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Trivia
- In the St Mirren team were two players who would later feature in the Celtic story, John Grainger who would join the bhoys in 1922 and James Thomson who would feature in the Buddies team that defeated Celtic in the 1926 Scottish Cup Final.
- The Glasgow Herald reports that the RMSP Tagus has arrived at Southampton and disembarked 380 refugees from Russia including 80 soldiers taken Prisoners of War. LINK
- The Herald also reports acts of arson in Dublin, Cork and Belfast under the headline: INCENDIARISM.
- Also in the Herald are films and shows on in Glasgow such as The Married Virgin at The Salon, Sauchiehall St and Jalousin Jock at the Coliseum.
Review
In front of a record crowd, Celtic’s leading front men McInally and Gallagher score to give the away side a hard-fought victory.
Teams
SAINT MIRREN:
O`Hagan, William Grieve, Lennon, Richard McAvoy, Pringle, Leslie, Lawson, Grainger, Buchanan, Tom Page, Thomson
CELTIC:
Referee: W. G. Johnstone (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 16,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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Articles
The Glasgow Herald – April 5, 1920
Celtic At Paisley
Celtic, like their Govan rivals, emerged triumphant from a very keen game at Paisley, where their forwards gave a fine display of ornate football in the open, but none too effective at goal. While the front rank excelled as a combination it was left to McNair as an individual to carry off the honours of the game. Scotland’s right back excelled himself, his wonderful anticipation and accurate placing being deservedly lauded by all hands. The score, 2-0 is however a testimonial to the play of the home defenders rather than the Celtic trio, well as Shaw McNair, and Dodds played. If the; front rank had shown anything approaching the judgement of their own defenders the play would not have been so one-sided.
[…] A record crowd for the season watched Cetic defeat St Mirren at Paisley, there being fully 16,000 spectators in the Love Street ground. Lavery being unable to play, the Saints tried their new junior back, Grieve, and considering the formidable opposition he was up against he gave a fine display. It took Celtic half-an-hour to pierce the home defence, McInally opening the scoring. In the second half Gallagher was the marksman. It was a game in which a lot of unnecessaryu hard knocks were given and taken, and this spoiled what otherwise might have been a splendid game.