Match Pictures | Matches: 1924 – 1925
Trivia
- Jimmy McGrory misses two sitters on opening game of the season.
- Dundee’s keeper Jack Britton apparently was with Celtic at a later stage in his career but no trace of him playing first team.
- Another of Dundee’s players, David Prophet McLean certainly did play for Celtic as a 16-year old when he was signed as understudy to the Mighty Quinn, and scored Dundee’s goal in their 2-1 defeat by Celtic in the 1925 Scottish Cup Final, the match remembered for “Patsy’s Goal“.
- The Glasgow Herald of Monday August 18 1924 carried little details of Celtic’s draw but on Page 3 there was an advertisement for Hupmobile 16.9 HP Touring cars which were on offer for £380 plus £17 tax. LINK
Review
Teams
DUNDEE:
Britton, Brown, Thomson, Ross, Rankine, Coyle, Nicholson, Davie McLean, Halliday, Duncan, McDonald
CELTIC
Shaw, Granger, Hilley, J. McStay, W. McStay, McFarlane, Connolly, Gallacher, McGrory, A. Thomson, McLean
Referee:
Attendance: 20,000.
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
- Match Pictures
Articles
The Glasgow Herald – Mon 18 Aug 1924
Unlike the others, Celtic were faced with a much more formidable task in tackling Dundee at Dens Park, a place where even stronger teams than that which the Parkhead club have at present have had difficulty in escaping disaster. The departure of Cassidy to Bolton had apparently little effect on the general play of the Celtic vanguard, who in the later stages of the somewhat dull contest dominated the Tayside defence to an extent that Britton, the old Albion Rovers player, who guarded Dundee’s goal, was given an opportunity of displaying his talents before his new home crowd. The game, however, contained little concerted football, and under the circumstances the goalless draw will probably please both clubs. It represents a gain of one point to Celtic, who were beaten in this game last season.
