1917-02-03: Celtic 5-0 Raith Rovers, League

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Trivia

  • Celtic & World War One
  • Number 53 in Celtic's unbeaten run is a nap hand win over the Fifers at Parkhead before 16,000 spectators.
  • Page 7 of The Glasgow Herald reports that the USA has expelled Bernstorff, the German Ambassador and broken off diplomatic relations with that country following the sinking of the Clyde-built American liner Housatonic by a German U-boat. LINK

Review

Teams

CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Wilson, McStay, Brown, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy , Browning
Scorers: McColl; (2), Gallacher; (2), McAtee

RAITH ROVERS:

Jock Neish, Winning, Muir, John C. Rattray, Forrest, Currie, Archibald, Lindsay, Rougvie, Abbott, Gibson

Referee: J. Weir (Airdrie)
Attendance: 16,000

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  • Match Report (see end of page below)

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