It was 109 years ago on this day, on October 16, 1912, less than a week after his 16th birthday, that Joe Cassidy played as a trialist for Celtic in an Inter City League game against Hibernian under the name of ‘Smith’. The following day in the press he was described as ‘surely the smallest and cleverest thing ever to appear in a Celtic jersey.’ But, by then, he was already a Celt as he was snapped up immediately after the game against Hibs...
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