1883–84 Morton F.C. season

Morton
1883–84 season
Scottish Cup	Third round; (lost to Kilmarnock Athletic)
	← 1882–83 1884–85 →

The 1882–83 season was Morton Football Club's seventh season in which they competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup.^[1]

Fixtures and results

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Cup

8 September 1883 First round	Morton	1 – 0	Renfrew	Cappielow Park

29 September 1883 Second round

Morton

bye

20 October 1883 Third round	Morton	1 – 2 ^{[note 1]}	Kilmarnock Athletic	Cappielow Park
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3 November 1883 Third round	Morton	0 – 4	Kilmarnock Athletic	Cappielow Park
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1.^ Morton v Kilmarnock Athletic result was declared void.

Renfrewshire Cup

6 October 1883 First round	Woodland	1 – 4	Morton
			Allan Reid Gillespie

1 December 1883 Second round	Morton	2 – 2	Cartvale	Cappielow Park
	Nugent Reid		,	Attendance: 1000

8 December 1883 Second Round Replay	Cartvale	8 – 3	Morton	Cartbridge Park
	Wyllie McNee McFall Calderwood Adams ,		Roberts Gillespie Nugent

Friendlies

1 September 1883 Friendly	Morton	10 – 2	Airdrieonians	Cappielow Park
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22 September 1883 Friendly	Morton	7 – 5	Pollokshields Athletic	Cappielow Park
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29 September 1883 Friendly	Morton	5 – 1	Rangers Swifts	Cappielow Park
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13 October 1883 Friendly	Morton	5 – 2	Partick Thistle	Cappielow Park
	McKinnon Reid, , Gillespie		,

27 October 1883 Friendly	Morton	2 – 0	Johnstone	Cappielow Park
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17 November 1883 Friendly	Clyde	1 – 3	Morton	Barrowfield Park
			Barrie Nugent Kilgour

24 November 1883 Friendly	Morton	1 – 3	Renton	Cappielow Park
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15 December 1883 Friendly	Morton	2 – 1	Port Glasgow Athletic	Cappielow Park
	Barrie Nugent			Attendance: 3000

5 January 1884 Friendly

^{[note 2]}Paisley Athletic

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Morton

East Park

12 January 1884 Friendly	Morton	7 – 3	Greenock Southern	Cappielow Park
	Aitken, ?, , Nugent Ramsay		, ,

19 January 1884 Friendly	Cowlairs	2 – 2	Morton	Gourlay Park
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2 February 1884 Friendly	Vale of Leven	0 – 1	Morton
			Fleming

9 February 1884 Friendly	Morton	5 – 3	Third Lanark	Cappielow Park
	Fleming, , , Barrie		, ,

8 March 1884 Friendly	St. Mirren	3 – 2	Morton	Westmarch
	Gilmour Brown		,

15 March 1884 Friendly	Johnstone	4 – 3	Morton	Cartbank Park
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29 March 1884 Friendly

Morton

–

Thistle^{[note 3]}

Cappielow Park

5 April 1884 Friendly	Morton	4 – 5	Greenock Northern	Cappielow Park
	? Nugent Aitken,		?, Neill, Barr

12 April 1884 Friendly	Partick Thistle	4 – 1	Morton
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19 April 1884 Friendly	Port Glasgow Athletic	5 – 2	Morton	Clune Park
	Hannah McErrol, og Hunter		Gillespie Barrie	Attendance: 6000

26 April 1884 Friendly	Renton	4 – 0	Morton
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2.^ Paisley Athletic did not turn up.

3.^ Thistle could not appear and sent a telegram, which Morton did not receive until near kick-off.

References

^ Morton^{[permanent dead link]}, Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

External links

Greenock Morton FC official site

[Historical_Kits-1] Morton^{[permanent dead link]}, Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

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