So after a fairly dreadful season for Morton it has all come down to this; Morton v Ayr Utd. Winner stays up.
Well in Ayr's case, that is not strictly true, but for Morton it is simple... win and we don't have to worry about anything else.
Assuming Airdire don't win, it would be possible for Morton to lose and certainly draw and still stay up. But really, if we don't beat Ayr United at home we don't really deserve a place in the 1st division.
However... I hate Ayr! For about the 1st 10 years of traveling to games, home and away, I did not see Morton beat Ayr. We must have played them 12 or 14 times and the closest we came to a success was a scrappy injury time goal by Harry Curran to win a point at Somerset Park.
Eventually we managed to get a few results, when we won the 2nd division, but that decade of pain lingers with me and really I will never be fond of Ayr.
So that's the club, but lets take the ground. A total dump of a place with barely a good view from anywhere in the stadium. The toilets consist of a wee dark brick outhouse with open sewers and just a manky wall to piss against. I am just glad we don't have to go there today!
Then there is Ayr itself. A diry Tory town on the west coast with illusions of grandeur and loads of posh folk called 'Campbell' or 'Finlay'.
So basically I hate Ayr!
A few years ago we were in a similar position in the last few games where Morton managed two 3-0 wins, courtesy of one Brian Wake ensuring cult status with 4 goals in two games. We stayed up by a single goal.
Sadly Brian Wake has moved on, and with Peter injured and Don Simmonds barely knowing what foot to kick the ball with, we are down to David Witeveen to try and get us a couple of goals.
Ayr have been on a pretty dire run since we beat them 1-0 at Cappielow in March. And while we have performed ok in certain games we have really lacked a cutting edge and our main source of goals has been penalties following some 'craft' from David Witeveen in the box.
I can see us getting beat today and things going down to goals scored etc. I think if we lost by two goals and Airdrie lost we'd be ok. But let's not hope it comes down to that!
Well in Ayr's case, that is not strictly true, but for Morton it is simple... win and we don't have to worry about anything else.
Assuming Airdire don't win, it would be possible for Morton to lose and certainly draw and still stay up. But really, if we don't beat Ayr United at home we don't really deserve a place in the 1st division.
However... I hate Ayr! For about the 1st 10 years of traveling to games, home and away, I did not see Morton beat Ayr. We must have played them 12 or 14 times and the closest we came to a success was a scrappy injury time goal by Harry Curran to win a point at Somerset Park.
Eventually we managed to get a few results, when we won the 2nd division, but that decade of pain lingers with me and really I will never be fond of Ayr.
So that's the club, but lets take the ground. A total dump of a place with barely a good view from anywhere in the stadium. The toilets consist of a wee dark brick outhouse with open sewers and just a manky wall to piss against. I am just glad we don't have to go there today!
Then there is Ayr itself. A diry Tory town on the west coast with illusions of grandeur and loads of posh folk called 'Campbell' or 'Finlay'.
So basically I hate Ayr!
A few years ago we were in a similar position in the last few games where Morton managed two 3-0 wins, courtesy of one Brian Wake ensuring cult status with 4 goals in two games. We stayed up by a single goal.
Sadly Brian Wake has moved on, and with Peter injured and Don Simmonds barely knowing what foot to kick the ball with, we are down to David Witeveen to try and get us a couple of goals.
Ayr have been on a pretty dire run since we beat them 1-0 at Cappielow in March. And while we have performed ok in certain games we have really lacked a cutting edge and our main source of goals has been penalties following some 'craft' from David Witeveen in the box.
I can see us getting beat today and things going down to goals scored etc. I think if we lost by two goals and Airdrie lost we'd be ok. But let's not hope it comes down to that!
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