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Trivia
- Celtic suffered their first home defeat of the season when Johnny Simpson scored and then John McGourty headed home a Johnny Torbet cross to put Partick into a 2-0 lead. Alec Thomson pulled one back for Celtic with 5 minutes remaining.
- Shock results aplenty in the Scottish League competition on Saturday. Perhaps the heavy rain and bad grounds had something to do with that. Going down the First Division list, one has to get the length of the ninth club from the top, the Heart of Midlothian, before finding a winner. That was an extraordinary state of matters and could never have been foreseen. Five of the higher-placed First Division clubs drew. The leading two clubs were amongst the number. Few could have expected Clyde to take a point from Ibrox. Clyde have done well since losing Blair to Aston Villa. The Celtic did even worse than the Rangers. They were beaten at home by Partick Thistle.
- In England, the first meeting of two old rivals, West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa, since the former's return to thy First' Division, saw a splendid display at the Hawthorns , where an enthusiastic crowd of 60,000 people saw the Cup holders overcome the Villa by three goals to nothing. Though Stan Wood did not figure among the goal scorers, he once more stood out conspicuously by his brilliant work on the left wing for the Albion. Time and again he swept past Blair, the Scottish international right back, whom the Villa recently acquired from Clyde, in amazing fashion.
- The British heavy-weight championship contest at the Granby Halls, Leicester, to-night has created more interest in the provinces, and especially in the Midlands, than in London. Nevertheless, a number of people are making the journey from the South to see whether Reggie Meen, the Desborough shoemaker, who looks like a film star; can beat rugged Charlie Smith, of Deptford, at his third attempt.
- Fighting was resumed between Japanese and Chinese forces in Manchuria, and the result of the action, in which Japanese infantry, cavalry, artillery, and aeroplanes were engaged, was that 4000 Chinese cavalry were driven back, and the Japanese army advanced 1-3 miles beyond the Nonni River railway bridge, which had been the scene of several previous encounters.
- Gandhi arrives in France on his way to England and arrives in Folkestone in cold and rain before travelling by car to London.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Falconer, Cook, McGonagle, Geatons, McStay, Scarff, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, McGhee.
Scorers:
A. Thomson.
PARTICK THISTLE:
Jackson, Calderwood, Rae, Elliot, Boardman, McLeod, Turner, McGourty, Simpson, Ballantyne, Torbet.
Scorers:
Simpson, McGourty.
Referee: D. H. Leishman (Falkirk).
Attendance: 8,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 16th November 1931, page 6
PARTICK THISTLE DEFEAT CELTIC
At Parkhead, Glasgow, before 8,000 spectators, the Celtic suffered their first defeat at home this season.
They were without their new goalkeeper, Kennaway, owing to an injury sustained at Motherwell, and Falconer took his place.
The ground cut up badly as the game progressed, and its condition was responsible for many mistakes. The Thistle showed considerable improvement on recent form, and, after an indifferent start, gradually settled down to a good game.
After the home team had been responsible for most of the pressure, the Thistle came more into the game, and Ballantyne and Torbet were chiefly responsible for that. The outside man sent the ball forward, and Simpson beat McGonagle in the run in, and scored with a fine shot.
The Celtic replied strongly, but in Jackson and the backs they found an insurmountable barrier, and turned round a goal behind.
The Thistle continued to exploit their open game, and gave the home defenders lots of trouble, latterly going further ahead from a breakaway by Torbet. McGourty heading through from the winger's centre.
The home team made desperate efforts to score, but their only success came six minutes from the end, when A. Thomson got his side's only goal. The Celtic were a shade unfortunate to retire defeated, but the Thistle must be congratulated on their fine display.
Their defence is due most credit for their splendid stopping of a Celtic attack which failed to impress so much as usual. The Thistle's half-backs had much to do with that. They all did well.
For once the home halves failed. Their prominence was in attack only; they failed to hold the enterprising Firhill forwards.
