1909-02-20: Celtic 3-1 Airdrieonians, Scottish Cup

Match Pictures | Matches: 19081909

Trivia

  • Scottish Cup round 3
  • Third round of the Scottish Cup. Admission was 6d.
  • It was then the tradition to bring up an English referee for these cup games

Review

“Quinn and Rombach seemed to relish the opportunity of testing their weight, and it was refreshing to see how they used it.”

Davie Hamilton’s goal was a glorious diving header from inch perfect Sunny Jim cross.

Wee Davie was virtually carried back to the centre line by his colleagues

Teams

Celtic:
Adams; McNair, Weir; Young, Loney, Hay; Kivlichan, McMenemy, Quinn, Somers, Hamilton.
Scorers: McMenemy 20, 49 Hamilton 47

Airdrieonians:
Duncan; McLay, Rombach; Young, McGran, Findlay; Nicholl, Thomson, Hunter, Donaldson, S Young.
Scorers: Nicol (pen) 88

Referee: John Lewis (Blackburn)
Attendance: 20,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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