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Trivia
- Celitc & World War One
- McAtee's the man as Celtic come from behind to overpower Morton with only nine men.
- At outside-left against Celtic was Englishman Stan Seymour who was considered too wee for Newcastle United but after spending years in Greenock with Morton (where the club never finished lower than 4th in the league) he would return to Tyneside and be crowned Mr Newcastle United.
- The Glasgow Herald keeps up its campaign to encourage recruits to the army and reports that recruiters for Lord Kitchener's army had some success with 24 men coming forward at Celtic Park.
- The Royal Navy cruiser HMS Pathfinder strikes a mine and sinks of St Abbs Head with the loss of over 230 men.
- Lord Rosebery was the pricipal speaker at a public meeting in Broxburn on Saturday at which 1,500 people said by the Herald to be of the mining class were present. He was greeted with loud cheers and his speech exhorted all able bodied men to sign up and go to war, though there was some resentment when he stated that "we are fighting with our backs to the wall to prevent a defeat that England has never sustained" and cries of "Britain" went up at which he apologised and corrected his speech accordingly. The meeting ended with the singing of the National Anthem followed by Scots Wha Hae.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McGregor, Dodds, Young, McMenemy, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, Crone, Browning
Scorers: McAtee (4), Crone (2)
MORTON:
Scorers: Stevenson, Buchanan
Venue: Celtic Park
Referee: J. Lyons (Hamilton)
Attendance: 15,000
Articles
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Pictures
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Articles
Glasgow Herald, Monday September, 7th, 1914
When Greenock Morton led Celtic by two goals there were visions of a sensational result akin to the St Mirren victory on the same ground last season.
The absence of McNair and Johnstone accounted for much that was unsteady in the Celtic defence, and the retiral of McMaster (injured) pointed to Morton adding their early lead. But though Browning had to fall back into a line which already included McMenemy, the other four forwards played to such purpose against the wind that the scores were levelled at half-time.
The sensations were reversed in the second half, when McMaster reappeared, this time as a forward. McAtee quickly added two goals with magnificent shots, and repeated the feat in the last five minutes with the home team playing but nine men, McCall and McMaster having gone off.
It was in keeping with the Celts reputation to finish four goals up after being two down, and McAtee’s prolific scoring enabled them to be the first side to gain double figures in the League competition.