CAPPIELOW PARK
Ground Opened: 1879
Previous Ground:
Other Uses: Greyhound Racing ( 1933-37)
VENUE #95
DIRECTIONS FROM TRAIN STATION
The nearest railway station to Cappielow Park is Cartsdyke which lies on the Glasgow Central - Gourock line. The journey from Glasgow takes around 40 minutes and then the ground is about a five minute walk from Cartsdyke Station.
Exit station into MacDougall street and make your way down to the A8 junction and turn right. Carry on down past the Arnold Clark car sales and take the next right into Sinclair street and Cappielow park is a few yards down on your right.
CAPPIELOW PARK STADIUM
Cappielow is a fair sized ground, full of character, but beginning to show its age.
GROUND LAYOUT
A THE GRANDSTAND
The Grandstand on one side of the ground, is a single tiered, all seated stand, which has a
number of supporting pillars in front. On its roof are a set of unusual striking floodlights. Away fans are housed on one side of the Grandstand, towards the Dublin End of the ground.There are a fair few pillars in this stand that may impede your view and the leg room is on the tight side.
B THE COWSHED
Opposite is the Cowshed as it is known, which is a classic looking stand and is unusual in the respect that it has seating at the front of it and terracing at its rear. Both ends are open to the elements. In addition visiting supporters are also given a portion of the Cowshed which includes part of the terrace.
C THE WEE DUBLIN END
The Wee Dublin End, is a former terrace, with white benches bolted onto it, which makes it look out of place. This end is normally not used on match days. Beyond can be seen a large crane, which is reminiscent of the ship building days on the Clyde. For larger games then the Wee Dublin End can also be allocated for away fans to use.
D SINCLAIR STREET TERRACE
At the other end is the small Sinclair Street Terrace, that has a small clock behind it. Located in two corners of the ground on either side of the Cowshed are a pair of modern floodlights. A visit to Cappielow is normally a relaxed day out and the Morton fans do their best to get behind their team.
Today's Opposition DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC The Pars have got off to a flyer at the start of this season winning three league games, 5-1 at home to Inverness, 3-1 at home to Falkirk and 0-4 away at Dumbarton and drawing 1-1 in the first game of the season away to Livingston.
Dunfermline now top the table with ten points one clear of Queen of the South, St. Mirren and Dundee United and are pushing for a return to the top flight for the first time since the 90's.
Athletic are hoping to keep up their good form against Morton which consists of winning 3 out of the 4 league games last season losing 2-1 at Cappielow on the 17th of September. Since 1992 the two teams have played each other 90 times with the Pars winning 41 to the Tons 24 with 25 draws. Out of those 41 wins 17 of them have been here at Cappielow with the Tons only winning 14.
Greenock Morton spectacularly came back from two goals down to beat the then league leaders Dunfermline at the death in an entertaining tussle at Cappielow Park.
Then came the amazing turn around when the Ton came out flying in the second half and only took two minutes to narrow the deficit, Robert Thomson seized on a Callum Morris mistake and started the come back.
CAPPIELOW PARK STADIUM
Cappielow is a fair sized ground, full of character, but beginning to show its age.
GROUND LAYOUT
A THE GRANDSTAND
The Grandstand on one side of the ground, is a single tiered, all seated stand, which has a
number of supporting pillars in front. On its roof are a set of unusual striking floodlights. Away fans are housed on one side of the Grandstand, towards the Dublin End of the ground.There are a fair few pillars in this stand that may impede your view and the leg room is on the tight side.
B THE COWSHED
Opposite is the Cowshed as it is known, which is a classic looking stand and is unusual in the respect that it has seating at the front of it and terracing at its rear. Both ends are open to the elements. In addition visiting supporters are also given a portion of the Cowshed which includes part of the terrace.
C THE WEE DUBLIN END
The Wee Dublin End, is a former terrace, with white benches bolted onto it, which makes it look out of place. This end is normally not used on match days. Beyond can be seen a large crane, which is reminiscent of the ship building days on the Clyde. For larger games then the Wee Dublin End can also be allocated for away fans to use.
D SINCLAIR STREET TERRACE
At the other end is the small Sinclair Street Terrace, that has a small clock behind it. Located in two corners of the ground on either side of the Cowshed are a pair of modern floodlights. A visit to Cappielow is normally a relaxed day out and the Morton fans do their best to get behind their team.
Today's Opposition DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC The Pars have got off to a flyer at the start of this season winning three league games, 5-1 at home to Inverness, 3-1 at home to Falkirk and 0-4 away at Dumbarton and drawing 1-1 in the first game of the season away to Livingston.
Dunfermline now top the table with ten points one clear of Queen of the South, St. Mirren and Dundee United and are pushing for a return to the top flight for the first time since the 90's.Athletic are hoping to keep up their good form against Morton which consists of winning 3 out of the 4 league games last season losing 2-1 at Cappielow on the 17th of September. Since 1992 the two teams have played each other 90 times with the Pars winning 41 to the Tons 24 with 25 draws. Out of those 41 wins 17 of them have been here at Cappielow with the Tons only winning 14.
GREENOCK MORTON ... 3 DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC ... 2
Greenock Morton spectacularly came back from two goals down to beat the then league leaders Dunfermline at the death in an entertaining tussle at Cappielow Park.
The Ton started the brighter having three early chances which all frightened the fans at the back of the Sinclair Street terrace more rather than the Dunfermline goal.
But it was against the run of play in the 9th minute when the Pars opened the scoring Joe Cardle was one on one with the Morton keeper and slotted home from twelve yards.
In the 33rd minute Kallum Higginbotham scored from the spot for the second game running after Jason Talbot was brought down in the box to make it 2-0 to the Pars at half time.
Dumfermline who looked to have the game in the bag at half time were looking rocky as Morton took control of the game and with 17 minutes left of normal play they were level when a twice taken free kick by sub Gary Harkins found Sean Murdoch's top right hand corner on the second attempt.
The home fans who were booing the Ton off the pitch at half time were starting to get behind their side and had belief that they could win the game and win it they did when in the third minute of extra time Jai Quitongo found himself clear of the Dunfermline defence and slotted the ball passed Murdoch to leave the home faithful in raptures. Quitongo was booked for removing his shirt in the celebration but he didn't seem to mind too much as a minute later the final whistle was blown and the points belonged to Morton.
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