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Trivia
- Centre-forward James Bartram opened the scoring for Falkirk in 4 minutes; Celtic's centre-forward James McGrory netted in 5, and again in 11 minutes, followed by team mate Willie Buchan in 17. Then Bartram in 22 and Baxter in 28 minutes responded for Falkirk to make the score 3-3 at the break. The second-half was dominated by Celtic scorers, the O'Donnell brothers, Frank and Hugh, each scoring, and Jimmy Delaney bagging a brace.
- Defeated by Celtic to the tune of seven goals to three at Parkhead last night, Falkirk 's struggle to avoid relegation to the Second Division ended in failure. Occupying the bottom position in the Scottish League First Division table with 21 points, four fewer than St Mirren and six fewer than Queen of the South, Falkirk, with only two games to play, cannot now escape one or other of the two lowest places.
- Book review in the Scotsman looks at a novel “Don't You Weep, Don't You Moan”, by Richard Coleman, 7s/6d, McMillan publishers, which is described as: “a thoroughly realistic account of the life of a company of ordinary negroes living in a fair-sized American town. While they may all appear the same to us, they do not so appear to themselves.”
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Paterson, Geatons, Hughes, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, F. O’Donnell, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
McGrory, (2); Buchan, F. O’Donnell, Delaney, (2); H. O’Donnell.
FALKIRK:
Milton, Nesbit, Hamill, Batchelor, Low, Docherty, Wilson, Baxter, Bartram, Ballantyne, Walker.
Scorers:
Bartram, (2); Baxter.
Referee: W. Bell (Motherwell).
Attendance: 5,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Thursday, 18th April 1935, page 15
FALKIRK GO DOWN
RELEGATION STRUGGLE ENDS IN FAILURE AT PARKHEAD
CELTIC'S 7-3 VICTORY
Defeated by Celtic by seven goals to three at Parkhead last night, Falkirk’s struggle to avoid relegation to the Second Division ended in failure.
Occupying the bottom position in the Scottish League First Division table with 21 points, four fewer than St Mirren and six fewer than Queen of the South, Falkirk, with only two games to play, cannot now escape one or other of the two lowest places.
The position at the bottom of the First Division now is: —
………………………………………Goals
………………………..P. W. L. D. F.. A. Pts.
Albion Rovers ……..3510 17 8 59 72 .28
Dunfermline Ath….. 36 11 20 5 52 94 .27
Ayr United ………….36 11 20 5 56107 27
Queen of the South 37 10 20 7 51 72 27
St Mirren ……………36 10 21 5 46 67 25
Falkirk ……………….36 8 23 5 51 78 ..21
FALKIRK'S SECOND HALF FALLING OFF
Although they played some really good football during the first half of the match at Parkhead last night, Falkirk fell away badly after the interval, when Celtic applied pressure, and in the end were outclassed. Their rear division was fairly good, although their backs were often beaten for speed, and only Low of the intermediate line came out of the game with credit. Ballantyne and Wilson were the only forwards who displayed craft.
Celtic played delightful football throughout. Owing to the broken weather, the attendance was poor, only five thousand being present.
The first half was very closely fought, Falkirk recovering towards the end to draw level after being two goals down. Bartram opened the scoring for Falkirk, but successive goals by McGrory and one by Buchan gave Celtic a 3-1 lead that over-emphasised the grip of the home defence on the Falkirk attack. Bartram's opportunism was rewarded with a goal towards the close of the half, and Baxter equalised following a corner.
Falkirk's attack was almost as persistent in the second half, but it lacked spiritedness, and could not overcome the Parkhead defence. The Celtic forwards, after F. O'Donnell restored their lead, found little difficulty in scoring, and Delaney, H. O'Donnell, and Delaney again increased Celtic's total to seven, a total that emphasised Falkirk's double failure.
