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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- The Glasgow Herald reports the surprising news from the USA that the German submarine U-53 had arrived in New York.
- Page 5 of the Glasgow Herald gives details of the trial of 6 men accused of causing murder by throwing a hand grenade into a house in the Calton. LINK
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair,Dodds McStay, Johnstone, Wilson, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, O'Kane, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: O'Kane, Browning, Dodds
CLYDE:
Shingleton, Cowan, Farrell, Walker, McGinis, Neave, Morris, G. Watson, McGowan, Jackson, Shimmons
Scorers: McGowan, Shimmons.
Referee: A. A. Jackson (Glasgow)
Attendance: 30,000
Articles
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Articles
The Glasgow Herald, 9 October 1916
AN UNINTERESTING FINAL
Though the Glasgow Cup final concerned two East-End clubs, and was decided on the ground of one of the contestants, and attendance of 30,000 proved that a cup final will always appeal to the general public, whatever its geographical limitations may be. It was Clyde’s third appearance in the city final, their opponents’ twenty-first, and Celtic have designs on a record previously held by Rangers and now shared by the Ibrox and Parkhead clubs; both have now won the trophy on eleven occasions.
Though Clyde ousted Queen’s Park and Third Lanark from the city cup competition and were beaten only once in the League, by Greenock Morton, they did not impress one as likely to succeed against such an experienced eleven as that which generally represents the League Champions. However they were given a sporting chance by the absence of Young and the temporary breakdown of McAtee, and it may be said they took full advantage of the resultant weakness in their opponents’ ranks. At least they profited to the extent of a goal from the unaccustomed weakness of McNair and Dodds, and held their advantage for nearly an hour. Only then did the Celtic forwards settle down, but once O’Kane equalised with a splendid effort further scoring became a matter of willpower with the ground team, and two more were added in a few minutes without undue exertion.
Thence to within a minute of the finish it was a case of marking time, so far as the winners were concerned, and a second goal for Clyde on the call of time simply rounded off a rather uninteresting game.