Dundee travel to Greenock on Saturday to take on Morton in the Ladbrokes Championship and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Greenock Morton v Dundee FC
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Championship
DATE: Saturday 21st September 2019
KICK-OFF: 3.00pm
VENUE: Cappielow Park
Ticketing Information
This match is pay at the gate and the prices are as follows:
Adults: £20
Concessions: (+65, Students, 18-20 year olds) £15
Children: (12-17 year olds) £10
Under 12s: £1
Disabled £15, (Carer Free)
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1874
STADIUM: Cappielow Park
CAPACITY: 11,589
PITCH SIZE: 110 x 71 yards
MANAGER: David Hopkin
CHAIRMAN: Crawford Rae
NICKNAMES: The Ton
CLUB COLOURS: Blue and White
HONOURS: Scottish Cup winners: 1921/22
Scottish League B Division (2nd tier) winners: 1949/50
Scottish League Division Two (2nd tier) winners: 1963/64, 1966/67
Scottish League First Division (2nd tier) winners: 1977/78, 1983/84,
1986/87
Scottish League Second Division (3rd tier) winners: 1994/95, 2006/07
SPFL League One (3rd tier) winners: 2014/15
Scottish League Third Division (4th tier) winners: 2002/03
RECORD WIN: 21-0 v Howwood, Renfrewshire Cup Cup, 1886/87
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 23,500 v Celtic, Scottish League, 29/4/1922
CLUB WEBSITE: www.gmfc.net
Getting to the Ground
The full address of Cappielow Park for Sat-Nav is Cappielow Park, Sinclair Street, Greenock, PA15 2TU
By bus:
There are several buses from the Greenock Town Centre, with a frequency of approximately every 5 minutes. Services from Glasgow stop just outside the ground.
By train:
From Glasgow Central alight the Gourock bound train service at Cartsdyke station. Not all trains stop at Cartsdyke, it is advised that you check the boards at Glasgow Central before boarding. Exit Cartsdyke Station onto Bawhirley Road, walk to the junction of Carwood Street and turn left following the road all the way down the hill until you reach a T-junction, turn left at the T-Junction under the railway bridge, the turnstiles for Cappielow Park are situated here
By car:
Travelling from the North
From the M8 at Langbank follow the A8 into Greenock and into the 30mph zone of dual carriageway until you reach the the second set of traffic lights, then turn first left onto Sinclair Street. The Matchday Car Park entrance is directly on your left as you turn the corner. Parking charge on Matchday is £3.00. Please note that Sinclair Street is closed on matchday to vehicular traffic beyond the car park entrance. Proceed up Sinclair Street and the main entrance to Cappielow Park is on the righthand side before the railway bridge.
Travelling from The South
Head north on the A78 towards Greenock. Follow the road past IBM and continue until the second set of traffic lights. Turn right onto Dunlop Street. Follow this road until it turns sharp left and goes downhill. Follow the road through the junction until you reach the traffic lights. You should now be facing the river. Turn right. Follow the main road through two roundabouts, and continue until you reach the Cappielow Industrial Estate. Cappielow Park is on the right hand side of the road.
Match Officials
REFEREE: John McKendrick
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Ralph Gordon
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Steven Traynor
Head to Head v Greenock Morton
LEAGUE: Won 72, Drawn 39, Lost 48
SCOTTISH CUP Won 4, Drawn 1, Lost 2
LEAGUE CUP: Won 2, Drawn 1, Lost 3
TOTALS: Won 78, Drawn 41, Lost 53
Last Five Dundee v Greenock Morton
- 19/4/2014 | Away | Championship | Lost 1-0 | 2,177 |
- 1/3/2014 | Home | Championship | Won 2-0 | 4,488 | Nade, MacDonald
- 7/12/2013 | Away | Championship | Won 2-1 | 1,536 | Beattie, Gallagher
- 28/9/2013 | Home | Championship | Won 3-1 | 3,870 | MacDonald (2), Beattie
- 3/2/2013 | Home | Scottish Cup | Won 5-1 | 3,336 | McAlister, Toshney, Nish, Baird, Gallagher
Last Meeting
Dougie Imrie’s 78th-minute strike meant Morton dealt Dundee a huge blow in their bid to win the Championship. Imrie rifled home Rowan Vine’s cutback into the far corner to give the Cappielow side only their sixth league win of the season.
Dundee felt aggrieved given they dominated the match, winning 13 corners in the first half alone. Former Ton striker Peter MacDonald and Christian Nade were guilty of missing chances for the visitors.
Paul Hartley’s men dropped to second, a point behind Hamilton Accies with two games to play with third-placed Falkirk also still in the mix, just a point behind Dundee.
For Morton, it was some much needed joy in a dismal season. This exact time the previous year, they were in second place on 67 points. Now, already relegated, this win took them beyond a third of that total.
Nicky Riley and MacDonald were chief tormentors in a first half that yielded so many corners for Dundee, although only one or two of those threatened to bring the opening goal.
The fact MacDonald was so central to Dundee’s attacking play would have been hard for home fans to watch; the 33-year-old notched 15 goals for Morton the previous year when they finished second in the league.
MacDonald went close with a header and also watched his left-foot angled drive saved well by the foot of Ton goalkeeper Derek Gaston, but Dundee fans sitting behind the goal might have been frustrated their team did not raise the tempo further.
It meant Morton, through Vine, nearly scored against the run of play on 35 minutes. However, his 12-yard effort from Fouad Bachirou’s pass was comfortably over Kyle Letheren’s crossbar.
Dundee began the second half flying, MacDonald again being presented with an opportunity from six yards that Gaston kept out. When Nade went clear through the very decent turnout of away fans thought it was the moment they would go in front. However, the former Hearts man shot a whisker wide and the frustration continued.
Things got worse for the Dark Blues when former Hamilton forward Imrie finished clinically following extremely good work by Vine down the right. Letheren ensured the lead remained at one, denying Fouad Bachirou after a Morton counter-attack as Dundee tried, and failed, to equalise.
Greenock Morton: Gaston (Caraux 68’), Taggart, Findlay, O’Ware, Russell, Cole, McKay (McNeil 89’), Bachirou, Robertson, Imrie, Vine (Campbell 85’)
Unused subs: McCormack, Knight, Fulton, Cairnie
Goal: Imrie (78’)
Booked: Findlay
Dundee FC: Letheren, Dyer, Davidson, Gallagher, Kerr (Beattie 80’), Riley, Rae, McAllister, MacDonald, Boyle, Wighton (Nade 62’)
Unused suns: Twardzik, Irvine, Cummins, McBride, Conroy
Booked: Davidson, Rae
Referee: Mat Northcroft
Attendance: 2,177
Greenock Morton’s Season So Far
Morton’s season started with a 6-1 thumping of Dumbarton in the Betfred Cup at Cappielow but lost 4-0 away at Motherwell in their next group game. The goals continued to rain as Morton hit Annan for five at Galabank before finishing their section with a 3-3 home draw with Queen of the South with the bonus point from the penalties enough to see the Greenock side through as one of the best runners-up.
In the second round, Morton travelled to Edinburgh to face Hibs and there were eight more goals in a high scoring campaign with Hibs winning 5-3 to progress to the quarters.
In the Ladbrokes Championship, Morton started their league season with a 4-2 defeat at Ayr United before a 3-2 win at home to Partick.
Inverness won 5-0 at the Caledonian Stadium at the end of August and then the following week it was back up to the Highlands, this time in the Tunnocks Caramel Wafer and the home triumphed again, this time 3-1.
Morton’s last game was a trip to Dumfries which Queen of the South won 1-0 thanks to a Faissal El Bahktaoui winner.
Top Scorers
DUNDEE: Johnson 5; Nelson 4; Curran, Hemmings, Kerr, McGhee 1
GREENOCK MORTON: McHugh 6; Cadden 5; Sutton 4; Lyon, McLean, Tumilty 1
Match Programme
Greenock Morton’s 2019/20 match programme is produced by our programme partner Curtis Sport and priced £3, is available in and around the ground from 1.30pm.
If you can’t make the game but would still like a programme, they can be ordered online at www.curtis-sport.com
How To Watch
There will be no live video stream from Cappielow on Saturday but we will look to bring live audio coverage for supporters.
Video of the full ninety minutes of the match will be available to every subscriber of DeeTV on Saturday evening along with a highlights package and exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DEETV from Thursday.
Fans in the UK can sign up to DeeTV for a monthly fee of £5.99 or an annual fee of £59.99 which will give them access to live audio of most Ladbrokes Championship games, full match replays and highlights, behind the scenes content and exclusive interviews.
