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Trivia
- Celtic made a bid to bring St Mirren's inside forward Tommy Bryceland to Celtic Park.This was unsuccessful but Middlesbrough had been willing to let ex-Celt Willie Fernie return to Scotland and Celtic recaptured the returning Willie on the 7th. The fee was said to be around £12,000. The front line was completely rearranged with Fernie coming in at inside right, Chalmers outside, Carroll in the centre and Divers and a fit-again Auld on the left.
- Celtic's first league victory of the season, this was the sixth league game of the sesaon.
- Haffey finally returned in goal; Bertie Peacock was away on international duty, with John Clark deputising;
- Celtic Reserves were on a winning run and had so far won all their games. They played St Mirren Reserves coming out 4-0 winners. The team was Fallon, Donnelly, O'Neill, Jackson, Kurila, Kelly, Stewart(?), Colrain, Conway, Lochhead, Byrne.
- Charlie Tully was back in Scotland. At 36 he was selected at outside left for the League of Ireland who were due to play the Scottish League at Celtic Park on the 5th. Crerand played for the Scottish League. The Scottish League won 5-1.
Review
As simple as bringing in an old heid!! Everyone was glad to see Fernie back and he certainly inspired a dramatic upheaval in the quality of the forwards. Within 5 minutes he showed his class with several of his trademark mazy runs. The opener came from Bertie taking a Divers pass and cutting in and shooting from 22 yards for the first goal.ten minutes later Celtic were two up when Divers forced the ball over. Celtic were out looking for more goals with Fernie carefully orchestrating moves. Haffey was little troubled in goal.Two minutes from half time Celtic got a third from a move started by Fernie through Crerand and Chalmers with Carroll popping up to head home a rebound.
In the second half, Crerand went off with an injury and Rodger pulled two goals back for St Mirren. Auld then scored a good goal and it finished 4-2 to Celtic.
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Kennedy; Crerand, McNeill, Clark; Chalmers, Fernie, Carroll, Divers, Auld.
Scorers: Auld 2 (5, 72), Divers (16), Chalmers (44)
St Mirren:
Williamson; Doonan, Wilson; Thomson, Clunie, Riddell; Rodger, Kerriggan, Baker, Gemmell, Miller.
Scorers: Rodger 2 (55, 68)
Referee: D Weir (Glasgow)
Attendance: 32,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
