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Trivia
- A young man by the name of Malcolm MacDonald makes his debut, and his mark, with two goals in this end-of-season win for Celtic.
- Scottish football had its last kick on Saturday—officially—with the termination of the League programme. With all the honours won beforehand and the problems of relegation already settled, there, was but little more than academic interest in the handful of matches played, but they all had compensating features of their own. Motherwell underlined their Championship success by winning at home, with Clyde as their victims. Willie McFadyen had two of the three goals, to make his record 52 for the season.
- One goal against Bolton Wanderers sufficed to give Everton the English League Championship, and repeat a feat achieved only once before—that of winning the Second and First Division Championships in successive years. The English relegation problems are not yet settled, Blackpool, West Ham United, and Grimsby Town, all being concerned. The first-named were winners over Huddersfield Town on Saturday, and Grimsby triumphed in a remarkable game at West Bromwich, in which eleven goals were scored.
- May Day demonstrations were held in various towns in Scotland yesterday by Socialist, Co-operative, and Communist organisations. At Dundee 20 persons were taken into custody by the police, following a clash with the police. On Glasgow Green 15,000 gathered. The Trades Council party had the largest following, but the most striking display was made by the Communists, many of whom were dressed in semi-military or hiking attire. The Socialist May Day Committee, which was representative of I.L.P. branches and other organisations, held their meetings on the site of the old bandstand, and among the speakers were Mr James Maxton, M.P., and Mr John McGovern, M.P.
Review
Teams
PARTICK THISTLE:
Jackson, Calderwood, Donnelly, Elliot, McAllister, McLeod, Ness, McGourty, Simpson, Ballantyne, Torbet.
Scorers:
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Cook, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, F. O’Donnell, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, MacDonald.
Scorers:
MacDonald, (2).
Referee:
Attendance: 15,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 2nd May 1932, page 5
CELTIC’S FINE FINISH
A fine finish up to the season was seen at Firhill Park, Glasgow, where Partick Thistle had Celtic as opponents.
From beginning to end it was a keenly contested game. This play at times reached a high standard, and only fine goalkeeping by Jackson and Kennaway prevented more, goals being scored.
Celtic won as they deserved to, for they were always a better-balanced side and more direct in their methods. Their defence was very sound, and the co-operation between the half-backs and forwards was excellent.
McGrory, without taking any risks, led the attack well, and O’Donnell and McDonald, the new outside-forwards, made quite a promising show.
The Thistle defence could not be blamed for the defeat. Jackson performed brilliantly in goal, though three times he was fortunate when good shots struck the bar.
The halfbacks worked hard all through, but they got poor response from the forwards. McGourty and Simpson were the best, but their clever outfield work was lost on Torbett and Ness, who failed to get the ball across quick enough.
At the start of the game Celtic were much the smarter side, and after Jackson had saved from Napier and McGrory, Wilson, and then McDonald struck the bar with good efforts.
Thistle rallied near the interval, and Simpson, after beating the backs, struck the bar with Kennaway out of his goal.
In the second half Celtic’s superiority was even more pronounced, and Wilson again struck the bar with a well-directed shot.
After 14 minutes, good play by Wilson led to McDonald getting the first goal, and four minutes later the same player again profited by Wilson’s work to score a second goal.
Thistle fought it out to the end, and in one of their raids McGourty just failed to get a goal through a brilliant save by Kennaway.
The attendance was 15,000.
Only McGourty among the Partick Thistle forwards came up to the standard of the men in the rear, and the line as a whole was extremely disappointing.
Throughout the game Celtic played with confidence and after the first quarter of an hour, when end-to-end play was the feature, always looked like winners.
Goalless First Half
There was no scoring before the interval, though both goals had narrow escapes. Fourteen minutes of the second half had gone when Celtic notched their first point, McDonald being the scorer. McGrory headed on a forward pass from Wilson, and the outside left rushing in got the ball before it went over the line and turned it past Jackson. Four minutes later the same player added a second goal, this time following a cross from the right.
Partick Thistle, with McGourty the leading light, tried hard to reduce the leeway, but without success. Celtic’s extreme wingers O’Donnell and McDonald, came out of the game with great credit. McGrory seemed disinclined to take risks, Wilson at right half-back played a good passing game, while Cook and McGonagle were safe defenders.