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Trivia
- Some of the Celtic fans in the 70,000 Ibrox crowd rushed on to the field at the final whistle to congratulate their hero's, in particular Joe Kennaway, who saved a penalty, Frank Murphy for equalising Jimmy Smith's goal and Johnny Crum who scored the winner.
- The Rangers-Celtic match, which saw Celtic go top was the visitor's first win at Ibrox since the first of January 1921 and was characteristically hard and keen. All three goals were scored in the second half, and in a thrilling finish Kennaway, the Celtic goalkeeper, conceded a penalty award, and then saved Davie Meiklejohn's effort. Celtic's effort was all the more creditable since their top scorer Jimmy McGrory was missing, out injured.
- There were many unexpected results in the English League First Division on Saturday Despite the return of the Cliff Bastin–Alex James wing, Arsenal were defeated at home by Manchester City, and another feature was Chelsea's victory over West Bromwich Albion. Sunderland, too, were to the fore, scoring seven goals against Blackburn Rovers.
- The Italian port of Naples is described as being like an armed camp as military personnel and supplies are shipped out to the Italian Somaliland territory that borders Abyssinia. This is seen as clear evidence that despite the ongoing peace negotiations Italy is set on another war with Abyssinia.
Review
Teams
RANGERS:
Dawson, Gray, McDonald, Meiklejohn, Simpson, Winning, Main, Brown, Smith, Gillick, Roberts.
Scorers:
Smith.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, Crum, MacDonald, Murphy.
Scorers:
Murphy, Crum.
Referee:
Attendance: 70,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 23rd September 1935, page 4
CELTIC WIN AT IBROX
PENALTY AWARD FAILS TO HELP RANGERS
For the first time since the season 1920-21 Celtic have beaten Rangers in a League game at Ibrox.
On this occasion, it might as easily have been a draw, for there was little or nothing to choose between the teams. The football was not of a very high standard, but no match could have been contested with greater keenness. There was a great deal of checkmating, and at that the one team was as good as the other.
Tackling was intensely keen, but it was a sporting match, with few objectionable incidents. Celtic may have missed McGrory, but Rangers missed McPhail more. Brown was not a success at inside-right, and had he and Meiklejohn changed places earlier it would have been to the advantage of the Rangers.
Both teams were well served in defence. Paterson was a clever, forcing half-back for Celtic, and Winning and Meiklejohn for Rangers.
Celtic 's forwards enjoyed a happy spell in the second half which resulted in their second goal, but the most thrilling period was the last ten minutes, when Rangers were striving for the equaliser.
There was no scoring in the first half. Smith scored for Rangers three minutes after the restart and Murphy equalised three minutes later, and Crum put Celtic ahead eleven minutes from the end, and with five minutes to go Rangers were awarded a penalty kick, but Kennaway saved Meiklejohn's shot.
Celtic supporters invaded the field to congratulate their team.
The attendance was 70,000.
"In almost unnatural stillness, and with five minutes to go, Meiklejohn stepped forward and placed the ball to the right of Kennaway. The goalkeeper dropped to his knee and turned the ball out with his hand. Rangers' last hope had gone."