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Greenock Morton

Voller Name

Greenock Morton Football Club Limited

Gegründet

1874

Stadion

Cappielow, Greenock

Plätze

11.612

Präsident

Douglas Rae

Trainer

David Irons

Liga

First Division

2007/08

First Division, 8. Platz

Heim

Auswärts

Greenock Morton (offiziell: Greenock Morton Football and Athletic Club) ist ein schottischer Fußballverein aus Greenock . Der Verein spielt in der First Division, der zweithöchsten Spielklasse im schottischen Fußball.

Vereinsgeschichte

10. May 2003, Aufstiegsspiel gegen Peterhead

Der Verein wurde 1874 unter dem Namen Morton Football Club gegründet und ist damit einer der ältesten Verein im schottischen Profifußball. Bereits 1886 wurde Greenock Morton in eine Limited Company umgewandelt. Der Club war 1893 Gründungsmitglied der Scottish Football League Second Division. 1900 gelang der Aufstieg in die Scottish Football League First Division Den Höhepunkt der Vereinshistorie markiert der Gewinn des schottischen Pokals 1922. Im Finale wurden die hochfavorisierten Rangers aus Glasgow besiegt.^[1] ^[2] Lange hatte der Verein mit finanziellen Schwierigkeiten zu kämpfen, was darin resultierte, dass man sich in der 4. Liga wiederfand. Erst 2007 konnte man wieder in die 2. Liga aufsteigen.

Erfolge

Scottish FA Cup:
- Sieger: 1922

Spieler und Trainer

Aktueller Kader

Stand 8. Juli 2008

Torhüter

Colin Stewart

Abwehr

Ryan Harding
Stewart Greacen
David MacGregor
Allan McManus
Peter Weatherson
Jamie Stevenson

Mittelfeld

Ryan McGuffie
Allan Jenkins
Jim McAlister
Steven Masterton
Kieran McAnespie
Kevin Finlayson
Alex Walker
Erik Paartalu

Sturm

Brian Graham
Jon Newby
Iain Russell
Brian Wake

Trainerchronik

Scotland George Morell (1904-1908)
Scotland Bob Cochrane (1908-1927)
Scotland David Torrance (1928-1931)
Scotland Bob Cochrane (1931-1934)
Scotland Jackie Wright (1934-1938)
Scotland Jimmy Davies (1939-1955)
Scotland Gibby McKenzie (1955-1957)
Scotland Jim McIntosh (1957-1960)
Scotland Hal Stewart (1961-1972)
Scotland Eric Smith (1972)
Scotland Hal Stewart (1972-1974)
Denmark Erik Sorenson (1974-1975)
Scotland Joe Gilroy (1975-1976)
Scotland Benny Rooney (1976-1983)

Scotland Alex Miller (1983)
Scotland Tommy McLean (1983-1984)
Scotland Willie McLean (1984-1985)
Scotland Allan McGraw (1985-1997)
Scotland Billy Stark (1997-2000)
Scotland Ian McCall (2000)
Scotland Allan Evans (2000-2001)
Scotland Ally Maxwell (2001)
Scotland Peter Cormack (2001-2002)
Scotland Dave McPherson (2002)
Scotland John McCormack (2002-2004)
Scotland Jim McInally (2004-2008)
Scotland Davie Irons (2008-)

Nennenswerte Spieler

Scotland George Anderson
Wales Robert Earnshaw
Scotland Paul Hartley
England Tommy Lawton

Einzelnachweise

↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scotcuphistfull.html#22 Übersicht über die Pokalsaison von 1921/22 auf RSSSF.com
↑ http://www.information-britain.co.uk/sportdetail.cfm?id=172 Informationen über Greenock auf information-britain.co.uk (eng)

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