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Trivia
- The scoring in this match between Celtic and the Wee Rovers all took place in a four-minute period before half time. Jim Renwick (last season's top scorer with 41 goals) of the Rovers in 40 & 42, and Frank Murphy in 44. Bobby Hogg missed a penalty kick in 7 minutes for Celtic.
- Saturday's Scottish Football League matches were notable in several respects. One of the main features was the defeat of Ayr United by Hearts by five clear goals, 3 scored by David McCulloch. The victory took the Tynecastle men a stage nearer the top of the League table as Motherwell lost to St Johnstone. Clyde, though still unbeaten, dropped another point, this time to Dundee. Clyde and St Johnstone now jointly fill the role of challengers to Rangers, with Hearts and Hamilton together in third place. Rangers stay top by beating Hibernians by four goals to two at Ibrox, while Celtic after losing at Coatbridge are in 12th place.
- In England Manchester City top the First Division and won by the odd goal in three at Ayresome Park with a fine performance. Once more Bowhill-born Alec Herd did valuable service with one of his brilliant shots, which put his side in front in twenty-six minutes. Leonard Fletcher by using a pass from Ernie Toseland increased Manchester City's lead, and more goals might have come but for the retirement of the Fifer, Herd, owing to injury. Then ex-Aberdeen player Benny Yorston, who had gone centre-forward for Middlesborough, got through, and the Manchester men found themselves desperately pressed in maintaining their lead.
- Thirty-four persons were arrested in Glasgow on Saturday following, two police raids on alleged betting houses. The first raid took place on premises in Wilson Street, and a large crowd witnessed the police removing 27 men in patrol vans to the Central Police Station. The other raid was effected on premises in Caithness Street, off Garscube Road, where seven men were arrested, and conveyed to the Northern Police Station. The men will appear in Court to-day.
- Herr Hitler addressed a gathering of 700,000 German peasants at a harvest thanksgiving ceremony near Hanover. Before Hitler’s speech the peasants were entertained by military music and by a sham battle between contingents of the Reichswehr. In Italy, Hitler’s ally Mussolini, has left for a tour of Milan and district to rally the industrial north.
Review
Teams
ALBION ROVERS:
Crosskey, Waddell, Beath, Liddell, Bruce, Browning, McPhee, Lyon, Renwick, Anderson, Barclay.
Scorers:
Renwick, (2).
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Dawson, Geatons, Hughes, Delaney, McInally, F. O’Donnell, Napier, Murphy.
Scorers:
Murphy.
Referee: J. Hudson (Glasgow).
Attendance:
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 1st October 1934, page 4
ALBION ROVERS BEAT CELTIC
Albion Rovers covered themselves with glory against Celtic at Coatbridge, and on the run of things ought, to have won by a greater margin than 2-1.
The first half was contested on keen and strenuous lines, but it was not until ten minutes from the interval that goals were scored.
Celtic began in hurricane fashion and were awarded a penalty seven minutes after the start. Hogg, who had charge of the spot kick, placed the ball round the outside of the post.
The Rovers scored as the result of a beautiful foot-to-foot run by McPhee and Anderson, which was crowned by Renwick, who collected a pass, and, getting under McGonagle shot a fine goal for the Rovers. Three minutes later the same player headed a second goal.
Celtic pressed, and Murphy collected from Delaney and headed Celtic's first goal. It was a thrilling ten minutes before the interval.
The second half was goalless, but the Rovers were mostly on top. On the run of things, the Coatbridge club thoroughly deserved the victory.
