1911-04-08: Celtic 0-0 Hamilton Academical, Scottish Cup Final

Trivia

• Scottish Cup Final
• Match ended in a draw with a replay held the next week.
• Replay ended with Celtic 2-0 winners link
• Only change in the replay match to come was that John Hastie was dropped for Kivlichan.
• The first match was to be John Hastie’s last senior competitive match
• Ex-Celt Philip Watson in the Hamilton team, but also was John McLaughlin was the son of Celtic’s founding father John H McLaughlin, both share the same name. John moved to Hamilton in the early 1890s.
• On April 12, Helen McNair, the month old daughter of Celtic player Alec McNair died. After discussing the matter with his family and Mr Maley, Alec decided to play in the replay.

Review

Teams

Celtic:
Adams, Mcnair, Hay, Young McAteer, Dodds, McAtee, McMenemy, Quinn, Hastie, Hamilton
Goals:

Hamilton Academicals:
J. Watson, Davie, Miller, P. Watson, McLaughlin, Eglinton, J. H. McLaughlin, Waugh, Hunter, Hastie, McNeil

Referee: T. Dougray
Attendance: 45,000

Articles

• Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

• Match Pictures

Articles

Glasgow Herald 10th April 1911

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Hamilton_Academical/Hamilton_Academical.htm

Founding father John H McLaughlin’s son is in that pic, with the same name. John H moved to Hamilton in the early 1890s.