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Trivia
- The Glasgow Herald reports that Michael Collins and Sir James Craig have met and reached agreement that in return for an end to the boycott of Belfast goods in the south there will be talks between Craig and the employers of Catholic shipyard workers to facilitate their being able to return to their jobs. LINK
- Also in the Herald under the headline: Sedition in India is a report of the difficulties the government is having with Mr Gandhi who describes them as Satanic.
- Again the Herald reports the death of Pope Benedict the XV.
Review
Celtic draw level with league leaders Rangers as their championship challenge moves in to top gear.
Teams
CELTIC: Shaw, McNair, McStay, Gilchrist, Cringan, McStay, McAtee, Gallacher, McInally, McFarlane, McLean
ABERDEEN: Blackwell, Hutton, Forsyth, MacLachlan, Milne, Robertson, Middleton, Thomson, Miller, Rankin, Bainbridge
Referee: A Edward (Glasgow)
Attendance: 7000
Goals: McInally (6), McFarlane
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Match report from The Scotsman, 23rd January 1922
[…] Celtic successfully accounted for Aberdeen at Celtic Park, Glasgow. They were well worthy the points, and only the brilliant goalkeeping of Blackwell prevented them returning a bigger score. On the hard ground the Celtic struck up a particularly effective game, Gallacher, McLean, and McFarlane excelling in a grand forward line. McInally got the first point six minutes after the start, and McFarlane scored the second goal near the interval. The Aberdeen team disappointed throughout. The forwards never settled to their usual game, and the heavy half-backs found it difficult to keep on their feet. Most of the second half was fought out in Aberdeen territory, but Celtic could not add to their score.
The Glasgow Herald – Jan 23, 1922
Celtic Overtake Rangers
The change in the weather on Saturday morning brought relief to club officials, as a general interruption to football seemed imminent. Only two games however, had to be postponed, the conditions at Dumbarton and Firhill Park being such as to leave the official ground inspectors no option but to declare these pitches unplayable. In the nine games carried through, four were won by home teams, four drawn, and Dundee alone won on opponents’ territory. Celtic found little difficulty in disposing of Aberdeen by 2 goals to 0, a score that gives but faint indication of the winners’ superiority. Notwithstanding the difficult conditions and the absence of their capable inside left, Cassidy, the Celtic forwards gave a masterly display.