1897–98 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1897–98 season
Manager	Willie Maley
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Division One	1st
Scottish Cup	Second round
	← 1896–97 1898–99 →

During the 1897–98 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division One.^[1]

Results[edit]

Scottish Division One[edit]

4 September 1897 1	Celtic	4 - 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 17,000

11 September 1897 2	Hearts	0 - 0	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 14,000

20 September 1897 3	St Bernard's	0 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: New Logie Green Attendance: 3,000

25 September 1897 4	Celtic	6 – 1	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

27 September 1897 5	Rangers	0 – 4	Celtic	Govan
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 31,000

2 October 1897 6	St Mirren	0 – 0	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 12,000

9 October 1897 7	Third Lanark	0 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 12,000

23 October 1897 8	Celtic	3 – 2	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 17,000

6 November 1897 9	Dundee	2 – 3	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Carolina Port Attendance: 11,000

27 November 1897 10	Hibernian	1 - 2	Celtic	Leith
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 12,000

4 December 1897 11	Celtic	4 - 0	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

11 December 1897 12	Partick Thistle	3 - 6	Celtic	Partick
				Stadium: Meadowside Attendance: 8,000

18 December 1897 13	Celtic	5 - 1	St Bernard's	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

25 December 1897 14	Clyde	1 - 9	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Barrowfield Park Attendance: 3,000

15 January 1898 15	Celtic	2 - 1	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,000

29 January 1898 16	Celtic	3 - 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,500

12 February 1898 17	Celtic	3 – 0	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 3,000

11 April 1898 18	Celtic	0 – 0	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 50,000

Scottish Cup[edit]

8 January 1898 First round	Arthurlie	0 - 7	Celtic	Arthurlie
				Stadium: Dunterlie Park

22 January 1898 Second round	Third Lanark	3 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 13,000

Friendly[edit]

12 March 1898^[a] 1st leg	Sheffield United	1 – 0	Celtic	Sheffield
	Gaudie	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 7,000

16 April 1898^[a] 2nd leg	Celtic	1 – 1	Sheffield United	Glasgow
	McMahon 30'	Report	Almond 87'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000 Referee: W. McLeod

^ ^a ^b Reported in some sources as being an unofficial British/World Championship^[2] – Sheffield United had just won the 1897–98 Football League title.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Results for Celtic for 1897-98". www.londonhearts.com.
^ 1898-03-12: Sheffield Utd 1-0 Celtic, Friendly, The Celtic Wiki
^ Saturday's Football. | Other Matches., The Glasgow Herald, 14 March 1898
^ Saturday's Football. | Other Matches., The Glasgow Herald, 18 April 1898

[sheff-5] Reported in some sources as being an unofficial British/World Championship^[2] – Sheffield United had just won the 1897–98 Football League title.^[3]^[4]

[1] "Results for Celtic for 1897-98". www.londonhearts.com.

[2] 1898-03-12: Sheffield Utd 1-0 Celtic, Friendly, The Celtic Wiki

[3] Saturday's Football. | Other Matches., The Glasgow Herald, 14 March 1898

[4] Saturday's Football. | Other Matches., The Glasgow Herald, 18 April 1898

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Celtic Clyde Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Partick Thistle Rangers St Bernard's St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Airdrieonians Ayr Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Leith Athletic Linthouse Morton Motherwell Port Glasgow Athletic Renton
Other teams	Dumbarton Queen's Park

1897–98 Celtic F.C. season

Results[edit]

Scottish Division One[edit]

Scottish Cup[edit]

Friendly[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]