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Trivia
- The outstanding performance of the St. Johnstone goalkeeper Bob Wylie (would make 250 appearances for Saints) makes all the headlines in the newspapers.
- There was no change at the top of the Scottish League. Rangers had a sweeping success at Dundee, and Motherwell easily disposed of Queen's Park. At Dundee, Fleming, playing at centre-forward scored five of Rangers' six goals. Two of Motherwell's goals were scored by MacFadyen.
- In England, in the Fourth Round of the F.A. Cup, the unexpected did not happen at Highbury, and the Arsenal triumphed over Crystal Palace, who, though fighting gallantly to the end, had to admit defeat by seven goals. The Palace were beaten in pace and shooting ability.
- Also in England, Arsenal have asked Mrs Herbert-Chapman, the widow of the late manager of the Arsenal Football Club, to act as hostess in the club tea-room at Highbury. She will receive a salary of £500 a year, and the use of the house occupied by Mr Chapman during his managership.
- Another world war is predicted by Mr. Stalin in a report dealing with the world political situation, presented to the All-Union Communist party Congress at Moscow.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Hughes, Napier, Thomson, McGrory, F. O’Donnell, MacDonald.
Scorers:
SAINT JOHNSTONE:
Wylie, Taylor, Clark, Mason, Moulds, Campbell, Ritchie, Davidson, Fulton, Dickie, Stewart.
Scorers:
Referee: G. A. Ford (Edinburgh).
Attendance: 8,000.
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 29th January 1934, page 15
ST JOHNSTONE DRAW AT PARKHEAD
St Johnstone's performance in taking a point away from Celtic Park, Glasgow, was full of merit. It was an evenly contested game. Play was fast, and there was a lot of good football, and if the Celtic attack was the more thrustful, the Perth team's forward movements were always attractive and pleasing to watch. But an over eagerness to shoot from, long distance told against them.
The home team took a long time to settle and while they improved immensely in the second half, they were never able to master a cool St Johnstone defence inspired probably by Wylie's' masterful exhibition in goal in the opening minutes. Ritchie led many attacks on the Parkhead goal and his crossing of the ball was a feature, but the Celtic defenders were playing at top form, and Kennaway had not as many opportunities as Wylie to demonstrate his skill.
McGrory failed badly in the first half when he missed a simple chance, but the centre had many really good tries afterwards, and must have been amazed at Wylie's uncanny anticipation and sure clutching of the ball on more than one occasion.
St Johnstone gave the home defence a gruelling ten minutes towards the interval but McStay and McGonagle cleared finely and tackled excellently, and the Celts again returned to the attack. McGrory broke through on three occasions in the second half, but Wylie came out and foiled the centre each time.
The Celts came with a rush towards the finish, but, although shots rained in on Wylie from all angles, the visiting custodian refused to be beaten.
Five minutes from time McGrory was injured when he came in contact with Moulds, but did not leave the field.
Davidson missed a fine chance to give his side both points when he shot past from almost under Kennaway's crossbar.
The final whistle blew, with the Celtic trying hard to pierce St Johnstone's defence. A feature of the game was the goalkeeping of Wylie.
There, would, be about 8,000 present.
