1936–37 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1936–37 season
Manager	Willie Maley
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish First Division	3rd
Scottish Cup	Winners
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 Scottish football season was Celtic's 49th season of competitive football, in which they competed in the Scottish First Division and the Scottish Cup.

Despite an unbeaten spell of 15 league matches from 9 September to 15 December, Celtic could not keep up with the good form of both Rangers and Aberdeen, who ended champions and runners-up, respectively. Willie Maley's team ended third in the league table, nine points behind their Govan neighbours and two behind Aberdeen.

In the Scottish Cup, the team had better fortune as they were crowned champions despite having to play away in all rounds: in the 1st round, they drew away 1-1 to Stenhousemuir and progressed after winning the replay 2-0 at Celtic Park. In the 2nd round, they won 2-5 at Albion Rovers. In the 3rd round, 0-3 away at East Fife, and in the 4th round they were finally drawn home, but drew 4-4 with Motherwell and had to replay at Fir Park, where they won 1-2. The semi-final was played at Ibrox Park and Celtic beat Clyde 2-0. In the final they met Aberdeen at Hampden Park in front of a European record domestic crowd of 147,365 and won 2-1 with goals by Johnny Crum and Willie Buchan.

This was Celtic's 15th Scottish Cup and their 33rd major domestic honour.

Celtic also took part in various local or regional tournaments such as the Glasgow Cup and the Glasgow Charity Cup, the latter of which they won beating Queen's Park 4-3 at Hampden, in front of a crowd of 21,000.

Results

Scottish First Division

8 August 1936 Division A	Celtic	3 - 2	St Johnstone	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

15 August 1936 Division A	Clyde	1 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 22,000

19 August 1936 Division A	St Johnstone	2 - 1	Celtic	Perth
				Stadium: Muirton Park Attendance: 9,000

22 August 1936 Division A	Celtic	5 - 0	Queen of the South	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

28 August 1937 Division A	Albion Rovers	1 – 3	Celtic	Coatbridge
				Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 16,000

5 September 1936 Division A	Celtic	2 - 4	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

9 September 1936 Division A	Celtic	3 - 1	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

12 September 1936 Division A	Hamilton Academical	1 - 2	Celtic	Hamilton
				Stadium: Douglas Park Attendance: 12,000

19 September 1936 Division A	Celtic	1 - 1	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 60,000

26 September 1936 Division A	Hearts	0 - 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 42,223

3 October 1936 Division A	Celtic	3 - 2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 46,000

10 October 1936 Division A	Queen's Park	0 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 17,051

17 October 1936 Division A	Dundee	0 - 0	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 24,000

24 October 1936 Division A	Celtic	5 - 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

31 October 1936 Division A	Arbroath	2 - 3	Celtic	Arbroath
				Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 8,000

7 November 1936 Division A	Celtic	3 – 0	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

14 November 1936 Division A	Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 15,000

21 November 1936 Division A	Celtic	6 – 3	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

28 November 1936 Division A	Celtic	3 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,000

5 December 1936 Division A	Falkirk	0 – 3	Celtic	Falkirk
				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 10,000

12 December 1936 Division A	Celtic	3 - 2	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

19 December 1936 Division A	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Celtic	Dumfries
				Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 8,000

26 December 1936 Division A	Celtic	4 – 0	Albion Rovers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

1 January 1937 Division A	Rangers	1 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 94,811

2 January 1937 Division A	Celtic	4 - 0	Queen's Park	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

9 January 1937 Division A	Kilmarnock	3 – 3	Celtic	Kilmarnock
				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 12,000

16 January 1937 Division A	Celtic	3 - 3	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

23 January 1937 Division A	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 28,000

6 February 1937 Division A	Celtic	3 – 2	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,000

20 February 1937 Division A	Celtic	1 – 2	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

6 March 1937 Division A	Hibernian	2 - 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 18,000

20 March 1937 Division A	St Mirren	1 – 2	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 10,000

27 March 1937 Division A	Celtic	1 - 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 13,000

29 March 1937 Division A	Celtic	1 - 0	Falkirk	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,000

6 April 1937 Division A	Third Lanark	4 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 10,000

10 April 1937 Division A	Dunfermline Athletic	3 - 4	Celtic	Dunfermline
				Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 10,000

16 April 1937 Division A	Celtic	5 - 1	Arbroath	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

30 April 1937 Division A	Motherwell	8 - 0	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,000

Scottish Cup

30 January 1937 First round	Stenhousemuir	1 – 1	Celtic	Stenhousemuir
				Stadium: Ochilview Park Attendance: 3,000

3 February 1937 First round replay	Celtic	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

13 February 1937 Second round	Albion Rovers	2 – 5	Celtic	Coatbridge
				Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 19,000

27 February 1938 Third round	East Fife	0 – 3	Celtic	Methil
				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 12,690

17 March 1937 Fourth round	Celtic	4 – 4	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,150

24 March 1937 Fourth round replay	Motherwell	1 – 2	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 35,023

3 April 1937 Semi-final	Celtic	2 – 0	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 76,000

24 April 1937 Final	Celtic	2 – 1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 147,365

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