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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- First of two games played in the one day by Celtic sees the bhoys score 6 against Raith Rovers to total 104 goals in 34 matches, beating Falkirk’s 103 goals in 34 matches record set in season 1907 – 1908.
- Joe Dodds is Celtic’s record breaker with the sixth goal against the Fifers.
- The Glasgow Herald reports that 3 British Naval aircraft have carried out bombing raids on Constantinople and Adrianople. LINK
- The Letters page of the same edition of The Glasgow Herald is dominated with the story of the wife of a working man (wearing a shawl) ordering and paying for a grand piano with £100 in cash.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, McGregor, Young, Dodds, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, O’Kane, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: Gallacher; (3), O’Kane; (2), Dodds
RAITH ROVERS:
Brown, Inglis, Robson, Hutchison, McKerley, Foster, Archibald, Abbot, Newbigging, Turner, Gibson
Referee: J. Binnie (Falkirk)
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Monday 16th April, 1916
A NEW RECORD.
The Celtic won the Scottish League Championship on Saturday for the thirteenth time, established a new record, and played two League matches on the same day, a series of achievements remarkable even for a club which has made a reputation of specialising in such things. The Parkhead men required to score six goals against Raith Rovers to aggregate 104 goals for 34 matches, and thereby eclipse Falkirk’s total of 103 goals for the same number of matches gained in season 1907 – 1908. They held a lead of three goals at the interval, but the Fife defenders were unwilling to contribute to the desired record, and it was perilously near the finish when Dodds scored the all-important goal which deprived Falkirk of the honour they had held so long. There was intense excitement among the spectators as the home team gradually approached the century of goals and then forged ahead, and several hundreds took train for Motherwell in expectation of seeing Celtic win the match postponed from March 25, and annex the Championship for the third year in succession and the thirteenth time since the competition was inaugurated in 1890.
