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Trivia
- Frank Murphy scored in 8 minutes but Celtic's lead only lasted 10 minutes before George Stevenson, accepted a pass from Tom Wylie and scored the equaliser, but the scores were level only briefly before Jimmy McGrory netted the winner in 25 minutes.
- With the three leading clubs—Aberdeen, Celtic, and Rangers.–winning away from home, there was no change of position at the top of the Scottish League First Division table on Saturday.
- In England of the 44 matches in the League, 30 were won by the home clubs, eight were drawn and in only four were visiting sides successful. The First Division did not furnish a single away winner and Sunderland supplanted Huddersfield at the top.
- Signor Mussolini, in a proclamation to the Italian people on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of the Fascist’s march on Rome, refers to the "menace of the economic siege," and adds that Italians will distinguish between friends and enemies, and will remember for a long tune.
- A writer to the Herald disputes the average wage of miners given by Andrew Clark the Scottish miner’s union leader. The anonymous writer claims that the average wage is not 48 shillings (£2.40) for a fifty hour week, but is in fact 53 shillings (£2.65), which the writer feels “does not look such a miserable wage” considering it includes within the average women and boys employed on the surface and boys and young men underground as well as the fact that some mine workers are employed on the surface.
Review
Teams
MOTHERWELL:
McClory, Grant, Ellis, Wales, Blair, McFadyen, Ogilvie, Wilson, Wylie, Stevenson, Stewart.
Scorers:
Stevenson.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.
Scorers:
Murphy, McGrory.
Referee:
Attendance: 20,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 28th October 1935, page 5
CELTIC'S STRONG DEFENCE
MOTHERWELL DEFEATED AT FIR PARK
Celtic completed twelve games without defeat when they beat Motherwell at Fir Park.
Despite the inclement conditions almost 20,000 spectators saw an interesting match. Although defeated, Motherwell took a great deal of credit from the display, and few would have grudged them a draw. That they failed to achieve partial success was, however, in some measure duo to their own shortcomings in front of goal. Good movements often brought the forwards within striking distance, but chances were ruined by impetuous finishing.
All of the goals were scored in the first half. In eight minutes, Murphy placed the ball neatly past McClory, and Motherwell appealed vigorously on the ground of off-side. Ten minutes later, Wylie's persistence gave Stevenson a chance, and the inside left beat Kennaway with a low shot.
Celtic again took the lead in twenty-five minutes, when McGrory converted a cross from Murphy once more the home players protested strenuously, but without success, against the score. A few minutes later, Celtic appeared to have a good claim for a penalty when Murphy was impeded.
Celtic were most impressive in defence, where Lyon was outstanding. The former Queen's Park player's defensive tactics were most successful, and he was assisted by the skillful marking of his colleagues. When the ball did get to goal Kennaway's safe hands prevented scores. Altogether, the defenders emerged with great credit.
In the forward line, McGrory played an intelligent game, but seldom found a way past Blair. The wingers were dangerous, but they met with resourceful opposition. McClory, Grant, and Ellis were faultless in almost everything they did. The Welshman was one of the outstanding personalities of the match, and his kicking was excellent. At centre-half. Blair was splendid. He held up McGrory, and parted with the ball with good judgment. All five forwards were eager, but their very keenness resulted in missed chances. Bremner was most consistent among them.
