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Trivia
- There was an early setback for Celtic when Rangers were awarded a penalty after Peter McGonagle handled in 7 minutes, but Alan Morton blasted wide from the spot, then one minute later a 20-yard shot from Alec Thomson — deflected by a defender — gave Celtic the opener. A smart run and shot from Bertie Thomson with seven minutes of the game remaining increased Celtic's lead and signalled a mass exodus of the Rangers fans.
- Following Celtic’ s triumph over Rangers, Partick Thistle move into top spot in the league table on superior goal-difference to Rangers while Celtic are in third place a point behind the leaders.
- The situation in England mirrors that in Scotland with Aston Villa and Arsenal having the same number of points at the top of the First Division.
- In Germany the far-right hold the balance of power in the Reichstag with Hitler and Hugenberg’s Fascists.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
J. Thomson, Morrison, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Scarff, Napier.
Scorers:
A. Thomson, R. Thomson.
RANGERS:
T Hamilton, Gray, R. Hamilton, Brown, Meiklejohn, Craig, Archibald, McMillan, Fleming, Marshall, Morton.
Scorers:
Referee: T. Dougary (Bellshill).
Attendance: 60,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 22nd September 1930, page 5
RANGERS BROUGHT DOWN BY CELTIC.
About 60,000 spectators at Parkhead saw Celtic defeat Rangers by two goals to nothing.
Both sides made experiments. McGrory came back to lead Celtic, while Rangers were without McPhail, and played Marshall at inside left, with McMillan as support to Archibald on the right.
Play for a time was brilliant. Celtic had the better of the start, and only fine work by Hamilton, Meiklejohn, and Gray held them out. Rangers' turn came, and Fleming broke through to cause Thomson to handle. The latter stumbled, and McMillan, rushing in was a "sure scorer" till McGonagle stopped the ball with his hands. Morton took the penalty kick and shot wide.
Following hard on this, Geatons placed a free kick for Celtic towards A. Thomson, whose fine shot was deflected by Brown out of reach of the Rangers goalkeeper. Rangers were flustered by this turn, and took a long time to settle down. Their combination was not so good as usual, for the Celtic half-backs never gave them any rope; and Brown and Craig were kept watching their wing opponents, of whom the Thomsons on the right were often brilliant.
Celtic held their lead at the interval, and though they had a worrying time after resuming, they gradually mastered the Rangers, who were a beaten side even before R. Thomson secured a fine goal near the end.
McGrory worried the Rangers defence, but slowed down in the second half. One of the ***-bits of the game was a wheel, by which he beat Meikleiohn, and a shot that scraped the bar.
An Optimist
At the interval Celtic choristers were in full voice–the Ibrox "choir" was silent–and an optimist was seen among the Celtic enthusiasts vainly endeavouring to sell blue balloons.
One regrettable incident remains to be chronicled. During the first half–at the end where Rangers' enthusiasts were housed–R. Thomson was taking a corner kick. The ball had been sent into play when the referee stopped the game and went across to the linesman, who handed over a missile which had been thrown on the field, and this was handed to a Celtic official.
Towards the close of the game heavy rain fell; the largest crowd of the season so far began to disperse, and ere the game finished more than half of those that had been at the Rangers' end had disappeared.
Glasgow Herald 22nd September 1930
