DAVID POTTER’S QUIZ ANSWERS – CELTIC 1887-1900
1. Name of Marist priest who founded the club. Brother Walfrid
2. First ever opponents, a club with whom they got on wonderfully well. Rangers
3. Glasgow club, not very far away who became the first team ever to defeat Celtic. Clyde
4. This club, from Dundee with an Irish name, were Celtic’s second opponents. Dundee Harp
5. One of the founding fathers. His name sounds as if he could be easily broken, but the truth was quite the reverse! John Glass
6. Famous left back who joined the club from Everton. Dan Doyle
7. Surname of the famous “Darlin Willie”. Groves
8. Opponents in Celtic’s first ever Scottish Cup win in 1892. Queen’s Park
9. Opponents in Celtic’s monumental disaster in the Scottish Cup in 1897 which haunted them for years. Arthurlie
10. The Duke. Sandy McMahon
11. One of the men who went on strike in 1896, went to Liverpool and Dundee, but made his peace with the club he loved. Barney Battles
12. This fellow did not want his employers in his day job to know that he played professional football on a Saturday, so he was sometimes listed as Willie Montgomery, Montgomery being his mother’s maiden name. Willie Maley
13. Irish politician who planted the shamrocks on the centre circle of the new Celtic Park in 1892. Michael Davitt
14. “Stopping professionalism would be like stopping the Niagara falls with a ……. …..” according to John H McLaughlin. kitchen chair
15. Opponents in the 2-0 victory in the 1899 Scottish Cup final. Rangers
16. “Madden’s Shipyard” was used to describe Celtic Park when it had these on it. floodlights
17. Christian name of Willie Maley’s brother who also played in the early days. Tom
18. Name of newspaper which openly supported Celtic Glasgow Observer
19. Centre half from Renton whose family dynasty controlled Celtic for the next 100 years, and not always wisely! James Kelly
20. Famous diminutive goalkeeper whose first name was Dan. McArthur
HERE is yesterday’s Celtic Quiz set by David Potter where he covers Celtic in the the first two decades of the 20th Century. You know the format by now, each quiz is on the page then you can simply turn over to get the answers. All the previous quizzes which have beeb running since last Friday are also included in the same format – questions, followed by answers so this will take you through the decades two at time until you are right up to date answering questions on Celtic in the current era.
Many of you are using the quiz to ask friends and family so if you have friends or family who might fancy having a go, you can be the quizmaster yourself and ask the questions and give out the marks.
Not a bad thing to do with your dad, grandfather of other relative in these troubling and for many people lonely times.
So here goes for today’s quiz, remember the answers are available on the next page and the other two earlier quizzes each followed by the answers are also included within this article.
Turn to the next page to take Monday’s Quiz covering Celtic 1900-1919. Good luck!
