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Trivia
- With Alex Thomson the only old-head in the forward line, Celtic fail to make an impression at Falkirk and virtually bow-out of the championship race when Hugh Hamill, normally a full-back but playing as a centre-forward, scores goals in 33 and 48 minutes. Joe Kennaway had some brilliant saves and one in particular from Tim Morgan or the margin of defeat could have been bigger.
- Any hope Celtic had of featuring in the fight for the championship were extinguished on Saturday at Falkirk and the title race is between Motherwell and Rangers with the Fir Park side leading at the moment by 3 points but Rangers have a game in hand.
- Everton lead the English First Division but they loosened their grip when they lost 3-1 to Arsenal at Goodison in front of a 55,000 crowd. There are now half a dozen teams in the reckoning but Sheffield United their nearest challengers went down at Sunderland by a single goal scored by ex-Aberdeen player Benny Yorston, who was making his debut for the Roker Park side.
- Sir Stanley Jackson the Governor of Bengal narrowly escaped death after a girl student at Calcutta University fired five pistol shots at him while he was delivering a speech at the university.
Review
Teams
FALKIRK:
Thomson, Scobbie, Beath, Kennedy, Low, Hutchieson, Radcliffe, Morgan, Hamill, Miller, Gall.
Scorers:
Hamill, (2).
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Cook, Morrison, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, McGhee, A. Thomson, Hughes, Smith, Kavanagh.
Scorers:
Referee: J. Hudson (Glasgow).
Attendance: 6,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman, 8 Feb, 1932, page 6
CELTIC BEATEN AT FALKIRK
Falkirk at home scored a well-merited and plucky win over the Celtic by two goals to none, thus avenging the defeat they sustained in the Scottish Cup-tie at Parkhead, and adding two very precious points to their meagre total. The victory represented Falkirk's first over a series of nine games.
Celtic were without several of their “star” players, and their form was not at all convincing. Up to a point they played clever football, but, in attack they missed the driving force that is usually supplied by players like McGrory, Napier, and R. Thomson, all of whom were absent.
The Falkirk men, from the start applied themselves to their task with plenty of pluck and dash. They never allowed the Celtic to settle to an effective, attacking, game, the defence, with Scobbie, and Hutchieson performing heroically repeatedly breaking up any attempts at combination.
In the early stages both goals narrowly escaped. Falkirk might have gained an early lead by for a brilliant save by Kennaway from Morgan, and for a time after that the Celtic were the more impressive side.
Under pressure, however, the Falkirk defence never wavered. The home club's prospects were not improved when Beath, their left back, was injured and had to take up a position at outside left for the remainder of the game.
Under the handicap of a further rearrangement of their team placings, Falkirk seemed to make an extra effort that turned the course of the game, and brought them the first goal at the end of thirty-three minutes. It was scored by Hamill, and was extremely well taken.
The Celtic tried hard to equalise before the interval, but were baulked by the sturdy Falkirk defence.
Three minutes after the resumption Hamill scored Falkirk's second goal, after Kennaway had saved at full length from Morgan. The Celtic rallied for a time after that, but they persisted in putting too much play on the ball, and their tactics were easily countered by the home men.
Gathering confidence as the game proceeded, Falkirk finished well, and more than once looked like increasing their lead.
