1930–31 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1930–31 season
Manager	Willie Maley
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish First Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	Winners
	← 1929–30 1931–32 →

The 1930–31 Scottish football season was Celtic's 43rd season of competitive football, in which they competed in the Scottish First Division^[1] and the Scottish Cup.

Despite much improvement in their league results, which saw them pile 58 points and an unbeaten run of 17 games from August to January (13 wins and 4 draws), Celtic fell short by two points as they ended runners-up to Rangers, who won the league for the fifth year in a row.

However, their Scottish Cup campaign was much more successful, as they beat East Fife, Dundee United and Morton away in the first three rounds, Aberdeen 4-0 home in the fourth round, and Kilmarnock 3-0 in the semi-final at Hampden Park to reach the final against Motherwell, who reached their first ever cup final.

The final played out in dramatic fashion as Motherwell outplayed Celtic and led comfortably 0-2 with eight minutes to go, but one goal by Jimmy McGrory and then an own goal in the dying moments as Motherwell centre half Allan Craig headed the ball towards his keeper only for it to find the net. The replay was scheduled four days later, and Celtic won 4-2 with Bertie Thomson and Jimmy McGrory scoring a brace each.

This was Celtic's 13th Scottish Cup triumph and their 30th major domestic trophy overall.

Results

Scottish First Division

9 August 1930 First Division	Celtic	3 - 1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

16 August 1930 First Division	Falkirk	3 - 2	Celtic	Falkirk
				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 13,000

23 August 1930 First Division	Celtic	6 - 0	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

30 August 1930 First Division	East Fife	2 - 6	Celtic	Methil
				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 8,000

6 September 1930 First Division	Celtic	1 - 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

13 September 1930 First Division	Hamilton Academical	0 - 0	Celtic	Hamilton
				Stadium: Douglas Park Attendance: 10,000

20 September 1930 First Division	Celtic	2 - 0	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 83,500

27 September 1930 First Division	Queen's Park	3 - 3	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 20,000

4 October 1930 First Division	Celtic	4 - 1	Morton	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

18 October 1930 First Division	Celtic	3 - 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

25 October 1930 First Division	Motherwell	3 - 3	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 30,000

1 November 1930 First Division	Celtic	5 - 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

8 November 1930 First Division	Celtic	2 - 1	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

15 November 1930 First Division	Cowdenbeath	1 - 1	Celtic	Cowdenbeath
				Stadium: Central Park Attendance: 6,000

22 November 1930 First Division	Ayr United	2 - 6	Celtic	Ayr
				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 5,000

6 December 1930 First Division	Airdrieonians	1 – 2	Celtic	Airdrie
				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 8,000

13 December 1930 First Division	Celtic	4 - 0	Leith Athletic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

20 December 1930 First Division	Kilmarnock	0 - 3	Celtic	Kilmarnock
				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 16,000

27 December 1930 First Division	Celtic	3 - 0	Falkirk	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,000

1 January 1931 First Division	Rangers	1 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 83,500

3 January 1931 First Division	Hibernian	0 - 0	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 6,000

10 January 1931 First Division	Celtic	9 - 1	East Fife	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

24 January 1931 First Division	Aberdeen	1 - 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 20,000

7 February 1931 First Division	Morton	0 - 1	Celtic	Greenock
				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 12,000

18 February 1931 First Division	Celtic	0 - 1	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

21 February 1931 First Division	St Mirren	1 - 3	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 15,000

24 February 1931 First Division	Celtic	2 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

4 March 1931 First Division	Celtic	4 - 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,000

7 March 1931 First Division	Partick Thistle	1 - 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 15,000

18 March 1931 First Division	Hearts	1 - 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 28,000

21 March 1931 First Division	Celtic	6 - 0	Cowdenbeath	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

25 March 1931 First Division	Celtic	2 - 2	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

4 April 1931 First Division	Celtic	4 - 1	Ayr United	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

6 April 1931 First Division	Clyde	0 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 20,000

18 April 1931 First Division	Celtic	3 - 1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

22 April 1931 First Division	Dundee	0 - 0	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 12,000

25 April 1931 First Division	Leith Athletic	0 - 3	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Marine Gardens Attendance: 9,000

28 April 1931 First Division	Celtic	1 - 1	Queen's Park	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

Scottish Cup

17 January 1931 First round	East Fife	1 – 2	Celtic	Methil
				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 9,000

4 February 1931 Second round	Dundee United	2 – 3	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 13,000

14 February 1931 Third round	Morton	1 – 4	Celtic	Greenock
				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 20,577

28 February 1931 Fourth round	Celtic	4 – 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 64,699

14 March 1931 Semi-final	Celtic	3 – 0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 53,973

11 April 1931 Final	Celtic	2 – 2	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 104,683

15 April 1931 Final Replay	Celtic	4 – 2	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 98,509

References

^ "Results for Celtic for 1930-31". www.londonhearts.com.

[1] "Results for Celtic for 1930-31". www.londonhearts.com.

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