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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- The Glasgow Herald reports the teams and scorers and shows Celtic's outside-left, McCabe, with East Stirlingshire in brackets following his name, which usually denotes the team a new player was signed from, however the Irish newspaper has him as a trialist.
- Herald also lists Grainger as playing left-back for Glens while Irish News says he didn't play.
- The Irish News' reporter gives an insight into Celtic's Willie Crone who is finding it hard to break into the first team and is hankering for another Belfast Celtic loan move, and of meeting Bert Manderson on the boat who is about to transfer between Belfast Celtic and Rangers.
Review
Unknown Scottish newspaper preview.
It is seldom that we have an opportunity of comparing the respective form of Scottish and Irish football, but thanks to Celtic, we have already this season had a visit from one of the Green Isle’s leading clubs, Belfast Celtic, who appeared at Celtic Park some weeks ago. Having no League match , the Scottish League champions have arranged for the visit of another prominent club in Glentoran who will face Celtic at Parkhead on Saturday in a friendly game. Glentoran possess a go-ahead eleven, and the inclusion of Lindsay, an East End man, who is better known as the ex Morton player should add a touch of local colour. Celtic will have a very strong team, Quinn will play in place of McColl, and McCabe, who has been transferred from East Stirlingshire, will operate at outside left. Team:- Shaw; McNair and Dodds, Young, Johnstone and McMaster, McAtee and Gallagher; Quinn, McMenemy and McCabe.
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair,Dodds, Young, Johnstone, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, Quinn, McMenemy, Pat McCabe.
Scorers: Quinn; (2), Gallacher
GLENTORAN:
Murphy, McCann, Grainger, George Ferrett, Scraggs, Emerson, Lynar, Moore, Boyd, Duff, Lindsay
Referee: A. A. Jackson (Glasgow)
Attendance: 5,000
Gate receipts: £140
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Unknown Scottish newspaper report.
QUINN OUT AGAIN
Celtic 3 Glentoran 0
Thanks to the abandonment of the Scottish Cup ties and the enterprise of Celtic we had another glimpse of an Irish League team at Parkhead. Glentoran showed that they are quite a good team, but not possessed of the same collective skill as Celtic, who won easily by three “clear” goals. Celtic were not inclined to take things seriously at the onset, and it was as well that the defence of McNair and Dodds was sound. The Irishmen had then a lesson in defensive tactics.
Celtic, after half-an-hour, took the game in hand, and following some clever work by McCabe, Quinn and McAtee, the centre-forward headed through the only goal of the first half from a centre by McAtee.
Celtic were more prominent after the interval, the halfs holding the Irish forwards and purveying well their own men. McCabe added to the score with a nice shot, and later Quinn added a third. Celtic defence was too much for the visitors. Even when Shaw was off for a time through injury, and Dodds in goal, a score could not be managed. The game was enjoyable.
Unknown Scottish newspaper report.
A Friendly at Parkhead
Celtic and Glentoran provided quite an interesting game at Parkhead, though the fire and dash of a League match was lacking. In the earlier stages Glentoran shaped well, and if the score had stood level at the interval neither side could have grumbled; but as the game proceeded Celtic came more into the picture, while the opposition receded.
Irish News
Glentoran braved the submarines and crossed to Glasgow on Friday night. They were beaten three clear goals by Glasgow Celtic in a friendly game at Parkhead, but it can be understood that they must have had little rest from leaving Donegall Quay on Friday night. I know from experience that there was little notion of bed for anyone crossing the Channel on Thursday and Friday nights. As the cream of Scotland can make little of the Celtic defence, it was not to be expected of the Glentoran forwards, who troubled Shaw little. The Glens did well until a goal went up against them, and then were easily held in check.
James Quinn trots out in the Irish games. He was out against Celtic on their recent visit, and had a couple of goals. On Saturday a couple more.
A coincidence that Quinn’s goals and a third by Gallagher were all headed through. Glentoran on one occasion shot hard enough to injure Shaw, who twisted himself in fielding a high shot, and had to leave the field for a time, during which Joe Dodds kept goal.
On occasions when the Glens made ground they were sadly lacking in finish. Grainger was unable to play. Pat McCann, however was the outstanding visiting player. With the wind in the first half Glentoran did a good deal of pressing, but couldn’t overcome Dodds and McNair. The last half was practically all Celtic.
The Celts were at full strength except that McCabe of East Stirlingshire had a trial at outside left.
The gate amounted to £140, which was very satisfactory, and recompensed Glentoran, who would have been idle otherwise.
N.B. Thanks due to Brendan Sweeney, Celtic Graves Society for unknown newspaper article copies, and Martin Flynn of Belfast Celtic for Irish News items.