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Trivia
- Friendly match played Boghead Park, Dumbarton.
- Celtic complete the double having defeated local rivals Dumbarton Athletic 3-0 a week later.
Review
Teams
Dumbarton:-
Bell, Stewart, Hannah, Keir, Dewar, McMillan, Lapsley, Collins, Madden, Chapman, Aitken.
Goal:- Chapman.
Celtic:-
Dunning, Collins, McKeown, Gallagher, Kelly, McLaren, McCallum, Coleman, Groves, O’Connor, Dunbar.
Goals:- McCallum (2).
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Articles
Aberdeen Press & Journal 17th September 1888
Glasgow Herald 17th September 1888
These teams met for the first time at Dumbarton. Celtic won the toss but this carried little advantage, as there was scarcely any wind, only a gentle breeze blowing across the field. McCallum scored one goal in each half, with Chapman scoring a goal for Dumbarton
result:- Celtic, 2 goals; Dumbarton, 1 goal.
From a newspaper report from the time.
For the first two or three minutes Dumbarton held down their opponents, and the Celtic had a similar piece of play, ending with a goal kick. The game had not been five minutes old when Robertson, one of Dumbarton’s best forwards, got a fall, and his knee, already disabled, gave way, and he had to be helped off the field. The game for the first twenty minutes was pretty evenly contested, but with the exception of an occasional run by Ralph Aitken on the Dumbarton side, and Groves and McCallum on the Celtic, there were few features worth noticing. The first two corners of the game fell to the visiting team twenty five minutes from the start in immediate succession, but in the case of the latter the ball was sent behind. Shortly afterwards the Glasgow team hemmed in Dumbarton, and, the ball being well centred by the left wing, McCallum got it on his head and passed through. The scene of play was immediately changed, and Madden was on the point of scoring when he was tripped. A few moments afterwards the centre got a free kick in front of their opponents’ goal. It was well placed, and but for the prompt action of the Dumbarton custodian a goal would have been scored. Towards the close of the first half the city team played hard, but the Dumbarton defence, well tested, came out of the ordeal successfully. Dumbarton’s weak point was their front rank, but with Robertson partially disabled, and Bell unable to appear owing to an injury while playing against Queens Park, which may end his playing days, one can excuse them. A minute or two before half-time, Collins, of the Celtic, got injured, and left the field. A minute before half-time, McCallum (Celtic) put the ball through, but as the whistle had indicated previously that he was offside, it was no goal, so that at half-time the result was :- Celtic 1: Dumbarton 0.
Dumbarton played the second half without Robertson, which, under the circumstances, was better, for his presence, while unable to do anything, tended to disorganise the front rank. For five minutes the Celtic tried hard to add to their score, and three good shots were sent in, but Bell played carefully between the posts. The first shot resulted in a corner, the second was well punted out, and the third went wide of the mark. The scene of play was at once changed to the other end of the field, and Dumbarton made a good attempt to score. Thrice the ball crossed in front of the Celtic goal, and at the fourth passage, Chapman sent it through, a performance which was greeted with cheering. The game was thus equal. Dumbarton, considering that they were one man short, played a plucky game. The Glasgow Men had, if anything, the most of the play, but it must not be supposed that the game was anything like a one-sided one. The visiting forwards never got far away, for Keir, who was probably the best man on the field, and the other men in Dumbarton’s rear rank played a sure game. They had a splendid chance twenty minutes from the close but the slippery nature of the ground on this occasion, as on others, spoilt the efforts of the men. McCallum now dribbled the ball down the field. Bell, the custodian, struck the ball, but failed to alter it,s course much, and it passed to the left side, whence it was passed to the centre, and McCallum’s second chance struck the inside of one of the uprights and glided through. This was the second goal scored for the Celtic about ten minutes from the finish. The remainder of the second half was well contested. Dumbarton playing up better. They failed to score, however, and the result, although against them, is certainly creditable, since they played so long with ten men.
Result:- Celtic, 2 goals; Dumbarton, 1 goal.