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Trivia
- Willie Lyon of Celtic faces his young brother Tom in this Scottish Cup tie dominated by Willie Buchan and Jimmy Delaney.
- Two of England's oldest amateur football clubs, the Corinthians (1882) and the Casuals (1878) are to discuss amalgamating.
- A large industrial estate is to be built at Hillington by the Scottish Industrial Estates Agency, Ltd.
- The Non-Intervention Sub-committee has agreed that a ban be placed on the use of foreign volunteers by both sides in the Spanish Civil War.
Review
Teams
ALBION ROVERS:
Morrison, Waddell, Hyslop, McMahon, Bruce, Murray, Trotter, Connor, Rice, Tom Lyon, Stewart.
Scorers:
Connor, Rice.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.
Scorers:
McGrory, (2); Buchan, (2); Delaney.
Referee:
Attendance: 19,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman, Monday 15th February, 1937.
CELTIC RALLY
GOOD WIN AFTER BEING TWICE BEHIND
After holding their own for about three-quarters of the Scottish Cup tie with Celtic at Cliftonhill, Albion Rovers went down fighting.
A fast pace was maintained throughout the game and the spirited fashion in which the Rovers rose to the occasion badly shook the Celtic defence. Twice the home team were in the lead, but 25 minutes from time Celtic took a firm grip of the game to win by 5-2.
There was never any doubt that Celtic were the superior team in individual skill and teamwork, but the spirit and tenacity of the home players broke up many promising movements and made them dangerous opponents.
In their forward division, Celtic had a distinct advantage. Their swift attacks, in which fine positional play was an important element, kept the Rovers' backs defending strenuously, while the individual efforts of McGrory and Buchan frequently had them guessing.
Albion Rovers scored after, two minutes play, Connor taking advantage of a rebounding ball which had struck the post following a shot by Stewart Celtic did not equalise until the middle of the first half when Delaney made the running before passing into centre for McGrory to divert the ball into the corner of the net.
The Rovers rallied immediately and Stewart provided Rice with an opportunity to head the ball past Kennaway. Buchan made matters even soon after the resumption with a clever solo run. A high tension prevailed in subsequent play until ten minutes later McGrory scored a brilliant goal, from well out.
Although the Rovers still fought pluckily, Celtic dominated the play from this point and Buchan and Delaney revealed exceptional penetrative ability in securing the other two Celtic goals.