The English champions dominated the match and Celtic were somewhat flattered by the score. It was noted that on numerous occasions Celtic were caught offside by a very efficient Wolves trap. During one attack at least four Celtic players were caught offside.

While the new floodlights may have impressed the supporters, the performance on the pitch almost certainly didn't as an inexperienced Celtic side went down 2-0 to Wolves.

The English side, despite fielding five reserves, won through goals from Broadbent and Murray.

A report the following day did complement Celtic on their new floodlights, commenting that "...such was the power of the lamps that there isn't one inch of shadow on the park. About the only thing the spectators can't see under the Celtic Park lights is the colour of the players' eyes."

While the installation of the permanent pylons only came about in 1959, Celtic first experimented with artificial lighting as far back as 1893.

A friendly game against Clyde was organised for Christmas Day of that year, and a crowd of nearly 5,000 turned up that night for the game, which was played under lighting supplied by sixteen arc-lights suspended from a wire stretched across the field.

Inevitably, there were some stoppages in play due to the ball hitting the wires.

Celtic played under the lights against in January 1894, in a Scottish Cup tie against St Bernard's. The Celts won 8-1 and a subsequent protest by St Bernard's regarding the result because the ball had struck the lights a few times was thrown out by the SFA.

This early experiment in artificial lighting was abandoned until 1959.

CELTIC 0

WOLVES 2

(Broadbent, Murray)

Att: 45,000

Celtic: Fallon, MacKay, Mochan, Smith, Evans, Peacock, Chalmers, McVittie, Lochhead, Divers, Auld.
Wolves: Findlayson, Kelly, Harris, Clamp, Stuart, Kirkham, Mason, Durant, Murray, Broadbent, Horne.
Ref: T Wharton

Let there be light as Paradise emerges from the dark ages