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Trivia
- Celtic, fielding a “stoutly built” debutant at outside-left, win a dour game marked by fecklessness in front of goal and strong defences.
- The Glasgow Herald reports a great gathering to commemorate the sexcentenary of the Declaration of Arbroath in the mouldering walls of the abbey there. LINK
- Also in the Herald a letter is published from a miner who details his wages which average 11s 2d per day, minus 2s 6p per week for NHS insurance leaving him the princely sum of £3 4s 6d (£3.25p) per week, from which he has to buy tools, working clothes etc., which the writer caustically observes leaves him little to buy “gramaphones, pianos, fur coats etc”.
- The Herald also reports of British troops taking the town of Shahraban, north of Baghdad, Mesopotamia and the fact that further troops are being despatched to that country.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Scorers: McInally, Cassidy.
HAMILTON ACADEMICAL:
White, Little, Abernethy, Purdie, Hall, Johnstone, Hanlon, Bulloch, Martin, Pollock, Hannah.
Scorer: Martin.
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Referee:G. H. McKenzie (Glasgow)
Attendance: 15,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
- Match Pictures
Articles
Match report from The Scotsman, 13th September 1920
[…] A poor game was the outcome of the return League match between Celtic and Hamilton Academicals at Parkhead. The Celtic were slightly the superior team throughout, and deserved their odd goal victory. The Celtic forwards were very poor at close quarters, and many good chances were missed before McInally managed to beat Whit. Within three minutes of resuming, Cassidy added a second goal for the Celts, but after that the visistors gave an improved display, and fully deserved the goal scored by Martin. The play to the finish was hotly contested, but the defences predominated. The attendance would be 12,000.
The Glasgow Herald – Sep 13, 1920
Celtic received less attention than usual because of the nature of the opposition they were faced with. Hamilton Academicals, their opponents, have still to make good in the city, and match the match appealed only to the immediate patrons of the clubs. Celtic took the opportunity of resting two of their regulars, Cringan and McLean, thereby giving an opportunity to Pratt and Miller, two of their minor eleven. Celtic won by the narrow margin of 2-1, but were at no time in real danger of losing even one valuable point. McInally and Cassidy accounted for the Celtic goals, and the recent successes of the first named in that respect recalls his feats of last season, when in the early games the youthful centre, fresh from the ranks of the junior St Anthony’s was a prolific goal-scorer.
Celtic received less attention than usual because of the nature of the opposition they were faced with. Hamilton Academicals, their opponents, have still to make good in the city, and match the match appealed only to the immediate patrons of the clubs. Celtic took the opportunity of resting two of their regulars, Cringan and McLean, thereby giving an opportunity to Pratt and Miller, two of their minor eleven. Celtic won by the narrow margin of 2-1, but were at no time in real danger of losing even one valuable point. McInally and Cassidy accounted for the Celtic goals, and the recent successes of the first named in that respect recalls his feats of last season, when in the early games the youthful centre, fresh from the ranks of the junior St Anthony’s was a prolific goal-scorer.