Match Pictures | Matches: 1931 – 1932 | 1932 Pictures
Trivia
- Many of the players in this squad would go on to become part of the famous Dundalk team that won the League championship in season 1932/33.
Review
Teams
DUNDALK:
B. Lewis, Johnston, G. McDiarmuid, Sam Patton, Harrison, Reed, Kelly, Jerry McCourt, J. Smith, H. Hirst, Joey Donnelly.
Scorers: Smith, Donnelly
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Cooke, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, Napier, Smith, O’Donnell, Thomson, Murphy.
Scorer: Napier
Referee:
Attendance:
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Dundalk FC Through the years.
The first of Dundalk’s ten matches with Glasgow Celtic took place on Tuesday, April 19th 1932. Celtic had commenced their Irish tour with a 3-0 win over Belfast Celtic. The Athletic Grounds was the venue 24 hours later for a match that had attracted considerable interest in the local community. Dundalk produced a magnificent performance. Dundalk opened the scoring after 10 minutes when Smith beat Cook in a race for possession and shot past Kenneway as McGonagle appealed for offside. Celtic equalised one minute before half-time when Napier scored with a powerful drive from a free-kick awarded against McDiarmid. Though Celtic had the wind in the second half, Dundalk did more of the pressing. Smith raced through the defence and sent to Donnelly who shot hard into the net for the leading goal. In the closing minutes Celtic fought hard and Lewis brought off a great save from Napier.
TheDundalk Democrat reported: “I verily believe that half the people who left the Athletic Grounds on Tuesday night had hardly realised that we had actually beaten the Celts. And, more importantly, beaten them on their merits. In years to come football fans will talk of the day we beat the Glasgow Celtic!”
The Glasgow Herald, April 20, 1932
Glasgow Celtic were somewhat surprised by the strength of the Dundalk club, for whom Smith scored early in the first half. It was near the interval before Napier equalised. In the second half Donnelly gave the home men the lead again and then their defenders baulked the efforts of the Glasgow men to score.
