1949–50 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1949–50 season
Manager	Jimmy McGrory
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Division A	5th
Scottish Cup	Third round
Scottish League Cup	Group stage
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

During the 1949–50 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division A.

Results

Scottish Division A

10 September 1949 Division A	Queen of the South	0 – 2	Celtic	Dumfries
				Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 20,250

17 September 1949 Division A	Celtic	3 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

24 September 1949 Division A	Rangers	4 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 64,000

1 October 1949 Division A	Celtic	2 – 2	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

8 October 1949 Division A	Motherwell	1 – 2	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 30,000

15 October 1949 Division A	Celtic	4 – 2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

22 October 1949 Division A	Dundee	3 – 0	Celtic	Dundee
				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 35,000

29 October 1949 Division A	Celtic	2 – 2	Hibernian	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 45,000

5 November 1949 Division A	Celtic	4 – 1	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,000

12 November 1949 Division A	Stilring Albion	2 – 1	Celtic	Stirling
				Stadium: Annfield Attendance: 25,800

19 November 1949 Division A	Celtic	2 – 1	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

26 November 1949 Division A	Falkirk	1 – 1	Celtic	Falkirk
				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 20,000

3 December 1949 Division A	Celtic	1 – 0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

10 December 1949 Division A	Celtic	0 – 0	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

17 December 1949 Division A	East Fife	5 – 1	Celtic	Methil
				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 14,000

24 December 1949 Division A	Celtic	3 – 0	Queen of the South	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,000

31 December 1949 Division A	Hearts	4 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 44,283

2 January 1950 Division A	Celtic	1 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 44,000

3 January 1950 Division A	Raith Rovers	1 – 1	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 20,000

7 January 1950 Division A	Celtic	3 – 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,000

14 January 1950 Division A	Aberdeen	4 – 0	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 25,000

21 January 1950 Division A	Celtic	2 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

4 February 1950 Division A	Hibernian	4 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 41,000

18 February 1950 Division A	Celtic	2 – 1	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

4 March 1950 Division A	Celtic	4 – 3	Falkirk	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,000

11 March 1950 Division A	Third Lanark	1 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 20,000

18 March 1950 Division A	St Mirren	0 – 1	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 20,000

25 March 1950 Division A	Celtic	4 – 1	East Fife	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

10 April 1950 Division A	Partick Thistle	1 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 34,000

15 April 1950 Division A	Clyde	2 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Scottish Cup

28 January 1950 First round	Brechin City	0 - 3	Celtic	Brechin
				Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 6,500

15 February 1950 Second round	Celtic	1 - 1	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,000

20 February 1950 Second round replay	Third Lanark	1 - 4	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 34,000

25 February 1950 Third round	Celtic	0 - 1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 65,112

Scottish League Cup

13 August 1949 Group 8	Celtic	3 - 2	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 71,000

17 August 1949 Group 8	Aberdeen	4 - 5	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 38,000

20 August 1949 Group 8	St Mirren	2 - 1	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 47,438

27 August 1949 Group 8	Rangers	2 - 0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 95,000

31 August 1949 Group 8	Celtic	1 - 3	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

3 September 1949 Group 8	Celtic	4 - 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

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Division A	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers Queen of the South St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark
Division B	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Morton Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir