A Scottish League Championship medal won by James Young of Celtic in 1907-08, 9ct. gold & enamel, inscribed SCOTTISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP 1907-8, WON B
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A Scottish League Championship medal won by James Young of Celtic in 1907-08, 9ct. gold & enamel, inscribed SCOTTISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP 1907-8, WON BY CELTIC F.C., JAMES YOUNG, enamelling rubbed In season 1907-08 Celtic won the Scottish League Division One Championship totalling 55 points, four ahead of Falkirk. They also achieved the double beating St Mirren 5-1 in the Scottish F.A. Cup final. James Young was born in Kilmarnock 10th January 1882. Nicknamed 'Sunny Jim' he normally played at right-half for the highly successful Celtic side of the early 1900s whom he joined from Bristol Rovers in 1903. His career yielded nine Scottish Championship medals and six Scottish Cup. Despite this level of influence on the field, Young won just a single Scotland international cap, although he did represent the Scottish League on six occasions. His career ended through a knee injury in 1916 and tragically he was killed in a motorcycle accident in his native Ayrshire aged 40 on 4th September 1922.