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Trivia
- By taking his goal tally to 353 in this game Jimmy McGrory breaks the record of Steve Bloomer the Debry County forward who scored 352 goals in the English First Division. Irish international goalkeeper Jim Foley stands in for Joe Kennaway who was injured in the Glasgow Cup Final at Ibrox last week. Ex-Celtic player John Connor is at centre-forward for Airdrieonians.
- Aberdeen the league leaders win and with Celtic winning and Rangers drawing with Hearts this weekend has been a good one for Celtic.
- Manchester City are beaten at Deepdale by Preston North End, in a match described as a triumph for the Ex-Celtic left wing of the Buckhaven-born brothers O’Donnell, Frank and Hugh, who each scored twice in a 4-0 victory.
- The Anglo-Italian tension, as felt in Rome, has been considerably eased over the week-end. This has resulted from the personal explanation made by the British Ambassador to Signor Mussolini that no isolated action had been or would be taken by this country against Italy.
- Germany, who opposed sanctions against Italy, leaves the League of Nations which it has described as little less than a talking shop.
- The crew of the Glasgow cargo steamer Vardulia had to abandon their ship and take to the boats during the gale in the Atlantic. The Vardulia is reported to have sunk, but no trace has been seen of the crew. Some Six or seven vessels were searching for them last night. There are 37 men in the crew, about a dozen of whom belong to the West of Scotland.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Foley, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.
Scorers:
Buchan, McGrory, (2); Delaney.
AIRDRIEONIANS:
Hawthorn, Calder, Shaw, McAllister, McCaffer, Murray, Brown, Hogg, Connor, Law, Mooney.
Scorers:
Referee:
Attendance: 8,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 21st October 1935, page 4
CELTIC WIN BOTH POINTS
McGRORY'S GOAL-SCORING FEAT
In spite of the blustery weather conditions, Celtic and Airdrieonians gave quite an attractive display at Parkhead Glasgow.
The game was notable for McGrory's performance in scoring two goals, and thus passing S. Bloomer's, record of 352 goals scored in League matches.
McGrory has scored 353 goals in League matches, but required 10 more to beat Hugh Ferguson's record of 362.
Celtic set the pace from the start, with the advantage of the strong wind, and the visitors were hard pressed in holding the eager Parkhead forwards.
McCaffer was prominent with some fine defensive work, and Calder gave him sound backing. Connor was very keen to shine against his old colleagues, but Lyon was always on the spot to avert disaster.
After twenty-five minutes, Celtic scored when Delaney headed the ball in, and Buchan netted from the rebound. Within five minutes McGrory took a beautiful pass from Crum, and gave Hawthorn no chance with a powerful shot from close in.
In the second half the home team continued to dominate play. The visitors' attack was seldom seen, and only Connor was at all noticeable.
Crum, Buchan, and Paterson impressed with some beautiful play, and ten minutes from the end McGrory headed through a brilliant goal.
Delaney scored Celtic's fourth goal with a shot from 20. yards, which Hawthorn stopped, but could not hold.
The attendance was 8,000.
