# 2017–18 Greenock Morton F.C. season

Season 2017–18 saw Greenock Morton compete in the Scottish Championship the second tier of Scottish football, having finished fourth in 2016-17. Morton also competed in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

Results

#### Group F Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOT | GMO | QPA | EDC | BER |
| 1 | Motherwell (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 12 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | 4–0 | — | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | | — | — | p2–2 | 5–0 | — |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | | 1–5 | — | — | 3–0 | — |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | p2–2 |
| 5 | Berwick Rangers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | | — | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | — |

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics

    As of 28 April 2018

### All competitions

| Position | Player | Starts | Subs | Unused subs | Goals | Red cards | Yellow cards |
| FW | Ben Armour | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | John Baird (on loan from Inverness) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Darren Barr | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Conor Brennan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Ross Doohan (on loan from Celtic) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Michael Doyle | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Ben Eardley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Forbes | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Gary Fraser | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Luca Gasparotto | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Derek Gaston | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Gary Harkins | 34 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Darren Hynes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Jack Iredale | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Lee Kilday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Ricki Lamie | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Ruaridh Langan | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Jamie McGowan | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Robert McHugh | 19 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Connor McManus | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Andy Murdoch | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Thomas O'Ware | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Gary Oliver | 29 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jack Purdue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Jai Quitongo | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Frank Ross (on loan from Aberdeen) | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Russell | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Lewis Strapp | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Robert Thomson | 20 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Michael Tidser | 32 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Scott Tiffoney | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

## First team transfers

* From end of 2016-17 season, to last match of season 2017-18

### In

| Player | From | League | Fee |
| Robert Thomson | Dumbarton | Scottish Championship | Free |
| Robert McHugh | Falkirk | Scottish Championship | Free |
| Darren Barr (player/coach) | Dumbarton | Scottish Championship | Free |
| Gary Harkins | Ayr United | Scottish League One | Free |
| Jack Iredale | ECU Joondalup | National Premier Leagues Western Australia | Free |
| Connor McManus | Celtic | Scottish Premiership | Free |
| Ross Doohan | Celtic | Scottish Premiership | Loan |
| Cameron Hayes | Dumbarton | Scottish Championship | Free |
| Daniel Farrell | Rutherglen Glencairn | West of Scotland Super League First Division | Free |
| Luca Gasparotto | Falkirk | Scottish Championship | Free |
| Conor Brennan | Ballymena United | NIFL Premiership | Free |
| Frank Ross | Aberdeen | Scottish Premiership | Loan |
| John Baird | Inverness | Scottish Championship | Loan |
| Gary Fraser | Partick Thistle | Scottish Championship | Loan |

### Out

| Player | To | League | Fee |
| Kudus Oyenuga | Chelmsford City | National League South | Free |
| Lewis McIntyre | Stranraer | Scottish League One | Free |
| Lewis Strapp | Elgin City | Scottish League Two | Loan |
| Thomas Orr | Queen's Park | Scottish League Two | Free |
| Darren Barr | Stirling Albion | Scottish League Two | Free |
| Connor McManus | East Fife | Scottish League Two | Free |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 | |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 52 | |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 50 | |
| 8 | Falkirk | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 47 | |
| 9 | Dumbarton (R) | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 63 | −36 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |