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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Facing Celtic at Dens was the famous Alex Troup who was said to have signed for Dundee on the top of a coffin!
- Page 10 of The Glasgow Herald (Link below) gives the weekend casualties as 80 officers and 3,364 men and on the same page reports that miners employed by the Coltness Iron & Coal Co., at Blairhall Colliery in Fife have gone on strike.
- The "Over By Christmas" jingoistic war euphoria is dwindling fast in the press and Lloyd George is making the case for employing the "whole strength" of the nation, namely conscription or National Service. Page 7 Link below.
- Page 7 of The Glasgow Herald also reports that a loan of £100,000,000 to the French and British governments by the USA is on the point of a "satisfactory conclusion". LINK
Review
Respected football historian David Potter wrote a book on Alex Troup entitled "Wee Troupie" LINK
Teams
DUNDEE:
Balfour, Alec Aitken, Pat Burns, Bob McIntosh, John McDonald, Stirling, Fisher, George Steven, Davie Brown, Alex Troup, Tom McCulloch
CELTIC:
Shaw, McGregor, Dodds, Young, Johnstone ,McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: Gallacher, Browning
Referee: J. Binnie (Falkirk)
Attendance: 15,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman, Monday 20th Sept 1915
There were 15,000 spectators at Dens Park, where Celtic and Dundee played a very keen game. In the first half Dundee held their own. They showed great enthusiasm in attack, and in defence were splendid, but their light forward line very seldom got the better of the solid Celtic defence. The Celtic displayed clever tactics, and Dundee’s goal had several narrow escapes. The shooting of the Celtic forwards was, however, not up to their standard. At the interval there was no scoring. In the early stages of the second half Dundee more than held their own, Brown making several great efforts to score, but the superiority of Celtic afterwards asserted itself, and until the close play was clearly in their favour. Browning opened the scoring with a grand shot, and Gallagher got the second goal by converting a corner kick splendidly placed by Browning. McMenemy and Browning were the outstanding men in the Celtic front line.
The Glasgow Herald, Monday September 20th 1915
CELTIC WELL HELD
It was only after a desperate struggle that the Celtic achieved their third successive victory over Dundee at Dens Park. The home team had only slender hopes of victory; their forwards were too feeble to expect too much of the team as a whole. But a draw with the champions would have been more welcome than a victory over any other club in the competition, and the Dundee defenders laid themselves out for this virtual triumph. How nearly they succeeded only those who saw the match can testify. The visitors won by two goals, yet Balfour had only two other scoring shots to save. An oblique shot from Browning and a well-placed corner from the same player squeezed home by Gallagher gave Celtic the points. At other times the visiting forwards were blotted out of site by three stalwart halves, who only lost their grip of their opponents in the last 15 minutes, when tired out and worn out by the chasing Celtic five. Had the Dundee forwards shown a tithe of the ability of their half-backs the champions would not be undefeated today.