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Trivia
- With goals from outside-left, MacDonald, McGrory, and Napier, Celtic were 3-0 up before heavyweight inside-right Murray Landsborough scored for Killie in 68 minutes, but seven minutes later McGrory added his second goal of the match and it was all over bar the shouting.
- Daniel Dawson is brought in to replace Wilson, who was injured in last week's Old-Firm game, and acquits himself well.
- Queen or the South added to their laurels on Saturday with a victory over Motherwell on the latter's own ground. The Scottish League leaders thus suffered their second defeat of the season.
- In England there were remarkable scenes at Villa Park during the match between the Villa and Tottenham Hotspur. After Tom "Pongo" Waring, the England international centre-forward was sent off a section of the spectators took part in a demonstration against the referee, and several missiles, including oranges, other fruit, and bottles, were thrown on the field. It became necessary for police to be called to patrol the touch-line for the remainder of the match. Similar scenes were witnessed at Chester, at the end of the game between Chester and Walsall.
- In a letter to the Scotsman a writer recounts examples of dialect of the North-Eastern counties in his boyhood that are mentioned in the book “Mansie Wauch”. They include: " They cracked like twa penguans," "Born wi' a siller spoon in his mouth" " The drucken randie wears the breeks," "Carried stoop and roop" "Mak a spoon or spoil a horn," "Difference between a B and a bull's foot," "Keep a calm sough," "Lat that flee stick to the wa," "Gleg in the uptak," " Surely gaun gyte," &c.
- The American Federation of Labour report that since "The New-Deal" campaign began 1,800,000 unemployed have found work, the working week is shorter, and wages are slightly higher.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Dawson, McStay, Hughes, Napier, A. Thomson, McGrory, F. O’Donnell, MacDonald.
Scorers:
MacDonald, McGrory, (2); Napier.
KILMARNOCK:
Miller, Anderson, Milloy, Morton, Smith, McEwan, Connell, Landsborough, Maxwell, Kennedy, Keane.
Scorers:
Landsborough.
Referee: W. Dawson (Leith).
Attendance: 7,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 8th January 1934, page 14
CELTIC BEAT KILMARNOCK
With the exception of the injured Wilson, for whom Dawson deputised, Celtic played the team which drew with Rangers on New Year's Day.
Owing to the wet weather the attendance only reached 7,000. Play ran on even lines during the first half, although the home team were generally more dangerous, their wingers sending over many fine balls which, against a pivot less experienced than Smith, might have led to goals. Miller brought off several fine saves, one in particular from McGonagle from a free kick.
When Celtic opened the scoring through McDonald ten minutes before the interval it was no more than their due, and they immediately went out to increase their lead, McGrory being successful in heading through.
Kilmarnock opened the second half in strong fashion, but the home defenders were steady, although offside spoilt a fine opening which Maxwell gave Connell. Celtic continued to press, and after nineteen minutes Napier scored with a shot that Miller might have stopped. This was the keeper's only mistake. Two minutes later Landsborough scored for Kilmarnock after Maxwell had drawn the opposition.
Two minutes before the half-hour McGrory added the fourth and last goal, and until the end Celtic were easily on top. On the day's play it would appear that the Parkhead team are once more in a position to make a real effort to retain the Scottish Cup. Their left wing problem has been solved by McDonald, or will be at least if he continues to play as he has done in the last two games.
Napier was a success at outside-right, and young Dawson filled Wilson's place confidently; in fact, the whole team played with a refreshing confidence.
Kilmarnock were disappointing, the only successes being in the defence, where Miller, Anderson, and Smith were prominent. Neither Morton nor McEwan was quick enough to hold Thomson and O'Donnell.
