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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Facing Celtic at Kilmarnock in this match was Willie Culley probably one of the greatest ever players for the club who would go on to score in their 1920 Cup Final victory, his team mate David Slimmon would lose his life in WWI in 1917.
- The Glasgow Herald reports the loss of HMS Good Hope and the possible loss of HMS Monmouth in an action with German warships off Chile. The manner of reporting this action was typical of the wartime press which made light of what was a disastrous defeat as if the result was inconclusive.
- The Glasgow Herald reports that the Nizam of Hyderabad has pledged the loyalty of his Moslem people and a sum of £400.000 to the King, saying Britain was the best friend of Islam.
- William Drummond Dick a prisoner at Edinburgh was sentenced to five years penal servitude for trading with the enemy. He had admitted using a Swedish intermediary for purchasing a cargo of German coal which he intended to ship to Cuba in contravention of the Trading With The Enemy Act, 1914.
Review
Teams
KILMARNOCK:
Alex Millar, William C Cunningham, David G Slimmon, Matthew Shortt, Hamilton, Archibald S Mackie, Andrew D Armour, Andrew Cunningham, Andrew Neil, William Neill "Willie" Culley, Daniel McKellar
Scorer: Hamilton.
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Young, Johnstone, McMaster, McAtee, Crone, McColl, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: McMenemy; (2), McAtee.
Referee: R J Kelso (Hamilton)
Venue: Rugby Park
Attendance: 6,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
- Match Pictures
Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Monday, 9th November 1914
NOT APPRECIATED
Kilmarnock have made such a splendid recovery from a disastrous beginning that there were hopes of their emulating Ayr United by defeating Celtic. Unfortunately their forwards, one and all, lapsed into their early season form, or lack of form, and showed lamentable weakness when near Shaw, who had but one good save in the course of a struggling game.
The passing-back tactics of McNair and Dodds baffled the home forwards and annoyed a crowd which did not seem to appreciate their application of brains to football, probably because such tactics were phenomenal and therefore difficult to realise and appreciate.
A number of wounded soldiers witnessed the game, and they enjoyed it as a relaxation from the trenches, but that is the best that can be said of a singularly dull display, which did not show the Parkhead forwards in a favourable light.