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Trivia
- Against the run of play Allan Gebbie supplied Alex Stewart who scored the opener for Saints in 13 minutes. Alec Thomson equalised in 19 minutes, but after the break Alex Stewart added his second and Robert Rankin scored on the hour to give St Mirren a good away win and knock Celtic out of the Scottish Cup.
- Another new back has been added to Celtic's list of young players. He is William Cook, and he has been playing with the lately reinstated Port-Glasgow Athletic Juniors. Cook is a well-built youth of 5 ft. 8 in., and weighs over 11 stones. He is 20 years of age.
- Aberdeen—favourites for the Cup in some quarters—made a dramatic exit from the tournament at Firhill Park. A hurricane finish enabled Partick Thistle to snatch a spectacular, if lucky, victory by the odd goal in five. Another "giant" fell at Celtic Park, where St. Mirren completely surprised the home men winning with a margin of two goals.
- In the English F.A. Cup competition there was only one drawn game—Sunderland v. Notts. Forrest. The seven winners were Aston Villa, Huddersfield Town, Hull City, The Arsenal, Newcastle United, Sheffield Wednesday, and West Ham United. By a plucky win over Manchester City, Hull City prevented a First Division "clean sweep." Two of the men who will do duty for Scotland against Ireland were instrumental in carrying their teams into the next round. Hughie Gallacher scored Newcastle's three goals, and Alex Jackson saved Huddersfield in the closing stages.
- It is reported from Ahmedabad that Mr. Gandhi and his followers have prepared plans for, an early commencement of a campaign of "non-violent civil disobedience.”
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kelly, Geatons, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Robertson, Connolly, A. Thomson, McGrory, Scarff, Napier.
Scorers:
A. Thomson.
SAINT MIRREN:
Fotheringham, Hay, Lilley, Colquhoun, Walker, Miller, McCrae, Gebbie, Stewart, Rankin, Connor.
Scorers:
Stewart, (2); Rankin.
Referee: J. Thomson (Hamilton).
Attendance: 32,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 17th February 1930, page 5
CELTIC MASTERED
On a greasy surface at Celtic Park there were many mistakes during the early portion of the game, and it was soon evident that each team had its own idea of how the game ought to be played.
St Mirren believed in direct movement, while the home team persisted in pattern-weaving. Connolly, who, to the surprise of most Celtic followers, was preferred to R. Thomson, "distinguished" himself early in the game by walking through the Paisley defence and missing an open goal, and immediately afterwards Scarff repeated the seemingly impossible.
It was all against the run of play when, thirteen minutes after the start, Stewart opened the scoring for St Mirren from a pass by Gebbie. Kelly having no chance to save.
Connolly missed again, but A. Thomson equalised six minutes later.
The second half was only five, minutes old when Stewart put St Mirren ahead owing to a mistake by Geatons.
An unsuccessful claim for a penalty against Lilley was followed by Rankine putting the Paisley team further ahead eight minutes after the previous score, Kelly being out of his goal and Geatons too slow in making his saving attempt.
Celts pressed hard, but had no luck, and with St Mirren sacrificing everything to hold their lead the game ended in their favour.
Attendance 32,000, drawings of £1,500.
