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Trivia
- Falkirk beat Celtic by a Tom Batchelor goal. James Bartram, Falkirk's English centre-forward was well held by Jimmy McStay and did not get on the score-sheet. However Bartram would go on to score 29 for Falkirk this season before moving to Northampton Town for a club record transfer fee of £1000 in the 1935-36 season.
- What happened in the Scottish League competition on Saturday tended to improve the prospects of the Championship going to either the Rangers or Motherwell. Both were victors, but by one goal only. St Johnstone made a gallant fight at Motherwell, and it was late in the game before Willie MacFadyen got the only score of the contest. And East Stirlingshire were full of pluck on their own ground against the Rangers. They led at half-time. The Rangers' winning goal was got in a lucky fashion. Celtic are four points behind Motherwell and Rangers in third place having played two more games than the joint leaders.
- In England the big surprise in the Cup ties was the defeat of the Arsenal at Walsall. The Arsenal were poorly represented. They were runners-up last season. Newcastle United were the winners, and they also suffered defeat. And so did Chelsea and another four First Division clubs. Three in that class drew their games: – Aston Villa , Manchester City, and Sheffield Wednesday, and the last named were playing at home. Middlesborough beat Manchester United 4-1 with ex-St Ants juniors player, Robert Bruce scoring twice.
- A party of 29 Spanish grandees and officers, including Prince Alfonso de Bourbon, a cousin of ex-King Alfonso, landed at a fishing village in Portugal, having succeeded in escaping from Rio de Oro, the Spanish Colony in West Africa, to which they had been banished by the present Republican Government. The voyage, which was made in an open, undecked fishing boat, took 14 days, and 1,800 miles were covered.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, MacDonald.
Scorers:
FALKIRK:
Thomson, Richardson, Hamill, Batchelor, Low, Hutchinson, Dougal, Morgan, Bartram, Anderson, Gall.
Scorers:
Batchelor.
Referee: T. Small (Dundee).
Attendance: 6,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 16th January 1933, page 14
FALKIRK'S STRONG DEFENCE AGAINST CELTIC
The attendance at Celtic Park, Glasgow, for the Celtic-Falkirk match was affected by the threatening weather, and only about 6,000 were present.
Falkirk had the advantage of a strong wind in the first half, and in six minutes had established a lead. Batchelor took the ball from about midfield into the penalty area before delivering a shot which Kennaway could not reach. That gave the visitors great encouragement, and they bombarded the Celtic goal for a period, but were unable to add to the score, as the home defence offered a sturdy opposition.
Shaking off the attack at last, the Celtic made headway and looked like equalising, but offside robbed McGrory of a promising opening. The centre, however, ought to have scored shortly afterwards, but his finishing effort was poor, and Falkirk almost increased their lead in, the next minute. A goal-line clearance by Hogg, with Kennaway beaten, saved the situation.
Falkirk's English centre-forward was trying very hard to get through, but in McStay he found himself against an opponent who could anticipate his every move.
Until the interval the exchanges were in favour of the visitors, but, they could not break through the Parkhead defence.
The Celtic were early aggressive in the second half, but they found the strong wind more of a hindrance than a benefit, and failed to control it. Their methods did not fit in with the conditions as did those of their opponents in the first half, and Falkirk had more than their fair share of attacking. They scored again, but Bartram was ruled to have been offside.
The home attack supplied some delightful football, but in a hard-fought game the honours went to Falkirk's defenders. The Celtic's defence was weakened by the absence of McGonagle, but did well under the circumstances. The forwards had plenty of nice movements, but even the improved display of McGrory, who was perhaps given too much of the ball, failed for want of thrust.
