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Trivia
- Garngad-born John “Jack” Connor made his first-team debut in this match, but it was the forwards of Queen's Park who dominated, and in particular outside-right Hutton Bremner with two goals in 23 and 67 minutes.Frank O'Donnell had briefly brought Celtic back into the game with an equalsier in 40 minutes, but Charlie Napier failed to score from the spot and with this miss went Celtic's chances of getting among the points. Ex-Buckie Thistle left-winger, George D. McKenzie, and centre-forward J. Paul were the other scorers for Queen's Park.
- Shocks abounded on Saturday with Queen’s Park’s defeat of Celtic only less surprising than the victory of East Stirlingshire at Pittodrie. An even bigger surprise seemed on the cards for Motherwell when their unbeaten record looked to be lost only for a late McMenemy equaliser in a 2-2 draw that saved their blushes at Falkirk.
- Some of the shock results may have been down to the fact that some key players were on International duty in the first international of the season, played at Belfast, where Scotland had a convincing win over Ireland by four goals to nothing. The scorers were McPhail (2), King, and McGrory. Willie Cook was playing full back for the Irish.
- Aston Villa, Portsmouth and West Brom are all on 10 points at the top of the English First Division.
- Serious clashes have occurred between the unemployed of Birkenhead and the Birkenhead and Liverpool police. The situation has become so critical that the widest precautionary measures are being taken, and it is stated that the question of calling in the military has been discussed.
Review
Teams
QUEENS PARK:
Smith, Campbell, Walker, Gardiner, McCartney, Grant, Bremner, Anderson, Paul, McAlpine, McKenzie.
Scorers:
Bremner, (2); McKenzie, Paul.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, McStay, Hughes, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, F. O’Donnell, Connor, Napier.
Scorers
F. O’Donnell.
Referee: D. F. Reilly (Port Glasgow).
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 19th September 1932, page 6
CELTIC BEATEN
Queen's Park can invariably be relied upon to offer a stubborn resistance to Celtic at Hampden Park, but their victory on Saturday was as emphatic as it was unexpected. Celtic, of course were without Cook, McGonagle, Wilson, and McGrory, but even at their strongest they would have had difficulty in holding the Amateurs, who gave their finest display of the season.
The absence of J. Crawford, who was in the international at Belfast, was hardly noticed, so ably did H. T. Bremner respond to the coaxing of his partner, A. Anderson, and also the half-backs.
The inclusion of J. B. McAlpine was, however, the real secret of the Queen's Park revival. His feinting, coolness, and magnificent footwork sorely harassed the Celtic defenders. T. G. Smith made his task appear simple, while he was guarded by two resolute and accurate kicking backs in T. K. Campbell and W. O. Walker.
Celtic fell sadly from grace. They were greatly affected by the absentees, the deputies being unable to reveal the skill, power, and cohesion so urgently required. Kennaway was not shielded by Hogg and Morrison as well as he should have been. McStay and Geatons had often to fall behind and lend assistance. The result was that the Parkhead attackers rarely received the ball as they generally do, and were easily mastered.
In 22 minutes Bremner headed the opening goal for Queen's Park, but five minutes before the interval Celtic equalised through Smith. Just on half-time McKenzie restored the Amateurs' lead.
In the second half Bremner and Paul added two more. Between these goals Napier failed with a penalty kick.
The attendance would be about 10,000.
