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Match Information
Attendance: 15000
Referee:
Matchday: Sunday
Match Trivia
For the last time in this spell, we gather at Gaar for international football with Rangers our visitors. We have some great memories with Rangers and they are a mixture of sweet and sour. There was quite an excellent house in the Gaar on the sports park track, 12,000 spectators. The red-white Danish team, had the wind and sun with them in the first half, and the Referee Harald Hansen started the match. The blue-white – the Scots – started as usual in full power. Nor soon had the whistle sounded, than the visitors were besieging the Danish goal, and it had a few escaped with the ball hitting the posts. But goalkeeper Sofus Hansen and his defence was excellent. The Scots wonderful centre-forward Reid had many tries but just could be Sofus Hensen. The Danish half-backs get a grip of the match and start to push forwards towards Hempsey’s goal. The Danish are not so good runners has the Scots, but there is enough speed, desire and courage, but they don’t have the same inter-passing as Reid and his comrades, and the opportunity is lost. Poul Nielsen and Sven Knudsen lead an attack towards the Scotsmen down the right wing, but their centre into their opponent’s area is not to good. The home team get a couple of corners and after lively battles in front of the Scots men goal, the defenders repel the attacks. Again the ball flies into the Danish territory, and great attempts are made by the Scots, Brown, Bennett, Reid, Parker and Paterson to score. Reid gets a brilliant chance, with Sofus Nielsen’s legs seemly twisted in knots. The ball bounces off one post and rolls along the goal-line and somehow rolls away from goal and the ball is cleared. The scene quickly changes to the Scots goal were Sven Knuden had a great chance but misses. The home forwards do not give up and remain on the attack, but are unable to find the score. Poul Nielsen and full back Ormond tussle, they roll around in a red-blue-white lump, and after they had been rescued they shakes hands. But it’s too much for the audience, and every time later he approaches the spectators they repeatedly demonstrate. This was the only unwelcome scene in a wonderful 90 minutes. The first half was about 40 minutes out, when Reid, during an attack, gets free and fires in a shot at the corner of the goal. It looked as if the two Sofus could have prevented it, but they leave it one another, and it rolls into the net. At half-time Glasgow Rangers lead 1-0. In the second half the home team had to face the sun and wind, the right winger was not so obvious but little Alf Olsen was playing a brilliant game. The home forwards get close in and win a corner. The ball lands in front of the Scottish goal, a Danish player shoot; the ball hits Hempsey and falls to Poul Nielsen who shoots the ball into the net. And Applause, cheering and great enthusiasm greets the goal. The Scots were back on the attack, and two minutes later they were back in front of Sofus Hansen goal. From right and left shots was flying in, so quickly that the spectators would think that they had more than one ball. After a series of shots the last one seen Sofus Hansen crawling on all fours to save. It was a master at work. An incident occurred. Sven Knudsen and the Scots centre-half Galt clash, and Galt kick Knudsen on the shin. The whistle sounds instantly and have a few words to the culprit he points to the track. The Scots protest and circle round the referee Harald Hansen. For a moment the situation looks quite threatening, so the President of B93 club runs on and gets involved with the Scots. A witty spectator suggests placing him in the new prison ay Nyborg. The Scots must now play the rest of the match with 10 men. It seems to cool off the match and there was no more goals and the match ends in a draw of 1 goal each
