1907-08
The Celtic team pose with three cups they won in season 1907-08. The Charity Cup, The Scottish Cup and the Glasgow Cup.
Back row from left: T.White, J Kelly, T.Colgan, J. McKillop, J Grant, M Dunbar,
Middle Row: Manager Willie Maley, Jim Young, P Somers, Jimmy McMenemy, Davy Adams, Mitchell, Weir, R Davis.
Front row: D Hamilton, D McLeod, W Loney, J Hay, Jimmy Quinn, Alec McNair. Photo The Celtic Wiki
After the highs of 1906-07, Celtic wanted to continue their momentum into season 1907-08. It’s fair to say that they did exactly this.
The campaign started with another Celtic-Rangers benefit game, this time for the Bhoys’ Willie Loney. They would face Rangers several more times, including three matches to settle the Glasgow Cup Final, which Celtic won. However, multiple replays would shortly become a major issue between the two clubs.
With one piece of silverware in the trophy room, Celtic now turned their attention to the Scottish Cup. By the time the final came round in April 1908, it was only St Mirren who could stop the Hoops retaining the trophy.
60,000 watched on as the Paisley men collapsed, falling to a 5-1 hammering by the Celts. A double from Bennett and other goals from Quinn, Somers and Hamilton made the Celtic fans cheer. And a week later, they would again have even more to celebrate.
Celtic returned to Glasgow’s southside, this time going to Ibrox. A green-and-white win would mean that Celtic were again not simply Champions, but Treble winners too. And by the end of the 90 minutes, that’s exactly what happened, with Bennett’s first half goal settling the match.
Even with three prizes in the bag, Celtic were far from finished. By the end of May 1908, a fourth success had been added to this season’s roll of honour. Back at Hampden Park, Celtic beat Queen’s Park by three goals to nil, and again claimed the Glasgow Charity Cup.
Season 1907-08 was a truly remarkable one for Celtic. The Bhoys entered four contests – the League, Scottish Cup, Glasgow Cup and Charity Cup – and won all of them. It was surely the best season in the club’s history up to that point, and arguably still stands out as a massive moment.
I would posit, that the Scottish Cup remained the most prized trophy in the eyes of the supporters, until the 1955-56 season. The importance of winning the league took precedence from that season onwards. Winners of that competition, gained entry into the European Cup. From the very beginning, the World’s foremost club competition.
Hail Hail.
Having said that Matthew, what a fine article. The 1906-10 team remain legendary, in the eyes of the Celtic support worldwide.
Hail Hail.