1909–10 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1909–10 season
Manager	Willie Maley
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Division One	1st
Scottish Cup	Semi-finalists

The 1909–10 Scottish football season was Celtic's 22nd season of competitive football, in which they competed in Scottish Division One.^[1] They won the League for the sixth time in a row, which was a record at the time and would remain so until Celtic itself beat it by winning nine league championships in a row from 1966 to 1974.

After having reached the final of the Scottish Cup for the previous three seasons, Celtic fell short of it losing 3-1 to Clyde in the semi-final.

Celtic won the Glasgow Cup, defeating Rangers 1-0 in the final.

Results

Scottish Division One

17 August 1909	Celtic	3 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

21 August 1909	Celtic	2 - 0	Falkirk	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 22,000

28 August 1909	Hibernian	1 – 0	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 18,000

4 September 1909	Celtic	2 – 2	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

11 September 1909	Morton	2 – 1	Celtic	Greenock
				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 8,000

18 September 1909	Hamilton Academical	1 – 5	Celtic	Hamilton
				Stadium: Douglas Park Attendance: 8,000

20 September 1909	Hearts	1 - 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 16,500

27 September 1909	Third Lanark	0 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 15,000

2 October 1909	Celtic	1 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,000

16 October 1909	Port Glasgow Athletic	2 – 3	Celtic	Port Glasgow
				Stadium: Clune Park Attendance: 6,000

23 October 1909	Celtic	6 – 0	Queen's Park	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

30 October 1909	Rangers	0 - 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 45,000

6 November 1909	Celtic	1 – 0	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,000

13 November 1909	Partick Thistle	1 - 3	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 18,000

20 November 1909	Celtic	3 - 1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

27 November 1909	Aberdeen	0 - 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 14,000

4 December 1909	Celtic	2 - 1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

11 December 1909	Celtic	1 - 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

18 December 1909	Motherwell	1 - 3	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 14,000

25 December 1909	Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Celtic	Kilmarnock
				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 10,000

1 January 1910	Celtic	1 - 1	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 47,000

3 January 1910	Clyde	0 - 1	Celtic	Rutherglen
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 20,000

8 January 1910	Airdrieonians	0 - 2	Celtic	Airdrie
				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 4,000

15 January 1910	Celtic	4 - 0	Port Glasgow Athletic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

29 January 1910	St Mirren	2 - 1	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 12,000

16 March 1910	Celtic	2 - 0	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 50,000

19 March 1910	Queen's Park	0 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 8,000

26 March 1910	Celtic	3 - 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

28 March 1910	Celtic	2 - 1	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

6 April 1910	Celtic	3 - 0	Morton	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

9 April 1910	Celtic	2 - 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 3,000

23 April 1910	Falkirk	2 - 0	Celtic	Falkirk
				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 10,000

25 April 1910	Celtic	0 - 0	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

30 April 1910	Dundee	0 - 0	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 10,000

Scottish Cup

22 January 1910 First round	Dumbarton	1 - 2	Celtic	Dumbarton
				Stadium: Boghead Park Attendance: 10,000

12 February 1910 Second round	Celtic	3 - 1	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 50,000

19 February 1910 Third round	Celtic	2 - 1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 21,000

12 March 1910 Semi-final	Clyde	3 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 38,000

References

^ "Results for Celtic for 1909-10". www.londonhearts.com.

[1] "Results for Celtic for 1909-10". www.londonhearts.com.

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1909–10 in Scottish football
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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	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Clyde Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Queen's Park Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Albion Rovers Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Leith Athletic Raith Rovers St Bernard's Vale of Leven