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Trivia
- Bill Marsh was in fine form for Dundee and when (ex-Fulham & Clapton Orient) outside-right, Peter Gavigan, laid on a pass for Davie Balfour to score for the visitors in 59 minutes the writing was on the wall. Chic Geatons scored a "goal" only to have play pulled back by referee, Mungo Hutton, for a foul committed against Geatons in the lead up to his scoring shot. Balfour scored a second in 87 minutes.
- The referee's decisions infuriate the home crowd as Celtic again experimented with Joe McGhee and Peter Kavanagh as wingers, and lose for the fourth game in a row.
- Heart of Midlothian lost to Motherwell at Tynecastle. This sufficed to keep Motherwell in a favourable position at the top. Defeat would have meant a serious set-back in their effort to secure the championship. Their rivals, Rangers, were easy winners in the end from the Queen's Park. The Amateurs fought well up to the interval, when the score stood at one-one, but after that they were completely outplayed. English had four of the Rangers' six goals. Once more the Celtic were amongst the defeated. They had Dundee at Parkhead, and suffered their ninth reverse of the season. All over, it was not a good day for the Glasgow clubs.
- Something like 200,000 people attended the four English Cup ties, and paid over £15,000. A curiosity of these games was that but one team won at home. That was Newcastle United, and they beat Watford, the Third Division League club in decisive fashion. Manchester City were hard pressed by Bury, and after securing a lead of four goals found their opponents so full of pluck and energy that the margin was reduced by three. A great finish was seen at Bury. Both the London big clubs, the Arsenal and Chelsea, had victories, and there is the possibility of an all-London final. The Arsenal were a little lucky, but Chelsea were the better side. Both, however, did well to survive visits to Huddersfield Town and Liverpool. The Yorkshire club had not lost a Cup tie at home for nineteen years.
- Ireland beat Scotland in their jubilee rugby international match at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, on Saturday, by 20 points (4 goals) to 8 points (1 goal 1 try.) The victory was well earned, and was the fourth successive Irish win at Murrayfield, where the Scots have lost every match played against Saturday's visitors.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Cook, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, McGhee, A. Thomson, Napier, Smith, Kavanagh.
Scorers:
DUNDEE:
Marsh, Morgan, Gilmour, McNab, McCarthy, Symon, Gavigan, Robertson, Balfour, Campbell, Troup.
Scorers:
Balfour, (2).
Referee: M. C. Hutton (Glasgow).
Attendance: 12,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 29th February 1932, page 6
CELTIC DEFEATED AT HOME
At Celtic Park, Glasgow, before an attendance of about 6,000, the Celtic suffered another defeat.
From the beginning they were well ahead of their opponent, but found in Marsh, the Dundee goalkeeper, an insurmountable obstacle.
For the greater part of the ninety minutes the game was simply a trial between the home attack and the visitors defence. Probably had the Celtic possessed a centre of more repose or experience they would have won.
Dundee scored in the second half by Balfour, who picked up a pass from Gavigan cleverly, and, after eluding the backs, beat Kennaway.
The Celtic followed by putting the ball through from a cross by Geatons, but the referee disallowed the point and awarded a foul for an infringement, on Geatons.
Then further dissatisfaction was afforded the home side when Balfour put the ball into the net from what appeared to be an offside position.
Dundee's defence was the best part of the side, and to Marsh in particular the greatest credit is due.
The Celtic were generally attacking, but failed to score. The result was against the run of play. The Celtic have now lost four games in succession.
