2008–09 Greenock Morton F.C. season

Season 2008-09 saw Greenock Morton compete in their second consecutive season in the First Division. They finished sixth in the league, a rise from the previous season's avoidance of the relegation play-off by one goal.

Greenock Morton
2008–09 season
Chairman Douglas Rae
Manager Davie Irons
Scottish First Division6th
Scottish CupThird round (lost to Peterhead)
League CupThird round (lost to Inverness CT)
Challenge CupSemi Final (lost to Ross County)
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter Weatherson & Brian Wake (9)
All: Brian Wake (12)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 3,323 vs Partick Thistle
(18 April 2008)
Cup: 2,023 vs Inverness CT
(23 September 2008)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 1,642 vs Airdrie United
(25 November 2008)
Cup: 2,023 vs Inverness CT
(23 September 2008)
Average home league attendance2,274

First team transfers
  • From end of 2007-08 season, to last match of season 2008-09

In
Player From Fee
Steven MastertonClydeFree
Kevin CuthbertSt JohnstoneFree
Jon NewbyMorecambeFree
Dominic ShimminCrawley TownFree
Allan McManusSt JohnstoneFree
James GradyHamilton AcademicalLoan
James GradyHamilton AcademicalFree
Chris SmithRangersFree
Colin StewartLivingstonFree
Carlo MontiCelticFree

Out
Player To Fee
Craig BlackLargs ThistleFree
Adam CoakleyQueen's ParkFree
Bobby LinnEast FifeFree
Barry SmithValurLoan Return
Dean KeenanAyr UnitedFree
Chris TemplemanEast FifeFree
David McGurnRaith RoversFree
Jon NewbyBurton AlbionLoan
Lee RobinsonRangersLoan Return
Scott McLaughlinAirdrie UnitedFree
Chris MillarSt JohnstoneFree
Jamie StevensonAlloa AthleticLoan
Brian GrahamEast StirlingshireLoan
Jamie StevensonEast StirlingshireLoan
Kieran McAnespieDumbartonLoan

Squad (that played for first team)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Kevin Cuthbert
GK Colin Stewart
DF Stewart Greacen (captain)
DF Ryan Harding
DF David MacGregor
DF Allan McManus
DF Alan Reid (trialist)
DF Dominic Shimmin
DF Chris Smith
DF Alex Walker
MF Kevin Finlayson
No. Position Player
MF Allan Jenkins
MF Steven Masterton
MF Jim McAlister
MF Ryan McGuffie
MF Carlo Monti
MF Erik Paartalu
FW James Grady (loaned from Hamilton Academical)
FW Jon Newby
FW Iain Russell
FW Brian Wake
FW Peter Weatherson

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies
Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance
7 July 2008 Threave Rovers Meadow Park, Castle Douglas 9 – 0 Brian Wake
Iain Russell
Jim McAlister
Jon Newby
Steven Masterton
Erik Paartalu 		?
9 July 2008 Tow Law Town Ironworks Road Ground, Tow Law 1 – 1 Iain Russell ?
10 July 2008 Durham City The Archibald's Stadium, Durham 3 – 0 Jon Newby
Brian Wake
Erik Paartalu 		?
12 July 2008 Ayr United Cappielow Park, Greenock 0 - 1 ?
15 July 2008 Hartlepool United Cappielow Park, Greenock 1 – 2 Steven Masterton ?
16 July 2008 Celtic Lennoxtown, Glasgow 1 – 5 Steven Masterton Closed Door
18 July 2008 Dumbarton Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton 1 – 0 Ryan McGuffie 566
21 July 2008 Carlton YMCA (Renfrewshire Cup SF) Cappielow Park, Greenock 9 – 0 Iain Russell
Brian Wake
Erik Paartalu
Jon Newby
Kevin Finlayson
Ryan McGuffie 		?
22 July 2008 Rangers Murray Park, Milngavie 1 - 3 Brian Wake Closed Door
26 July 2008 St Mirren (Renfrewshire Cup Final) Cappielow Park, Greenock 1 - 1 (4 - 5 on pens) Iain Russell 3,836
3 September 2008 Partick Thistle Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 2 Peter Weatherson
Trialist 		Closed Door
20 September 2008 Ayr United Glasgow Green, Glasgow 4 - 4 Allan Jenkins
Kieran McAnespie 		Public Park
4 November 2008 St Johnstone Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 4 ? Closed Door
13 November 2008 Celtic XI Cappielow Park, Greenock 0 - 0 ?
19 November 2008 Hamilton Academical Cappielow Park, Greenock 4 - 3 Iain Russell
Brian Wake
Kevin Finlayson 		Closed Door
7 January 2009 Rangers Murray Park, Milngavie 0 - 1 Closed Door
12 January 2009 Ayr United Glasgow Green, Glasgow 2 - 1 Peter Weatherson
Iain Russell 		Public Park
28 January 2009 St Mirren St Mirren Park, Paisley 0 - 2 Closed Door
19 February 2009 Dumbarton Cappielow Park, Greenock 0 - 2 Closed Door
28 April 2009 Viewfield Rovers (Renfrewshire Cup SF) Cappielow Park, Greenock 11 - 0 Ryan McGuffie
Kevin Finlayson
Iain Russell
Peter Weatherson
Brian Wake
James Grady 		?

Irn-Bru Scottish Football League First Division
Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance Points Referee
2 August 2008 Clyde Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 1 – 1 Jon Newby  40'
Brian Wake  86' 		 1,638 1 C Boyle
9 August 2008 St Johnstone Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 2 Ryan McGuffie  5'
Erik Paartalu  82'		 2,649 2 C Brown
16 August 2008 Livingston Cappielow Park, Greenock 1 – 2 Brian Wake  31' 2,502 2 B Winter
23 August 2008 Dundee Dens Park, Dundee 0 - 1 4,032 2 J McKendrick
30 August 2008 Airdrie United Shyberry Excelsior Stadium, Drumgelloch 0 - 5 1,793 2 A Muir
13 September 2008 Queen of the South Cappielow Park, Greenock 0 - 0 2,235 3 C Allan
20 September 2008 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 1 - 2 Iain Russell  44' 3,368 3 S Finnie
27 September 2008 Dunfermline Athletic Cappielow Park, Greenock 1 - 1 Brian Wake  60' 2,156 4 S Nicholls
4 October 2008 Ross County Victoria Park, Dingwall 0 – 3 2,290 4 A Muir
18 October 2008 Clyde Cappielow Park, Greenock 1 - 0 James Grady  37' 2,041 7 E Norris
25 October 2008 Dundee Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 0 Peter Weatherson  26'
Ryan McGuffie  59' (pen)		 1,741 10 C Thomson
1 November 2008 Livingston Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 0 – 1 1,733 10 B Winter
8 November 2008 Queen of the South Palmerston Park, Dumfries 4 - 1 Peter Weatherson  19'  28'
Allan Jenkins  37'
Stewart Greacen  74'		 2,944 13 D Somers
22 November 2008 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park, Dunfermline 0 - 1 Erik Paartalu  24' 4,400 16 M McCurry
25 November 2008 Airdrie United Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 – 0 Brian Wake  34'
Allan Jenkins  90'		 1,642 19 C Allan
13 December 2008 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park, Perth 0 - 1 2,749 19 S O'Reilly
20 December 2008 Ross County Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 1 Steven Masterton  35'
Brian Wake  64'		 1,853 22 C Charleston
27 December 2008 Airdrie United Shyberry Excelsior Stadium, Drumgelloch 0 - 1 Kevin Cuthbert  44' 1,663 22 C Murray
30 December 2008 Partick Thistle Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 0 Steven Masterton  17'
Peter Weatherson  65'		 2,385 25 J McKendrick
3 January 2009 Queen of the South Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 2 Peter Weatherson  33'  90' 2,647 26 S Nicholls
17 January 2009 Dundee Dens Park, Dundee 0 - 0 3,736 27 C Brown
24 January 2009 Livingston Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 2 Brian Wake  13'
Ryan McGuffie  16'		 2,307 28 I Brines
31 January 2009 St Johnstone Cappielow Park, Greenock 0 - 0 2,810 29 C Thomson
21 February 2009 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 0 - 1 3,348 29 C Charleston
28 February 2009 Dunfermline Athletic Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 1 Peter Weatherson  28'
Stewart Greacen  48'		 2,092 32 M Tumilty
3 March 2009 Clyde Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 4 - 2 Erik Paartalu  32'
Iain Russell  70'
Brian Wake  86'  90'		 1,165 35 M McCurry
7 March 2009 Queen of the South Palmerston Park, Dumfries 1 - 1 James Grady  41' 2,643 36 B Winter
10 March 2009 Airdrie United Cappielow Park, Greenock 0 - 0 1,865 37 E Norris
14 March 2009 Clyde Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 0 Allan Jenkins  18'
Steven Masterton  68' (pen)		 2,168 40 S Conroy
21 March 2009 Ross County Victoria Park, Dingwall 1 - 1 Iain Russell  90' 2,236 41 C Boyle
4 April 2009 Dundee Cappielow Park, Greenock 2 - 0 Peter Weatherson  29'  79' 2,133 44 C Murray
11 April 2009 Livingston Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 2 - 0 Brian Wake  19'  83' 1,815 47 G Salmond
18 April 2009 Partick Thistle Cappielow Park, Greenock 0 - 1 3,323 47 A Law
2 May 2009 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park, Perth 1 - 3 Ryan McGuffie  25' (pen) 6,453 47 S Nicholls
5 May 2009 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park, Dunfermline 1 - 3 Carlo Monti  62' 1,438 47 B Winter
9 May 2009 Ross County Cappielow Park, Greenock 0 - 2 1,956 47 S Dougal

Homecoming Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance Referee
29 November 2008 Round 3 Peterhead Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead 1 - 2 Steven Masterton  24'
Peter Weatherson  66'		 817 S MacDonald

League Cup
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance Referee
5 August 2008 Round 1 Stranraer Stair Park, Stranraer 6 - 3 Ryan McGuffie  5'
Brian Wake  12'  85'
Iain Russell  23'  32'
Erik Paartalu  42'		 317 S Finnie
26 August 2008 Round 2 Hibernian Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh 3 - 4 AET Iain Russell  29'  115' (pen)
Steven Masterton  66'
Ryan Harding  118'		 6,329 I Brines
23 September 2008 Round 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Cappielow Park, Greenock 1 - 2 AET Jim McAlister  34' 2,023 M McCurry

Challenge Cup
Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance Referee
13 August 2008 Round 2 East Stirlingshire Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir 3 – 0 Steven Masterton  22'
Ryan McGuffie  32'  53'		 753 S O'Reilly
7 September 2008 Quarter Final Queen of the South Palmerston Park, Dumfries 2 – 0 Brian Wake  48'
Ryan McGuffie  77'		 2,991 W Collum
12 October 2008 Semi Final Ross County Victoria Park, Dingwall 1 - 4 Allan McManus  55'
Peter Weatherson  77'		 1,396 M Tumilty

Player statistics

Overall
#PlayerPlayedSubs
GK Kevin Cuthbert340000
GK Colin Stewart020200
DF Stewart Greacen290002
DF Dominic Shimmin280000
DF Alex Walker270100
DF Chris Smith220200
DF Allan McManus210200
DF Ryan Harding120201
DF David MacGregor110000
DF Alan Reid000200
MF Jim McAlister420001
MF Ryan McGuffie380108
MF Steven Masterton280806
MF Kevin Finlayson271100
MF Erik Paartalu240904
MF Allan Jenkins221303
MF Carlo Monti030101
FW Peter Weatherson330810
FW Brian Wake251512
FW Iain Russell171507
FW James Grady160502
FW Jon Newby050201

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Dundee 36 13 11 12 33 32 +1 50
5 Queen of the South 36 12 11 13 57 50 +7 47
6 Greenock Morton 36 12 11 13 40 40 0 47
7 Livingston (R) 36 13 8 15 56 58 −2 47[lower-alpha 1]
8 Ross County 36 13 8 15 42 46 −4 47
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Demoted to 3rd Division for Financial Irregularities

See also
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