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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Not unusually the Glasgow Herald did not feature any report of the game, to speak of, listing only the teams and the score and a mention in passing, The Scotsman did a fair report on the efforts of the "Irishmen."
- The Scotsman reports that Dundee's centre-forward Davie Brown was dashing and daring, but McGregor and McNair contained him and this was no mean feat as Davie Brown was a record goalscorer and on 9th December 1916 would score 6 in a game at Dens against Raith Rovers.
- The United States is sending more ships to Vera Cruz, Mexico, after the Russian minister for that country said in New York that a state of anarchy existed in Mexico. General Carranza, one of the rebel leaders confirmed that there would be more fighting in Mexico between him, Pancho Vila and other rebels vying for power.
- Sir Edward Carson and Lady Carson, who was paying her first visit to Ulster, arrived at Belfast on the Liverpool steamer to be greeted by a cheering crowd of thousands and a specially chosen troop of 100 members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, chosen from the Belfast Regiments. They are in the city to attend the Ulster Day celebrations.
Review
Teams
DUNDEE:
Balfour, Patrick Burns, David Thomson, Robert Anderson McIntosh, John McDonald, David Hutchison, William Hogg, George Steven, David Brown, Thomas F "Tom" McCulloch, McDonald
Scorers: McCulloch
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, McGregor, Young, Dodds, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: McColl (2), Gallacher)
Venue: Dens Park
Referee: R J Kelso (Hamilton)
Attendance: 12,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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Articles
The Scotsman, Monday 28th September, 1914.
The Celtic fairly nonplussed their critics in their match with Dundee at Dens Park.
The Irishmen had not hitherto secured a victory on foreign soil, but they achieved their first success against the northern team. Operating with the aid of a strong breeze, the Celts had the greater portion of the play, but the opposing defence never allowed them to get settled down for a shot, and it was a credit to the Dundee defenders that the Glasgow team only led at the interval by a goal obtained by a header by McColl.
The Celtic’s dash on resuming, however, found the homesters unprepared. Gallagher paved the way for a win by beating Balfour with a great drive two minutes after the resumption, while in another three minutes McColl had notched the third.
At this stage the Celtic were seen at their best. With valuable assistance from their halves, McColl and his wings moved with remarkable precision. Dundee’s defence was helpless, and it was due more to the visitors easing up than their own work that they got brief respites.
The home attack was disconcerted. Brown was dashing and daring, but McGregor and McNair held him easily. The wings, too failed to hit it off, and it was only a temporary lapse by the Celtic defenders that allowed McCulloch to reduce the leeway.
It was apparent to the 12,000 spectators present that Dundee will require to make a change in the centre-forward position.
Glasgow Herald reports: After winning at Dens Park last season for the first time in seven years, Celtic have acquired what at one time seemed a lost art. At any rate they made Dundee appear a very ordinary eleven, and won more comfortably than a two-goal margin indicated. The gate was nearly £50 better than when Rangers were the visitors a fortnight ago, a little thing that might console the ground club for a not unexpected defeat.