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Trivia
- Aberdeen got off to a flying start with a goal in 1 minute from Dave Warnock, but thereafter things went Celtic's way and goals in 6, 10, 41 and 52 minutes from Frank Murphy, John McInally, and Frank O'Donnell, (2) gave the bhoys the points.
- Despite the scoreline the scribes are not impressed with Celtic's performance and Charlie Napier at right-half seems out of position.
- Scottish League football was notable for several features on Saturday; St Johnstone's first defeat, Falkirk's first win, Clyde's check by Airdrie, Rangers' return to the top of the table, and Hibernians' last-minute penalty goal point-saver against Queen of the South at Easter Road.
- In England, Derby County gained an easy victory over Sunderland at Roker Park. Sunderland were reduced to ten men shortly after change of ends through Patsy Gallacher being sent off. Against the quick tackling of the opposing half-backs the home forwards failed to settle down, and Derby, enjoyed the better of matters. Derby went ahead through Jack Bowers, a constant menace to the Sunderland defence, following a brilliant run by Sammy Crooks, while the home team equalised when Jack Nicholas was unfortunate enough to place the ball into his own goal. After losing Gallacher, Sunderland deteriorated to a marked extent, and Derby added further goals through Bowers (2) and Scot Douglas "Dally" Duncan.
- Last Sunday’s scenes, when it was estimated that about 50,000 people visited Renfrew to see Yard No. 534 in her launching cradle, were repeated on a smaller scale yesterday. For that, the weather was largely responsible, as in contrast, to last week's sunshine, conditions were overcast and cold. The fact that it was the Glasgow autumn holiday week-end also contributed to the smaller crowds. Despite that however, the estimate, of the number of persons who strolled along the Water-Neb, the right-of-way on the river bank opposite the Clydebank shipyard, could safely be reckoned in tens of thousands. The liner, being built for Cunard, will be named and launched this Wednesday.
- One of the worst disasters in the annals of British mining occurred at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham. It was at first estimated that the death-roll was 111, of whom 102 were entombed, but a responsible official told Press representatives that "as near as we can say, the total roll of dead and missing is 260" Rescue work has been abandoned, and the pit sealed up.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Napier, Geatons, Hughes, Delaney, McInally, F. O’Donnell, MacDonald, Murphy.
Scorers:
Murphy, McInally, O’Donnell, (2).
ABERDEEN:
Steve Smith, Cooper, McGill, Fraser, Falloon, Thomson, Beynon, Warnock, Armstrong, Mills, Richie Smith.
Scorers:
Warnock.
Referee: J. Thomson (Hamilton).
Attendance: 6,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 24th September 1934, page 4
ABERDEEN POOR FINISHERS
While Celtic's victory over Aberdeen looks convincing enough on paper, the play of the team was not any improvement on previous displays.
True, in the second half, after O'Donnell scored their fourth goal, they played with rare dash and abandon, but that was when they were in a confident position. Until they were well ahead on goals, Celtic just seemed to muddle through.
The game opened in sensational fashion, Warnock taking a pass from Beynon to beat Kennaway in one minute. Five minutes later Celts drew level, when Murphy seized a weak clearance from Smith to shoot quickly into the net from close range.
Keeping up the pressure, Celts went further ahead in three minutes, when McInally deftly turned in a Napier free kick with his head.
Aberdeen played really smart football, but were very poor finishers. Mills used the long pass to great advantage, but Beynon was very slow to respond to the opportunities.
While the Celts could not compare with Aberdeen as an attacking machine, there was always more danger in their thrusts, and five minutes from the interval, when Smith misjudged a lob from Delaney, O'Donnell had an easy task to increase his side's lead.
The Northerners opened the second half with a sustained attack, but again failed when it came to applying the finishing touch to their work.
Largely due to a fine piece of work by McDonald, Murphy was enabled to slip the ball through to O'Donnell, who immediately drove the ball past Smith from 20 yards to consolidate his side's position. After this goal Celtic came more into the picture, and gave the visitors' defence such a gruelling that they resorted to offside tactics, which robbed the game of all interest.
The play of the visitors was at times a delight to watch, but the poor finishing of their attack must cause the Aberdeen board some concern.
The shining light in the visitors' side was Falloon, but the little Irishman could not do everything. Smith, the new striker, was never in the game, and seldom got a ball.
