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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Celtic face their last victorious opponents (15/03/1915) and draw to extend their unbeaten run to 24 matches.
- Celtic fans reading the match report in The Glasgow Herald on Easter Monday 24th April 1916 would not be aware of events in Dublin and the only mention of Ireland in the newspaper was in the letters section where in a letter entitled "Equality of Sacrifice & Ireland" a letter writer going by the nom de plume 'half a chance' bemoans the fact that 400,000 single men are exempt from call-up. LINK
- Page 3 of Monday's Glasgow Herald gives details of air raid warning notices that have been posted around Glasgow.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair,Dodds, Young, Johnstone, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, O'Kane, McMenemy, Browning
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN:
Stewart, Kiernan, J Wilson, Miller, Mercer, Nellies, Sinclair, McEwan, Welsh, Graham, Blackhall
Referee: H. Humphries (Greenock)
Attendance: 18,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Monday 24th April 1916
TWO RECORDS FOR TYNECASTLE
Celtic and Heart of Mid-Lothian were both on the search of a new record on Saturday, and the outcome was one of the fastest games of the season and a check to the champions. The home team were intent, of course, on reaching the 64 point mark and so coming within one point of their previous best with two games in hand. The visitors were just as keen on retaining a minor honour, and uninterrupted run of successes on Glasgow grounds, and with interests clashing an exciting encounter was inevitable. At one time it seemed as if the Edinburgh club could not raise an eleven, much less put a team on the field strong enough to prevent the record-scorers gaining a solitary goal. On Thursday there were only eight players at Mr McCartney’s disposal, but Stewart was requisitioned from Falkirk, Kiernan signed on without a trial, and Miller, an emergency forward, brought in at half-back. The three new defenders blended so well with the survivors of the old guard – Wilson, Nellies, and Mercer – as to form an impenetrable wall of defence, against which the Parkhead forwards vainly strove. If the Tynecastle attack were not so persistent it was none the less dangerous on occasions, and three times only Shaw’s vigilance prevented Sinclair’s centres taking effect. Previous meetings had prepared the crowd for a fast game, but few of the spectators anticipated that it would end in Heart of Mid-Lothian being the only team to refuse to contribute to the Celtic goal record and Rangers the only Glasgow team to defeat the Tynecastle men this season.