He was the first man to bring in Scandinavians and he launched a Danish goalkeeper by telling the press that he had a mystery signing known simply as "the man in black". In December 2008, Morton purchased the Reid Kerr sponsored east stand from local rivals St Mirren for 50,000, to improve the away end at Cappielow.[34]. All Rights Reserved. Benny Rooney scored for the Morton team in a 2-0 win. MORTON have this morning announced the death of club legend Allan McGraw. In the film Megamind, the main villain is Hal Stewart. After leaving Megamind waiting for several hours, the villain finds Tighten in his home. [2] The name would be altered in 1994 to read 'Greenock Morton Football Club', to celebrate the club's links with its hometown, though it is still almost universally referred to as 'Morton'. Hi. Morton's third and final major cup final to date was in the League Cup, played on Saturday, 26 October 1963. Having reveled in his real victory, Megamind saves Minion by throwing him into the water fountain, since he knows that fish need water to survive. [28], Jim Duffy was replaced by Ray McKinnon in May 2018 on a one-year contract;[29] however McKinnon left to join league rivals Falkirk after just three months,[30] being replaced by ex-reserve team manager Jonatan Johansson on a two-year deal. Stewart, which started in Scottish football in 1964. Year Inducted 2014 Years at Morton 1987 1998, 2001 2005, 2008 2009 (manager) Appearances 619 Goals 12. I was there but I was 18 at the time 3-1 to Morton Tommy, Unfortunately, Tighten denies that he has any good in him, and acts purely out of spite from being rejected by her. The match attracted many senior clubs including Hal Stewart (Morton), Jimmy Smith (Rangers), Bobby Calder (Aberdeen), Bobby Kerr (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Joe Connor (Celtic) and Willie Omand (Queen's Park). I have had a special affection for them since the early sixties, when the late Haldane Stewart, one of the most remarkable men I ever met in football, breathed life into the club. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. So has Imrie been . [26] At the end of the 201718 season, Chairman Douglas Rae retired after 17 years and handed the role to his son Crawford,[27] before dying less than two months later. If you are going to edit a lot, then make yourself a user and login. This time Rangers won 10 after extra time. Right after the match Morton boarded a train for Hartlepool to play the local side in a pre-arranged friendly match. He married Christine Hicks in Chicago on May 19, 1958. It was during a nine-year spell at Cappielow that Cowan garnered that reputation. Can any of you give me details of the Hal Stewart Testimonial match in 1980. has the highlanders, Nimmos etc got to do with Hal Stewart's testimonial? Hal treated the place like a circus. Get your stuff together or I'm back in. Hal always tries to go on a date with Roxanne, only to be rejected by her at every opportunity. Mortons 1921/22 squad gave the club its finest moment to date by lifting the Scottish Cup, and who could argue those credentials for a place in the Morton Hall of Fame? He is introduced as simply being Roxanne Ritchi's nerdy cameraman named Hal. We called her baggy mcarthur oh how she loved her scottish dancing gay gordons dashin White Sargent step the gahlie etc remember we always opened the doors at the boys end to greet the teachers on the way in in the morning or was that just me, loved it when the baw went ower the fence on tae Wellington st by the time some one managed tae kick it back ower play time was ower. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Between 195758 and 196970 there were 5 rounds plus a preliminary round. [33], Morton's stadium is Cappielow Park in Greenock, a ground the club has occupied since 1879. Tighten then kidnaps Roxanne and straps her to the radio tower where she rejected him, threatening to kill her if Megamind doesn't arrive to fight him. Benny scored the equaliser in a 1-1 draw against the Lisbon Lions, we then lost on penalties. The side ended up losing 5-0 but put that behind them to win 23-games in a row, clinching promotion. Year Inducted 2014 Years at Morton 1941 1949 Appearances 135. Drawn to play Chelsea, the club was eliminated at the first hurdle after a 50 defeat at Stamford Bridge and a 43 defeat at Cappielow.[10]. In that position, he supervised a number of offices and served as a senior management advisor to the director of the USIA. The King of Cappielow Park won the Scottish Football Writers Player of the Year in 1979 and was also voted the clubs all-time cult hero by viewers of the BBCs Football Focus. Badass Titan (Hal Stewart) Scenepack (4K - Megamind) *I would appreciate it If you gave me credits if you're going to use it. Click the button below to request information about our VIP packages. A clearly moved Collins made a passionate acceptance speech, which he ended by wishing good luck to the current management team and their squad. Hal Stewart is the Chief Executive Officer at The Stewart Center based in Flower Mound, Texas. McGhee missed a penalty. Hal Stewart Started Saturday at 05:20 PM, By After experiencing financial problems the team was relegated from the First Division at the end of the 200001 season after a six-year stay and was put into administration. When Morton reached the 1948 Scottish Cup Final both players sent telegrams wishing good luck to their former club. Jimmy Gourlay scored the winning goal that day, and the teams induction the first of four automatic entries was accepted by Gourlays grandson David Bolster and son-in-law Jimmy Bolster. Mr Rae stepped in to prevent administrators from plunging the club into liquidation in August 2001 and served as chairman for 17 years. Also, looking closely reveals a small book Hal was reading titled "Best Comic Book Villains Ever". Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. The club shares friendships with AC Reggiana and PEC Zwolle. His replacement Kenny Shiels was given a contract until the end of season 20142015, but failed to reverse the slide towards relegation from the Scottish Championship, which became a reality on 12 April 2014 after a 20 away defeat by Alloa Athletic. or. Another great era in Mortons history was represented in the first of the candidates voted into the Hall of Fame via public ballot held through the Greenock Telegraph. Hal Stewart. His real name "Hal Stewart" is an amalgamation of the Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan and John Stewart. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. When Hal tries to get Roxanne to go to his 'off the hook party", he lists the things he's arranged, including a bouncy house and a wedding photographer. [citation needed] Duffy was sacked in April 2018 after the club finished in 7th place in the Championship after a promising start. By the time he retired from the USIA in October 1993, he had earned the rank of Career Minister, one of the highest ranks of the Foreign Service. One of his most notable traits is his complete lack of intelligence, as he fell for all of Megamind's lies, still believed Megamind's lie about "Space Step-Mom" (which in fact was Minion in disguise), even after Megamind admitted his deceit, and later told Roxanne that fictional characters weren't real by using the Queen of England as an "example," apparently unaware of this fact. When Roxanne turns it down, Hal tries to take it maturely, but as soon as he's out of her view, he throws a childish tantrum, declaring that girls don't like bouncy houses but "clowns" (notably: superheroes, foreshadowing his careless views of superheroes place in society) and punches the news van in frustration, thus foreshadowing Hal's extremely violent tendencies in the near future. Do you actually have any input on the original topic?? The away strip tends to vary much more: for the 200304 season it was an all yellow outfit, changing in 200405 to all white, which in turn became the 3rd team strip in 200506, with the special re-issue of the blue Morton tartan strip. Innes Holt, didn't do the SS Uganda trip, was away elsewhere.Allan Patterson, Gordon McKinnon, Ian Reid, Sammy Brewster, also in our class.Cockle bought a car from my old man many years ago,( a maxi)!! In each of those, he was Mortons top scorer, most famously in 1963/64 when he set the club record for most goals in a season with a staggering tally of 61 strikes in just 52 appearances. He was some man. After learning that Megamind was the one who gave him the powers and was dating Roxanne at that time, Tighten became hell-bent on destroying Megamind for "stealing his girlfriend" and later causes havoc on Metro City with his powers, much to his pleasure and everyone's dismay and horror (including Megamind). Includes Address (7) Phone (3) Email (1) See Results. They then moved to Rangers. He earned the nickname Mr Morton through his many years of service as a player, coach, manager, and even a short stint as director of football. Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The "proper" spelling of Hal's "superhero" identity is the subject of much debate. Gretna won the division, so Morton entered play-offs along with Peterhead (3rd), Partick Thistle (4th), and Stranraer (9th in Division One). IAN GARRITY (Greenock) -Who was the first Scandinavian player Hal Stewart brought to Greenock Morton, and what year was it? [20] Morton battled relegation for most of the season and survived on the final day with a 30 victory against Partick Thistle, to avoid the relegation playoff by a single goal. 01/1973 - 12/1973 Greenock Morton FC: Manager: 07/1961 - 12/1971 Greenock Morton FC: Manager: Hal Stewart. Destroying everything in his way and wreaking havoc.Gloating about himself.Lusting for Roxanne Ritchi. Hal Stewart. Morton won the Scottish Cup in 1922, and achieved its highest league finish in 191617, as runners-up to champions Celtic. Hal also displays psychotic behavior during training, such as melting a wax Megamind figure with a sadistic grin. They could have a turkey or a pair of jeans! Crowds of 1,000 in the late 1950s were pushing nearly 10 times that by the early 1960s. Tommy Orr was the last of our automatic inductions in 2015, joining team-mates Jimmy Cowan and Billy Campbell in the Hall of Fame. After being equipped with Metro Man's powers, Hal (going by the name Tighten) became more determined to use his powers to win Roxanne's heart much like how Metro Man stuck with being a hero in order to gain adoration, but his recklessness caused Roxanne to reject him, much to Hal's distress and anger and leading him down into a dark path, where he starts abusing his powers for nefarious and diabolical purposes, something that even Megamind is disgusted to learn about. In the crowd at the press conference after Metro Man's supposed death, Hal can be seen wearing a t-shirt with "Game Over" written on it. Country: England ## England; Scotland . Mr McGraw was the first inductee to be able to accept his place personally and he was typically self-effacing as he took centre-stage. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. In all Bobby played 43 games and scored 20 goals in two seasons at the club before moving onto Motherwell in 1965. Chairman Douglas Rae also took the mic to explain that Andy has always stuck to the motto that Nothing but the best is good enough for Morton F.C.. The tip of Evil was Mrs McArthur who would round up unruly kids at every interval break, make them walk in front of p7 class and belt each one of them in turn, this went on daily, wee weans being battered by this old hag in front of the older ones just to add to the humiliation. Johansen moved to Rangers in June, 1965, for a reported fee of 20,000, and made 238 appearances at Ibrox over five seasons before moving to South Africa in 1970. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Danish internationalist Sorensen signed for Morton from Odense Boldklub 1913 in March, 1964, and fellow-countryman Johansen followed from Odense in April, 1964. Derek was also rewarded with a much-deserved testimonial in 2002 with an old boys match against local rivals St. Mirren at Cappielow. I was in that class too bawheid, but cannae mind of you! That years goals helped Morton to the Second Division title and also to the League Cup final, where they would lose out to Rangers;. Hal Stewart. From there, he became director of the Office of East Asia and Pacific Affairs in 1986. Tighten appears again in the Megamind video game, where he escapes from prison and becomes the leader of the supervillain organization known as The Doom Syndicate. Forget who bagged the third. Contents. Hal received a Master Esthetic courses degree from Las Vegas Institute for Cosmetic Dentistry. Goals The first thing he does is kidnap Roxanne under the pretense of "rescuing" her and dropping her several times only to catch her again. Like team-mates Cowan and Campbell, Tommy Orr also gained international recognition for his performances at Morton, marking his debut in Northern Ireland in October 1951 with a goal; his only other cap came just over a month later in a defeat to Wales. It was also revealed that a testimonial match, against Celtic, would be held in his honour, something that he admitted left him speechless. Which one lasted the longest at Ibrox and what did Rangers pay Morton for them? Megamind The couple had two sons. Over the course of his expansive career, he served as a personnel officer, a management and budget officer, and an executive officer in multiple countries. In that post, he was an advisor to the ambassador and other U.S. government agencies on public diplomacy activities, while he was also responsible for all public affairs activities for the embassy. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. 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Mrs Scott used to rant about us not being Scotch and that it was a Whisky. Morton holds the record for the most promotions to and relegations from the top flight (10 promotions and 10 relegations), but has not competed in the top flight of the Scottish football league system since 1988. He won the Scottish League One to return the club the Championship at the first time of asking. During the presentation Stewart said, "I am known for . To be included in this list players must have met one of the following criteria Ex-Morton players who have been inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame are listed below. Morton was particularly fortunate in this respect in that two of English football's greatest ever players turned out at Cappielow. [5] These matches were significant because of the huge crowds they attracted. Join Facebook to connect with Stewart Morton and others you may know. Lived In Beverly MA, North Easton MA, Venice FL. A FORMER Morton star who was a key player in one of the club's best-ever sides has died. The celebrations were delayed until the following Wednesday when 10,000 locals turned out at Cappielow Park to celebrate. ------------------------------------------------------------, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------, [an error occurred while processing this directive]. The main clubs are The Andy Ritchie Travel Club, The Prince of Wales Travel Club, The Greenock Morton Supporters Club, The Gourock Morton Supporters (Formerly The Albert Hotel Morton Supporters Club) and The Spinnaker Hotel Supporters Club. @mooneyleon @Chrismcnulty75 Tighten nearly kills Roxanne by shoving a bus at her, but Metro Man suddenly appears, splitting the bus into two, saving Roxanne. However, there are moments where Tighten does have intelligence as he was able to deduce Megamind disguised as Metro Man after he had mispronounced Metro City as "Metrocity". He was Roxanne Ritchi's assistant and secretly harbored a crush on her, and was later given super-powers by Megamind, who trained him to be Metro City's new protector after Metro Man seemingly died. In the old boys warm up, I remember we had the great Johnny Kelly, pushing 70, on the left wing. Resides in Chelsea, MA. After gaining Metro Man's powers, Hal also gains his height and body shape, his hair is long and curly, and his face and eyes are the same. By the time he was discharged and returned to civilian life, he had risen to the rank of first lieutenant. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Signed from St Mirren in 1944, military service prevented him from making his debut until 1947. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Then, after Minion knocks Hal out with the forget-me stick, Minion states that Hal "doesn't look like the hero type to me.' The Nimmo twins did go to Highlanders, I think they were Alex and Alistair though! They then moved to Rangers. From Goal Magazine August 24th, 1968 Hal Stewart talks up Morton's chances v Chelsea in the upcoming Inter-Cities Fairs Cup tie. Morton legend . Morton won the Scottish Cup in 1922, and achieved its highest league finish in 1916-17, as runners-up to champions Celtic. Mr McGraw was the first inductee to be able to accept his place personally and he was typically self-effacing as he took centre-stage. He would return after the club exited administration in 2001 and, as a member of the 2002/03 Third Division title winning team, Collins became the first player to represent the Ton in all four tiers of Scottish football. On Saturday 17 April 1948, Morton drew 11 with Rangers in the Scottish Cup Final. Hal Stewart. Big Andy scored twice for us. In 1980, he returned overseas and became Counselor of Public Affairs and Director of the United States Information Service, serving in Bangkok, Thailand, and Manila, Philippines. However, it turns out that Hal only wanted to take the superhero gig to "get the girl" by winning Roxanne's heart. Allan McGraw is Mortons all-time top goal scorer and an integral member of the fondly remembered and record setting 1963-64 team, a season in which he scored 58 times. Signing from Morton Juniors in 1941, Campbells career was limited to appearances in the Scottish Southern League a tournament which sprung up as a result of the suspension of the regular leagues due to the World War II until 1946. When Hal tries to woo Roxanne with "I'll be watching you like a dingo watches a human baby! Additionally, when he saw Roxanne hugging "Bernard", Hal then responded to that moment quite negatively by saying that it was "weird for everybody" because she "accidentally" hugged "Bernard" instead of himself, which demonstrates his own jealousy towards any other man having affiliations with her, even if they aren't really romantic in nature. Hal tagged him "Quick Draw McGraw" and suddenly football at the Tail of the Bank had a great big smile on its face. Feeling remorseful for his actions, Megamind takes himself back to prison, and Roxanne, feeling guilty for hurting Tighten's feelings, attempts to take action by appealing to Tighten's conscience. [15], The following season, a week after a 91 defeat of Forfar Athletic at Cappielow Park,[16] Morton achieved promotion to the First Division,[17] and went on to become Second Division Champions. There was an old boys game before the Morton v Scotland one. Dr. Stewart is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Stewart Center for Minimally Invasive Dental Medicine . Next up, the late, great Scotland goalkeeper Jimmy Cowan was inducted. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. In 201415, Morton won its tenth league title in all divisions by winning the Scottish League One championship on the final day. I pray for them, I really do, even if my allegiences lie elsewhere in Renfrewshire. Collins made his debut in 1987 against Motherwell and went on to give 11 years of sterling service as a stylish, attacking right-back. K K Kelbie This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Dr. Stewart lectures extensively worldwide and has a passion for teaching other dentists and helping equip them to optimally serve their patients. David added a nice personal touch by revealing the cunning way in which his grandfather asked the referee to move the Rangers defensive wall back before quickly whipping the free-kick over them. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. There are 30+ professionals named "Wes Morton", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. I had the programme myself, with score etcetera, written on it but I gave all my programmes, hunners o' them, to Alan Nimmo years ago. After 40 years service as a ball boy and kitman, the man described by host Des McKeown as Mortons beating heart was made a special inductee into the Hall of Fame. that was a great day and great weather as well, oh and the result didnt really matter but is was something special getting one over a scotland sideoh those were the days, I have no compunction in saying that if some chap starts throwing grenades or starts using pistols, we shall kill him. Haldane Stewart - Greenock Morton FC. Orr was then called up for military duties in 1944, returning to Morton in 1947 where he would stay until his retirement in 1958. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. When Roxanne introduced "Bernard" (who is actually Megamind in disguise) to Hal as her "partner", Hal himself then responded to "Bernard" by saying that he's her "partner" in a rather aggressive tone, proving how initially possessive he is to her. Chas Clark we had teachers such as McArthur lord love etc also mrs holt who's son was also in our class ring any bells or was that the jannie wae the supped up moped and the cracking tropicle fish tank ppt side oh Cockles room, must say his angel fish were hipnotic.Did u do the Uganda trip. Morton has made two other major cup final appearances. If a player unexpectedly missed practice, his first question was often, "What's going on at your house?". 2.1 2022; 3 See also; 4 External links; 5 Footnotes; Fifty years ago this week, under the charismatic Hal stewart, Morton possessed one of the most exciting sides in the country, and reached the final of the League Cup as a second Division side. 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