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Trivia
- Jimmy McGrory retired hurt in the first-half, and Charlie Napier in the second in a game where an old-bhoy, John McMenemy, starred for Motherwell, who scored through Johnny Murdoch, and Englishman, Bobby Ferrier. But it was trouble among the fans that made the news as Celtic exited the cup. It was reported here (below) and was taken up across the ocean where the New York Daily Eagle using their own terminology told of the trouble between the rival sets of "Rooters" (Fans).
- Scottish and English Cup contests made the feature of Saturday's "Soccer," and big crowds attended the principal engagements. There were four Scottish engagements, and eight over the Border. And there were really no surprise results; at least none which could be placed under the category of "shocks." Rangers beat the Heart of Midlothian at Edinburgh, and Motherwell at home defeated Celtic. The Celtic were unfortunate in losing the services of McGrory, who was hurt in the first half and took no further part in the match. At the close they were also without Napier. At both these games, there were record crowds, 55,000 and 33,000 respectively.
- 230,000 spectators watched the eight ties with receipts of £23,000 in England. Alex James was the star in Arsenal’s 0-2 score at Fratton Park. Another London club, Chelsea, also did well away from home. They drew with the Wednesday at Sheffield, though they were without Gallacher.
- About 13,000 Japanese troops, with tanks, artillery, and cavalry, landed from transports at Shanghai, and, despite promises that this would not be done, were marched through the International Settlement to the Japanese district of Hongkew. It is reported that the Chinese are feverishly preparing defences to resist the expected new offensive by the Japanese.
Review
Teams
MOTHERWELL:
McClory, Dowall, Ellis, Wales, Craig, Telfer, Murdoch, McMenemy, McFadyen, Moffat, Ferrier.
Scorers:
Murdoch, Ferrier.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Cook, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, A. Thomson, Smith, McGrory, Napier, Kavanagh.
Scorers:
Referee:
Attendance: 36,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 15th February 1932, page 6
CELTIC GO OUT
The Celtic were defeated at Fir Park, Motherwell, by two goals to nothing after a fierce game.
Play only occasionally reached a high level, but the tie was strenuously fought out, and only the fact that McGrory, the Celtic centre-forward, broke down, and was off for most of the time turned the scale in favour of Motherwell.
The match had an exciting prelude. Half an hour before the start rival partisans, not content with party cries and wordy warfare, took to stones, belts, and other weapons, and a free fight was soon raging. The police, who drew their batons, soon restored order, and made a number of arrests. Then the ambulance men were kept busy removing stretcher cases and attending to others for whom the excitement was too much. Afterwards, during the game, the swaying of the crowd was bad, and some minor injuries were received.
The game was disappointing in that the forwards were never really on top. Motherwell did most of the attacking in the first half, and scored through. Murdoch, but for the most part they could make nothing of the Celtic defenders, of whom at that point McStay and Cook were outstanding.
With McGrory developing his old leg trouble, what Celtic attack there had been vanished, and it was only the brilliance of the defence which kept down the score to one goal at the interval.
This continued for a time after resuming, and then the Celtic began a desperate endeavour to draw level. A. Thomson, Napier, and Kavanagh—Smith was of little account—were splendidly backed by their half-backs. They risked a Motherwell breakthrough, but carried the fight into their opponents' quarters. It was a great effort, but it failed. Motherwell stood up to it, and then Ferrier made sure of the success of the side he captained by scoring in a scrimmage.
There, were 36,000 spectators, and the drawings (excluding tax) were £1,388.
