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According to The Herald archive Patsy died in Scotstoun, his funeral mass was at St. Pauls, Whiteinch and he is buried in Arkleston Cemetery which is off the M8 near Renfrew, have posted this on Carfin Harps thread on KDS too, hopefully some Tims from out that way may have info on his grave.

Will post his obituary from The Herald when I get the chance.

Bedtime, keep up the great work guys.

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We have had confirmation of this on CM too. I suspect it has come possible from a family member who posts.

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Great news bhoys! Another legend almost located. His last house in Lennox Ave, Scotstoun is still intact (ironically, it's not all that far from Willie Maley's old flat in Hyndland, which was on the market not long ago). Wonder if they went bevvying down Dumbarton Road when the mood took them . . . ;D

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From CaltonBhoy67 on KDS:

Phoned today on this - They wouldn't give a section or lair number over the phone but did confirm Celtic's Patsy Gallacher is buried in Arkleston Cemetery.


Another is Bertie Thompson a famous winger of the 1930's who laid on many a goal for Jimmy McGrory - He is buried in Abbey Cemetery at Elderslie - He died young at 30 - His gravestone has the inscription "Bertie of Celtic".


Tremendous efforts!!!

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Peerless Patsy . . . (thanks to lubohenrik on CM for these pics)

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Nice to see the photo's on the site for all to see. Pics were taken on phone so not the best of quality I'm afraid. If anyone wants to pay the grave a visit let me know, I can arange to pop down and show or give directions as the grave is only yards from the gate.

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Great stuff ghuys.

I´ve got a pic of Patsy´s pub in Clydebank i´ll dig out.

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Made me laugh anyway


The Times, Wednesday, Nov 22, 1916;

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PATSY GALLAGHER'S BENEFIT MATCH:
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE SELECT V. CELTIC AND FALKIRK SELECT
Pasty Gallagher Benefit Match, souvenir programme, 4/1/32, match played at Celtic Park
cover slightly torn as well as the spine and cover stained

Sold for £200

Sporting Memorabilia
Royal Highland Showground
20 May 2009

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dianogah wrote:
Made me laugh anyway

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The Times, Wednesday, Nov 22, 1916;


Typical Timmy, he spent his nights shining torches to lead in Fritz and the Luftwaffe.

jock_immortal

Aug 13 2011, 10:50 PM

Patsy was my great great uncle, a Legend in the true sense of the word.

Glasgow Road

Aug 24 2011, 12:52 PM

Strangely, some of the newspaper reports at the time were quite understated. One journalist said, “Amidst a crowd of players, Patsy Gallacher scraped the ball over the line.”

Gallacher’s goal sparked Celtic into life and he was in the midst of everything good about the performance. He almost grabbed the lead for Celtic after another run saw him beat 3 defenders, but he couldn’t find the finish.

Celtic went ahead and sealed the cup when Thomson conceded a free kick. It was whipped into the box and met by the on rushing McGrory who headed the ball into the net to send the Celtic support into raptures.

At the final whistle it was Celtic 2 Dundee 1 and the Bhoys had set a new record of 11 Scottish Cup victories. This beat Queens Park’s previous record of 10.

There was no doubt who the Man of the Match was and I’ll leave the final word to a reporter who was there that day.

“I should say there never was a player who pulled his club through yesterday as Patsy Gallacher did. He was not physical power, but what a heart. He plays for the honour of his club.”