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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Heavy weather and big scores dominate this Saturday with Morton beating Hamilton 8-1 at home.
- Casualty figures in the Herald show 100 officers and 1,076 men killed in action the previous week. LINK
- The Herald also reports there are fears for the crew of the French cruiser Admiral Charner which was on patrol in the Mediterranean.
- The Herald reports George Rainham one of the Brookland pilots fell out of his plane at 2,000 feet while looping the loop and survived the fall.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Young,Johnstone, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: McAtee; (3), McMaster; (2), Gallacher
DUMBARTON:
Hamilton, McGrory, Kelso, Garry, Riddell, Gunn, Ritchie, McGregor,O`Neil, Gettins, Thom
Referee: R. T. Murray (Stenhousemuir)
Attendance: 6,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Monday 14th February 1916
ONE MORE RECORD
Last season Celtic set up a record for goals lost – 25 – when winning the championship, and now they are out to beat Falkirk’s 1907 – 08 record of goals gained – 103 – and incidentally claim one more championship. They have at present 79 goals for 26 matches played, and have only to obtain 25 in the remaining 12 matches to top Falkirk’s total. Prophecy in matters pertaining to football is frequently a vain thing, yet it ought not to be beyond a team above all things consistent to average two goals per match in their remaining engagements after striking an average of three per match to date, and with four away fixtures on hand – Kilmarnock, Falkirk, Motherwell, and St. Mirren – after discussing the return with Queen’s Park at Hampden this week-end. But, as showing the futility of dealings in futures or in estimating problematic averages, it may be pointed out that for over an hour against Dumbarton the Celts were well pleased to hold a precarious one-goal lead, and towards the finish scored four goals in eight minutes. If Falkirk’s record is to be disturbed goals must come more regularly and be less a matter of the other side collapsing, for few teams will exhibit Dumbarton’s failings in this respect, and there are certain forward lines which will test a defence impaired by two veterans whose lack of speed may prove fatal to this aspiration of the club and its following.