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Celtic Games 1889 – Clydesdale
Trivia
- Played at Celtic park.
- The Celts had all their forwards with the exception of McCallum, whose place was taken by Dowds.
- There were only two half-backs, Gallagher and W Maley.
- William McCallum, a clever second eleven player, took McKeown's place at the back.
- Celtic [layed with ten men, Clydesdale, who scratched before taking the field, turned up with only nine men.
Review
These teams met at Celtic Park in the first round of the North Eastern (Glasgow) Cup. The Celtic played with ten men, and the Clydesdale, who, it is understood, scratched before going on the field, turned up with nine men only.
The Celtic won by five goals to nothing.
Teams
Celtic:-
McLaughlin, Reynolds, W McCallum, W Maley, Gallagher, Dunbar, Coleman, Groves, Madden, Dowds. (Only ten men played)
Goals:- Groves 15, Dunbar 25, Groves, Coleman, Groves.
Clydesdale:-
(Only nine men played)
Articles
- Match Report (See Below)
- Official Site
Pictures
- Match Pictures
From newspaper report from the time.
The Scotsman – Monday, 9th December 1889, page 10
Celtic v Clydesdale
These teams met at Celtic Park in the first round of the North-Eastern (Glasgow) Cup. The Celtic played with ten men, and the Clydesdale, who, it was understood, scratched before going on the field, turned up with nine men only. The Celts kicked off, and Groves scored in a quarter of an hour. Previous to this, however, the Clydesdale who proved very fast on the ball, pressed the home side severely, and should have scored. The Clydesdale goalkeeper defended splendidly, but Dunbar added a second goal ten minutes afterwards. Groves scored a third from a good pass by Coleman. In the second half the Celtic goalkeeper never touched the ball. The Celts added other two goals, scored respectively by Coleman and Groves, and won by 5 goals to 0. The feature of the match was the phenomenal goalkeeping of Sydney Ross, the Clydesdale custodian.