1938-02-19: St Johnstone 1-2 Celtic, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • With two from John Divers, Celtic recorder their seventh consecutive League victory when they defeated St Johnstone on Saturday. Seven minutes after Celtic went one up, Saints centre-forward, P. Lorimer, equalised.
  • The bhoys have been beaten only three times in the League this campaign the last defeat on October 9th and each of their defeats—to Kilmarnock, Rangers, and Arbroath—have been reversed.
  • After 4 months on top of the English League Brentford slipped to third place to Arsenal and Wolves.
  • Stanley Matthews starred for Stoke in their draw with Preston.
  • Sir Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary resigned causing the Anglo-Irish talks between the P.M. and Mr de Valera to be postponed for a day.

Review

Teams

SAINT JOHNSTONE:
Wylie, Welsh, Taylor, McGeachie, Moulds, Smellie, Tennant, Howie, Lorimer, McCall, Caskie.
Scorers:
Lorimer.

CELTIC:

Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Lynch, MacDonald, Crum, Divers, Murphy.
Scorers:
Divers, (2).

Referee: J. Horseburgh (Midlothian).
Attendance: 10,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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St Johnstone v Celtic Feb 1938