1937–38 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1937–38 season
Chairman	Tom White
Manager	Willie Maley
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish First Division	1st
Scottish Cup	3rd Round
Empire Exhibition Trophy	Winners
Highest home attendance	83,500
Lowest home attendance	2,000
Average home league attendance	14,737

During the 1937–38 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.^[1]

Competitions

Scottish First Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	27	7	4	114	42	+72	61
2	Heart of Midlothian	38	26	6	6	90	50	+40	58
3	Rangers	38	18	13	7	75	49	+26	49
4	Falkirk	38	19	9	10	82	52	+30	47
5	Motherwell	38	17	10	11	78	69	+9	44

Source: RSSSF

Matches

14 August 1937 Division A	Queen of the South	2–2	Celtic	Dumfries
				Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 18,700

18 August 1937 Division A	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Celtic	Hamilton
				Stadium: Douglas Park Attendance: 7,000

21 August 1937 Division A	Celtic	4–0	Morton	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

25 August 1937 Division A	Celtic	2–2	Queen of the South	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 19,000

28 August 1937 Division A	Kilmarnock	2–1	Celtic	Kilmarnock
				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 19,000

4 September 1937 Division A	Celtic	4–2	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

11 September 1937 Division A	Rangers	3–1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 80,000

15 September 1937 Division A	Morton	2–3	Celtic	Greenock
				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 7,000

18 September 1937 Division A	Celtic	2–1	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,000

25 September 1937 Division A	Aberdeen	1–1	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 27,000

2 October 1937 Division A	Celtic	3–1	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

9 October 1937 Division A	Arbroath	2–0	Celtic	Arbroath
				Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 9,000

16 October 1937 Division A	Celtic	4–3	Queen's Park	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

23 October 1937 Division A	Celtic	6–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

6 November 1937 Division A	Celtic	6–0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

13 November 1937 Division A	Third Lanark	1–1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 30,000

20 November 1937 Division A	Ayr United	1–1	Celtic	Ayr
				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 11,000

27 November 1937 Division A	Celtic	2–0	Falkirk	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

4 December 1937 Division A	Motherwell	1–2	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 12,000

18 December 1937 Division A	Hibernian	0–3	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 20,000

25 December 1937 Division A	Celtic	8–0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

1 January 1938 Division A	Celtic	3–0	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 83,500

3 January 1938 Division A	Queen's Park	0–3	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 20,821

8 January 1938 Division A	Hearts	2–4	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 44,300

15 January 1938 Division A	Celtic	5–2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

29 January 1938 Division A	Clyde	1–6	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 15,000

5 February 1938 Division A	Celtic	4–0	Arbroath	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,500

19 February 1938 Division A	St Johnstone	1–2	Celtic	Perth
				Stadium: Muirton Park Attendance: 10,000

26 February 1938 Division A	Celtic	5–1	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

12 March 1938 Division A	Partick Thistle	1–6	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 30,000

19 March 1938 Division A	Celtic	1–1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,000

26 March 1938 Division A	Celtic	1–1	Falkirk	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 2,000

2 April 1938 Division A	Falkirk	3–0	Celtic	Falkirk
				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 9,000

9 April 1938 Division A	Celtic	4–1	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

16 April 1938 Division A	Dundee	2–3	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 21,000

18 April 1938 Division A	Celtic	3–0	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

23 April 1938 Division A	St Mirren	1–3	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 15,000

30 April 1938 Division A	Celtic	3–0	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

Scottish Cup

22 January 1938 First round	Third Lanark	1–2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 45,335

12 February 1938 Second round	Celtic	5–0	Nithsdale Wanderers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,200

5 March 1938 Third round	Celtic	1–2	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 39,389

Empire Exhibition Trophy

25 May 1938 Quarter-finals	Celtic	0–0	Sunderland	Glasgow
19:00 BST				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 55,000 Referee: M. C. Hutton (Glasgow)

26 May 1938 Quarter-finals replay	Celtic	3–1	Sunderland	Glasgow
19:00 BST				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 20,296 Referee: M. C. Hutton (Glasgow)

3 June 1938 Semi-finals	Celtic	1–0	Hearts	Glasgow
19:00 BST	Crum 70'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Dr AW Barton (England)

10 June 1938 Final	Celtic	1–0 (a.e.t)	Everton	Glasgow
19:00 BST	Crum 95'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 82,000 Referee: T. Thomson (England)

References

^ "Results for Celtic for 1937-38". www.londonhearts.com.

[1] "Results for Celtic for 1937-38". www.londonhearts.com.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Forfar Athletic King's Park Leith Athletic Montrose Raith Rovers St Bernard's Stenhousemuir