1951-09-15: Celtic 4-1 Forfar Athletic, League Cup

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Trivia

  • Quarter Final, First Leg.
  • Devanny and Mallan replaced Bonnar and Boden. Forfar also had McLean and Falconer instead of the usual Harper and Hamilton.
  • Joseph Baillie scored his one and only goal for Celtic in this game. One goal in over 150 games for the first team.
  • Debut for Alex Devanny

Review

The first goal from Peacock was a scrappy goal mouth scrimmage.

Collins goal came from a drive in from the wing.

Baillie got the third from a corner and Walsh finished proceedings only for Cunningham to score a consolation goal three minutes from time.

Teams

Celtic:
Devanny; Fallon, Rollo; Evans, Mallan, Baillie; Collins, Walsh, McPhail, Peacock, Tully .
Scorers: Peacock (31), Collins (44), Baillie (51), Walsh (71)

Forfar:
Ingram; McNellis, McLuskey; McLean, McKenzie, Falconer; Adams, Fearns, Lawrence, Cunningham, Meechan.
Scorers: Cunningham (87)

Referee: H P Anderson (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 28,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

  • Match Pictures

Articles

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