1944-04-15: Queen’s Park 1-4 Celtic , Glasgow Charity Cup

Match Pictures | Matches: 1943 – 1944

Trivia

  • Celtic & World War Two
  • Saturday April 22 1944 MacDonald and Delaney playing in Scotland 2 England 3 before 133,000 at Hampden. Teams presented to Montgomery, the conqueror of the Afrika Korps at the start. Jimmy Delaney’s 18 month old son died today in Motherwell County Hospital soon after Jimmy got home from Hampden.
  • Future Celtic chairman Desmond White injured in accident with aircraft propeller in Canada

Review

Identical score as Monday, but different game. Three goals before half time killed Queen’s Park

Teams

Queen’s Park:
Ramsay, Brownlee and Galbraith; McColl, Bowman and Pender; Jordan, Gallacher, Aitken, Dixon and Aitkenhead
Goals: Aitken

Celtic:
Miller, Hogg and P McDonald; M MacDonald, McLaughlan and Divers; Delaney, McPhail, Gallacher, McAloon and McAuley
Goals: Gallacher 2, McAloon pen., Divers

Referee: Can’t be found
Attendance: 17776

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