1903–04 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1903–04 season
Manager	Willie Maley
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish First Division	3rd
Scottish Cup	Winners
	← 1902–03 1904–05 →

1903–04 was the 16th season of competitive football for Celtic FC. They competed in the Scottish First Division^[1], in which they placed third.

Celtic won the Scottish Cup with a 3-2 win over Rangers in which Jimmy Quinn scored a hat-trick. It was Celtic's fourth Scottish Cup victory and, together with their four league titles so far, their 8th major trophy.

Willie Orr, who had been playing for the Glasgow team since 1897, became Celtic's fourth ever captain, as he succeeded Sandy McMahon who had left Celtic the previous season.

Results

Scottish First Division

15 August 1903 First Division	Celtic	2 - 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

22 August 1903 First Division	St Mirren	0 - 1	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 6,000

29 August 1903 First Division	Celtic	1 - 3	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

5 September 1903 First Division	Hibernian	0 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 9,500

26 September 1903 First Division	Celtic	1 – 0	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

28 September 1903 First Division	Third Lanark	3 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 17,000

3 October 1903 First Division	Celtic	3 – 0	Queen's Park	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

10 October 1903 First Division	Celtic	4 - 2	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

17 October 1903 First Division	Rangers	0 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 24,000

24 October 1903 First Division	Celtic	4 - 0	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

31 October 1903 First Division	Queen's Park	1 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 40,000

14 November 1903 First Division	Kilmarnock	1 – 6	Celtic	Kilmarnock
				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,500

5 December 1903 First Division	Morton	0 – 1	Celtic	Greenock
				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 4,500

12 December 1903 First Division	Celtic	2 – 1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

19 December 1903 First Division	Partick Thistle	0 – 4	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Meadowside Attendance: 4,000

26 December 1903 First Division	Celtic	4 – 1	Port Glasgow Athletic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 1,500

1 January 1904 First Division	Celtic	2 - 2	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 33,000

9 January 1904 First Division	Airdrieonians	4 - 3	Celtic	Airdrie
				Stadium: Broomfield Park

16 January 1904 First Division	Celtic	6 - 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 2,000

23 January 1904 First Division	Celtic	5 - 1	Morton	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 3,000

30 January 1904 First Division	Dundee	2 – 1	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 17,700

6 February 1904 First Division	Port Glasgow Athletic	2 - 3	Celtic	Port Glasgowe
				Stadium: Clune Park

12 March 1904 First Division	Celtic	3 - 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

26 March 1904 First Division	Motherwell	1 – 2	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,000

2 April 1904 First Division	Hearts	2 - 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 11,000

23 April 1904 First Division	Celtic	6 – 1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

Scottish Cup

16 January 1904 First round	Celtic	w/o	Stanley	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

13 February 1904 Second round	St Bernard's	0 - 4	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Royal Gymnasium Ground Attendance: 5,000

20 February 1904 Third round	Celtic	1 - 1	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

27 February 1904 Third round replay	Dundee	0 - 0	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 21,000

5 March 1904 Third round Second Replay	Celtic	5 - 0	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 39,000

19 March 1904 Semi-final	Celtic	2 - 1	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,000

16 April 1904 Final	Celtic	3 - 2	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 64,472

References

^ "Results for Celtic for 1903-04". www.londonhearts.com.

[1] "Results for Celtic for 1903-04". www.londonhearts.com.

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Division One	Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Queen's Park Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
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