Match ended 0-0
Missed Penalties
Gallacher pen miss
Match Information
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Joe P. Rowe (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
One of the finest games imaginable was that played at Airdrie, where the Rangers were not only to vindicate their title as League champions, but also to break the record of the home team, who had not been defeated at Broomfield Park this season. They are that yet, for a goalless draw resulted. Rain fell in torrents for the greater period of the match, and the pitch was in a lamentable condition, but despite that for science, for shooting, for defence, both sides were superlative, and a 10,000-crowd hung on till the last minute. Then Morton almost capped the show by a solo run that brought him face to face with Ewart, but though the winger’s shot had sting and direction away from Ewart, the latter made a brilliant save. Early on a penalty kick was given against Dixon for handling, but Gallacher shot against the crossbar, and played the ball a second time, when Russell would probably have got the rebound and scored. Taken all over, the balance of play favoured Airdrieonians, who had desperate ill-lick at goal, apart from the very fine saving of Robb, who had twice as much to do as Ewart. Russell was great with his head, and twice missed by neat inches, but the greatest escape of all was in the last five minutes, when the Rangers’ goal suffered a terrible bombardment, the ball going everywhere but into the net. Morton sparkled in the first half, but could make little ground in the second, though he and Cairns were the brains of the Rangers’ attack when Cunningham was very little seen. Nicholson put in a terrific afternoon. McCandless was the best back, though he had his wits matched by little Murdoch, whose centring was a feature. At goal and back the sides were fairly even. At half Airdrie had it in nippiness, also forward they were the better side, and on the run of a wonderfully fine struggle the Airdrieonians were quite value for full points.
