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Trivia
- Jerry Dawson and Donald McKay catch the sports writers' eye.
- Chic Geatons according to the Glasgow Herald: "finest wing-half in the country" hurt his foot at work and will be missed in this game.
- Match switched from Parkhead to Ibrox to accomodate a crowd limited to 40,000 by wartime emergency regulations.
- Willie Maley announces to the press that he will retire in a few weeks.
- Celtic joint bottom of the league.
Review
Teams
RANGERS
Dawson; Gray and Shaw; McKillop, Woodburn and Symon; Waddell and Gilmour; Thornton, Venters and Kinnear.
Scorers:
Waddell.
CELTIC
McKay; Hogg and Morrison; Lynch, Lyon and Paterson; Gould, and MacDonald, Carruth, Divers and Murphy.
Scorers:
MacDonald
Referee: —W. Webb, Glasgow.
Attendance: 40,000 (Glasgow Herald 2 Jan states this is a war-time record)
Articles
Glasgow Herald 2nd January 1940
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Links
Articles
Preview from Glasgow Herald 1st January 1940
