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
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

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

Results

Scottish Division A

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

26 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: Celtic Park Attendance: 82,050

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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
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