| Match Pictures | Matches: 1905 – 1906 | 1905-06 League |
Trivia
- Extraordinary interest in this game with both teams undefeated.
- The 35,000 crowd is possibly an under-estimate because an exit gate was rushed as the teams came out.
Review
Extraordinary interest in this game with both teams undefeated.
The 35,000 crowd is possibly an under-estimate because an exit gate was rushed as the teams came out.
When Napoleon scored the winner, "a yell of triumph burst from 20,000 throats, and the roaring was maintained and grew in volume on to the close".The Glasgow Observergoes into overdrive about this game talking about Loney "robust energy", Young "the best right half in the land", MacLeod "tremendous speed", Orr "foresight and sureness" , Hay "a tireless trot", Bennett "lively as a cricket", McMenemy "dogged earnestness" and Quinn "tearing like a tiger". Meanwhile, the injured Peter Somers sat on the pavilion balcony "like Priam on the walls of Troy".
Teams
Celtic:
Adams, MacLeod and Orr; Young, Loney and Hay; A McNair, McMenemy, Bennett, Quinn and Hamilton
Scorers:Orr (pen 30), McMenemy 75,
Airdrie:
Duncan, Scott and Rombach; Ferguson, McGran and Findlay: Currie, Thomson, O'Rourke, Tarbet and Hunter
Scorers:Hunter 35
Referee: Mr McCorkindale, Dalmuir
Attendance: 35,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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