The Scotsman - Monday, 25th January 1937, page 5

STEADY ABERDEEN

CELTIC WELL HELD

FORWARD CHANGES OF NO AVAIL

Aberdeen may be considered to have been lucky with their score in winning their important match against Celtic by the only goal of the match. The scorer was Warnock, who took the injured Beynon's place on the right wing, and who with great deliberation beat Kennaway with a long-range shot after the ball had travelled to him from Mills and Strauss—one of those smart bits of passing which on more than one occasion has been the saving of the team. It was a piece of passing which to some extent made up for previous failures by Strauss at direct shooting , and came a couple of minutes from the opening of the second half.

M'Grory, Buchan, and Crum were Celtic's prominent front line men, with Carruth ever in readiness for a chance, but well watched. The changing of positions did not seem to do much good in the second half, when Crum went to centre forward and Carruth to out side right.

The crowd of over 30,000—the biggest at Pittodrie this season—enjoyed the hard fought match, in which there was always a feeling of uncertainty till the finish. There could be no mistaking the cheer of satisfaction with which Warnock's goal was greeted. There was cheering also at several of the saving efforts of both custodians, more especially on the part of Johnston, who, at comparatively short notice, had to take his place between the Aberdeen posts in place of Smith reported to be one of the victims of influenza. As the steadier team, Aberdeen deserved their victory.