1951–52 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1951–52 season
Manager	Jimmy McGrory
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Division A	9th
Scottish Cup	First round
Scottish League Cup	Semi-final
Saint Mungo Cup	Winners

During the 1951–52 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division A. They finished the season in 9th place with 28 points.

Competitions

Scottish Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Motherwell	30	12	7	11	51	57	−6	31
8	Dundee	30	11	6	13	53	52	+1	28
9	Celtic	30	10	8	12	52	55	−3	28
10	Queen of the South	30	10	8	12	50	60	−10	28
11	Aberdeen	30	10	7	13	65	58	+7	27

Source: RSSSF

Matches

8 September 1951 Division A	Motherwell	2–2	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 28,000

22 September 1951 Division A	Rangers	1–1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 86,000

29 September 1951 Division A	Celtic	1–3	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 48,000

10 October 1951 Division A	Morton	0–1	Celtic	Greenock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 10,000

20 October 1951 Division A	Dundee	2–1	Celtic	Dundee
14:45 BST				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 32,000

27 October 1951 Division A	Celtic	1–1	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 50,000

3 November 1951 Division A	Celtic	2–2	Third Lanark	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,000

10 November 1951 Division A	Stirling Albion	2–1	Celtic	Stirling
14:45 BST				Stadium: Annfield Attendance: 18,205

17 November 1951 Division A	Celtic	3–1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

24 November 1951 Division A	Queen of the South	4–0	Celtic	Dumfries
14:30 GMT				Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 14,500

1 December 1951 Division A	Celtic	2–1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

8 December 1951 Division A	Celtic	2–1	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

15 December 1951 Division A	East Fife	3–1	Celtic	Methil
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 16,000

22 December 1951 Division A	Celtic	2–2	Motherwell	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

29 December 1951 Division A	Aberdeen	3–4	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 22,000

1 January 1952 Division A	Celtic	1–4	Rangers	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 45,000

2 January 1952 Division A	Hearts	2–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 37,197

12 January 1952 Division A	Raith Rovers	1–0	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 16,000

19 January 1952 Division A	Celtic	1–1	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,000

2 February 1952 Division A	Hibernian	3–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 42,000

16 February 1952 Division A	Celtic	3–1	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

23 February 1952 Division A	Celtic	0–1	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 22,000

27 February 1952 Division A	Airdireonians	2–1	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 10,000

1 March 1952 Division A	Celtic	6–1	Queen of the South	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

5 March 1952 Division A	Celtic	2–2	Morton	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

8 March 1952 Division A	Partick Thistle	2–4	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 30,000

15 March 1952 Division A	St Mirren	3–1	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 37,000

22 March 1952 Division A	Celtic	2–1	East Fife	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

29 March 1952 Division A	Celtic	2–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

12 April 1952 Division A	Third Lanark	3–3	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 35,000

Scottish Cup

30 January 1952 First round	Celtic	0–0	Third Lanark	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,000

4 February 1952 First round replay	Third Lanark	2–1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 27,334

Scottish League Cup

11 August 1951 Group 8	Celtic	1–1	Third Lanark	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 45,000

15 August 1951 Group 8	Airdrieonians	1–1	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 24,000

18 August 1951 Group 8	Celtic	2–0	Morton	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,000

25 August 1951 Group 8	Third Lanark	0–1	Celtic	Glasgow
18:45 GMT				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 35,000

29 August 1951 Group 8	Celtic	2–0	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

1 September 1951 Group 8	Morton	2–0	Celtic	Greenock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 21,000

15 September 1951 Quarter-final 1st leg	Celtic	4–1	Forfar Athletic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

19 September 1951 Quarter-final 2nd leg	Forfar Athletic	1–1	Celtic	Forfar
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Station Park Attendance: 21,000

13 October 1951 Semi-final	Celtic	0–3	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 82,050

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

Competitions

Scottish Division A

League table

Matches

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

References