1939–40 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1939–40 season
Manager	Willie Maley to February) ; Jimmy McStay (from February)
Stadium	Celtic Park
Emergency League Western Division	13th
Scottish First Division	suspended due to war
War Emergency Cup	First round
	← 1938–39 1940–41 →

During the 1939–40 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.

Competitions

Scottish First Division

12 August 1939 Division One	Aberdeen	3–1	Celtic	Aberdeen
				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 30,000

19 August 1939 Division One	Celtic	2–0	Hearts	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

23 August 1939 Division One	Celtic	1–3	Aberdeen	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

26 August 1939 Division One	Cowdenbeath	1–2	Celtic	Cowdenbeath
				Stadium: Central Park Attendance: 15,000

2 September 1939 Division One	Celtic	1–0	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

Western Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Partick Thistle	30	10	6	14	57	74	−17	26
12	Third Lanark	30	10	5	15	53	78	−25	25
13	Celtic	30	9	6	15	55	61	−6	24
14	Queen's Park	30	7	7	16	55	82	−27	21
15	Ayr United	30	7	5	18	50	66	−16	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

21 October 1939 Western Division	Celtic	3–4	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

28 October 1939 Western Division	Clyde	2–0	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium

4 November 1939 Western Division	Celtic	0–3	Queen of the South	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

11 November 1939 Western Division	Morton	1–1	Celtic	Greenock
				Stadium: Cappielow Park

18 November 1939 Western Division	Celtic	1–1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

25 November 1939 Western Division	Albion Rovers	3–2	Celtic	Coatbridge
				Stadium: Cliftonhill

2 December 1939 Western Division	Celtic	2–1	St Mirren	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

9 December 1939 Western Division	Partick Thistle	4–2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 3,500

16 December 1939 Western Division	Celtic	1–2	Third Lanark	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

23 December 1939 Western Division	Dumbarton	1–5	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Boghead Park

30 December 1939 Western Division	Celtic	2–2	Motherwell	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

1 January 1940 Western Division	Rangers	1–1	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,000

6 January 1940 Western Division	Airdrieonians	0–1	Celtic	Airdrie
				Stadium: Broomfield Park

13 January 1940 Western Division	Celtic	1–3	Ayr United	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

10 February 1940 Western Division	Celtic	0–3	Morton	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

17 February 1940 Western Division	Kilmarnock	3–2	Celtic	Kilmarnock
				Stadium: Rugby Park

9 March 1940 Western Division	Celtic	1–1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

16 March 1940 Western Division	Third Lanark	4–2	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Cathkin Park

23 March 1940 Western Division	Celtic	4–0	Dumbarton	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

25 March 1940 Western Division	Queen's Park	1–4	Celtic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park

30 March 1940 Western Division	Motherwell	2–0	Celtic	Motherwell
				Stadium: Fir Park

3 April 1940 Western Division	Hamilton Academical	5–0	Celtic	Hamilton
				Stadium: Douglas Park

6 April 1940 Western Division	Celtic	1–2	Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

9 April 1940 Western Division	Celtic	4–1	Clyde	Glasgow
				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium

13 April 1940 Western Division	Celtic	4–4	Queen's Park	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

17 April 1940 Western Division	Queen of the South	1–3	Celtic	Dumfries
				Stadium: Palmerston Park

20 April 1940 Western Division	Celtic	4–2	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

23 April 1940 Western Division	Celtic	3–1	Albion Rovers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park

27 April 1940 Western Division	Ayr United	1–0	Celtic	Ayr
				Stadium: Somerset Park

4 May 1940 Western Division	St Mirren	2–1	Celtic	Paisley
				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street

War Emergency Cup

24 February 1940 First round first leg	Celtic	4–2	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,201

2 March 1940 First round second leg	Raith Rovers	3–0	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 5,463

References

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Domestic leagues	Scottish League Division One Division Two Emergency League Western Division Eastern Division
Domestic cups	Scottish War Emergency Cup Glasgow Cup ('39, '40) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Cowdenbeath Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Airdrieonians Brechin City Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Forfar Athletic King's Park Leith Athletic Montrose Morton Queen's Park Raith Rovers St Bernard's Stenhousemuir
Western Division	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Eastern Division	Aberdeen Alloa Athletic Arbroath Cowdenbeath Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian King's Park Raith Rovers St Bernard's St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir