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Trivia
- First game of the season.
- This game is believed by some to have been the first game that Celtic played in the "hoops", but the evidence is scant.
- Another team played their first ever game and they played in green and white hoops. This was East Fife playing a friendly against a Hearts 2nd XI!
Review
Played in torrential rain, this game is believed to have been the first game that Celtic played in the "hoops", but the evidence is scant, and there is a strong case for saying that it was the Third Lanark game of two weeks later (see August 29 1903). Today The Scottish Refereedoes say that Celtic had a "youthy" appearance about them.
Funnily enough, by an odd coincidence, another team played their first ever game and they played in green and white hoops. This was East Fife playing a friendly against a Hearts 2nd XI!
In whatever garb, it was a good game played by Celtic, even though they had to wait until the last minute before McMenemy scored the winner.
Teams
Celtic :
McPherson, Battles and Strang; Moir, Young and Hay; Muir, Somers, Bennett, McMenemy and Quinn
Scorers:Bennett 15, McMenemy 90
Partick Thistle:
Howden, Campbell and Leiper; Harvey, Murdoch and Walker; Crawford, Muirhead, Kennedy, Gray and Hastie
Scorers:Campbell 43
Referee: Mr R Murray, Stenhousemuir
Attendance: 5,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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