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Trivia
- The Glasgow Herald airs its disapproval of the Glasgow Cup in no uncertain terms. LINK
- The Herald reports gate receipts of £286 for a crowd of 16,000 which equates to an average cost per fan of just over four old pence (2p).
- Also in the Herald, Mr. de Valera rejects British governments proposals for Home Rule while the P. M. Mr. Lloyd George is deer stalking with the Duke of Athol at his estate.
- Again in the Herald news of a conference in Dunfermline at which Sir Alexander Gibb hands over his Murison Burns Collection to the local council.
Review
Goals from Joe Cassidy and Adam McLean see Celtic progress to the semi-final of the Glasgow Cup.
Teams
CELTIC- Shaw; McNair and Dodds; Gilchrist, Cringan, and McMaster; McAtee, Gallacher, Longmuir, Cassidy, and McLean
QUEEN’S PARK– D. S. McLay, T. D. Sneddon and S. M. Davies, R. Gillespie, T. S. Pirie, N. Dalton?, G. Gossman and J. Gordon; A. G. Macdonald; E. R. Scott and J. M. McAlpine.
Referee: T. Dougray (Bellshill)
Attendance: 12,000
Goals: Cassidy, McLean, Gordon
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Match report from The Scotsman, 5th September 1921
In the first round of the Glasgow Cup competition against Queen’s Park at Celtic Park, the Celtic were never stretched, and won much easier than the scoreline indicates. Cassidy scored early in game, and after McLean had added a second goal they eased up, and the Queen’s Park came more into the picture. Gossman and McAlpine did many clever things, and from one of the latter’s croses, Gordon headed the ball past Shaw. After the interval the Celtic put in some heavy pressure, and only the brilliant defence of McLay, Sneddon, and Davis kept the Celtic from adding goals. The Queen’s were outplayed, and seldom got near Shaw. The attendance came to about 12,000.
The Glasgow Herald – Sep. 5, 1921
GLASGOW CUP—FIRST ROUND
The Scottish League competition, Senior Division, was reduced to nine games on Saturday in place of the customary eleven matches, the curtailment being enforced through the intervention of the Glasgow Cup competition, in the first round of which four First League clubs were interested. It is a long standing grievance with the majority of the clubs in the League that this annual interruption to the continuity of their competition is permitted, but the influence of the Glasgow clubs seems sufficiently powerful to maintain the influence they have established. The inconsistency of their attitude is obvious when it is remembered that the Glasgow clubs are primarily responsible for the decision to reduce the number of clubs in the League next season in order that the necessity for evening games may be reduced to a maximum. Yet they do not hesitate to monopolise valuable Saturdays for their own local tourney, and doubtless will continue to do so for as long as the Glasgow Cup competition yields the rich financial returns it has hitherto done. There appeared to be a slight falling off in interest this season, and the first round of the city ties on Saturday attracted less notice than usual. To a certain extent this was due to the new conditions governing the League tournament, the novelty of which is still sufficient to hold the popular fancy, but the principal reason for the comparative apathy was to be found in the unattractive nature of the first round ballot, one of the ties being looked upon as a walk-over and the other confined to clubs who command considerable local but little general support.
In the circumstances it was not astonishing that the tie at Celtic Park, in which Queen’s Park opposed the ground club, yielded only £287 in gate money. The result of the game, a win for Celtic, was according to popular expectation, but the Amateurs had credit by the stand they made against the favourites, and in the result of the game which favoured Celtic to the extent only of 2 goals to 1. The feature of the play was the wholeheartedness of the Amateurs’ youthful forwards, and the fearlessness of their defenders. Celtic against the wind, had the better of the opening, unchanged Queen’s Park being for some time confined to their own half of the field. A breakaway by the visitors led to nothing and Celtic retaliated, Cassidy beating McLay. The amateurs made a determined effort to equalise. Shaw had to deal with several dangerous shots. Celtic attacked again and McLean scored a second goal. Subsequently Gordon scored with a header from a centre by McAlpine. Fast play followed but there was no further scoring. After change of ends Celtic were the more aggressive side, keeping the visitors for the most part on the defensive for half an hour. Several times Celtic narrowly missed scoring, the visitors’ defence showing well. Backs and goalkeeper of the home side were equally reliable, and there was no change in the scores.