10/04/1926 – Celtic (N)

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Scottish Cup Final
10th April 1926
Hampden Park, Glasgow

St. Mirren 2-0 Celtic

McCRAE 3
HOWIESON 25

ATT: 98,620

Referee:

In-form Saints make no mistake in their 2nd Cup Final appearance, and beat Celtic to take the trophy to Paisley for the first ever time.
The prolific Davie McCrae gets Saints off to the perfect start when he rose above Shelvin in goal for Celtic to bullet a Jamie Thomson corner home after only a couple of minutes.
Saints doubled their lead just over 20 minutes later, when McCrae’s through pass was poked home by Jimmy Howieson following a scramble.
Captain Jock Bradford then kept Celtic at bay with a number of important saves, helped by one of the finest Saints full and half back line ups in the history of the club.
The official attendance of 98,620 was for paying customers only, and a record itself, but with complimentary tickets included the actual crowd was the first to ever exceed 100,000 in Scotland.

SAINTS	No	CELTIC
Jock Bradford	1	Peter Shevlin
Andrew Findlay	2	Willie McStay
Willie Newbiggin	3	Hugh Hilley
Tom Morrison	4	Peter Wilson
Willie Summers	5	Jimmy McStay
William McDonald	6	John McFarlane
Mattha Morgan	7	Paddy Connolly
Allan Gebbie	8	Alec Thomson
David McCrae	9	Jimmy McGrory
Jimmy Howieson	10	Tommy McInally
Jamie Thomson	11	Willie Leitch

The 1926 winning team with officials: Back Row, L to R; Thomas Hart, George Riddell, Thomas Craig (all directors) and John Cochrane (manager and club secretary).
Middle row: WF Walker (director), Tom Morrison, Andrew Findlay, Jock Bradford (C), Willie Newbiggin, Willie McDonald and Andy Reid (Trainer)
Front Row: Mattha Morgan, Alan Gebbie, Davie McCrae, JR Hall (Chairman), Willie Summers, Jimmy Howieson and Jamie Thomson

The winners medal of JR Hall, club chairman

Saints captain Jock Bradford punches clear ahead of Willie Summers, with Celtic’s Jimmy McGrory challenging. Andrew Findlay is guarding the net with Tom Morrison in the background.

Fans queue to get into the ground. The match was a Scottish record attendance at the time.

1925/26

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DATE	OPPOSITION	ATT	V	COMP	SCORE	O	SCORERS
15/08/1925	AIRDRIEONIANS		H	D1	1-1	D	McCRAE (P)
22/08/1925	Falkirk	12,000	A	D1	1-0	W	MORRISON
29/08/1925	DUNDEE		H	D1	2-2	D	McCRAE, GEBBIE
05/09/1925	Clydebank		A	D1	2-1	W	THOMSON, McCRAE
12/09/1925	QUEEN’S PARK		H	D1	3-1	W	McCRAE, McDONALD, THOMSON
19/09/1925	Rangers		A	D1	1-4	L	McCRAE
26/09/1925	DUNDEE UTD	10,000	H	D1	2-0	W	McCRAE, MASON
28/09/1925	Aberdeen	12,000	A	D1	2-1	W	McCRAE (2)
03/10/1925	Hibernian		A	D1	2-0	W	GILLIES, McCRAE
10/10/1925	MORTON	11,000	H	D1	3-0	W	THOMSON, McCRAE (2)
17/10/1925	Kilmarnock	12,000	A	D1	3-2	W	KNOX, McCRAE, THOMSON
24/10/1925	Cowdenbeath	9,000	A	D1	1-1	D	McCRAE
31/10/1925	HEARTS		H	D1	2-1	W	SUMMERS, (OG WHITE)
07/11/1925	HAMILTON ACC		H	D1	1-0	W	SUMMERS
14/11/1925	St. Johnstone		A	D1	0-1	L
21/11/1925	PARTICK THIS		H	D1	2-2	D	WHITELAW, McCRAE
28/11/1925	Airdrieonians		A	D1	1-2	L	HOWIESON
05/12/1925	Motherwell	7,000	A	D1	1-0	W	McCRAE
12/12/1925	CELTIC	27,000	H	D1	0-2	L
19/12/1925	Hamilton Acc		A	D1	2-3	L	McCRAE (2)
26/12/1925	Hearts		A	D1	0-1	L
01/01/1926	KILMARNOCK	15,000	H	D1	1-4	L	MORGAN
02/01/1926	Morton	6,000	A	D1	0-0	D
04/01/1926	FALKIRK	12,000	H	D1	2-0	W	BARCLAY, McDONALD J
09/01/1926	Dundee	8,000	A	D1	1-1	D	MORGAN
16/01/1926	CLYDEBANK	9,000	H	D1	3-0	W	McDONALD J (2), McCRINDLE
23/01/1926	MID-ANNANDALE	4,500	H	SC1	4-0	W	McCRINDLE (2), McDONALD J, THOMSON
30/01/1926	RAITH ROVERS	8,000	H	D1	0-3	L
06/02/1926	Arbroath	4,500	A	SC2	0-0	D
09/02/1926	ARBROATH	4,000	H	SC2R	3-0	W	MORGAN, THOMSON, McDONALD J
13/02/1926	Dundee United	9,000	A	D1	2-1	W	McCRINDLE, HOWIESON
16/02/1926	Queen’s Park	6,000	A	D1	0-1	L
20/02/1926	PARTICK THIS	20,000	H	SC3	2-1	W	HOWIESON, MORGAN
23/02/1926	MOTHERWELL	3,000	H	D1	2-2	D	MORRISON, OG
27/02/1926	HIBERNIAN	8,000	H	D1	2-1	W	GILLIES, McCRAE
06/03/1926	AIRDRIEONIANS	25,000	H	SCQF	2-0	W	McCRAE, GEBBIE
09/03/1926	Celtic	5,000	A	D1	1-6	L	McCRAE
13/03/1926	Raith Rovers	5,000	A	D1	3-1	W	GEBBIE (2), McCRAE
20/03/1926	Rangers	61,390	N	SCSF	1-0	W	THOMSON
23/03/1926	RANGERS	6,000	H	D1	3-2	W	GEBBIE (2), MCDONALD, J
27/03/1926	COWDENBEATH	6,000	H	D1	2-1	W	GEBBIE (2)
03/04/1926	ST. JOHNSTONE	7,000	H	D1	3-1	W	HOWIESON, GEBBIE, McCRAE
10/04/1926	Celtic	98,620	N	SCF	2-0	W	McCRAE, HOWIESON
13/04/1926	Partick This	6,000	A	D1	2-3	L	McCRAE, HOWIESON
24/04/1926	ABERDEEN	7,000	H	D1	3-0	W	McCRAE (2), HOWIESON

PLAYER	SD1	GLS	SCP	GLS	TOTAL APP	TOTAL GLS
ARNOTT, Alex	1	0	–	–	1	0
BARCLAY, Thomas	10	1	1	0	11	1
BRADFORD, Jock	36	0	7	0	43	0
FINDLAY, Andrew	35	0	6	0	41	0
GEBBIE, Alan	14	8	3	1	17	9
GILLIES, Archie	26	2	4	0	30	2
HAY, Walter	2	0	1	0	3	0
HOWIESON, Jimmy	17	5	5	2	22	7
KNOX, Walter	10	1	–	–	10	1
MASON, George	9	1	–	–	9	1
McAVOY, Robert	1	0	–	–	1	0
McCRAE, Davie	33	24	4	2	37	26
McCRINDLE, Hugh	7	2	2	2	9	4
MCDONALD, Jimmy	7	4	3	2	10	6
McDONALD, Willie	37	0	7	0	44	0
MILLER, John	5	0	–	–	5	0
MORGAN, Matthew	26	2	7	1	33	3
MORRISON, Tom	37	2	7	0	44	2
NEWBIGGIN, William	38	0	7	0	45	0
SUMMERS, Willie	28	2	6	0	34	2
THOMSON, Jamie	32	4	7	3	39	7
WHITELAW, John	5	1	–	–	5	1
YUILLE, Duncan	2	0	–	–	2	0

APPEARANCES	SD1	SCP	TOTAL
NEWBIGGIN, William	38	7	45
McDONALD, Willie	37	7	44
MORRISON, Tom	37	7	44
BRADFORD, Jock	36	7	43
FINDLAY, Andrew	35	6	41
THOMSON, Jamie	32	7	39
McCRAE, Davie	33	4	37
SUMMERS, Willie	28	6	34
MORGAN, Matthew	26	7	33
GILLIES, Archie	26	4	30
HOWIESON, Jimmy	17	5	22
GEBBIE, Alan	14	3	17
BARCLAY, Thomas	10	1	11
KNOX, Walter	10	–	10
MCDONALD, Jimmy	7	3	10
MASON, George	9	–	9
McCRINDLE, Hugh	7	2	9
MILLER, John	5	–	5
WHITELAW, John	5	–	5
HAY, Walter	2	1	3
YUILLE, Duncan	2	–	2
ARNOTT, Alex	1	–	1
McAVOY, Robert	1	–	1

GOALSCORERS	SD1	SCP	TOTAL
McCRAE, Davie	24	2	26
GEBBIE, Alan	8	1	9
THOMSON, Jamie	4	3	7
HOWIESON, Jimmy	5	2	7
MCDONALD, Jimmy	4	2	6
McCRINDLE, Hugh	2	2	4
MORGAN, Matthew	2	1	3
MORRISON, Tom	2	–	2
SUMMERS, Willie	2	–	2
GILLIES, Archie	2	–	2
BARCLAY, Thomas	1	–	1
KNOX, Walter	1	–	1
MASON, George	1	–	1
WHITELAW, John	1	–	1

POS	CLUB	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	38	25	8	5	97	40	57	58
2	Airdrieonians	38	23	4	11	95	54	41	50
3	Heart	38	21	8	9	87	56	31	50
4	St Mirren	38	20	7	11	63	52	9	47
5	Motherwell	38	19	8	11	67	46	21	46
6	Rangers	38	19	6	13	79	55	24	44
7	Cowdenbeath	38	18	6	14	87	68	19	42
8	Falkirk	38	14	14	10	61	57	4	42
9	Kilmarnock	38	17	7	14	79	77	2	41
10	Dundee	38	14	9	15	47	59	-12	37
11	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	49	54	-5	36
12	Hamilton	38	13	9	16	68	79	-11	35
13	Queen’s	38	15	4	19	70	81	-11	34
14	Partick	38	10	13	15	64	73	-9	33
15	Morton	38	12	7	19	57	84	-27	31
16	Hibernian	38	12	6	20	72	77	-5	30
17	St J	38	9	10	19	43	78	-35	28
18	Dundee Utd	38	11	6	21	52	74	-22	28
19	Raith	38	11	4	23	46	81	-35	26
20	Clydebank	38	7	8	23	55	92	-37	22