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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Victory in this game put Celtic on 62 points, an unassailable lead at the top of the table. Celtic were the Champions!
- In this, the second of two games played in the one day by Celtic the team that had earlier hammered Raith Rovers by six goals to nil had an enforced change, with Trooper Joe Cassidy coming in for the injured O’Kane.
- Motherwell’s outside right in this game, Frank Kelly would later play for the bhoys before serving in France and sadly after surviving the war lost his life in a train accident in France after the war had ended. LINK
- This result brings Celtic’s current unbeaten run to 23 matches since losing to Hearts on 13th November 1915.
- 188 officers and 1037 men are reported killed in the previous week by The Glasgow Herald. LINK
- The same edition of the Herald reports a ceremony to install Most Eminent Companion Andrew L Ross as Royal Arch Chapter Grand Superintendant for Angus and Mearns was held in Montrose, with a presentation of gold, a jewel and a silver salver.
- The Herald also reports that President Wilson of the USA is nearing the end of his tether with Germany and has sent them a note to this effect. It is believed that the US has decided to withdraw their forces from Mexico where they have been on pursuit of Pancho Villa to concentrate on massing them for war with Germany.
Review
Teams
MOTHERWELL:
Jock Rundell, Penman, McSkimming, McStay, Finlayson, Archibald, F Kelly, Waugh, Robertson, Gray, McNeil
Scorers: Robertson
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, McGregor, Young, Dodds, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, Cassidy, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: Browning, McMenemy, Dodds (pen)
Referee: G. H. McKeane (Glasgow)
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Monday 16th April, 1916
A NEW RECORD.THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
The Parkhead officials hoped at one time to be able to play the same eleven in both matches, but McColl and Johnstone were unable to assist their club in the final stages of a memorable contest. Their enforced absence merely emphasised that feature which has been the distinguished trait of past and present Celtic championship teams, the adaptability of the players and their facility for taking up a new position in an emergency. Dodds, usually a left full back, took up the centre half position and scored a goal in each match, and O’Kane, the reserve centre, scored twice against Raith Rovers and stood down in favour of Trooper Cassidy at Motherwell, where the soldier player was also seen to advantage, though not successful at goal. Were professional football the dishonest business it is sometimes said to be, the Celts might have foregone victory at Motherwell and prolonged the life of the competition. Defeat would have invested their remaining matches with no little interest and added to the club treasury, but financial considerations do not weigh with a club which once declined to take part in a replayed Glasgow final rather than have the venue decided by a quibble. Not the least meritorious record gained by Celtic is their carrying through their entire League programme without taking advantage of the official permission to play in mid-week, and so encroach upon the claims of labour at a time when every hour lost in the factory means so much to our brave fellows at the front.
