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Trivia
- With this, their eleventh successive win, Celtic now sit in second place behind Rangers in the Southern League.
- The scorer of the first goal in this game Joe McLaughlin captained Celtic in this year though there seems some debate about where he came from. The CelticWiki has him being signed from Fife juniour club, Blairhall Colliery, whereas his next club after Celtic, Hamilton Academical have him being signed from Douglas Water Thistle.
- Celtic’s right wing berth normally occupied by Jimmy Delaney is taken by Keddie, about whom nothing is known.
- Jimmy Delaney playing in Scotland 2 England 3 at Villa Park
Review
Teams
AIRDRIEONIANS:
Burt, Brennan, Hadden, Ferguson, Whiteford, Wilson, McCulloch?, John Aitken, McCormack, Elms, O’Sullivan
Scorer: McCormack
CELTIC:
Miller, McAulay, P. McDonald, Lynch, Mallan, McPhail, Keddie, Divers, Gallacher, McLauchlin, Rodgers
Scorers: McLaughlin, Gallacher
Referee: W. Webb (Glasgow)
Attendance: 8000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
- Match Pictures
Newspaper copy courtesy of Brendan Sweeney, Celtic Graves.
