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Trivia
- With only four minutes remaining and a draw appearing to be the likely outcome Johnny Crum sent a long pass forward which eluded Heart's left-back Duncan McClure, but not Jimmy Delaney who gathered the ball and scored the winner.
- The top three teams, Aberdeen, Rangers, and Celtic all win their games and Hearts fall behind after defeat to Celtic before the biggest crowd of the day.
- In England Arsenal v Derby had the biggest crowd with 65,000 at Highbury, while Sunderland the champions—who play Celtic on Wednesday in the second leg of their friendly British Championship —were held to a 1-1 draw by Bolton.
- Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green), former bantam-weight champion, has issued a £200 challenge to box Johnny McGrory (Glasgow), the new Feather-weight champion.
- Many people were injured after disorder broke out at a mass meeting addressed by Sir Oswald Mosley, the Fascist leader, at Leeds yesterday. Arrests were made while Sir Oswald was speaking to 30,000 people on Holbeck Moor, as 300 Communists threw stones at him. He was struck by several missiles and as the huge crowd began to disperse fights broke out on the moor.
Review
HEARTS FALL BEHIND CELTIC'S LATE WINNING GOAL AT TYNECASTLE. With Aberdeen and Rangers both winning, the Heart of Midlothian fell a good bit behind in the Scottish League championship when they failed against Celtic at Tynecastle. The Hearts were badly handicapped by injuries late in the game, but they held out well, and it was only four minutes from the finish when Delaney scored the winning, goal. A draw would have been a better result.
Teams
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN:
Waugh, Anderson, McClure, Harvey, Reid, Murray, Munro, Walker, A Black, Robson, Warren.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, Crum, MacDonald, Murphy.
Scorers:
Delaney.
Referee: J. Thomson (Hamilton).
Attendance: 42,223
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 28th September 1936, page 6
HEARTS' HARD LUCK
HANDICAPPED BY INJURIES IN GAME WITH CELTIC
The Heart of Midlothian have reason to consider themselves unlucky to lose to Celtic at Tynecastle by the only goal of the game.
In a rousing first half both the home wingers, Munro and Warren, were hurt, and slowed down, considerably.
In the second half Anderson and McClure, the full backs, were also hurt, while Murray injured his back and was of little aid to the team in the strenuous closing stages. In view of these handicaps the Hearts did well to hold the eager Celtic forwards; so well, indeed that the defenders became bold moved forward to the attack, and gave the Parkhead side the scoring chance they had awaited. A long pass caught the Hearts unprepared, and Delaney had an easy task to score with only four minutes to go.
In all the circumstances a draw would have been a better result The Hearts had the bulk of the play in the first half although the wingers were well held. A feature was the scarcity of work for the goalkeepers, despite the speed of the midfield exchanges. These bouts, however, became a trifle too keen, and while Celtic players also sustained knocks, the Hearts were the side who suffered most in this respect.
Up to a point the home men were the more dangerous, Walker having some bright spells, and Black, again at centre forward, occasionally showing his heels to the visiting defenders. In the half-back line Reid was a resourceful pivot, while Harvey was the most prominent worker on the field. Murray also did fairly well until hurt.
Both defences were sound, but Celtic might have made more use of their wingers. Buchan, who did some good leading-up made Delaney a constant menace in the first half, but neglected this method of attack in the later stages. Crum was not happy at centre forward, but strove continually to break through.
While both the game and the result were a big disappointment to the biggest Edinburgh attendance since the season opened—well over 35,000 spectators were present in fine weather —the real excitement was reserved for the few minutes following the score. The Hearts made a splendid attempt to gain the equaliser and in a couple of goalmouth scrambles Black headed only inches past, with Kennaway apparently beaten.
