1904–05 Celtic F.C. season

April 2017 April 2017 Celtic 1904–05 Willie Maley Celtic Park Scottish First Division 1st Scottish Cup Semi-finalists 1903–04 1905–06 1904–05 was Celtic's 17th season of competitive football. They competed in the Scottish First Division,http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/a1900/celtic1905.htm Results for Celtic for 1904-05 Londonhearts.com 9 August 2018 which they won for the first time since 1897-98. It was Celtic's 5th league title and 9th major title overall. Celtic and Rangers had finished the league campaign level on 41 points, and a play-off at Hampden Park (doubling up as a fixture in the minor Glasgow Football League) was arranged to decide the championship. An English-based referee was drafted in to officiate at the match due to increasing tensions between the two groups of supporters and controversies in recent matches between the sides. Celtic won 2–1, with Jimmy McMenemy and Davie Hamilton scoring the decisive goals. Celtic also won the Glasgow Charity Cup. Competitions Scottish First Division 1904–05 Scottish Division One League table CEL Matches First Division 20 August 1904 Partick Thistle 0–5 Celtic Meadowside Glasgow 9,000 W First Division 27 August 1904 Port Glasgow Athletic 1–4 Celtic Clune Park Port Glasgow 6,000 W First Division 3 September 1904 Celtic 1–1 Hearts Celtic Park Glasgow 19,000 D First Division 17 September 1904 St Mirren 2–3 Celtic St Mirren Park, Love Street Paisley W First Division 19 September 1904 Hearts 2–0 Celtic Tynecastle Park Edinburgh 10,000 L First Division 26 September 1904 Celtic 2–1 Third Lanark Celtic Park Glasgow 10,000 W First Division 1 October 1904 Queen's Park 2–3 Celtic Hampden Park Glasgow 15,000 W First Division 15 October 1904 Celtic 2–2 Rangers Celtic Park Glasgow 25,000 D First Division 22 October 1904 Third Lanark 1– 2 Celtic Cathkin Park Glasgow 12,000 W First Division 29 October 1904 Celtic 1–1 Queen's Park Celtic Park Glasgow 8,000 D First Division 5 November 1904 Kilmarnock 0–3 Celtic Rugby Park Kilmarnock 8,000 W First Division 12 November 1904 Hibernian 2–2 Celtic Easter Road Edinburgh 7,800 D First Division 19 November 1904 Celtic 3–0 Dundee Celtic Park Glasgow 8,000 W First Division 26 November 1904 Airdrieonians 1–3 Celtic Broomfield Park Airdrie 7,500 W First Division 3 December 1904 Celtic 4–2 Motherwell Celtic Park Glasgow 5,000 W First Division 10 December 1904 Morton 0–1 Celtic Cappielow Park Greenock 5,000 W First Division 17 December 1904 Celtic 2–2 Partick Thistle Celtic Park Glasgow 8,000 D First Division 24 December 1904 Celtic 1–0 St Mirren Celtic Park Glasgow W First Division 31 December 1904 Celtic 3–1 Kilmarnock Celtic Park Glasgow 4,000 W First Division 1 January 1905 Rangers 0–0 Celtic Ibrox Park Glasgow 70,000 P First Division 3 January 1905 Celtic 2–3 Airdrieonians Celtic Park Glasgow 8,000 L First Division 7 January 1905 Celtic 3–0 Port Glasgow Athletic Celtic Park Glasgow 2,000 W First Division 14 January 1905 Dundee 2–1 Celtic Dens Park Dundee 13,000 L First Division 21 January 1905 Celtic 2–0 Hibernian Celtic Park Glasgow 6,000 W First Division 4 February 1905 Celtic 5–2 Morton Celtic Park Glasgow 3,000 W First Division 18 February 1905Originally played on 1 January, but abandoned and replayed due to crowd incursion.Rangers V Celtic, 2 January 1905 (newspaper scan via The Celtic Wiki)Notes On Sport. Rangers Routed at Ibrox..., The Glasgow Herald, 20 February 1905 Rangers 1–4 Celtic Ibrox Park Glasgow 71,000 W First Division 4 March 1905 Motherwell 2–6 Celtic Fir Park Motherwell 8,000 W First Division play-off First Division play-off 6 May 1905Murphy Alex Another championship nailbiter thanks to mighty Quinn http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1905-05-06%3A+Celtic+2-1+Rangers%2C+League+Division+1%2C+Championship+Play-off 9 October 2017 The Times (hosted at The Celtic Wiki) 19 May 2005 9 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200109171523/http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1905-05-06:+Celtic+2-1+Rangers,+League+Division+1,+Championship+Play-off deadHannan Martin 1905: The last time Scotland drafted in a foreign referee http://www.scotsman.com/sport/1905-the-last-time-scotland-drafted-in-a-foreign-referee-1-1370563 9 October 2017 The Scotsman 27 November 2010 Celtic 2–1 Rangers McMenemy Hamilton Robertson Hampden Park Glasgow 36,000 ENG Frederick Kirkham W Scottish Cup 1904–05 Scottish Cup First round 28 January 1905 Dumfries 1–2 Celtic Eastfield Park Dumfries 3,000 W Second round 11 February 1905 Celtic 3–0 Lochgelly United Celtic Park Glasgow 2,000 W Third round 25 February 1905 Celtic 3–0 Partick Thistle Celtic Park Glasgow 28,000 W Semi-final 25 March 1905Football. Scottish Cup–Semi-final Ties., The Glasgow Herald, 26 March 1905The Quinn Affair, The Glasgow Herald, 30 March 1905, via The Celtic Wiki Celtic 0–2Abandoned after 80 minutes due to crowd disturbance; result stood. Rangers Celtic Park Glasgow 30,000 T. Robertson L References Category:Scottish football championship-winning seasons Category:Celtic F.C. seasons Celtic