1906-02-24: Celtic 1-2 Heart of Midlothian, Scottish Cup

Match Pictures | Matches: 19051906 | 1905-06 League

Trivia

  • Scottish Cup 3rd Round
  • A great Cup tie in front of a huge crowd but Celtic on wrong side of the score-line, and this represented one of the big disappointments for Celtic in this era.
  • Sunny Jim was not playing, but Hearts were the better side.
  • The pitch was heavily sanded.

Review

A great Cup tie in front of a huge crowd but Celtic on wrong side of the score-line, and this represented one of the big disappointments for Celtic in this era. Sunny Jim was not playing, but Hearts were the better side. The pitch was heavily sanded.

Teams

Celtic:
Adams, MacLeod and Orr; McNair, Loney and Hay; Bennett, McMenemy, Quinn, Somers and Hamilton
Scorers:McMenemy 30

Hearts:
G Philip, McNaught and D Philip; McLaren, Thomson and Dickson; Cooper, Walker, Menzies, D Wilson and G Wilson
Scorers:Walker 46, Menzies 75

Referee: Mr J Mason, Burslem
Attendance: 50,000

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  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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