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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Celtic record their fifth successive league win over their city rivals, who have two Englishmen, Lock and Paterson, an Irishman, Craig, and an ex-Celt, Bennett, in their team.
- Scott Duncan of Rangers would go on to play two games for Celtic as a guest during World War One.
- SS Rohilla, a hospital ship is reported wrecked off Whitby with the loss of many lives.
- At a Court-Martial in Fort Westmoreland, Queenstown, Michael Murphy, a shoemaker of Strawhall, Monkstown, Co Cork was cleared of charges under the Defence of the Realm Act, namely of having a copy of the “Irish Freedom” newspaper. The court ruled that if the paper were not a fit publication then the government should act to suppress it.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Young, Johnstone, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, Quinn, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: McMenemy, Gallacher
RANGERS:
Herbert Lock, Thomas Kelso, Alex Craig, Jimmy Gordon, Peter Pursell, Joe Hendry, Scott Duncan, James Bowie, Willie Reid, Alex Bennett, James "Doc" Paterson
Scorer: Reid
Referee:
Venue: Celtic Park
Attendance: 35,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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Articles
The Scotsman, Monday, 1st November 1914
The first meeting of the season, under League auspices, between the great rivals, the Celtic and Rangers, brought out a big crowd to Parkhead, some 40,000 and larger still, no doubt, had the meeting taken place at normal times. Still, such a multitude of people turning out testified to the interest in the game, and it must be said, they got rare good value for their trouble.
The Celtic soon licked themselves into shape, their forwards especially, and the first goal went to the home side after a spell of play in which the Celtic had shown much pretty work, and the Rangers’ sound defence.
As it happened, the opening goal came at a time when the Rangers were striving for all-round equality, and it was from a free kick taken by Young that McMenemy ultimately slipped the ball past Lock.
The point was well taken, and as it turned out only served to waken up the Rangers still more, and they quite deserved the equaliser put on by Reid shortly before the interval. This was all the scoring the first half held, with play all through of a good rousing order.
The second portion also saw a ding-dong struggle, and if the Celtic were a trifle fortunate in seeing a free kick retaken, and a goal put on by Gallacher, yet the balance lay with the Parkhead forwards, and therein lay the difference between the sides.
The Celtic were persistent attackers, and though losing by two goals to one, the Rangers put up a grand fight – one of the best this season.