Match Pictures | Matches: 1937 – 1938 | 1937 Pictures
Trivia
- Arbroath opened the scoring through John Lowe in 13 minutes then ex-Celtic player John McInally added a second in 79 minutes.
- Lyon and Delaney were injured in the early stages at Arbroath and Delaney failed to appear for the second half, while Lyon was a passenger. Gayfield Park would prove even more unlucky for Jimmy Delaney in years to come.
- In the Scottish Second Division Raith Rovers lost 4-3 to Cowdenbeath and with this defeat went their unbeaten record leaving only Rangers with this statistic.
- In England Chelsea’s young Scottish right winger Peter Buchanan caught the eye in a 2-2 draw with Arsenal in front of a 76,000 crowd.
- Frank O’Donnell, restored at centre forward for Preston scored two goals at Deepdale where Ex-Kilmarnock man Robert Beattie made his debut for the home side in their win over Stoke.
- Benny Lynch has completed his training for his fight against Peter Kane at Shawfield Stadium on Wednesday. Lynch looked drawn and a little overweight but declared: “I feel fine, and I think I will win.”
Review
Teams
ARBROATH:
Robertson, Fordyce, Becci, Adams, Gavin, Urquhart, Lowe, McInally, Adam, Devlin, Christie.
Scorers:
McInally, Lowe.
CELTIC:
Doyle, Hogg, Morrison, MacDonald, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.
Scorers:
Referee: P. Craigmyle (Aberdeen).
Attendance: 9,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 11th October 1937, page 5
LUCKLESS CELTS DELANEY INJURED AT ARBROATH
SPIRITED HOME TEAM
Celtic had an unfortunate day at Arbroath, where they suffered a 2-0 defeat.
Although the Gayfield men gave a praiseworthy performance, they were not superior to the extent of two goals. Celtic were very unlucky in retiring a goal down at the interval, and they wore still more unfortunate in the second half, during the whole of which they played with ten men. A shoulder injury sustained by Delaney early in the game caused the visitors to change their formation, and his absence after the interval upset the balance of the Celtic attack.
The Gayfield defence will never suffer a more testing time than that through which they scraped in the middle of the first period. At this period Celtic were at their best. Their forwards moved with machine-like precision, encouraged by a smooth-going mid-line, and their shooting was always on the target. Time and again drives were luckily blocked, and only bad fortune stood in the way of success.
Even in their weakened state Celtic gave an impressive display. Their movements were smart and their forwards clever, but they lacked the necessary power to break down a good home defence, whose first-time work was very disturbing.
While Arbroath conceded nothing in individual cleverness, their opponents showed the better team work, and but for the absence of Delaney in the second half, when Lyon, on the left wing was also a “casualty” the verdict might have been different. A whole-hearted display by Arbroath contained a mixture of good and bad football.
Low had Arbroath’s first goal, and he made the opening which gave McInally the second counter. The attendance was 9,000.
