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Trivia
- Queen of the South gain two points with a good display against Celtic in which John Renwick scored the winning and only goal with a header from a cross by Gordon.
- The defeat of Celtic at Dumfries was the big surprise of the day in Scottish football, and throws open the title race. Aberdeen, who just scraped through against St Mirren at Pittodrie, are again at the top of the League, but Celtic, Hearts, and Rangers, are close by, all have games in hand, so there is little between the clubs.
- In England Charlton Athletic, after their phenomenal rise to the top of the League table, lost by the odd goal in three at Bolton, and as Derby County failed at home before Middlesbrough, the way was made for Sunderland, the champions, to reach the place they held last May.
- The London & North Eastern Railway announce that the William Muir will be withdrawn from the Granton-Burntisland ferry service sometime in the New Year. It will be replaced by a more up-to-date vessel.
- A letter from an A. Berriedale Keith, C/O Edinburgh University, criticises the government for allowing the transport of General O’Duffy’s Irish Brigade to support General Franco’s rebels in Spain he ends: “Surely it is not merely illegal but immoral for British ships to transport forces for the rebels.”
Review
Teams
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH:
Smith, Savage, Culbert, Gordon, Allan, Ferguson, McMurdo, McKenzie, Renwick, Law, Tulip.
Scorers:
Renwick.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson,Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.
Scorers:
Referee:
Attendance: 9,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 21st December 1936, page 4
CELTIC'S FALL
DELANEY AND GEATONS INJURED
QUEEN OF SOUTH'S TRIUMPH
Queen of the South have gained 10 points from their last nine games, and at Palmerston Park they delighted their supporters by beating Celtic by one goal to nil.
There was no fluke about the result, and Queens ware quite definitely the better side, with more punch in their attack than their opponents. Celtic had a slight advantage from the wind in the first half, and had more shots for goal than the Queens, though they were mostly of the long range variety, and Smith, the Dumfries goalkeeper, was able to deal with them quite confidently.
Buchan in the early stages was the most persistent marksman for the Celtic, and for the most part too tight a grip was kept on McGrory by Allan to give him any chances of doing damage. Queens were rugged in defence, and they owed much to the cleverness of Ferguson, at left half, who was brought in at the last moment in place of Thomson. Law, Queens' diminutive inside left, was the star forward in the game, and though he was injured, he "came up smiling," and was of great service by his quickness in no positioning.
Just before half-time, both Geatons and Delaney were injured at the same time, and had to go off the field. Geatons was able to resume, but Delaney had to retire to the pavilion with an injury to his eye.
Half-time arrived without any goals being scored. Celtic resumed in the second half still without Delaney, but he came out and took up position at outside right ten minutes after the interval. It was obvious that he was suffering considerable pain, but as the game went, with Queens having most of the play, Delaney never got many chances of showing whether or not he could have exerted much influence.
Queens were in rollicking form, and five minutes after the resumption, McMurdo, their right winger, had a fine shot. Queens forced a succession of corner kicks, and they had Celtic hemmed in for quite a time before, in the end, Renwick scored Queens' goal at the end of twenty minutes. The ball was crossed by Gordon, and Renwick headed into the corner of the net so strongly that Kennaway had not a chance.
There was a crowd of 9,000.