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Trivia
- Celtic rout Aberdeen to close in on league leaders Rangers as the league heads to a climax the Herald reporter with 7 games still to be played rather dramatically notes: “In the rather unlikely event of Celtic defeating Motherwell at Firpark, and Greenock Morton scoring another victory at Ibrox, a deciding game may be necessary for the second time in the history of the competition.” LINK
- In the 44th International match between England and Scotland played at Hillsborough Sheffield the home side run out 5-4 victors.
- The Herald also reports of a huge crowd gathering outside of Mountjoy prison, Dublin and reciting prayers in support of 70 Sinn Fein prisoners who are on the 7th day of a hunger strike there.
- In the letters section of the Herald, T. Smellie of Kilmarnock floats the proposition that the name Gorbals has its origins in the French word for a sheaf of corn as a granary building was situated in what is now the Gorbals.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, Livingstone, Dodds, McStay, Cringan, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, McInally, Cassidy, McLean
Scorers: Gallacher (2), McInally, Cassidy, McLean
Referee: W. G. Johnstone (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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Articles
Match report from The Scotsman, 12th April 1920
Chief interest in Saturday’s football in Scotland outside the international lay in the fact that the Rangers gave away another point in the league competition. They are now only two points better than the Celtic, with seven games to play. It is obvious that there is going to be a great tussle yet between the old rivals before the matter of the championship is decided.
Fully 10,000 spectators saw Celtic gain an easy victory over Aberdeen at Parkhead, Glasgow. The Celtic were the superior team all through, and only in the closing minutes did the Aberdeen forwards show any sustained combination. Early in the game Gallagher opened the scoring for the Celtic, and the same player got a second goal before the interval, after a fine indivdual effort. In the second half Aberdeen’s defenders put up a stout fight, but could not prevent the Celtic’s sprightly forwards from increasing their score to five goals, through McInally, Cassidy, and McLean.
The Glasgow Herald – Apr 12, 1920
If a stimulant be required Celtic supplied it in the shape of a 5-0 victory over Aberdeen, a result achieved by forward play that one rarely witnesses in the closing stages of an arduous competition. McAtee, Cassidy and Gallagher showed skill of a high order, and the defence did not seem to suffer from the absence of McNair. In the rather unlikely event of Celtic defeating Motherwell at Firpark, and Greenock Morton scoring another victory at Ibrox, a deciding game may be necessary for the second time in the history of the competition.