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Trivia
- Celtic won comfortably enough with goals from Napier, (2); and McGrory. Falkirk scored through Hugh Hamill, O.G., and Tim Morgan.
- South African defender, Johnny Richardson, outside-left Gall (William, St. Mirren?), and centre-forward Tim Morgan were singled out for praise, but Patsy Gallacher, who was returning to his old stomping-grounds did not make an impact.
- Motherwell, Rangers, Kilmarnock, and Celtic head the Scottish table with 20, 20, 18, 17, points respectively.
- In England West Brom., Sheffield Wed., Sheffield Utd., and Arsenal head the table with 13, 11, 11, 11, respectively.
- At the annual meeting of Celtic, held in Glasgow on Friday night, a dividend of two shillings and eight pence per share was declared, which is equivalent to 10 per cent., less tax. The sum of £4,000 was allocated to depreciation, reducing the valuation on ground and stands to £32,000. The directors, who have not received any remuneration during the past three years, were voted the sum of £250 each. In submitting his annual report, Mr William Maley made sympathetic reference to the loss sustained by the club through, the death of John Thomson. The retiring directors, Messrs Tom Colgan, and John McKillop, were unanimously re-elected.
- A sequel to the street disturbances which occurred in Dundee on Thursday night following a demonstration by unemployed was furnished in the Police Court yesterday when 25 men and a woman appeared on charges of mobbing and rioting. All the accused were remanded for a week, no bail being allowed. On a charge of assaulting a police officer by throwing at him an earthenware flowerpot from the window of his house, a man was also remanded.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Falconer, Cook, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Scarff, Napier.
Scorers:
Napier, (2); O.G., McGrory.
FALKIRK:
Thomson, Scobbie, Hamill, Kennedy, Richardson, Low, Stevenson, Archibald, Morgan, Patsy Gallacher, Gall.
Scorers:
Morgan.
Referee: T. Dougray (Bellshill).
Attendance: 9,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 28th September 1931, page 5
MORE POINTS FOR CELTIC
Before an attendance of about 9,000, the Celtic had a good win over Falkirk.
During the first half the visitors were slightly ahead of their opponents, but were not able to gain any reward for their pressure.
The Celtic men appeared to be preserving themselves in view of their meeting with the Rangers on Monday, but began to let themselves go when McStay had to retire owing to an accident to his nose.
Falconer was severely tested several times during the first half, and was at times fortunate in keeping his goal intact.
The second half saw a Celtic revival. In five minutes they went ahead through Napier convening a penalty kick for a handling infringement.
Then Hamil was unfortunate enough to deflect a shot from R. Thomson past his goalkeeper fifteen minutes later, and within the next ten minutes the Celtic went further ahead by goals from Napier and McGrory.
Morgan scored for Falkirk near the finish, but the Celtic were latterly easy winners. Thomson did splendidly in the Falkirk goal, and saved many fine shots.
Richardson, Gall, and Morgan were also outstanding for the losers, and tried hard to improve matters for their side once they settled down, which was late in the first-half, the Celtic gave a fine all-round display. Some of their movements were almost bewildering.
