1943-12-25: Hamilton Academicals 3-3 Celtic, League Southern Division

Match Pictures | Matches: 1943 – 1944

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Review

Christmas Day just an ordinary Saturday in wartime Scotland. In the Army however, the tradition is that the officers serve the men their Christmas dinner.

English soldiers get a day off, Scottish ones get New Year’s Day.

Teams

Hamilton Accies:
Ryan, Govan and McGurk; Burns, Lowe and Dempster; Thomson, Hood, Wilson, Herd and Taylor
Goals: Wilson, Herd, Thomson

Celtic:
Miller, Hogg and P McDonald; M MacDonald, McLaughlan and Paterson; Lynch, McPhail, Gallacher, Divers and McAuley
Goals: Gallacher 2, McAuley

Referee: Can’t be found
Attendance: 11000

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