1921-01-22: Motherwell 1-1 Celtic, League Division 1

Match Pictures | Matches: 1920 – 1921 | 1921 pictures

Trivia

  • Celtic's troubles at Motherwell continue as playing in a blizzard they draw for the second time in two years.
  • The Glasgow Herald reports Sir Hamar Greenwood gave a speech to cadets of the Auxiliary Force entitled "Breaking The Terror" in which he tells them that they will be up against dirty fighters but these are but a minority of the great historic Irish race. LINK
  • The same newspaper edition reports that HM Submarine K5 has sunk with the loss of all hands.
  • Also in the Herald news that David Lloyd George and other allied premiers have arrived in Paris to negotiate German reparations for the war.

Review

Teams

CELTIC:

Scorer: McInally

Referee: J. A. Martin (Clydebank)
Attendance: 20,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

  • Match Pictures

Articles

Match report from The Scotsman, 24th January 1921

[…] For the second year in succession, the Celtic left a point behind them at Motherwell, and on play the home team fully earned a division of the honours. It was a hard and fast game, contested under favourable conditions, a blizzard raging at times. Nevertheless, the exhibition served up was up to the best traditions of the clubs. The first half was goalless, the respective defences having the mastery over the opposing attacks. A goal fell to the Celtic early in the second half, by Cassidy, but Rankin was not long in securing the equaliser. From then on to the finish it was a stern struggle, but the verdict fell to neither side, and perhaps rightly so, for neither deserved to lose.
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The Glasgow Herald – Jan 24, 1921
Celtic had McNair and McStay again on duty, and their failure to win was a decided set-back, in view of the fact that Rangers took full points from Motherwell in both engagements in the present campaign.