| Match Pictures | Matches: 1925 – 1926 |
Trivia
- Celtic old-bhoy Tully Craig helps Rangers to a one goal win which puts them into third place while Celtic slip to seventh in the League.
- 27 Celtic fans travelling to the match were arrested by police in Norfolk Street and taken to the police cells and detained on charges of breach of the peace.
- Letters to the Editor of the Glasgow Herald are dominated by the evils of picketing. LINK
Review
Teams
RANGERS: Robb, Manderson, J Hamilton, Muirhead, Dixon, Craig, Archibald, McKay, Henderson, Chalmers, Morton
Scorer: Chalmers
CELTIC: Shevlin, W McStay, Hilley, Wilson, J McStay,
McFarlane, Connolly, Thomson , McGrory, McInally, McLean
Referee:
Attendance:
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Articles
The Glasgow Herald, 19 October 1925
Rangers beat Celtic
The first League meeting of the season between Rangers and Celtic fell comparatively flat, as, though the attendance was the largest of the afternoon, the figures fell short of the average for games between the great rivals. Enthusiasts can have too much apparently of a good thing and the long-drawn-out struggle in the Glasgow Cup competition recently between the clubs had dulled interest. The Rangers’ inability, however, still to place their full strength on the field probably had its effect. The Ibrox club gained the victory even with their depleted forces, but the game could not be ranked as one of the great encounters of a season that has been notable. To win without the services of such prominent players as Meiklejohn, Cunningham, and Cairns constituted the chief merit of Rangers victory, and should go to restore the somewhat shaken faith of Ibrox enthusiasts. Celtic without Gallagher were deficient in spirit excepting towards the end, when they made a bold but futile effort to save the game.
Celtic attacked strongly in the early stages but all they gained was a corner, which was not converted. Rangers then pressed and 25 minutes from the start Chalmers beat Shevlin with a fast shot. Rangers had the better of the game at the interval. In the second half the home side were again prominent. Morton mad a good effort, but his drive struck the crossbar.
A GLASGOW BRAKE CLUB
27 MEN ARRESTED
Pursuing similar tactics to those adopted a fortnight ago, Glasgow police apprehended a charabanc load of young men who, it is stated, were members of a Celtic brake club, on Saturday afternoon on charges of having conducted themselves in a disorderly manner and committed a breach of the peace. It appeared that the charabanc containing 29 men set off from the Garngad district of the city early in the afternoon for the Rangers-Celtic football match, and was followed through the streets by police officers on motor cycles. On reaching Norfolk Street the charabanc was surrounded by the police officers, and the driver was instructed to proceed to the Southern Police Office, where, after being charged, 27 of the men were lodged in the cells. So swift was the action of the police that only a few persons witnessed the arrest of the men. The police took possession of flags, banners, and other articles. The arrested men, some of whom were liberated on bail of £5 will appear before the Magistrate at the Southern Police Court this morning [Monday].
The Scotsman 19 Oct 1925
RANGERS’ VICTORY OVER CELTIC.
There was all the old tense excitement in the match between Rangers and Celtic, at Ibrox Park, and the finish was thrilling in the extreme. Rangers playing ever so much better in attack from the fitness of Morton, took the lead after half an hour, when Chalmers scored a fine goal. They were rather the better team until the interval, although they never could boast a definite superiority. Their chief advantage lay in the fast clever runs by Chalmers and Morton, who repeatedly took the ball close up to the Celtic defence. In the second half, when the Celtic had the benefit of the breeze, the pressure on the Rangers’ defence was for periods very severe. Robb saved wonderfully, and Manderson, Hamilton and Dixon all contributed greatly to the failure of the Parkhead forwards to score. Every now and again, the Rangers’ forwards would break away, and then they were always dangerous, and, in fact, were twice unfortunate not to score. Celtic’s defeat was traceable, in part, to the lack of balance in attack. McLean was a masterful raider, but Connolly, on the other wing, was very little seen. McGrory had scoring chances, but, on the whole, he was too well watched by Dixon to be effective. Morton fell somewhat lame in the second half and did not risk too much afterwards. The attendance was 35,000.
FOOTBALL BRAKE CLUBS.
MORE ARRESTS IN GLASGOW.
A charabanc proceeding to the Rangers-Celtic football match at Ibrox Park was yesterday stopped by the police in Norfolk Street and the occupants, 23 young men, said to be supporters of the Celtic were taken into custody a charge of committing a breach of the peace.