Charlie Shaw (footballer born 1885)

Charlie Shaw (21 September 1885 – 27 March 1938) was a Scottish footballer who mainly played for Celtic. He was their goalkeeper and team captain for several years in the 1920s. He was succeeded as Celtic goalkeeper by Peter Shevlin. Although he was never capped by Scotland, he represented the Scottish Football League three times in matches against the Football League. Shaw went 1,287 minutes in all competitions without conceding a goal. The record was not measured the way that it is today, with the time after the first goal and the time before the last goal not being counted.

Standing at just five foot and six inches goalkeepers don’t come much smaller than the magnificent Charlie Shaw, but few others can stand as tall in stature.

Signed from Queen's Park Rangers in May 1913 for £250, what the Twechar-born custodian lacked in height he made up for in his peerless ability. For QPR alone, he played 223 games and missed only three, and on a return to London when Celtic played West Ham in a charity game the Londoners remembered him fondly and they burst into applause for him as he entered the pitch. For Celtic he was even greater and a stalwart for many a year.

Shaw made his debut for the Bhoys in a 2-1 Glasgow Charity Cup win at Third Lanark on May 6 that year and it did not take long for the wonderfully gifted keeper to win a place in the hearts of the Celtic support.

With the fragile looking Shaw in goals Celtic's defensive record improved dramatically as their brave and athletic keeper pulled off one breathtakingly sublime save after another. But Shaw also had the intelligence to match his athleticism. As a measure of his ability, in the 1913/14 season remarkably he lost only 14 goals in 38 games with 26 shut-outs along the away. A record for Celtic to this day.

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