbroath
15:00
Report
Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1,273
Referee: Gavin Duncan
11 January 2020 20Greenock Morton3 – 2Dunfermline AthleticGreenock
15:00
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Barry Cook
25 January 2020 21Dundee United1 – 1Greenock MortonDundee
15:00
Report
Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 7,644
Referee: Andrew Dallas
1 February 2020 22Greenock Morton1 – 1DundeeGreenock
15:00
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,643
Referee: Bobby Madden
8 February 2020 23Greenock Morton2 – 2Queen of the SouthGreenock
15:00
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,380
Referee: Willie Collum
22 February 2020 24Greenock Morton4 – 4Alloa AthleticGreenock
15:00
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Graham Beaton
25 February 2020 25Ayr United1 – 2Greenock MortonAyr
19:45
Report
Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,336
Referee: David Lowe
29 February 2020 26Queen of the South0 – 4Greenock MortonDumfries
15:00
Report
Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,116
Referee: Euan Anderson
3 March 2020 27Inverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 2Greenock MortonInverness
19:45
Report
Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,772
Referee: Craig Napier
7 March 2020 28Greenock Morton1 – 1ArbroathGreenock
15:00
Report
Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,472
Referee: Steven Reid
14 March 2020 29Greenock MortonP – PDundee UnitedGreenock
15:00 Stadium: Cappielow Park
21 March 2020 30Dunfermline AthleticP – PGreenock MortonDunfermline
15:00 Stadium: East End Park
28 March 2020 31Partick ThistleP – PGreenock MortonGlasgow
15:00 Stadium: Firhill Stadium
11 April 2020 32DundeeP – PGreenock MortonDundee
15:00 Stadium: Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park
17 April 2020 33Greenock MortonP – PAyr UnitedGreenock
19:05 Stadium: Cappielow Park
25 April 2020 34Alloa AthleticP – PGreenock MortonAlloa
15:00 Stadium: Recreation Park
2 May 2020 35Greenock MortonP – PQueen of the SouthGreenock
15:00 Stadium: Cappielow Park

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Championship
16 July 2019 Group StageGreenock Morton6 – 1DumbartonGreenock
15:00 Neill  15 o.g.'
Grant  17'
Jacobs  23'
Strapp  31'
Sutton  45'
McHugh  69'		 Report Neill  63' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,228
Referee: Grant Irvine
19 July 2019 Group StageMotherwell4 – 0Greenock MortonMotherwell
19:45 Scott  22', 66'
Hylton  76'
Donnelly  82'		 Report Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,167
Referee: Willie Collum
23 July 2019 Group StageAnnan Athletic0 – 5Greenock MortonAnnan
19:45 Nesbitt  7', 83'
Cadden  33', 43'
Muirhead  90'		 Report Stadium: Galabank
Attendance: 478
Referee: Steven Reid
27 July 2019 Group StageGreenock Morton3 – 3
(4 – 3 p)		Queen of the SouthGreenock
15:00 Sutton  31'
Cadden  45 pen.'
McHugh  56'		 Report Kilday  4'
McAlister  62 o.g.'
Semple  78'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,388
Referee: Steven Kirkland

Group E Table
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOT GMO QOS DUM ANN
1 Motherwell (Q) 4 4 0 0 0 13 0 +13 12 Qualification for the Second Round — 4–0 — — 4–0
2 Greenock Morton (Q) 4 2 1 0 1 14 8 +6 8 — — p3–3 6–1 —
3 Queen of the South 4 1 1 1 1 10 10 0 6 0–3 — — — p3–3
4 Dumbarton 4 1 0 0 3 3 12 −9 3 0–2 — 1–4 — —
5 Annan Athletic 4 0 0 1 3 3 13 −10 1 — 0–5 — 0–1 —
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[3]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Knouckout Round
17 August 2019 Second RoundHibernian5 – 3Greenock MortonEdinburgh
19:45 Allan  20'
Vela  32'
Kamberi  55', 104'
Doidge  120'		 Report McHugh  39'
Stevenson  45 o.g.'
Whittaker  90+1 o.g.'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 6,557
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Challenge Cup
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Challenge Cup
7 September 2019 Third RoundInverness CT3 – 1Greenock MortonInverness
19:45 Todorov  25'
Doran  31'
Storey  57'		 Report Sutton  78' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup
23 November 2019 Third RoundGreenock Morton1 – 1Brora RangersGreenock
15:00
Summary
  • Dale Gillespie  29' (pen.)
  • Martin MacLean  38'
  • Colin Williamson  44'
  • Tom Kelly  61'
  • James Wallace  86'
 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 925
Referee: Craig Napier
3 December 2019 Third Round ReplayBrora Rangers1 – 3Greenock MortonBrora
19:45
  • Mark Nicolson  11'
  • Colin Williamson  65'
  • Martin MacLean  71'
  • Ally MacDonald  86'
 Summary
Stadium: Dudgeon Park
Attendance: 497
Referee: Craig Napier
18 January 2020 Fourth RoundSt Johnstone3 – 0Greenock MortonPerth
15:00
Report Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,397
Referee: Nick Walsh (referee)

Transfers

Transfers in
Date Position Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2019 FW Robbie Muirhead Dunfermline Athletic Free transfer [4]
MF Kyle Jacobs Queen of the South [5]
Nicky Cadden Livingston [6]
Aidan Nesbitt Dundee United [7]
Kalvin Orsi Brechin City [8]
GK Sam Ramsbottom Alfreton Town [9]
FW Cameron Salkeld Gateshead [10]
John Sutton Came out of retirement [11]
8 July 2019 DF Peter Grant Carlisle United [12]
17 July 2019 Brian McLean Dumbarton [13]
23 August 2019 FW Luca Colville Free agent [14]
19 September 2019 Billy King [15]ll
29 January 2020 DF Sean McGinty Partick Thistle Free transfer [16]
30 January 2020 FW Craig McGuffie Ayr United Free transfer [17]
6 February 2020 FW Kris Doolan Ayr United Free transfer [18]

Transfers out
Date Position Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2019 FW Robert Thomson Alloa Athletic Free transfer [19]
MF Charlie Telfer Falkirk [20]
DF Gregor Buchanan [21]
MF Michael Tidser [22]
DF Jack Iredale Carlisle United [23]
FW Gary Oliver Queen of the South [24]
GK Derek Gaston Arbroath [25]
2 July 2019 DF Lee Kilday Queen of the South [26]
8 July 2019 FW Denny Johnstone Falkirk [27]
8 January 2020 MF Billy King St Patrick's Athletic Free transfer [28]

Loans in
Date Position Name From End date Ref.
26 July 2019 MF Cameron Blues Livingston 30 May 2020 [29]
14 August 2019 GK Danny Rogers Aberdeen [30]
29 August 2019 DF Stephen Welsh Celtic [31]
2 September 2019 DF Jack Baird St Mirren 31 January 2020 [32]
2 September 2019 DF Adam Livingstone Motherwell 30 May 2020 [33]

Loans out
Start date Position Name To End date Ref.
26 July 2019 MF Dylan Dykes Stenhousemuir 31 May 2020 [34]
24 August 2019 DF Reghan Tumilty Dumbarton 6 January 2020 [35]
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