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Trivia
- The Glasgow Herald reports that while only 8,000 attended Celtic Park in Glasgow, a capacity crowd were at Celtic Park in Belfast to hear Joseph Devlin speak on Irish unity. LINK
- The Herald also reports the departure of the Prince of Wales on board HMS Repulse for a six months’ tour of South Africa and South America.
- The Herald reports the arrest of the Emir of Kurdistan in Liverpool where he had arrived on board the White Star liner Celtic after being deported from the USA.
Review
Teams
CELTIC: Shevlin, McStay, Hilley, Wilson , J. McStay,
McFarlane, Connolly, Gallacher, McGrory, Thomson, McLean
Scorers: McGrory, Thomson
RAITH ROVERS: Mathieson, Barton, Moyes, Raeburn, Morris, Miller, Bell, Alex Ritchie, Neish, Alex James, Turner
Referee: P. Craigmyle (Aberdeen)
Attendance: 8,000
Articles
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Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Mon 30 March 1925
Raith Rovers were beaten by Celtic in a match of no vital consequence.
Celtic were first to make progress, Mathieson being tested by McLeaqn, and Raith Rovers were kept on the defensive. On play Celtic were due a goal, but the Rovers defence were very steady, and 35 minutes had gone when the home side scored through McGrory. In the second half Neish had a good try, Shevlin saving smartly. Fifteen minutes from the finish Thomson beat Mathieson with a clever shot.
The Scotsman, 30 March 1925
CELTIC BEAT RAITH ROVERS
About 8,000 spectators were present at Parkhead, Glasgow, in fine weather conditions, when Celtic proved victorious over Raith Rovers by 2 goals to 0. Neither side unduly exerted themselves, and the score was a fair indication of the superiority of the Glasgow team, who were easily the more impressive in attack, and on the whole sounder in defence. The Rovers’ defence was very good, however, the only one who really failed to hold his own being Miller, at left half, who was up against an excellent wing in Connelly and Gallagher. McGrory opened the scoring for Celtic after fully half an hour’s play, following characteristic play by Gallagher, who left the actual scorer little to do; and the second goal came ten minutes from the end through Thomson. In this case the score was the result of a fine individual effort by the Celtic inside left. Mathieson, Raith’s goalkeeper, had no chance of saving either successful shot, and at other times was sound in all he did. Barton, Moyes, Raeburn, Morris and James were also prominent all through from the Rovers. The Celtic had no outstanding men, but all reached a good standard of excellence, and showed fine understanding of each other.