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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Page 7 of the Glasgow Herald runs the headline "Our New Machines" and describes the awe with which soldiers watched the destructive power of tanks for the first time. "They cut up houses, and put the refuse right under their bellies, walk right over em" one squaddie said. LINK
- The same newspaper tells us Sir Earnest Shackleton is in Chile preparing to go to Australia where he hopes to be involved in the rescue of the remainder of his party still in the Ross Sea ice.
- Unbeaten for 31st League game on the trot for Celtic.
Review
There was never any doubt of the result of Celtic's visit to Motherwell but an accident to one of the home forwards made things even easier and scoring a matter of will. Glasgow Herald, Monday 18 September
Teams
MOTHERWELL:
Rundell, C. Brown (Bradford City), McSkimming, McStay, Stewart, Murray, F. Kelly, King, Ferguson, Gray, Ramsay
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, McStay, Young, Wilson, Dodds, McAtee, Gallacher, O'Kane, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: McAtee; (2), Gallacher; (2)
Referee:
Attendance: 14,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)