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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Celtic hit Airdrie with a quick one-two and were two goals up within 13 minutes at Broomfield before Englishman Bert Yarnell pulled a goal back for the home side.
- Page 7 of the Glasgow Herald carries the Proclamation of Baghdad made by Sir Stanley Maude which assures the citizens of that city that the British: "armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators."
- Page 8 of The Glasgow Herald of Monday 19 March carries a report of German seamen being arrested and interned in the USA on the grounds that they were suspected of planning to blow up munition plants. LINK
- The same newspaper reports that Count Plunkett was honoured with the freedom of Sligo and made a speech in which he declared the Home Rule Bill "a dead horse".
- Also reported in the Herald is the meeting in Govan Town Hall by shipyard workers to repudiate the rumour that if prohibition of alcohol was introduced in Govan they would take strike action.
Review
Teams
AIRDRIEONIANS:
Bernard, McDonald, Watson, Knox, Kennedy, Comrie, Rankin, Anderson, Yarnell, Donaldson, Paterson
Scorer: Yarnall
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Wilson, McStay, Brown, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy , Browning
Scorers:McAtee, Gallacher
Referee:
Attendance:16,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Monday 19 March 1917
NO CHANGE
As Celtic, Rangers and Morton all proved successful there were no alterations in the relative positions of the placed clubs, and the success of the leaders at Airdrie made more certain their retention of a title which has become practically a monopoly. A couple of goals scored early in the game placed the issue beyond doubt. The point taken subsequently by Yarnall averted a debacle, and if the winners were the likelier to do further damage they were on the whole just one goal the better side.