1940-04-03: Hamilton Academicals 5-0 Celtic, League Western Division

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Trivia

  • The centre-forward of Hamilton Accies referred to in the Herald article below is probably Englishman David Wilson who occupied that position for Motherwell in the 1930's there was also a Frank Wilson who played outside right.
  • It was a Lanarkshire double, as Motherwell had defeated Celtic at Fir Park 2-0 a few days earlier.
  • Thursday April 4, the Herald reports the SFA has switched upcoming Old-Firm game from Parkhead to Ibrox.
  • 56 goals were scored in 8 Scottish games.
  • The Chief Constable of Glasgow, Mr P. J. Sillitoe, in his annual report for 1939 records an appalling increase in the number of fatal accidents in the city during the four months of black-out and urges the introduction of some form of pedestrian control.

Review

Teams

CELTIC
Smith; O’Neill and Morrison; McFarlane, Lyon and Paterson; Gould and McDonald; Carruth, Divers and Murphy.

HAMILTON ACADEMICALS:

Scorers:
Wilson (3), Harper?, McIntyre.

Referee:
Attendance:

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Links

Articles
Hamilton 5 Celtic 0 1940