1961–62 Celtic F.C. season

During the 1961–62 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.

Celtic

1961–62 season
Manager	Jimmy McGrory
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish First Division	3rd
Scottish Cup	Semi-Finalists
Scottish League Cup	Group Stage

Results

Scottish First Division

23 August 1961 Division One	Kilmarnock	3 – 2	Celtic	Kilmarnock
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 19,215

9 September 1961 Division One	Celtic	1 – 0	Third Lanark	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,108

16 September 1961 Division One	Rangers	2 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 74,267

23 September 1961 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,379

30 September 1961 Division One	Falkirk	3 – 1	Celtic	Falkirk
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 12,639

14 October 1961 Division One	Celtic	5 – 0	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 21,431

18 October 1961 Division One	St Johnstone	0 – 3	Celtic	Perth
19:30 BST				Stadium: Muirton Park Attendance: 6,257

21 October 1961 Division One	Hearts	2 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 27,719

28 October 1961 Division One	Celtic	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,913

4 November 1961 Division One	Dundee	2 – 1	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 BST				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 23,654

15 November 1961 Division One	Celtic	7 – 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 21,065

18 November 1961 Division One	Celtic	3 – 0	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,224

25 November 1961 Division One	Aberdeen	0 – 0	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 14,269

2 December 1961 Division One	Celtic	5 – 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 19,829

16 December 1961 Division One	Celtic	4 – 3	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 26,752

23 December 1961 Division One	Raith Rovers	0 – 4	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 8,804

6 January 1962 Division One	Celtic	2 – 2	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 33,940

10 January 1962 Division One	Third Lanark	1 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 18,439

13 January 1962 Division One	Dundee United	4 – 5	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 14,476

20 January 1962 Division One	Celtic	3 – 0	Falkirk	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,652

22 January 1962 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 21,597

3 February 1962 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	St Johnstone	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,343

10 February 1962 Division One	Stirling Albion	1 – 0	Celtic	Stirling
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Annfield Attendance: 11,515

21 February 1962 Division One	Celtic	2 – 2	Hearts	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 22,040

24 February 1962 Division One	Dunfermlie Athletic	0 – 3	Celtic	Dunfermline
15:00 GMT				Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 13,904

3 March 1962 Division One	Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 38,360

17 March 1962 Division One	Airdrieonians	1 – 0	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 15,7223

24 March 1962 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,191

26 March 1962 Division One	St Mirren	0 – 5	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 18,258

4 April 1962 Division One	Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 7,252

7 April 1962 Division One	Hibernian	1 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 10,683

9 April 1962 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 49,702

21 April 1962 Division One	Celtic	0 – 1	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,565

23 April 1962 Division One	Motherwell	0 – 4	Celtic	Motherwell
19:30 BST				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,351

Scottish Cup

13 December 1961 First Round	Celtic	5 - 1	Cowdenbeath	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 19,000

27 January 1962 Second Round	Morton	1 - 3	Celtic	Greenock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 20,100

17 February 1962 Third Round	Hearts	3 - 4	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 35,045

10 March 1962 Fourth Round	Celtic	4 - 4	Third Lanark	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,500

10 March 1962 Fourth Round Replay	Third Lanark	0 - 4	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 51,518

31 March 1962 Semi-Final	St Mirren	3 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 59,278

Scottish League Cup

12 August 1961 Group 8	Partick Thistle	2 - 3	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 33,549

16 August 1961 Group 8	Celtic	0 - 1	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,149

19 August 1961 Group 8	Hibernian	2 - 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 23,925

26 August 1961 Group 8	Celtic	3 - 2	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,318

30 August 1961 Group 8	St Johnstone	2 - 0	Celtic	Perth
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Muirton Park Attendance: 14,103

2 September 1961 Group 8	Celtic	2 - 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 29,972

Glasgow Cup

25 September 1961 1st Round	Celtic	4 - 1	Queen's Park	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park

9 October 1961 Semi-Final	Partick Thistle	1 - 5	Celtic	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 28,500

4 May 1962 Final	Celtic	1 - 1	Third Lanark	Glasgow
14:30 BST				Stadium: Hampden Park

11 May 1962 Final Replay	Celtic	3 - 2	Third Lanark	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

References