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- Goals in 55 and 75 minutes from Frank O'Donnell and local-boy Charlie Napier (later carried off injured) were enough to give the bhoys a win, though Falkirk inside-right Malloy got a consolation goal from the penalty-spot a minute from the end.
- Rangers are back to the top of the Scottish Football League. St. Johnstone, who had held the leadership by a narrow margin for some time, were unable to survive a visit to Aberdeen, and lost both points. Rangers were successful at Coatbridge, and now hold a lead of one point with a match in hand. Second place in the League table is shared by St. Johnstone, Heart of Midlothian, and Hamilton Academicals.
- In England only 9,000 watched Sunderland beat Manchester City at Roker Park to go top of the league table, replacing Arsenal who drew with Grimsby and Stoke who were beaten by Leicester. The small crowd was due to atrocious weather conditions and torrential rain. Shock result of the day was Huddersfield’s hammering of Liverpool 8-0.
- Hughie Gallacher transferred during the week from Chelsea to Derby County scored on his debut after only 6 minutes against Birmingham.
- Vienna, November 11.—A death threat against Chancellor Schuschnigg was found posted up on walls in the workers district of Brigittenau last night. Taking the form of a variant of an advertisement, it ran (translated): —There is only one Anker bread, There is only one Vienna, There is only one Schuschnigg, And he'll soon be gone. Circulars found in other districts threatened a revolution in the cause of a dictatorship of the proletariat.
Review
Teams
FALKIRK:
Hamilton, Nisbet, Hamill, Batchelor, Strathie, Murray, Meechan, Malloy, Bartram, Shankly, Walker.
Scorers:
Malloy.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Geatons, MacDonald, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, F. O’Donnell, Napier, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
F. O’Donnell, Napier.
Referee: J. Baillie (Motherwell).
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 12th November 1934, page 5
CELTIC'S WIN AT FALKIRK
From the first minute till the last at Brockville, the football was of the rugged, strenuous type, producing many exciting moments, but surprisingly little in the way of really good football. Falkirk's first-time methods kept Celtic fairly well subdued throughout the first half, and the home men were quite entitled to be on equal terms at the interval. Yet it was due to a particularly daring save by Hamilton from Buchan just before the whistle that the visitors did not cross over with a lead.
The Celtic defence was very firm, and, with Hogg effectively shadowing Bartram, the Falkirk attack never looked like doing much damage. Molloy showed clever touches but was unable to force the game to any effect, while Meechan substituted at outside right for Wilson, faded out after a promising start.
In the second half Celtic played a strong game, Napier and Buchan being prominent with clever moves that spreadeagled the home defence and frequently left the way open to Hamilton who saved his side on more than one occasion.
At the end of fourteen minutes, a neat forward pass by Napier was collected by F. O'Donnell, and the centre, though harassed by two opponents, got in a telling drive that had Hamilton well beaten for the opening goal. At this stage the Falkirk defence showed signs of faltering badly, but they rallied, and a series of determined raids on the Celtic goal might have produced an equaliser, but for reckless work by the home forwards.
Bartram unable to shake off the attentions of McDonald, went to outside right for a spell, and from that position he twice tested Kennaway with powerful shots, reverting later to the centre-forward position again.
Celtic gathered confidence as the game progressed, and in the twenty-seventh minute they increased their lead, a 30 yards drive by Napier finding the net well out of Hamilton's reach.
The closing stages were full of excitement and tempers became a little frayed. A few minutes from the end Napier was carried to the pavilion injured, and in the last second Falkirk were awarded a penalty kick, from which Molloy scored.
Taking the game as a whole, Celtic were the stronger and craftier side and their win was deserved.
The estimated attendance was 10,000.
