1936–37 Celtic F.C. season

The 1936–37 Scottish football season was Celtic's 49th season of competitive football, in which they competed in the Scottish First Division and the Scottish Cup. Despite an unbeaten spell of 15 league matches from 9 September to 15 December, Celtic could not keep up with the good form of both Rangers and Aberdeen, who ended champions and runners-up, respectively. Willie Maley's team ended third in the league table, nine points behind their Govan neighbours and two behind Aberdeen. In the Scottish Cup, the team had better fortune as they were crowned champions despite having to play away in all rounds: in the 1st round, they drew away 1-1 to Stenhousemuir and progressed after winning the replay 2-0 at Celtic Park. In the 2nd round, they won 2-5 at Albion Rovers. In the 3rd round, 0-3 away at East Fife, and in the 4th round they were finally drawn home, but drew 4-4 with Motherwell and had to replay at Fir Park, where they won 1-2. The semi-final was played at Ibrox Park and Celtic beat Clyde 2-0. In the final they met Aberdeen at Hampden Park in front of a European record domestic crowd of 147,365 and won 2-1 with goals by Johnny Crum and Willie Buchan. This was Celtic's 15th Scottish Cup and their 33rd major domestic honour. Celtic also took part in various local or regional tournaments such as the Glasgow Cup and the Glasgow Charity Cup, the latter of which they won beating Queen's Park 4-3 at Hampden, in front of a crowd of 21,000. == Competitions == === Scottish First Division === ==== League table ==== ==== Matches ==== === Scottish Cup === == References ==