CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 2
CELTIC 2-0 RANGERS – HAMPDEN, 22 APRIL 1899 – The game was played at “Second” Hampden (which in later years became Cathkin Park, the home of Third Lanark) and it was a game that Rangers were expected to win because they had won the League with a 100% record, and they looked unbeatable. But on this occasion Celtic stood up to them and beat them before a massive crowd of 25,000 with a glorious headed goal from Sandy McMahon and a late counter from Johnny Hodge who ran through and scored after receiving a pass from the injured Jack Bell.
Johnny Hodge, scored. Photo The Celtic Wiki
The Celtic team was: McArthur, Welford and Storrier; Battles, Marshall and King; Hodge, Campbell, Divers, McMahon and Bell.
David Potter
*Article from The Celtic Star archives, featuring the brilliant Celtic writing from Celtic Historian David Potter.
This was Celtic’s first Scottish Cup Final win over Rangers but certainly not the last! Do you know in which year Celtic won the Scottish Cup for a third time and the first of many in the 20th century? We’ll tell you all about that Celtic triumph next on The Celtic Star…stay tuned!
Alec McNair – Celtic’s Icicle. Available from Celticstarbooks.com
