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In front of a large home crowd, Celtic recover from an early penalty setback to win comfortably thanks to a McInally brace

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Attendance: 9000
Goals: McTavish (p, 5), McInally (x2), Gallagher

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Match report from The Scotsman, 21st February 1921

[...] The visit of the Celtic to Bayview Park, Methil, created great interest in the district, and a record attendance was present - over 9000 paying for admission. The gate drawings came to £506, and about another £150 would go to the home club from the stand and the enclosure. The game was well contested, but showed a difference of method between the sides, the Celtic being more methodical, and always appearing to have something in reserve. A great start was made by East Fife, and five minutes from the start McTavish opened the scoring from a "penalty" given away by Cassidy, who had fallen back to help the defence. The early reverse did not upset the Parkhead team, and after Cassidy had narrowly missed, he gave a neat pass to McInally for the centre to equalise. A mix-up by the home defence gave McInally an opening which he promptly accepted, beating Neish with a hard grounder, which the goalkeeper touched but could not stop. On the change of ends East Fife struggled to get on terms, but beyond Wilson, who throughout played a strong game, there was a lack of penetrative power among their forwards, and SHaw was never in difficulty. On the other hand, a centre from McFarlane gave so much trouble that after some close passing by the Celtic inside the home penalty line Gallagher added a third goal, and that settled the issue. To the end the game was well contested, but the visitors always appeared more likely to add than to lose their lead.