1959–60 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1959–60 season
Manager	Jimmy McGrory
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Division One	9th
Scottish Cup	Semi-finalists
Scottish League Cup	Group stage
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

During the 1959–60 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division One.

Results[edit]

Scottish Division One[edit]

19 August 1959 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 18,000

5 September 1959 Division One	Rangers	3 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 65,000

12 September 1959 Division One	Celtic	3 – 4	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,000

19 September 1959 Division One	Raith Rovers	0 – 3	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 13,000

26 September 1959 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Clyde	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,000

3 October 1959 Division One	Arbroath	0 – 5	Celtic	Arbroath
15:00 BST				Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 10,135

10 October 1959 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

17 October 1959 Division One	Third Lanark	4 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 22,000

24 October 1959 Division One	Celtic	5 – 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

31 October 1959 Division One	Hibernian	3 – 3	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 28,000

7 November 1959 Division One	Celtic	2 – 3	Ayr United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,000

14 November 1959 Division One	Celtic	4 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,000

21 November 1959 Division One	Stirling Albion	2 – 2	Celtic	Stirling
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Annfield Attendance: 8,326

28 November 1959 Division One	Partick Thistle	3 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 22,000

5 December 1959 Division One	Celtic	2 – 3	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

12 December 1959 Division One	Celtic	0 – 0	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 13,000

19 December 1959 Division One	St Mirren	0 – 3	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 19,000

26 December 1959 Division One	Kilmarnock	2 – 1	Celtic	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 15,948

1 January 1960 Division One	Celtic	0 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 50,000

2 January 1960 Division One	Heart of Midlothian	3 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 26,000

9 January 1960 Division One	Celtic	1 – 0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

16 January 1960 Division One	Clyde	3 – 3	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 22,000

23 January 1960 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	Arbroath	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,000

6 February 1960 Division One	Aberdeen	3 – 2	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 14,000

7 March 1960 Division One	Celtic	1 – 0	Hibernian	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 19,000

16 March 1960 Division One	Ayr United	1 – 1	Celtic	Ayr
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 8,000

19 March 1960 Division One	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 2	Celtic	Dunfermline
15:00 GMT				Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 8,000

21 March 1960 Division One	Motherwell	1 – 2	Celtic	Motherwell
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 11,808

26 March 1960 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

28 March 1960 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	Third Lanark	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,000

12 April 1960 Division One	Celtic	2 – 4	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 22,000

16 April 1960 Division One	Dundee	2 – 0	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 BST				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 16,000

18 April 1960 Division One	Airdireonians	2 – 5	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 BST				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 4,000

30 April 1960 Division One	Celtic	3 – 3	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,000

Scottish Cup[edit]

13 February 1960 Second round	St Mirren	1 - 1	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 36,200

24 February 1960 Second round replay	Celtic	4 - 4	St Mirren	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 38,000

29 February 1960 Second round 2nd Replay	Celtic	5 - 2	St Mirren	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 51,000

5 March 1960 Third round	Elgin City	1 - 2	Celtic	Elgin
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Borough Briggs Attendance: 11,207

12 March 1960 Fourth round	Celtic	2 - 0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 41,000

2 April 1960 Semi-final	Rangers	1 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 79,768

6 April 1960 Semi-final replay	Rangers	4 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 72,710

Scottish League Cup[edit]

8 August 1959 Group 8	Raith Rovers	2 - 1	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 16,000

12 August 1959 Group 8	Celtic	1 - 2	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

15 August 1959 Group 8	Airdrieonians	4 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 15,000

22 August 1959 Group 8	Celtic	1 - 0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,000

26 August 1959 Group 8	Partick Thistle	0 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
18:45 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 20,000

29 August 1959 Group 8	Celtic	2 - 2	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,500

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Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark
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1959–60 Celtic F.C. season

Results[edit]

Scottish Division One[edit]

Scottish Cup[edit]

Scottish League Cup[edit]

References[edit]

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