1950-04-04: Yeovil Town 2-0 Celtic, Friendly

Match Pictures | Matches: 19491950

Trivia

  • Friendly; Kick-off: 15.15 Tuesday, 4 April 1950
  • Played at HUISH PARK, YEOVIL
  • Yeovil Town managed by ex-Celt George Paterson
  • Yeovil Town were a Southern League side when this friendly was played.
  • In the season before, they won the Southern League Cup and had a giant-killing run in the 1948/49 FA Cup beating Bury (3-1) and Sunderland (2-1), ending up in an 8-0 defeat by Manchester United at Old Trafford that is the Glovers record defeat to time of writing.

Review

Teams

CELTIC 
Manager: Jimmy MCGRORY.
Team: Bonnar, Boden, McAuley, Evans, McGrory, Baillie, Collins, Taylor, McPhail, Peacock, Tully.

YEOVIL TOWN
Manager: George PATERSON (Ex-Celt).
Team: Dyke, Davies, Hickman, Haines, Blizzard, Paterson, Foulds, Wright, Phillips, Hamilton (player/manager), Mansley.
Scorer: Hamilton 15, Mansley 89..

Referee: W. Edwards (ENGLAND)
Attendance: unknown

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