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🎼 Keep up the pressure, Good Old Celts, keep piling on the goals
You know exactly how to put the ball between the poles
So let your foes do what they will and let them sneer and snub
They'll do no harm, not even alarm, the Good Old Celtic Club 🎼

Celtic supporters song from 1889

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𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑮 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑶𝑶𝑫 𝑶𝑳𝑫 𝑪𝑬𝑳𝑻𝑰𝑪 𝑭.𝑪. ☘️

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The last verse says Celtic will always remember Thomson. Numerous events do this.

An annual Fife football tournament celebrates his life.

Celtic Graves have also held walks to Fife to commemorate those that did this for the funeral.

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The seventh verse can be seen to describe future Celtic games but also Thomson's funeral.

Held on 9 September 1931 in Cardenden, 30,000 people attended the sad event.

Many had walked the 55 miles from Glasgow to be there.

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Thomson's family and friends - and Celtic fans - were devastated by events.

Also, Sam English was haunted by events for the rest of his life, often facing taunts from opposing fans.

English was exonerated of blame, including by Thomson's mother.

7/9

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The fifth verse describes the absence of Thomson from the Celtic team.

For Celtic's next game (Celtic 2-2 Queen's Park, 12 Sept 1931) his place in goal was taken by John Falconer.

In the longer term, Canadian Joe Kennaway replaced him.

6/9

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In the fourth verse it looks at the shock felt due to Thomson's death.

He was taken to Glasgow's Victoria Infirmary and died that night.

Many people had believed he was just concussed so his death was a huge event.

5/9

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In the third verse, it describes the sad incident.

At the start of the second half - with the scores 0-0 - Thomson dived at the feet at Rangers' forward Sam English.

His head collided with the knee of English, causing him terrible injuries.

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The second verse mentions the day Thomson died.

On 5 September 1931, Celtic went to Ibrox to play Rangers. 80,000 watched the game.

Celtic were looking to improve on the previous season where they finished second in the league behind Rangers.

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The first verse talks about Thomson's early life.

He was born in Kirkcaldy on 28 June 1909 and brought up in Cardenden.

Thomson played for Wellesley Juniors before Celtic. Some versions of Verse 1 say "Wellesley Fife" rather than "West of Fife".

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𝐎𝐇 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘!
𝐎𝐇 𝐋𝐎𝐔 𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐈!
𝐎𝐇 𝐊𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘!
𝐎𝐇 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃! (𝐎𝐇 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃!) ☘️

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In his first cup final
A day he'll not forget
When he walked the ball round big John Greig
Into the Rangers' net! 🎶

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