| Match Pictures | Matches: 1915 – 1916 | 1915 Pics – 1916 Pics |
Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Glasgow Herald reports that the Allied landing at Suvla Bay went well and attributed this to the fact that it was the last week of Ramazan and the Turks didn’t notice the large naval fleet of landing craft and warships approach. [See Page 8 of link below]
- Glasgow Herald reports that Count Zeppelin himself was on board a craft named after him which attacked London. [Page 7 Here]
Review
Teams
MORTON:
Jock Bradford, Morrison, George Ormond, McIntyre, John S. Wright, James McLean, David A. Torrance, Robertson, Jimmy Gourlay, James Stevenson, Stan Seymour
CELTIC:
Shaw, McGregor, Dodds, Young, Johnstone ,McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy, Browning
Scorer: Young
Referee: A. A. Jackson (Glasgow)
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman, Monday 13th Sept. 1915
About 15,000 were attracted to Cappielaw to see the game between Greenock Morton and Celtic. It was a lively encounter and the Celtic may count themselves lucky to win. The solitary goal in the game was scored by Young in the first five minutes. Prior to this Morton had been pressing hard, and a sudden break-away by McAtee gave Young his chance. The shot was sent in from some distance and rather deceived Bradford. After this play was of the liveliest character, and at both ends there were many narrow escapes. Celtic forwards showed the better football, and only a grand defence kept them from augmenting their score. Both sets of backs played splendidly, and in the home half-back line Wright and McIntyre put in a power of work, and nullified many fine efforts by the Celts. On the play Morton should have drawn.
The Glasgow Herald, Monday 13th September 1915
CHAMPIONS AND LEADERS.
The Celts took the opportunity to head the League table once more with another of those 1-0 victories so characteristic of the Champions. While there is always merit in an away victory, there is frequently a great deal of luck attached, and that the Celts were fortunate to score as they did is apparent to those who have a proper appreciation of Bradford as a goalkeeper and Young as a goal-scorer. The honours of the game lay with the home team, compelled to take the field without two of their usual half-backs and two penetrative forwards, but the Celtic defence has the knack of rendering such honours barren and unprofitable.
