1924-02-16: Celtic 1-0 Queen’s Park, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • The Glasgow Herald reports that all of the nation’s dockers stopped work on Saturday, and 80 ships on the Clyde cannot be loaded or unloaded. LINK
  • Also in the Herald, news from Luxor that Howard Carter has been prevented by the Egyptian Antiquities Service from entering the tomb of Tutankhamun.
  •  A Scotland team with only one Celt, Joe Cassidy, were beaten 2-0 by Wales at Ninian Park, Cardiff.

Review

An Adam McLean header late in the first half sees Celtic to a tight win.

Teams

CELTIC: Shaw; McNair, Hilley; Wilson,  J McStay,  MacFarlane,

McAtee,  Gallacher, McLean ,  Thomson,  Connolly.

QUEEN’S PARK: Gibbs, Sneddon, Wiseman, McDonald, Gillespie, Dickson, A Morton, King, Chalmers, Moreland, McAlpine.

Referee: J. Binnie (Falkirk)

Attendance: 10,000

Goals: McLean (46) (1-0)

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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Articles

Match report from The Scotsman, 18th February 1924

 
CELTIC’S ONE GOAL VICTORY
So good were both defences at Celtic Park, Glasgow, that few opportunities of scoring fell to either side, and of these few the only one accepted was by McLean, the Celtic centre-forward, who headed the ball into the net following a corner kick one minute before the interval. The Celtic just deserved their victory, bt the Queen’s Park put up a plucky fight The Celtic did most of the aggressive work in the first half, but the Queen;s defended grandly, Gibbs, Wiseman, and Gillespie being outstanding. Early in the second half it looked as if the Celtic would extend their lead, so persistent was their attack, but gradually they were beaten back, and the visitors’ forwards , who had done little of note in the first half, began to put more into life into their play. McAlpine, Chalmers , and Wiseman who all had good tries at Shaw, who, however, was very safe. Both teams were strong in defence, and of the forwards, Gallagher, McLean, Morton, and McAlpine were outstanding. The attendance would be about 10,000.

The Glasgow Herald – Feb 18, 1924

The game was evenly contested in the first half, Queen’s Park having as much of the play as Celtic. Both goals were attacked in turn, and it was not until close on the interval that McLean headed past Gibb from a corner kick taken by Connelly. Shaw was repeatedly tested in the second half, but both he and Gibb kept their charges intact. Queen’s Park had the better of the play towards the close, and were unfortunate in failing to draw level.