1920-02-28: Celtic 2-0 Hamilton Academicals, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • Celtic without the services of McNair and Cringan, who are on international duty at Wales, beat second bottom of the league Hamilton before a low crowd.
  • The Glasgow Herald reports a crowd of 4,000 attended a demonstration at the St Andrew's Hall in Glasgow organised by the United Irish League and addressed by T P O'Connor MP and Joseph Devlin, MP the former in his speech called the Home Rule Bill the 3 P's Bill, Partition, Plunder & Perfidy. LINK
  • The Scottish National Council for the Promotion of Old Age State Pensions met in Glasgow and voted to push for an increased pension of £1 per week for all old age pensioners.

Review

Teams

CELTIC:

Scorers: Cassidy, McStay

HAMILTON ACADEMICAL:


Referee:J. Howden (Glasgow)

Attendance: 10,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

  • Match Pictures

Articles

Match report from The Scotsman, 1st March 1920

[…] At Celtic Park, Glasgow, the Celtic won on their merits against Hamilton Academicals. In the first half the Celtic were the superior company, and led at the interval by a goal, scored by Cassidy. After the interval the visitors gave an improved display, but they failed to get the better of the Celtic's strong defence. Near the finish the Celtic were awarded a penalty kick, which McStay converted. The Celts were without McNaiur and Cringan, but Gallagher reappeared after a long absence. The attendance would be about 10,000.
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The Glasgow Herald – Mar 1, 1920
The inclusion of Gallagher barely compensated for the absence of Cringan and McNair from the Celtic eleven, but the Hamilton forwards were normally clever and ineffective, at a loss to circumvent a defence that took risks with impunity.