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Trivia
- Celtic go in front in the first minute through Willie Fagan as, inspired by Willie Buchan, they score a handful of goals to move up to sixth place in the league with Aberdeen on top. To add insult to injury for Queen's Laurie Cumming had a goal-bound shot stopped by Jackie Law who was knocked unconscious in the process.
- 22,000 fans were in Brockville 15 minutes before the game with Rangers when the gates were shut as swaying caused a crush-barrier to give way and hundreds of spectators had to break-in to the perimeter of the playing field where they stayed for the duration of the game.
- At Brockville, one spectator, Matthew Thornton of Grangemouth was taken to the Infirmary with crush injuries where he was joined by the Falkirk goalkeeper who was stretchered off with a serious head injury after 15 minutes following a collision with Main of Rangers.
- Dunfermline Athletic are at the bottom of the league table without a point after four games played.
- “A grave threat to world peace in the attack on Spanish democracy by a section of unscrupulous militarists and Fascists." This was how the Spanish situation was described at a meeting in Edinburgh on Saturday of the Scottish National Peace Congress Organising Committee. This comes as figures show that during the first 4 weeks of the war there have been 55,000 casualties, of which 30,000 were among insurgents according to official statistics from Madrid.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Boyle, Dawson, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, Fagan, Crum, Murphy.
Scorers:
Fagan, (2); Crum, Dlaney, Buchan.
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH:
John Smith, James Smith, Savage, John Anderson, Allan, McPherson, Willacy, Cumming, McKay, Law, McMurdo.
Referee: J. Horsburgh (Bonnyrigg).
Attendance: 12,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 24th August 1936, page 4
CELTIC'S EASY WIN
Celtic did not experience much difficulty in disposing of Queen of the South at Celtic Park, Glasgow.
The game was a triumph for Buchan, whose display was one of the finest seen on Parkhead for many a day. Although he scored once only himself, he had a direct hand—or foot—in each of the other Celtic goals.
The visitors never really made a fight of it, and after Fagan had opened the scoring in two minutes Celtic were well "on top." It was well for the Dumfries men that they had Allan at centre half. The tall pivot was an excellent defender. Cumming in the forward line was the only visiting attacker who looked at all likely to make any impression.
After Fagan's opening score, as a result of clever leading-up play by Buchan, the inside right broke through himself in thirteen minutes to send in a hard shot, which the goalkeeper could only palm out to the feet of the onrushing Crum, who scored the second goal. In the succeeding play the Celts brought out the sterling defensive qualities of Smith and Savage. In the visitors' attack Cumming sent some fine balls out to either wing, but the outside men were not incisive enough. The nearest approach to a Dumfries score was when a shot by Cumming was going to the net when it struck Law on the face and knocked him out. Near the interval Delaney capped a fine piece of work by Buchan and Crum, when he cut in and drove a hard shot high into the net and that was followed by a score by Fagan.
Naturally, there was not very much enthusiasm shown on the resumption, but Celtic added to their total with a great individual effort by Buchan before easing off. In a desperate endeavour to improve their position Queen of the South put Cumming in the centre, but there was no tangible result as he had to play a lone hand.
Celtic had Boyle at left back for the first time in the League eleven but the opposition was no test for him. McPherson, a new left half back, promised well for Queen of the South.
There was an attendance of about 12,000.
