1935-04-27: Celtic 2-1 St Mirren, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • Defeat meant St Mirren were relegated
  • Youngster John McInally and Hugh O’Donnell were on the mark for the bhoys and inside-right, John Latimer’s reply for Saints in 89 minutes was too little too late as the Paisley side were consigned to the Second Division.
  • The 1935 Scottish Cup Final played at Hampden six days ago resulted in a win for Rangers over Hamilton Academical by 2-1.
  • In England Sheffield Wednesday won the F.A. Cup for,the third time in their history and for the first time since 1907. They beat West Bromwich Albion by 4-2 in the 1935 F.A. Cup Final at Wembley. The game had an extra ordinary finish. Three minutes from the end the score stood at 2-2, and Ellis Rimmer then got two goals for Wednesday to win a well-contested match. Joe Nibloe and Wilf Sharp of Wednesday were the only Scots of the 22 players.The Prince of Wales presented the Cup.
  • In the English League competition the various championships go as follows: —First Division to the Arsenal: Second Division to Brentford.
  • Unprecedented scenes were witnessed in Edinburgh on Saturday night when a Civic Reception for young RCs attending a conference had to run the gauntlet of a hostile crowd of 10,000 demonstrators who greeted the delegation and the RC Archbishop with boos, shouts and some stone/bottle throwing. Councillor Cormack, of the Protestant Action Society was inside the City Chambers with a view to protest at the reception by the Lord Provost for the Catholics.
  • On Sunday at the Usher Hall the meeting chairman, introducing Bishop Daniel Mageean, of Down and Connor, who gave an address on “Catholic Action and the Catholic Young Men’s Society,” said that members of the city appeared to have endeavoured to give the speaker the kind of welcome one generally connected with Belfast. (Laughter.) They could, however, assure him that the members who had been so very vocal the previous night certainly did not represent the best class of Edinburgh. (Applause.)

Review

Teams

CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Paterson, Geatons, Hughes, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, McInally, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
O’Donnell, McInally.

SAINT MIRREN:
McCloy, Braid, Ancell, Gebbie, Wilson, Miller, Knox, Latimer, McKenzie, McGregor, Stoddart.
Scorers:
Latimer.

Referee: P. Craigmyle (Aberdeen).
Attendance:

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Articles

The Scotsman – Monday, 29th April 1935, page 4

ST MIRREN RECEIVE FINAL BLOW

POINTS CONCEDED TO CELTIC

Celtic dashed St Mirren’s hopes of staying in the First Division by their victory over the Paisley club at Parkhead, Glasgow.

The visitors fought heroically and were just a shade unfortunate at times not to score. The turning point in the game was when Kennaway saved a penalty kick by Knox, which would have nullified Celtic’s early lead, given them by O’Donnell, who scored after six minutes. McCloy had no chance with the winger’s fast shot from twelve yards.

The home defence was sound, but Knox and McGregor were in a lively mood, and their difficult shots brought out the best in Kennaway. The visitors played some fine football, and never lost heart, not even when Mclnally ran through to slip the ball past the outcoming McCloy to practically seal St Mirren’s fate.

Play became rather too robust towards the end, and two St Mirren players had their names taken by the referee.

Celtic were value for their win. but the visitors made a great fight against the superior positional play of the home side, and in a closing raid Latimer got their solitary goal when he slipped the ball past Kennaway just before the final whistle.

Celtic v St Mirren Apr 1935