Match Pictures | Matches: 1938 - 1939 | 1938 Pictures

Trivia

• A game of two halfs, with Celtic struggling to lead 1-0 at half time through Jimmy Birrell, then a rout in the second half.
  
• Injury to international left-back Jimmy Carabine weakens the visitors and allows Celtic an easy victory despite two penalty misses. Jimmy Blair scored a consolation goal for the Hi Hi with the score at 5-0.
  
• Empire Exhibition closes with a one-day record attendance of 364,092 passing through the Bellahouston turnstiles.
• The Lord Provost of Glasgow has appealed for 600 men to come forward and join the Territorial Army as there is a need for that number to man the anti-aircraft guns and searchlights being sited round the city.
  

Review

Teams

CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, MacDonald, Crum, Divers, Birrell.
Scorers:
Birrell, Crum, Barr (O.G.), MacDonald; (2), Divers.

THIRD LANARK:
McAffrey, Carabine, Johnstone, Blair, Barr, Black, Wilson, Mason, Dewar, Jones, Kinnaird.
Scorer:
Blair.

Referee: M. C. Hutton (Glasgow).
Attendance: 18,000

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