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Trivia
- Right-winger Andy Love got Aberdeen off to a flyer in 7 minutes but Celtic's left-winger Tom Whitney equalised before the break. The referee was stoned and had to stop play.
- Ex-Celtic great, Adam McLean faced his old team in the left-wing berth from where his crosses once provided Jimmy McGrory with many scoring chances. Unfortunately McGrory was not present for a reunion of these former team-mates from a great Celtic attack.
- An eventful football season continued its remarkable course on Saturday, when the results included several that were in the nature of surprises. Chief of these was the defeat of Motherwell, the conquerors of the Rangers, by Kilmarnock. A close second was the holding of Celtic by Aberdeen, who secured a point they might reasonably hare been expected to lose. As matters stand at present, to the newly-promoted Third Lanark belongs the honour of being the only club in full possession of maximum points. Ex-Celt Jimmy McColl got two for Leith in their first win, a 4-1 defeat of Ayr at the Marine Gardens.
- Beautifully situated amongst the hills surrounding Loch Lomond at Inverbeg, a new hostel erected under the auspices of the Scottish Youth Hostels Association, was formally opened on Saturday by Sir Iain Colquhoun, Bart. The hostel is erected on a site granted by Sir Iain. Dr George W. Tyrrell, chairman of the Glasgow District Committee, who-presided, said that Inverbeg Hostel was the first link in a chain of hostels, by which it was proposed to serve the Loch Lomond district and also West Perthshire. In course of time it is hoped that a chain of hostels would reconstitute the famous Road to the Isles along which Alan Breck and David Balfour travelled in action many years ago.
Review
Teams
ABERDEEN:
Smith, Cooper, Jackson, Black, McLaren, Hill, Love, McMeekin, Yorston, McDermid, Adam McLean.
Scorers:
Love.
CELTIC:
J. Thomson, Cook, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, Scarff, Napier, Whitney.
Scorers:
Whitney.
Referee: J. Baillie (Motherwell).
Attendance: 30,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 24th August 1931, page 3
CELTIC LOSE A POINT
Aberdeen and Celtic played a hard game at Pittodrie Park for their draw of one goal each.
The result was a fair indication of the play, although the Aberdeen supporters in the crowd of nearly 30,000 spectators were hopeful to the very end that the home team would emerge victorious by repeating the form they had displayed in the opening stage when the right winger Love scored.
It was Whitney, Celtic's left winger, who secured the equaliser before the interval.
The second half was played in a dour and determined manner but neither side could secure the winning goal.
It was the defence on each side which was outstanding—Cook, McGonagle, and McStay for Celtic, and Cooper, Jackson, McLaren and Hill for Aberdeen.
R. Thomson, A. Thomson, and Scarff, were Celtic's best forwards and Aberdeen found their leading attackers in Love, McLean and Yorston.
There was an unfortunate incident in the match, well on in the second period, when the referee. J. Baillie, of Motherwell, had occasion to stop play while he went to lodge a complaint with the officials against the conduct of a few youths in the crowd who manifested their displeasure against one of his decisions by resorting to stonethrowing.
