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Trivia
- Christmas Day fixture
- Celtic forwards gave their old leader a roasting on his return to Paradise and but for the first goal Kilmarnock’s new keeper, ex-Chelsea & latterly Dundee stalwart, Englishman, Wilson “Bill” Marsh was blameless.
- Celtic faced ex-player Jimmy McGrory in his first game in charge of the Kilmarnock side and the bhoy’s emphatic victory allowed them to go top of the table over Hearts on goal difference.
- In England fog caused havoc with the sports fixtures and several matches were started and then abandoned. In one such match at Stamford Bridge, Sam Bartram, the Charlton goalkeeper stood alone at his goalposts for three minutes, unaware that the teams had been withdrawn by the referee.
- Also in England Willie Buchan scores the winning goal for Blackpool in their 2-1 defeat of Arsenal.
- Giving his Christmas-Eve address at the Vatican City the Pope accused the Nazis of a “grave and fearful persecution” of religion in Germany.
- Swiss winter sports holidays are advertised with the Davos Platz, Grand Hotel advertised from 19/- a night rising to all-in terms of 6 Guineas per week.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Lynch, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, MacDonald, Crum, Divers, Murphy.
Scorers:
Delaney, Murphy, (2); Crum, (2); MacDonald, Divers, (2).
KILMARNOCK:
Marsh, Milliken, Milloy, George Robertson, James Robertson, Ross, Thomson, Collins, Gillespie, McAvoy, Roberts.
Referee: H. Watson (Glasgow).
Attendance: 8,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 27th December 1937, page 5
CELTIC’S GOAL REVEL
Kilmarnock had a very cheerless time at Parkhead. While Celtic scored eight goals, the score could have been bigger, as they eased up very noticeably in the second half.
Marsh had rather a hectic baptism for the Ayrshire team, but apart from the first goal, which he might have saved, he had no chance with the balls that beat him.
The home side sprang a pleasant surprise by fielding Delaney, recovered from his injury sustained playing for his country at Aberdeen, but the dashing winger was not by any means fit, and after being off for 15 minutes, eventually retired after 60 minutes play.
The scoring started early, Delaney netting after three minutes, and then Murphy, with a glorious solo run, added number two, Crum the third, and McDonald the fourth.
Crum and Murphy netted two more before the interval.
In the second half. Divers opened his account, and followed with another inside two minutes. The attendance was 8,000.
