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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Larkhall born ex-Plymouth goalkeeper Fred Craig may have wished he had stayed at home as Celts go nap.
- Page 8 of the Glasgow Herald reports a raid by a band of General Pancho Villa's men on an Arizona ranch at Osborn resulted in the death of one American and the theft of a herd of cattle. A troop of US cavalry has been dispatched across the border in pursuit.LINK
- The Herald also reports at Page 6 under the heading of "Shells from Ireland", of a large deputation of businessmen from Ireland led by John Redmond MP met Mr Lloyd George at the Metropole Hotel London with the aim of increasing the role of Irish weapons and munitions supplies to the war effort.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Young,Johnstone, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: McColl; (4), McMenemy
HAMILTON ACADEMICAL:
Scorer: Kyle
Referee:
Attendance: 7,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Glasgow Herald – March 13, 1916
A LANGUISHING COMPETITION
It is perfectly useless to treat seriously a competition where only four clubs, Rangers, Morton, Heart of Mildlothian, and Hamilton Academicals, have gained as many goals as Celtic have annexed points, though Rangers and Morton are due a word of praise for making a bid for place honours. The Parkhead club can afford to lose its away matches with Falkirk, St Mirren, and Motherwell, and still finish on top, provided that the five home fixtures yield full points, and assuming that Rangers win all their remaining matches, which is not at all a likely thing. It follows that the S.F.A. need have no qualms about refusing the request of the League for an extension of the season – both bodies are already committed to the “Saturday and recognised public holiday” arrangement – rather will the Association be performing a public service in bringing to a premature conclusion a competition which is now one in name only. And if the English League refuse to sanction an inter-League game, as seems probable, they too will be rendering a service and reading their Scottish brethren a lesson on the value of self-help. It ought not to be beyond the intellect of our legislators to devise a scheme to facilitate a game or series of games between home player, and on dates available, which would yield a rich financial return. The Celtic did not show any signs of decadence when defeating Hamilton Academicals without effort, and on the other hand Rangers and Morton were so impressive when also winning as to make one regret that neither had discovered the Parkhead recipe for consistency.