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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- The Saints bring an international flavour to this match with English half-backs Brown and Dixon aided by Australian Harry Higginbotham and a future Rangers legend 'Fister' Walls. This win brings Celtic's unbeaten run (including Glasgow Cup) to 61 matches.
- The Glasgow Herald reports that the American people are excitedly awaiting the President to announce a state of war with Germany. LINK
- The same newspaper reports that the Carl Rosa Opera Company brought their Edinburgh engagement of Maritana to an end.
- The Glasgow Herald also reports that John Armstong a potato merchant of Govan had overcharged the price imposed by the Food Controller to the tune of sevenpence per stone and Sheriff Scott Moncrieff fined him £2 10shillings.
- Again in this newspaper is a report that John Macleod MP while opening a sale of work at Govan Parish Church condemned the high wages earned by "certain classes at the present time" and the dangers inherent in their children having too much to spend.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Wilson, McStay, Brown, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy , Browning
Scorers: Gallacher, Dodds, McColl
SAINT MIRREN:
Hillcoat, Marshall, Callaghan, William Brown, Arthur Dixon, James 'Fister' Walls, Harry Higginbotham, Pringle, Turner, Lindsay, Sowerby
Referee:
Attendance: 12,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Monday 2nd April, 1917
CELTIC STILL UNDEFEATED
The Scottish Football Association will be asked this week to sanction a couple of mid-week League matches, and will probably give a favourable answer, despite the “Saturdays and recognised public holidays” finding. A refusal will have no bearing on the Championship; the title is more than ever a certainty for the present holders, who are also in the happy position of being able to fulfil their remaining fixtures without having recourse to evening matches. St Mirren disappointed those who anticipated a repetition of last season’s victory at Parkhead, but the Paisley team could reasonably plead that a crippled player and a penalty goal were insurmountable handicaps where an undefeated opposition were concerned.