1907–08 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1907–08 season
Chairman	James Kelly
Manager	Willie Maley
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish First Division	1st
Scottish Cup	Winners
Highest home attendance	27,000
Lowest home attendance	3,000
Average home league attendance	10,500
	← 1906–07 1908–09 →

During the 1907–08 Scottish football season, their 20th season of competitive football, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.^[1]

Under long-time manager Willie Maley, Celtic won the league for the fourth time in a row, a record at the time, en route what would be a total of six-in-a-row.

They also won the Scottish Cup, achieving a League and Cup double for the second consecutive season. No Scottish team would achieve two consecutive League and Cup doubles until Rangers matched that feat for the first time in 1935. This 'Double Double' record would stand unsurpassed until 2019, when Celtic achieved their 'Treble Treble', en route to their 2019-20 'Quadruple Treble' of four consecutive domestic trebles of League, Cup and League Cup.

With the two major honours the club won this season, their total haul raised to 14 (8 league titles and 6 Scottish Cups).

Results

Scottish First Division

15 August 1907 First Division	Celtic	3 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,500

17 August 1907 First Division	Celtic	3 - 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

24 August 1907 First Division	Morton	2 – 3	Celtic	Greenock
				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 9,000

31 August 1907 First Division	Celtic	3 – 2	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,000

7 September 1907 First Division	Celtic	3 – 2	Falkirk	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,000

14 September 1907 First Division	Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Celtic	Kilmarnock
				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 15,000

21 September 1907 First Division	Celtic	1 - 1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

23 September 1907 First Division	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 8,500

30 September 1907 First Division	Third Lanark	1 – 3	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 12,000

5 October 1907 First Division	Hibernian	1 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 12,000

2 November 1907 First Division	Celtic	5 – 0	Port Glasgow Athletic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,000

9 November 1907 First Division	Clyde	0 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 20,000

16 November 1907 First Division	Celtic	4 – 1	Queen's Park	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 13,000

23 November 1907 First Division	Hearts	1 - 0	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 22,500

7 December 1907 First Division	Celtic	4 - 0	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

21 December 1907 First Division	Celtic	4 - 1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 9,000

28 December 1907 First Division	Airdrieonains	0 - 0	Celtic	Airdrie
				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 4,000

1 January 1908 First Division	Celtic	2 - 1	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 60,000

2 January 1908 First Division	Celtic	3 - 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

11 January 1908 First Division	Celtic	5 - 1	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

18 January 1908 First Division	Motherwell	2 - 2	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 10,000

1 February 1908 First Division	Celtic	4 - 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

14 February 1908 First Division	Hamilton Academical	2 - 4	Celtic	Hamilton
				Stadium: Douglas Park Attendance: 6,000

15 February 1908 First Division	Port Glasgow Athletic	0 - 3	Celtic	Port Glasgow
				Stadium: Clune Park Attendance: 3,000

29 February 1908 First Division	Celtic	1 - 1	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 11,000

7 March 1908 First Division	Celtic	4 - 0	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,000

14 March 1908 First Division	Partick Thistle	0 - 3	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Meadowside Attendance: 8,000

28 March 1908 First Division	Dundee	2 - 0	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 16,000

4 April 1908 First Division	Celtic	2 - 0	Morton	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 3,000

11 April 1908 First Division	Queen's Park	0 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 11,000

20 April 1908 First Division	Celtic	6 - 0	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

25 April 1908 First Division	Rangers	0 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 40,000

27 April 1908 First Division	Falkirk	1 - 1	Celtic	Falkirk
				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 10,000

30 April 1908 First Division	St Mirren	2 - 2	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 6,000

Scottish Cup

25 January 1908 First round	Celtic	4 - 0	Peebles Rovers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

8 February 1908 Second round	Rangers	1 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 23,000

22 February 1908 Third round	Raith Rovers	0 - 3	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 14,000

21 March 1908 Semi-final	Aberdeen	0 - 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 20,000

18 April 1908 Final	Celtic	5 - 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 58,000

Appearances and goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish Cup		Glasgow Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SCO	Davey Adams	44	0	37	0	2	0	5	0
Defenders
2	DF	SCO	Donald McLeod	20	1	14	1	1	0	5	0
3	DF	SCO	Alec McNair	37	3	31	3	2	0	4	0
4	DF	SCO	Jimmy Weir	36	3	28	3	3	0	5	0
Midfielders
13	MF	SCO	Alec Bennett	37	7	29	4	4	0	4	3
14	MF	SCO	Jimmy Hay	33	5	28	4	2	0	3	1
16	MF	SCO	Willie Loney	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
24	MF	SCO	Jimmy McMenemy	18	0	13	0	1	0	4	0
33	MF	SCO	James Young	46	4	38	3	3	0	5	1
Forwards
8	FW	SCO	Willie Kivlichan	44	34	36	27	3	3	5	4
9	FW	SCO	David McLean	34	5	26	5	3	0	5	0
11	FW	SCO	Jimmy Quinn	42	13	34	10	4	2	4	1
17	FW	SCO	Peter Somers	39	13	33	11	2	0	4	2
19	FW	SCO	Davie Hamilton	21	7	16	6	1	0	4	1
38	FW	SCO	William Semple	43	11	35	8	4	2	4	1

Last updated: 3 June 2023
Source: Competitions

Club Staff

Board of Directors^[4]
Position	Name
Chairman	James Kelly
Secretary	Willie Maley
Directors	Tom Colgan Michael Dunbar James Grant John McKillop Tom White

Football Staff
Position	Name
Manager	Willie Maley
Trainer	R Davies

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From	Type	Date	Fee
DF	Alexander Morrison	Ayr FC	Transfer	May 1907	Free
DF	Jimmy Weir	Ayr FC	Transfer	May 1907	Free
FW	Willie Kivlichan	Glasgow Rangers FC	Transfer	May 1907	Free
FW	William Semple	Ballieston Thistle	Transfer	October 1907	Free
MF	Peter Johnstone	Glencraig Celtic	Transfer	Summer	Free

Out

Pos	Player	To	Type	Date	Fee
FW	Ted Garry	Derby County FC	Transfer	May 1907	Free
DF	Alex Wilson	Kilmarnock FC	Transfer	July 1907	Free
FW	Jimmy Bauchop	Norwich City FC	Loan	July 1907	Loan
FW	Bobby Templeton	Kilmarnock FC	Transfer	October 1907	Free
DF	Alexander Morrison	Clyde FC	Transfer	October 1907	Free
FW	Jimmy Bauchop	Crystal Palace FC	Transfer	January 1908	Free

References

^ "Results for Celtic for 1907-08". www.londonhearts.com.
^ "Celtic FC First Team Squad". Celtic FC. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ "Soccerbase Celtic Squad Stats 2022/23". Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ "Celtic Board - Past - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[1] "Results for Celtic for 1907-08". www.londonhearts.com.

[2] "Celtic FC First Team Squad". Celtic FC. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[stats-3] "Soccerbase Celtic Squad Stats 2022/23". Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[4] "Celtic Board - Past - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

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Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Queen's Park Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Albion Rovers Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Leith Athletic Raith Rovers St Bernard's Vale of Leven