Morton go to Livingston on Saturday, with the Ayr date already set for 1 December
Wednesday 11 November 2026 · By Owen Blair
Morton have not played since Saturday's 4–3 home win over Stenhousemuir, and they go into this weekend still in ninth place in the Championship, but only a point off eighth. The next test is a trip to Livingston, away from Cappielow, on Saturday 14 November at 15:00 GMT. That game has not been played yet.
On the BBC Championship table, taken at 12:12 GMT this afternoon, Morton are ninth on 13 points from 13 games. Ninth is the Championship/League One play-off place. Arbroath are eighth on 14 from 14, and Queen's Park are bottom on seven from 14, six points behind. Morton also have a game in hand, which already has a date: Ayr United at Cappielow on Tuesday 1 December at 19:45 GMT, the same evening as the rearranged Dunfermline v Arbroath match.
Saturday, then, is a chance to close that one-point gap, or even go above Arbroath, depending on how the arithmetic falls. Livingston are fifth on 21 points, two behind the last promotion play-off place, and they're a strong side at home. It will be a tough afternoon in West Lothian, even for a Morton team that has now won four league games in a row.
A week later, on Saturday 21 November, Morton go to Dunfermline at 15:00 GMT. Dunfermline are third, unbeaten in 11 league games, and Neil Lennon has just been named Championship manager of the month for October. That's another hard away day. Morton are already out of the KDM Evolution Trophy, so there is no midweek cup tie for them on 24 November, which at least gives the squad a little more recovery time.
On the management side, we want to be careful. Gary Miller and Michael O'Halloran are the last confirmed interims, from a club statement on 1 October. We haven't seen a dated announcement of any new appointment since then, and we're not going to treat a staff-page listing as if it were one. If the club confirms a change, we'll report it.
The league run is the encouraging part. Four straight wins, including that seven-goal afternoon against Stenhousemuir in which Dylan Borso scored all four, have given the side a platform. The Championship continues through the international weekend, so there is no pause, and these next two away games will show whether that run can survive a tougher stretch of fixtures.
A point at Livingston would be useful. A win would be better still, and it would put real pressure on Arbroath, who don't play this Saturday after their trip to Dunfermline was moved. Either way, ninth does not have to be a long-term address if Morton keep picking up points on the road.
Livingston away is the one that matters first. Get behind the team if you are making the trip up the road this Saturday, because an away following can make a real difference on afternoons like this.
Plan looking north. Pitch about 110 by 71 yards. Goals are at the ends: the western goal faces the Wee Dublin End, the eastern goal faces Sinclair Street. Gold dashes mark the usual away areas, towards the Dublin End. Not a ticket plan.
Cappielow Park has been Greenock Morton’s home since 1879, squeezed between the River Clyde and the Inverclyde railway in the east end of Greenock. Visiting supporters get a tight, weathered ground that gets noisy when the Ton are in the mood. Capacity is 11,589, with 5,741 seats. Morton play in royal blue and white hoops.
Most away tickets are for the Main Stand, sometimes called the Grandstand, on the south side of the pitch, in the blocks towards the Wee Dublin End. It is a single tier, opened in 1931. The view is fine once you are settled, but a row of roof pillars can take a slice out of the pitch, and legroom is tight, so taller fans should aim for an aisle. For some matches the club also opens a share of the Cowshed, across the pitch, including part of the terrace behind the seats. That is not fixed. On larger games the Wee Dublin End itself can be turned over to away supporters. Read the ticket, because the allocation does move.
The pitch runs east to west, about 110 yards by 71, and the goals sit in front of the two ends, not the side stands. The western goal is directly in front of the Wee Dublin End, a former terrace with white benches bolted on and no roof. The name recalls the Irish families who once lived behind it. It is often closed for ordinary league games, and a shipyard crane still shows beyond it. The eastern goal faces the Sinclair Street End, a narrow uncovered home terrace along Sinclair Street, with a small clock behind the wall. Home supporters fill that end and most of the Cowshed.
The Cowshed, on the north side towards East Hamilton Street and the Clyde, has seats at the front and open terracing under the same roof at the back. The railway runs immediately behind the Main Stand, so a train can rattle past a corner. Floodlights sit on the Main Stand roof, with modern pylons at the Cowshed corners. Both ends are open to the weather, and the wind off the river finds every gap, so bring a coat.
Cartsdyke station, on the Glasgow Central to Gourock line, is about a five-minute walk, and the train from Glasgow takes around 40 minutes. Not every service stops there, so check before you board. Coming from Glasgow, leave the platform, go under the railway bridge, walk to the end of the road and turn right; the ground is on the right. By road, take the M8 and then the A8 into Greenock. Cappielow is on the left just after the bridge, with Piccolo’s chip shop on the corner. A small car park opposite the main entrance usually charges a few pounds, and there is street parking nearby, including behind the Wee Dublin End.
The Norseman, on Sinclair Street, is the matchday pub used by both sets of supporters and fills quickly. For a quieter pint beforehand, the James Watt Wetherspoon sits nearer Greenock Central. Inside the ground the food is simple: a pie and a Bovril will see you through. Stewards are generally chatty. If you are under the Main Stand, the pillars are the main grumble; if you are on the Cowshed terrace, you are closer to the singing and the weather. Either way, Cappielow is worth the trip down the river.