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Trivia
- This was James Price’s last match for Celtic. He only played two games this season.
- The edition of the Glasgow Herald that reported this match also reports the murders all within a space of half an hour of 12 army officers at various locations in Dublin, under the headline of “Sinn Fein Orgy of Murder”. LINK
- Also in the Herald in the ‘Letters’ section is a call for the introduction of squads of police officers and a ‘Hurry Up Wagon’ to be deployed on a Saturday night in Glasgow to rid the streets of gangs of drunks, the like of which the much travelled writer (nom de plume East Ender) says he has never seen in his world-wide travels.
- Again in the Herald is an advert for State Express 555 cigarettes at the cost of 2/- (10p) for 25.
Review
A disappointing Celtic display, and fine performance by Clyde forward Allan Brown leads to a narrow loss for the away team at Shawfield
Teams
CLYDE:
CELTIC:
Referee: J. B. Sinclair, (Thornliebank)
Attendance: 22,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
Match report from The Scotsman, 22nd November 1920
[…] […] In their match against Celtic at Shawfield Parkm Glasgow, Clyde gave their best display of the season, and thoroughly deserved their narrow victory. The Celts started well, and within five minutes McInally gave his side the lead. Five minutes later Brown ran through the Celtic defence and brought the scores level. After the interval the Celtic forwards never got properly going, a fact largely due to the breaking-up success of the Clyde half-backs. Brown proved a strong leader in the Clyde attack, and he finished up a grand afternoon’s work by scoring the winning goal. The Celts gave a disappointing display, and were outpointed at half-back and attack. Near the finish stone-throwing was indulged in by some of the spectators, and one of the linesmen received an injury to his head, and had to be assisted off the field. Attendance, 22,000.
Follow-up report from The Scotsman, 9th December 1920
Defeat of Celtic
The Scottish League competition was not improved by Saturday’s returns, which included another substantial win by Rangers’ and the defeat of Celtic for the third time in the current contest. The Parkhead combination had previously gone under to Rangers, after one of the finest games yet witnessed between the great rivals, and they had also lost sensationally to Albion Rovers. Their defeat by Clyde, if not exactly a sensation, was equally as little expected. The Celtic players had just returned from a recuperating holiday at the coast, were at full strength with the exception of one half-back, and defeat seemed a remote possibility. An injury to McStay handicapped the team, and his unfitness was a contributory factor at least in the scoring of the winning goal, but the reverse was brought about principally through under-estimating the strength of the opposition. Celtic were the cleverer side, but Clyde showed greater resource and courage than they exhibited on the last meeting of the clubs on September 25 when Celtic won.