1938-09-17: Clyde 1-4 Celtic, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • The going was heavy for Celtic and with a slender one-goal lead and eight minutes remainig the bhoys did a quick one-two with goals from John Divers and Matt Lynch to secure the points. Pick of the goals was from Johnny Crum whose flying header from a Frank Murphy cross put the score at 0-2 then Beaton scored from Clyde from the penalty spot.
  • Queen of the South who escaped relegation on the last day of last season go top of First Division after 8 games played.
  • Ex-Celt Willie Buchan scores for Blackpool in their 1-2 win at Sunderland.
  • Scots Internationalist Hughie Gallacher scores five goals for Gateshead against Rotherham in the English Third Division.
  • P.M. Chamberlain makes it known that Hitler insists on the return of the Sudeten territories from Czechoslovakia.
  • The British and French governments agree to the carve up of Czechoslovakia on Hitler's terms.
  • Pick-a-back plane flight from Dundee to Cape Town delayed due to technical problems.
  • The ROGANO in Exchange Place is advertising Mussels cooked in Champagne to tempt the lagging appetite.

Review

Teams

CLYDE:
Brown, Kirk, Hickie, Beaton, Falloon, Weir, Robertson, Wallace, Martin, Noble, Gillies.
Scorers:
Beaton.

CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Lynch, MacDonald, Crum, Divers, Murphy.
Scorers:
MacDonald, Crum, Divers, Lynch.

Referee: J. M. Martin (Fife).
Attendance: 32,000

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  • Match Report (see end of page below)

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Clyde v Celtic Sep 1938