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Trivia
- Celitc & World War One
- The Celtic FC and Scotsman newspaper records show the scorer as being Browning whereas the Herald attributes the goal to McMenemy, but given the severed weather conditions this is understandable.
- Facing the Celtic in this match was Donald Cameron Cunningham, known as Donald Colman who was later credited as being the inventor of the "dugout".
- John Redmond, in a speech at Tuam urged Irishmen to join the British war effort, quoting the numbers of Irishmen who had joined the British war effort since the outbreak as 54,000, in addition to the 89,000 who were already serving.
Review
Teams
ABERDEEN:
George A. Anderson, Donald C. Colman, John "Jock" Hume, Charles Chatwin, Jock Wyllie, Albert "Bert" McLachlan, Jimmy Soye, Joe Walker, Sam Cail, David Main, Robert F. "Bobby" Archibald
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Young, Johnstone, McMaster, McAtee, McGregor, McColl, McMenemy, Browning
Scorer: Browning
Referee: L Wynne (Uphall)
Venue: Pittodrie
Attendance: 7,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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Articles
The Scotsman, Monday, 7th December 1914.
The play at Aberdeen was of a poor standard. There was a fierce gale of wind in the first half, and during the second period a storm of wind, rain, and snow broke over the ground, and of about 7,000 present at the start, only about a thousand remained to see the finish.
Three Aberdeen players, Soye, Main and Archibald, actually left the field before the end, being overcome by exhaustion.
There was no scoring in the first half, when Aberdeen had the gale behind them, and in the second the home defence gave a plucky display, and it was a tribute to their work that only one goal was recorded against them.
The point was secured by McMenemy sixteen minutes after the second half commenced, and although the visitors attacked continuously, they failed to add to their score.
The Glasgow Herald, Monday, 7th December 1914
The game was played under wretched weather conditions. With the gale behind them in the first half Aberdeen were the aggressors, but against a strong and resolute defence failed to score. Matters were entirely reversed with change of ends, Celtic dominating until the close. Browning scored the only goal of the match 39 minutes from time.