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Trivia
- Fifer Frank O'Donnell showed no favour to his fellow Fifers, scoring Celtic's first two goals against the Pars at Parkhead.
- Clyde's challenge to St Johnstone, the Scottish League leaders, failed in an interesting game at Perth, in which the home team won rather easily by five goals to two. Rangers kept within reach of the leaders by another victory, this time at the expense of Queen of the South, but despite Celtic’s win against the Pars they remain in 8th place.
- In England Stoke City leap-frogged Arsenal to the top of the First Division, after the Gunners had lost at Sunderland.
- At the half-yearly meeting of the Edinburgh District of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds, held on Saturday in India Buildings—Mr John Turnbull, Holyrood Lodge presiding—the report of the fourth valuation under National Health Insurance was submitted. During the period from last valuation report, it was stated, there had been a marked increase of 1,086 in the membership, making it 11,394 at December 31, 1932, the date of the valuation report. The surplus was £32,537, an increase of £15,040.
- Lord Blackburn summing up to the jury in a murder trial in Glasgow said “For some mysterious reason that I cannot understand, football and religious prejudices seemed to be very mixed up in the minds of the particular class of people with whom we are dealing.”
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Geatons, MacDonald, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, F. O’Donnell, Napier, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
F. O’Donnell, (2); Buchan.
DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC:
Steel, Rodger, Johnman, Rarity, Reid, McFarlane, Dobson, Alec Thomson, McPhee, Chalmers, Pollock.
Scorers:
Referee: W. Webb (Glasgow).
Attendance: 4,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 29th October 1934, page 5
CELTIC'S UNCONVINCING VICTORY
About 4,000 spectators attended the match at Parkhead, Glasgow, between the Celtic and Dunfermline Athletic, which ended in a win for the Celtic by 3 goals to 0.
Taking the game as a whole, however, the victory was not a convincing one, as the Celtic's first two goals were easily got in the opening seven minutes, when they had the assistance of a strong wind and before the Athletic's defence had settled down. During the remainder of the match the visitors had almost an equal share of the play, and without reaching so good a standard of team work as the home side, they were able to test the Celtic goalkeeper severely at times.
Generally the shooting of both sides was only moderate, though there were exceptions in excellent attempts to score by Napier for the Celtic, and McPhee and Pollock for the Athletic.
After the first ten minutes the Athletic were strong in defence, though their full backs never got through their work as easily as the Celtic pair, who were only infrequently in real difficulties.
The partnership of Hogg and McGonagle was only really beaten once during the match, this being when McPhee broke through and drove the ball hard against the crossbar.
The Dunfermline forwards were much more direct in their methods than those of the Celtic, but their progressive midfield play was wasted, as in most of their matches this season, by ineffective work at close quarters.
F. O'Donnell scored the first two goals for the Celtic and Buchan had the third when six minutes of the second half had been played.
