| Match Pictures | Matches: 1925 – 1926 |
Trivia
- Celtic hit 6 past a future Celtic goalkeeper to go top of the League.
- The Glasgow Herald reports that six men were arrested in Greenock after a large gathering of workers tried to hold a procession to protest unemployment. LINK
- Herald’s Social page reports the Earl of Oxford & Asquith is recovering from a wasp sting and is well enough to host Lord d’Abernon.
- Again in The Herald reports of opposition by The Scottish National League and the SCWS to the government’s plans to close Rosyth Dockyard.
Review
Teams
CELTIC: Shevlin, W McStay, Hilley, Wilson, J McStay,
McFarlane, Connolly, Thomson, McGrory, McInally, McLean
Scorers: Thomson, McInally, McLean (2), McGrory (2)
COWDENBEATH: Falconer, Murray, Hopewell, Letham, A Rankine, Chambers, Pullar, Glancy, Devlin, Leonard, Wilson
Scorer: Wilson
Referee: P. Craigmyle (Aberdeen)
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
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Pictures
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Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Mon 14 Sep 1925
The leadership of the competition has passed meantime to Celtic, who, notwithstanding that they played a strenuous cup-tie in midweek, trounced so capable a side as Cowdenbeath by 6 goals to 1. Singularly enough Celtic were without their most noted forward, but Gallagher’s absence from the team did not prevent the forwards from giving once again a brilliant display of polished and effective football, against which the capable defence of Cowdenbeath struggled in vain.
Twenty minutes from the start Celtic, who had been playing the most impressive game, opened the scoring. Thomson being the marksman. Celtic continued to press and a second goal was scored by McInally. Towards the interval Celtic were the better side but they failed to increase their score. After change of ends McLean scored for Celtic, and a few minutes later he beat Falconer again. Other two goals were scored by McGrory and near the finish Wilson scored for Cowdenbeath.
The Scotsman, September 14, 1925
CELTIC KEEP ON SCORING
Though rather heavily defeated at Celtic Park, Glasgow, there was nothing in the earlier stages of the game to suggest that such would be the fate of Cowdenbeath. The Fife side, which had in it at inside right Glancy, the ex-Falkirk and St Johnstone player, began well enough, and with any luck might have opened the scoring. Devlin did his best twice to turn the ball past the Celtic goalkeeper, and Pullar nearly accomplished the needful from a pass of Wilsons; but, as it happened, the first goal fell to the Celts after Falconer had done much good saving. The scorer was Thomson. Before the interval McInally added another. Following some nice play on the Fife right, the Celtic got going, and, seen at their best, they rattled on four goals in fifteen minutes – two from McLean and two from McGrory. Then Wilson, Cowdenbeath’s outside left, got the visitors’ only goal. The Celtic victory was complete. Their forwards finished much better than the Fife lot. Indeed their shooting was a feature. Pullar and Glancy played prettily at times, Devlin was a hard trier, and Wilson did well on the left; but the Celtic defence was not easily beaten. Chambers was the most notable of the visiting mid line, but all the defence did well up to a point, Falconer excelling. The attendance would be in the region of 15,000