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Trivia
- For the first time extra-time was played in the Glasgow Cup and it was needed when both ties were even at full time. While Celtic went on to win the other tie between Clyde and Rangers at Shawfield was still tied after extra time and was decided on corner kicks with Rangers winning by virtue of the fact that they had 14 to Clyde's 2. If the teams had tied on corners the referee would have tossed a coin to decide the winners.
- While Celtic are at Hampden on cup duty Greenock Morton move to top of the League with victory over Third Lanark and Clydebank get their first ever League victory with a 0-1 win over Hibernian at Easter Road.
- Monday's edition of The Glasgow Herald carries and article revealing US intelligence has proved that the Swedish Government is aiding Germany by giving information on shipping movements that is then used by U-boats to sink British ships. LINK
- In the same edition of the Herald "Sanatogen" tonic wine at twopence per dose is advertised as the perfect cure for anxiety and depression or "War-Weakened Nerves".
- Again in the Herald on page 7 is an account entitled "Austrian Frills and Furbelows" telling of how Austrian officers fighting our Italian allies on the Bainsizza Plateau are living in grand style.
Review
Teams
QUEEN'S PARK:
Ward, Ford, Morton, Aitken (more info needed)
Scorers: Aitken
CELTIC:
McNair, Dodds, Gallacher, Browning (more info needed)
Scorers: Browning, Gallacher
Referee:
Attendance: 16,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Monday Sep 10 1917
If lack of goals made for comedy at Shawfield, the scoring of them, or rather the manner of scoring, gave quite a tragic touch to the downfall of Queen’s Park at Hampden.
For once Alan Morton refused to play into McNair’s hands. He kept clear of the veteran, dashed past him at top speed, and gave the other forwards a lead that was not neglected. Soon the slower and more methodic professionals were in a maze, and the expected happened when Aitken caught Dodds in two minds and ran on to score a brilliant goal. It might have been the deciding goal as well so staunchly were the home defenders standing up to their work but Ward was badly at fault in putting the ball to the foot of Browning whose good fortune did not end here. The Celtic forward shot hard across goal. It struck the post and bounded into the net. This entailed another half hour, and another goal for the professionals. A shot from Gallagher that would have given Ward no trouble to clear was made unsaveable by Ford deflecting the ball wide of the goalkeeper. As the amateurs had held their own up to this point, it can be gathered that they were most unfortunate to have Aitken’s magnificent effort neutralised by a mistake and a mishap.