09/10/2012 - It was a day to remember for Morton fans as they relived magical moments with Cowshed legend Andy Ritchie then watched their team record a massive victory.

All the talk of glory years at the launch of Cappielow king Andy’s autobiography appeared to have rubbed off on the ‘Ton players as they stole the show against league leaders Partick Thistle a few hours later.

Fans had queued up to meet Andy as he signed copies of his book The Price of Vice, which had been serialised in the Tele, at a special signing event.

A larger than life character during his playing days, Andy showed he had lost none of his charms as he shared memories with the Ton faithful.

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Among those queuing on the day was Brenda Molloy, of Braeside Road, who said: “I used to go to the Morton games with my husband Frank.

“We had our first son in 1980 and he was called Andrew after Andy Ritchie.

“I stopped going to football when Andy left.

“He really was the best player at Cappielow.

“This is Frank’s Christmas taken care of.”

Stevie Withers, 47, of Gourock, watched Andy from the terraces as a 14-year-old boy, and was keen to relive the magic memories as he queued up to meet his hero at Smiths Sports.

He said: “I remember going to a game at Aberdeen in 1979 on the train when I was 14. We won and we got stuck on the train for 18 hours on the way back with the Morton team — what a memory.

“Andy Ritchie was the best.”

Greenock born Janet MacDonald has lived in Cardiff for 22 years with her Morton-daft husband Gus but she was up for the weekend to make sure she had a copy of Andy’s book.

She said: “Our trips home are worked around Morton’s home games. “I used to go to all the games and remember Andy well — he used to stand there and wait for the ball to come to him!”