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Trivia
- Fully seventy minutes of the game at Central Park had gone when Irish outside-left, Peter Kavanagh, swung in his corner kick for Bertie Thomson to give Celtic the lead. Three minutes later Alex Hamill (later Blackburn Rovers) and William Todd "Willie" Stewart combined for the latter to equalise, and with only three minutes remaining fan's favourite Bertie got the winner for the bhoys.
- None of the six leading teams in Scotland were beaten on Saturday and four of them, Rangers, Celtic, Third Lanark, and Aberdeen had away wins. Celtic are in sixth place in the table.
- Everton returned to their hurricane scoring habit in the English League. They piled on nine goals against Leicester City, beating them 9-2. Dixie Dean claiming four. They now hold a lead of five points over their nearest rivals. Everton’s result comes after beating Sheffield Wednesday, 9-3; Newcastle, 8-1; and Chelsea, 7-2. This gives Everton the amazing statistic of having scored 33 goals for and 8 against in four games!
- Arsenal had also a big win, putting on six goals against Liverpool without reply; but Sheffield Wednesday were beaten by Portsmouth, and West Bromwich Albion could only draw with Middlesbrough.
- Reuters Berlin correspondent writes of the widely held fear in Germany that a clash between the Facists and the present regime seems inevitable within the next few months.
- Two youths aged 18 were sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment by Lord Morison, after a jury found them guilty of mobbing and rioting, and assault to the danger of life. Accused were Albert Kane and Vincent Wallace, and the charge against them was of having, on July 5, in Binnie Place, the carriage drive Glasgow Green, and in James Street, being members of a gang known as the "Calton Entry” gang, formed part of a riotous mob which conducted itself in a violent and tumultuous manner to the alarm of the lieges and in breach of the public peace, and brandished bottles, stones, iron bars, cleavers, and other lethal instruments, to the danger of the lieges. It was further alleged that accused assaulted John Riddell, 247 Bernard Street, Bridgeton, kicked him and struck him on the head with a cleaver or other similar instrument to the danger of his life. The assault followed an Orange parade on Sunday, July 5, and during the hearing of evidence mention was made to "The Billy Boys" and the "San Toy" gangs. Passing sentence, Lord Morison said it was deplorable that the peace of the city should be disturbed by gangs such as they had heard of in the evidence, but taking into account their youth and background, he would limit the sentence to fifteen months imprisonment in each case.
Review
Teams
COWDENBEATH:
Edwards, Frame, Russell, Glancy, Menzies, Campbell, Hamill, A. Venters, Paterson, Alton, Stewart.
Scorers:
Stewart.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Cook, Morrison, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, R. Thomson, Scarff, McGrory, Napier, Kavanagh.
Scorers:
R. Thomson, (2).
Referee: W. Webb (Glasgow).
Attendance: 6,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 30th November 1931, page 6
CELTIC WIN AT COWDENBEATH
About 6,000 spectators were present at Central Park, Cowdenbeath, for the meeting of Cowdenbeath and the Celtic, and they saw a thrilling match, the result of which was in doubt until the last kick.
The Celtic won by 2 goals to 1, but, on the day's play, they were fortunate to do so, as Cowdenbeath quite held their own in the outfield , and forced matters so well during several spells of distinct supremacy that the Celtic goal had some, remarkable escapes from downfall.
Only during the first quarter of an hour were the Celtic the better side, but their shooting was poor, and compared badly with their clever movements in midfield. Though Cowdenbeath were hard pressed at that time they seldom seemed likely to lose a goal, the principal reason being the very effective manner in which Menzies, at centre-half, held up McGrory, the leader of the Celtic attack.
R. Thomson and Kavanagh, the wing men, were the best of the visitors' forward line.
Cowdenbeath 's good display was all the more meritorious in that they were handicapped for quarter of an hour in each half by the loss of a man, Russell, their left back, being injured in the first half, and Paterson, the centre-forward, in the second.
Stewart and Venters played splendidly in the home side's forward line, the former having distinctly the better of Cook, the Celtic right back, who has been selected to play for Ireland.
The first goal was scored for the Celtic when the second half had run for 25 minutes, and was not altogether a satisfactory one. Thomson gaining possession of the ball and placing it in the net, while the referee and most of the Cowdenbeath defenders were bending over McGrory, who had fallen to the ground apparently injured, after a collision with Frame, the home right back.
Five minutes later Stewart equalised, and the winning goal was got by Thomson three minutes from the end.
Though the game was hard and thoroughly interesting, it was not a pleasant one, the play having to be stopped every few minutes on account of injuries.
