Date	Tuesday, 26 August 1997
Competition	Scottish Challenge Cup
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:2 Greenock Morton
Venue	Victoria Park
Attendance	1,011
Referee	Sandy Roy
Comments	Match Report Report by Mike Tremlett for the Press & Journal. Ross County 1 Greenock Morton 2 Two goals from Alan Blaikie eased Morton into the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup at the expense of hard-working Ross County last night. The First Division promotion tips grabbed a goal in each half to lead 2-0 going into the final minute-- when striker Gary Wood grabbed a consolation goal for the home side. In 33 minutes midfield man Alan Mahood picked up Williamson's clearance in the Morton half, side-stepped two challenges and put through a perfectly weighted ball for Blaikie, who had enough time to draw Hutchison off his line before he tucked the ball under the County keeper's body from 12 yards. In 63 minutes County worked a good move down the left but Golabek's cross whistled just over the head of Sandy Ross. But County's good 15-minute spell ended in 75 minutes when Blaikie flicked a clever header wide of Hutchison and in off the inside of the far post when winger Paul Blair picked him out with a pinpoint cross. That kicked the tie out of County's reach, despite a typical poacher's goal from Wood, who forced the ball over the line when Haro outjumped the Morton defence to knock down Golabek's deep free kick from the right.
Ross County
Manager	Neale Cooper
Starting 11	1: Stephen Hutchison, 2: Stuart Golabek, 3: William Furphy, 4: Mark Haro 1, 5: Robert (Robbie) Williamson, 6: David MacKay, 7: Thomas Callaghan, 8: Alexander Taylor, 9: Kenneth Gilbert, 10: Alexander (Sandy) Ross, 11: Garry Wood 1 1
Bench	0: Paul Bradshaw, 0: Steven Ferguson, 0: Derek Adams
Greenock Morton
Manager	Billy Stark
Starting 11	Neil Inglis, Brian Reid, Derek Collins 1, Alan Mahood, Scott McArthur, Paul Blair, Craig McPherson, Warren Hawke, Alan Blaikie 2 1, Marcus Sukalie, Stephen McCahill
Bench	John Anderson, Stephen Aitken, Paddy Flannery