1948-02-21: Celtic 1-0 Motherwell, Scottish Cup

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Trivia

  • On the 17th February Celtic signed Jock Weir from Blackburn Rovers for £7000. This was his debut game and unusually, he started at centre forward
  • In this, the Third Round of the Scottish Cup, Celtic faced Motherwell. Motherwell had had to come through a replay in the first round, drawing 2-2 with Hamilton Academicals before winning the replay 2-0. In the second round they had beaten Third Lanark 1-0.

Review

Teams

Celtic:
Miller; Mallan, Milne; McMillan, Corbett, McAuley; Bogan, McPhail, Weir, McDonald, Paton.
Scorers: Paton (78)

Motherwell:
Johnston; Kilmarnock, Shaw; McLeod, Paton, Redpath; Waters, Robertson, Humphries, Bremner, Barclay.
Scorers:

Referee:
Attendance: 55,231

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  • Match Report (see end of page below)

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