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Trivia
- Ex-Celtic favourite Robert "Bertie" Thomson visits the club where he made his senior debut after being signed from Glasgow Perthshire in 1929. He was warmly greeted and presented with a favour from his old fans. Celtic added another win to their fine unbroken run, which now stands at nine. They beat Motherwell after a hard struggle, with goals from Hugh O'Donnell, (2) and Jimmy McGrory edging it over the goals of Willie Macfadyen and Ben Ellis of Motherwell.
- Hearts beat Rangers on Saturday and now Celtic are level with the Ibrox club and Hamilton, but have played a match more. Hamilton Academicals were able to take advantage of the Rangers' lapse, but St Johnstone were not, and they are a point worse than the two runners-up. In the matter of points dropped, Celtic have conceded 14 to the Rangers' 9. That is still a fairly substantial leeway, but as the great rivals are going at present the Celtic's task is much more simple and easy compared with what it was, say, two months ago.
- In the second round of the F.A. Cup in England all the non-League clubs bar four were eliminated. In the League Sunderland are top, ahead of Arsenal by one point. They are followed by the cities, Manchester and Stoke. Hughie Gallacher continues his fine form for his new club Derby by scoring twice against the “Throstles”, West Brom in a 9-3 victory . Sammy Crooks and Reg Stockhill both scored hat-tricks for Derby in this game.
- A large crowd watched as a fine ship, the Red Star cargo liner Minnetonka, built only ten years ago at a cost of over one million pounds, was beached at Bo'ness on Saturday afternoon, preparatory to being broken up. The Minnetonka, a magnificent 22,000-ton liner, capable of carrying 27,000 tons of cargo and accommodating 100 passengers, has been failing to pay her way on the Antwerp, London, New York line, and was steamed at full speed into the mud at Bo’ness where she will be broken up.
- Troops of the Italian Somaliland army and tribesmen from neighbouring Abyssinia clashed in an incident near Ual Ual (Wal Wal) with reports of 80 Italian deaths and many injured. It is also reported that a party from British Somaliland was also affected.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Geatons, MacDonald, Paterson, McGrory, Buchan, F. O’Donnell, Napier, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
H. O’Donnell, (2); McGrory.
MOTHERWELL:
McArthur, Wales, Ellis, McKenzie, Blair, Telfer, Bertie Thomson, John McMenemy, MacFadyen, Stevenson, Ferrier.
Scorers:
McFadyen, Ellis.
Referee: W. Webb (Glasgow).
Attendance: 25,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 10th December 1934, page 5
ANOTHER CELTIC WIN
The Celtic continued on their winning ways at Parkhead, Glasgow, at the expense of Motherwell, who, although expected to make a strong challenge, gave a very moderate display and were a well beaten team when the final whistle went.
The score at the finish, indeed flattered the visitors, and at the same time was indicative of the Celtic’s only weak point—finishing. It seemed a fairly simple matter for the Celts to get through the Motherwell defence, but when it came to shooting there was a hesitancy on the part of the forwards.
There were fully 25,000 spectators present, and before the start Thomson, Motherwell's new forward, formerly of the Celtic was the recipient of a green horseshoe decorated with claret and amber from some old admirers.
The visitors started well, and in five minutes gained a lead when MacFadyen snapped a goal after the Celtic defence had become entangled following a Ferrier lob. Then the Parkhead team launched a great assault on McArthur's goal, and within four minutes H. O'Donnell seized on a faulty clearance by Blair to send a hard drive past McArthur from twelve yards' range to equalise.
Both teams settled down to play constructive football, and McMenemy was prominent with some fine leading-out work. Buchan and Napier were not idle, and H. O’Donnell and McGrory were well supplied with the ball. O'Donnell, who was opposed to Wales, made a lot of headway, but McGrory got no freedom from Ellis, who was a good and a strong back.
The Celts gradually wore down the defence and it came as no surprise that H. O'Donnell repeated his first-half feat, scoring from a rebound from McArthur, after the goalkeeper had stopped a shot from F. O’Donnell.
Stevenson and Ferrier came into the game more, and MacFadyen had some good efforts. McDonald found the centre just a little too good for him at times, and Hogg and McGonagle came to the rescue time and again.
After half an hour McGrory beat Ellis simply and shot the Celts' third goal. Thereafter the fire died out of the game.
In a closing Motherwell burst the Celts conceded a penalty kick and Ellis drove the ball home to reduce the leeway.
The Celts were worthy winners. Paterson, Buchan, and H. O’Donnell stood out in a good eleven, and McArthur, Ellis, and McMenemy were best in a moderate Motherwell team. Thomson the newcomer was seldom seen, so poorly was he supported.
