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A narrow loss at the hands of great rivals Rangers ends Celtic's cup run for the year.

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Attendance: 85,000
Goals: Muirhead (52)

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Match report from The Scotsman, 8th March 1920

[...] The great tie between the Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox was won by the slightly better team. The Rangers gave the impression of possessing more physical strength, and their forwards certainly had more finishing power than the Celtic front line. But there was very little in it. It was a match that will be remembered more for its deadly keenness than for the quality of football, although Gordon, Dixon, Muirhead, and Paterson for the Rangers and McNair, Dodds, and McMenemy for the Celts frequently displayed their particular qualities. In the second half McAtee played above himself, and it was then that Gordon got the opportunity of proving what a magnificent defender he is. After a punishing first half the honours were pretty even, but seven minutes after the restart the Rangers took the lead. Anderson placed a free kick to Paterson, who passed swiftly across the goalmouth, and Muirhead drove the ball at great speed into the net. The Celts made a splendid response, and they did easily more of the pressing to the end, due largely to the policy of the Rangers in playing a defensive game. Gallagher and Cassidy changed places, the former going out of the centre to inside right, but the Rangers' backs and half-backs were not to be beaten that way. The number of spectators who paid at the gate was 80,500, and altogether there would be 85,000 present. The gate drawings, exclusive of tax, amounted to £3018, 9s. 9d., a record for a club match in Scotland.