| Date | Competition | Home Team | Score | Score | Away Team | Report | Pictures | Notes |
| MAY | ||||||||
| 28th | Friendly | Celtic | 5 | 2 | Rangers | Report | First game played at (old) Celtic Park | |
| JUN | ||||||||
| 9th | Friendly | Celtic | 1 | 0 | Dundee Harp | Report | ||
| 16th | Friendly | Celtic | 3 | 3 | Mossend Swifts | Report | ||
| 20th | Friendly | Celtic | 3 | 4 | Clyde | Report | Celtic’s first defeat | |
| AUG | ||||||||
| 1st | Glasgow Exhibition Cup | Abercorn | 1 | 1 | Celtic | Report | Played on Neutral Ground at Exhibition Grounds, Kelvinside. | |
| 4th | Friendly | Celtic | 3 | 2 | Hibernians | Report | ||
| 11th | Friendly | Airdrieonians | 0 | 6 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 18th | Friendly | Clyde | 1 | 5 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 21st | Glasgow Exhibition Cup | Celtic | 3 | 1 | Dumbarton Athletic | Report | Played on Neutral Ground at Exhibition Grounds, Kelvinside. | |
| 22nd | Friendly | Third Lanark | 4 | 3 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 23rd | Friendly | Abercorn | 2 | 4 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 27th | Friendly | Northern | 0 | 3 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 29th | Glasgow Exhibition Cup SF | Celtic | 1 | 0 | Partick Thistle | Report | Played on Neutral Ground at Exhibition Grounds, Kelvinside. | |
| SEP | ||||||||
| 1st | Scottish Cup 1st Rd | Celtic | 5 | 1 | Shettleston | Report | ||
| 3rd | Friendly | Whitefield | 1 | 4 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 6th | Glasgow Exhibition Cup Final | Celtic | 0 | 2 | Cowlairs | Report | Celtic’s first ever final Played on Neutral Ground at Exhibition Grounds, Kelvinside. | |
| 8th | Friendly | Celtic | 3 | 0 | Dumbarton Athletic | Report | ||
| 15th | Friendly | Dumbarton | 1 | 2 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 22nd | Scottish Cup 2nd Rd | Celtic | 8 | 0 | Cowlairs | Report | ||
| 29th | Friendly | Celtic | 4 | 1 | Airdrieonians | Report | ||
| OCT | ||||||||
| 6th | Glasgow Cup 2nd Rd | Celtic | 11 | 2 | Shettleston | Report | ||
| 8th | Friendly | Dundee Harp | 1 | 7 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 13th | Scottish Cup 3rd Rd | Celtic | 4 | 1 | Albion Rovers | Report | ||
| 15th | Friendly | Dundee Harp | 1 | 7 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 20th | Friendly | Hibernians | 0 | 3 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 27th | Glasgow Cup 3rd Rd | Rangers | 1 | 6 | Celtic | Report | ||
| NOV | ||||||||
| 3rd | Scottish Cup 4th Rd | St Bernard’s | 1 | 4 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 10th | Friendly | Celtic | 1 | 0 | Renton | Report | ||
| 17th | Glasgow Cup | Celtic | 0 | 2 | Queen’s Park | Report | ||
| 24th | Scottish Cup [Void] | Celtic | 0 | 1 | Clyde | Report | [SFA meeting orders replay] | |
| DEC | ||||||||
| 1st | Friendly | Port Glasgow Athletic | 2 | 5 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 8th | Scottish Cup 5th Rd | Celtic | 9 | 2 | Clyde | Report | [Second protest dismissed] | |
| 15th | Scottish Cup 6th Rd | East Stirlingshire | 1 | 2 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 22nd | Friendly | Vale of Leven | 1 | 2 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 25th | Friendly | Airdrie St Margaret’s | 2 | 1 | Celtic Strollers | Report | ||
| 29th | Glasgow North Eastern Cup | Clydesdale | 1 | 5 | Celtic | Report | ||
| 31st | Friendly | Celtic | 7 | 1 | Mitchell St George’s | Report | Benefit match for East End Poor Children’s Dinner |
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Matches: Year By Year | Pictures: Year By Year