1896–97 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1896–97 season
Manager	Willie Maley
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish First Division	4th
Scottish Cup	First round
	← 1895–96 1897–98 →

1896–97 was Celtic Football Club's ninth season of competitive association football. They competed in the Scottish First Division.^[1]

It was the first season in the club's history in which they didn't win any trophies, neither national nor local, such as the Glasgow Cup or Glasgow Charity Cup. It was also the last season played by James Kelly, Celtic's first ever captain.

Results

Scottish First Division

15 August 1896 First Division	Hibernian	3 - 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 12,000

17 August 1896 First Division	Clyde	2 - 7	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Barrowfield Park Attendance: 3,000

22 August 1896 First Division	Celtic	2 – 0	St Bernard's	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

29 August 1896 First Division	Abercorn	0 – 6	Celtic	Abercorn
				Stadium: Underwood Park Attendance: 4,500

5 September 1896 First Division	Celtic	3 – 0	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

12 September 1896 First Division	St Bernard's	1 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: New Logie Green Attendance: 8,000

26 September 1896 First Division	Celtic	2 – 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

3 October 1896 First Division	Dundee	2 – 2	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Carolina Port Attendance: 17,000

10 October 1896 First Division	Celtic	1 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,000

17 October 1896 First Division	Celtic	2 – 0	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

24 October 1896 First Division	Hearts	1 - 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 11,000

7 November 1896 First Division	Celtic	5 - 0	Abercorn	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 1,000

28 November 1896 First Division	Celtic	1 - 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

5 December 1896 First Division	Third Lanark	0 - 3	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 4,000

12 December 1896 First Division	Celtic	4 - 1	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

19 December 1896 First Division	Rangers	2 - 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 15,000

20 February 1897 First Division	Celtic	0 – 1	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

13 March 1897 First Division	St Mirren	2 – 0	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 4,000

Scottish Cup

9 January 1897 First round	Arthurlie	4 - 2	Celtic	Arthurlie
				Stadium: Dunterlie Park Attendance: 2,000

References

^ "Results for Celtic for 1896-97". www.londonhearts.com.

[1] "Results for Celtic for 1896-97". www.londonhearts.com.

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v t e 1896–97 in Scottish football
« 1895–96 1897–98 »
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	Abercorn Celtic Clyde Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Rangers St Bernard's St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Airdrieonians Dumbarton Kilmarnock Leith Athletic Linthouse Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Renton
Other teams	Queen's Park