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Trivia
- Jimmy McGrory maintained his record of scoring in all seven games he started this season, in style, with a hat-trick against a make-shift Rovers side. Rovers full-backs, A. Waddell and Robert Beith get pass marks from the press.
- Huddersfield were deprived of a short-lived hold at the top of the league by dropping a point at home to Derby County. The Arsenal-Sheffield Wednesday match at the London club's stadium saw the Cup-holders check the champions.
- Thousands of Italian troops shipped out for Abyssinia where it is expected the war will start when the rainy season stops in a few week’s time.
- Hitler addressed the Reichstag last night and announced new laws making the swastika the national flag, imposing restrictions on Jews, and denouncing Lithuania for stealing Memel from Germany.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, MacDonald, Crum.
Scorers:
McGrory, (3); Delaney.
ALBION ROVERS:
Crosskey, Waddell, Beath, Tom Lyon, Bruce, McFarlane, McPhee, Gilmour, Rice, Anderson, Grant.
Scorers:
Referee:
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 16th September 1935, page 4
CELTIC'S EASY WIN
Celtic showed some of their best form when they had an easy victory over Albion Rovers, at Celtic Park, Glasgow.
McGrory secured three goals in spite of very close policing by Bruce, and also kept his extreme wingers well supplied with the ball.
Celtic took command from the start, and soon had the visiting half-backs in difficulties. Only fine work by Waddell and Beath prevented the Rovers being overwhelmed at that stage. As it was, Celts turned round with a lead of three goals scored by McGrory and Delaney.
The Rovers fought back in stronger fashion in the second half, and Lyon cleared a few dangerous situations without Kennaway being unduly troubled. Celtic had slackened off a little, but after Rice had made the home goalkeeper move smartly to gather the ball from a header and then had a shot which struck a post, the forwards shook off their lethargy, and Jimmy McGrory completed the rout by scoring a fourth goal.
The Rovers were outplayed and outclassed in every department except back, where Waddell and Beath compared favourably with Hogg and McGonagle.
McPhee and Rice were their best forwards, and their half backs were overworked. The winners played well, apart from a slight slackness in defence, where Lyon was a tower of strength.
The attendance was 10,000.
