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Trivia
- The records will show that Johnny Crum scored in 75 minutes and Willie Macfadyen equalised just before full-time, but from The Glasgow Herald's report and match statistics it is apparent that Motherwell were, by far the more dominant side, against a Celtic team that has yet to solve the problems associated with any absence of McGrory.
- Following Saturday’s results it is clear now that the race for the championship of the First Division in Scotland is between Motherwell and Rangers.
- In the second division King's Park dropped from the leadership owing to a defeat from the St Bernard’s, and Dunfermline Athletic and Stenhousemuir are now at the top. Football generally was played under wretched weather conditions. Rain fell in most places during the course, of the matches.
- In England, a notable feature of the meeting of the great local rivals at Newcastle-was the scoring of both goals for the home team by Sam Weaver, the international left half-back. A great shot brought his side the lead in the thirteenth minute, and late in the game after “Jock” McDougall (ex-Airdrie), the Sunderland centre-forward had equalised, Weaver, proved successful with another splendid effort, which, brought victory by the odd goal in three before 35,000.
- Arising out of the disturbances at Lochgelly a fortnight ago—when the police made a baton charge on a crowd of 2,000 people following an eviction—fifteen persons, twelve men and three women—were found guilty in Lochgelly Burgh Court on Saturday of having conducted themselves in a disorderly manner and committed a breach of the peace in Knockhill Close and in Bank Street, Lochgelly, on the evening of Tuesday, October 10. Among those convicted was Alexander Bennett Moffat (29), Trade Union organiser, 168 Main Street, Lumphinnans (a member of Fife County Council). Moffat received a 30-day prison term.
Review
Teams
Robertson, Crapnell, Ellis, Wales, Blair, Telfer, Ogilvie, McMenemy, McFadyen, Stevenson, Ferrier.
Scorers:
McFadyen.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Hughes, Dunn, A. Thomson, Crum, F. O’Donnell, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
Crum.
Referee: T. Dougray (Glasgow).
Attendance: 15,000
Articles
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 23rd October 1933, page 6
CELTIC HOLD MOTHERWELL
The meeting of Motherwell and Celtic at Motherwell provided a struggle which kept the 15,000 crowd in a state of continuous excitement, and the draw of one goal each was a very good result.
A strong Celtic defence kept the Motherwell forwards out so successfully that, with the visitor snatching a goal fifteen minutes from the end, it looked as if Motherwell’s undefeated record was to be broken. Ferrier and Macfadyen, however, rose to the occasion once again three minutes from full time.
Nearly all the pressures in the first half came from the Motherwell forwards, but grand defensive work by McGonnagle and Hogg, brilliant saving by Kennaway, and a good slice of luck kept them from opening their account.
In one of Celtic's raids however, F. O'Donnell missed an opportunity to put his side ahead when he shot gently into Robertson's hands.
In the second period Motherwell became aggressive from the kick off, and they might have scored after five minutes' play had somebody been up to take Ogilvie's beautifully placed cross. And the same player was unlucky when a drive of his struck an upright.
Fifteen minutes from the end Crum headed into the net a cross from the right, but his position was such that the Motherwell men appealed for offside. Referee Dougray, however, waved them aside.
Motherwell's reply was a fierce attack, but it was not until three minutes from the end that a badly limping Ferrier lobbed the ball over the heads of the defenders to Macfadyen, who nodded it into the net.
Motherwell all through were the more attractive team, and their forwards, of whom Ogilvie, McMenemy, and Ferrier were best, gave some delightful exhibitions of combined play. Wales was the outstanding half-back on the field.
For the Celtic, Crum proved himself an able substitute for McGrory, and Kennaway, McGonnagle, and Hogg made a heroic defence.
"When 15 minutes from time, Celtic opened the scoring against Motherwell at Fir Park on Saturday, then held tenaciously to their lead, one felt that at last the time had come to write "Ichabod," that Motherwell's unbeaten record was to be broken. The minutes passed; Ferrier was injured, and there did not seem the vestige of hope for the home side. Then three minutes from time Ferrier lobbed the ball into goal, Kennaway missed it, and Macfadyen headed it into the net."