CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 9…
CELTIC 4-1 HIBS – IBROX, 16 APRIL 1914 – The first game in the Scottish Cup final was rich on passion and politics, but short on football, and those who had shouted and sung about Irish Home Rule (which looked as if it might just happen in 1914) saw a very poor game which Hibs might just have sneaked at the end.
But it was a totally different story in the Thursday night replay with Jimmy McMenemy and Patsy Gallacher taking charge from the start, spraying passes all over the field, in particular to Johnny Browning and Jimmy McColl who scored two goals each. It was one of Celtic’s best ever Scottish Cup triumphs, and two days later, against the same opponents, Celtic clinched the Scottish League as well.
The Celtic team: Shaw, McNair and Dodds; Young, Loney and Johnstone; McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy and Browning. Scorers: McColl (2), Browning (2)
The Hibs team: W Allan, Girdwood, Templeton, Kerr, Paterson, Grosert, R Wilson, Fleming, Hendren, Wood, Smith.
Scorer: Smith
Referee: T. Dougray (Nitshill) Venue: Ibrox Park. Attendance: 40,000.
The drawings at the gate amounted to £897, and a sum of £210 was taken at the stands, representing an attendance of close on 40,000.
Mr James Kelly, Chairman of the Celtic, accepted the cup on behalf of the club.
Mr John Farmer, the president of the Hibernian Club, also spoke. He congratulated the Celtic on their victory, and frankly admitted that they had played the better game. He hoped his team would make a better show the next time they met their old opponents.
*Article from The Celtic Star archives, featuring the brilliant Celtic writing from Celtic Historian David Potter. Stay tuned for Celtic’s 10th Scottish Cup triumph. Any idea when that was? Don’t worry we’ll tell you shortly!
