1920–21 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1920–21 season
Manager	Willie Maley
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Football League	2nd
Scottish Cup	4th Round

The 1920–21 Scottish football season was Celtic's 33rd season of competitive football, in which they competed in the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.^[1] Celtic ended the league campaign a distant second to fellow Glasgow team Rangers, ten points behind. In the cup, they lost 1-2 to Hearts in the fourth round (quarter-finals).

Competitions

Scottish Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	42	35	6	1	91	24	+67	76
2	Celtic	42	30	6	6	89	31	+58	66
3	Heart of Midlothian	42	20	10	12	74	49	+25	50
4	Dundee	42	19	11	12	54	48	+6	49
5	Motherwell	42	19	10	13	75	51	+24	48

Source:

Matches

18 August 1920 First Division	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Celtic	Hamilton
				Stadium: Douglas Park Attendance: 12,000

21 August 1920 First Division	Albion Rovers	0–1	Celtic	Coatbridge
				Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 17,000

28 August 1920 First Division	Aberdeen	1–2	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 23,566

1 September 1920 First Division	Celtic	1–1	Morton	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

7 September 1920 First Division	Celtic	1–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

11 September 1920 First Division	Celtic	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

20 September 1920 First Division	Hibernian	0–3	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 20,000

25 September 1920 First Division	Celtic	3–1	Ayr United	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

27 September 1920 First Division	Celtic	3–0	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

9 October 1920 First Division	Celtic	5–1	Queen's Park	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,000

12 October 1920 First Division	Celtic	4–1	Falkirk	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

16 October 1920 First Division	Dundee	1–2	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 32,000

23 October 1920 First Division	Celtic	1–2	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 65,269

26 October 1920 First Division	Celtic	0–2	Albion Rovers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

30 October 1920 First Division	Hearts	0–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 36,500

6 November 1920 First Division	Dumbarton	1–3	Celtic	Dumbarton
				Stadium: Boghead Park Attendance: 10,000

13 November 1920 First Division	Celtic	2–0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

20 November 1920 First Division	Clyde	2–1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 30,000

27 November 1920 First Division	Celtic	5–0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

4 December 1920 First Division	Falkirk	1–3	Celtic	Falkirk
				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 9,000

11 December 1920 First Division	Celtic	1–0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

18 December 1920 First Division	Celtic	2–1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

25 December 1920 First Division	St Mirren	0–2	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 12,000

1 January 1921 First Division	Rangers	0–2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 69,260

3 January 1921 First Division	Celtic	1–0	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

8 January 1921 First Division	Clydebank	0–2	Celtic	Clydebank
				Stadium: Clydeholm Park Attendance: 12,000

15 January 1921 First Division	Morton	1–1	Celtic	Greenock
				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 16,000

22 January 1921 First Division	Motherwell	1–1	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 15,000

29 January 1921 First Division	Celtic	3–1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

12 February 1921 First Division	Celtic	6–0	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

23 February 1921 First Division	Third Lanark	1–2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 12,000

26 February 1921 First Division	Queen's Park	0–2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 12,000

9 March 1921 First Division	Celtic	2–0	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

12 March 1921 First Division	Ayr United	3–1	Celtic	Ayr
				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 7,000

19 March 1921 First Division	Celtic	3–2	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,000

26 March 1921 First Division	Kilmarnock	3–2	Celtic	Kilmarnock
				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 12,000

28 March 1921 First Division	Partick Thistle	0–1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 10,000

2 April 1921 First Division	Celtic	1–1	Dumbarton	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

9 April 1921 First Division	Raith Rovers	2–0	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 9,000

20 April 1921 First Division	Celtic	1–1	Clydebank	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

23 April 1921 First Division	Celtic	3–0	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

30 April 1921 First Division	Airdrieonians	2–3	Celtic	Airdrie
				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 6,000

Scottish Cup

5 February 1921 Second round	Vale of Leven	0–3	Celtic	Alexandria
				Stadium: Millburn Park Attendance: 3,000

19 February 1921 Third round	East Fife	1–3	Celtic	Methil
				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 11,000

5 March 1921 Fourth round	Celtic	1–2	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,000

References

^ "Results for Celtic for 1920-21". www.londonhearts.com.

[1] "Results for Celtic for 1920-21". www.londonhearts.com.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
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