1929–30 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1929–30 season
Manager	Willie Maley
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish First Division	4th
Scottish Cup	Third round
	← 1928–29 1930–31 →

The 1929–30 Scottish football season was Celtic's 42nd season of competitive football, in which they competed in the Scottish First Division^[1] and the Scottish Cup.

It was Celtic's third consecutive season without a major domestic honour, a dry spell the club had not known since the early 1900s. They finished the league a distant fourth to Rangers. In the Scottish Cup, they saw defeat to St. Mirren in the third round, 1-3 at Celtic Park.

This season was Jimmy McStay's first as Celtic captain, immediately succeeding his older brother Willie. McStay, who had been playing for Celtic since 1920, would later be club manager from 1940 to 1945.

Results

Scottish First Division

10 August 1929 First Division	Celtic	2 - 1	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,000

17 August 1929 First Division	Morton	1 - 2	Celtic	Greenock
				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 18,000

24 August 1929 First Division	Celtic	3 - 4	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

31 August 1929 First Division	Hamilton Academical	2 - 3	Celtic	Hamilton
				Stadium: Douglas Park Attendance: 12,000

14 September 1929 First Division	Airdrieonians	0 - 1	Celtic	Airdrie
				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 24,000

21 September 1929 First Division	Celtic	1 - 1	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

28 September 1929 First Division	Ayr United	1 - 3	Celtic	Ayr
				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 12,000

5 October 1929 First Division	Celtic	7 - 0	Falkirk	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

19 October 1929 First Division	Celtic	2 - 1	Queen's Park	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

23 October 1929 First Division	Dundee United	2 - 2	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 6,000

26 October 1929 First Division	Rangers	1 - 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 50,000

2 November 1929 First Division	Celtic	4 - 0	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

9 November 1929 First Division	Motherwell	2 - 1	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 20,000

16 November 1929 First Division	Celtic	2 - 1	Cowdenbeath	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

23 November 1929 First Division	St Johnstone	1 - 6	Celtic	Perth
				Stadium: Muirton Park Attendance: 10,000

30 November 1929 First Division	Partick Thistle	3 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 10,000

7 December 1929 First Division	Celtic	3 - 0	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

14 December 1929 First Division	Kilmarnock	1 - 1	Celtic	Kilmarnock
				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 7,000

21 December 1929 First Division	Hearts	1 - 3	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 22,000

28 December 1930 First Division	Celtic	0 - 1	Morton	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

1 January 1930 First Division	Celtic	1 - 2	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,000

2 January 1930 First Division	Queen's Park	2 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 25,000

4 January 1930 First Division	Aberdeen	3 - 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 22,000

25 January 1930 First Division	Clyde	2 - 3	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 15,000

5 February 1930 First Division	Celtic	1 - 2	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

8 February 1930 First Division	Dundee	2 - 2	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 10,000

18 February 1930 First Division	Celtic	4 - 0	Ayr United	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

22 February 1930 First Division	Falkirk	0 - 1	Celtic	Falkirk
				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 32,000

1 March 1930 First Division	Celtic	7 - 0	Dundee United	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,000

8 March 1930 First Division	Hibernian	0 - 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 11,000

15 March 1930 First Division	Celtic	0 - 4	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

22 March 1930 First Division	Cowdenbeath	1 - 2	Celtic	Cowdenbeath
				Stadium: Central Park Attendance: 5,000

29 March 1930 First Division	Celtic	6 - 2	St Johnstone	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

5 April 1930 First Division	Celtic	2 - 0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

12 April 1930 First Division	St Mirren	0 - 0	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 7,000

15 April 1930 First Division	Celtic	3 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

19 April 1930 First Division	Celtic	4 - 0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

21 April 1930 First Division	Celtic	0 - 2	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

Scottish Cup

18 January 1930 First round	Caledonian	0 – 6	Celtic	Inverness
				Stadium: Telford Street Park Attendance: 6,500

1 February 1930 Second round	Celtic	5 – 0	Arbroath	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,500

15 February 1930 Third round	Celtic	1 – 3	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,000

References

^ "Results for Celtic for 1929-30". Londonhearts.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[1] "Results for Celtic for 1929-30". Londonhearts.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

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