Match Pictures | Matches: 1916 – 1917 | 1916 Pics – 1917 Pics |
Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Englishman Bert Yarnall would go on to be top scorer in the Scottish Football League Division One in this season, scoring 39 goals but he didn't bother the scorer in this game.
- An ex-soldier James O'Hara was arrested after he threw a hand grenade into a back court of his house in 122 Sister St, Bridgeton, killing 2 and injuring 12. Reports said O'Hara had been sleeping but awoke when abuse was being shouted outside directed at him and his family.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, McStay, Young, Wilson, Dodds, McAtee, Gallacher, O'Kane, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: Gallacher, O'Kane, (2)
AIRDRIEONIANS:
Bernard, McDonald (ex Motherwell), Watson, Knox, Kennedy, Sneddon, Rankin, Thomson, Yarnall, Anderson, Paterson
Scorer: Thomson
Referee: R. Kelso (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 12,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)