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Trivia
- Early McGrory goals in the 7th and 14th minutes shook East Fife and when Willie Buchan added a third in 61 minutes there was no way back for the Methil men in this cup-tie.
- Snowstorms caused havoc in Britain and many sporting events were postponed including two of the six Scottish Cup ties.
- In England the weather made conditions deplorable with mud of a foot deep reported at several grounds making for some farcical scores.
- West Brom beat Champions Sunderland 6-4 and Manchester United—who have not had a win in eight games—were beaten 4-2 by Chelsea.
- Ex-Morton player John Calder scored for Bolton, while Bobby Reid and Dave McCulloch, Brentford’s Scots, both scored in their club’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool.
- The Kelso National Hunt race meeting was poorly attended due to the bad weather with heavy snow falling throughout and many trainers not able to get their horses to the course, though skiers enjoyed excellent conditions on the Campsie Fells.
- In Ireland the home side beat Scotland 11-4 in a rugby international match at Dublin played in testing conditions due to a heavy snowstorm.
- 50 passengers from the “Irishman” mail boat/train were marooned from midnight Saturday until eight o’clock Sunday morning in a snow-drift five feet deep outside Maybole. The train reached Glasgow ten hours late.
Review
Teams
EAST FIFE:
Crozier, Trotter, Young, Russell, Sneddon, McCartney, Adams, Scott, McLeod, Cowan, Downie.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.
Scorers:
McGrory, (2); Buchan.
Referee: J. Horsburgh (Bonnyrigg).
Attendance: 12,690
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 1st March 1937, page 6
CELTIC VICTORS AT METHIL
FIFE MEN'S PLUCKY FIGHT
TWO McGRORY GOALS EARLY
East Fife made a plucky fight against the Celtic in their Scottish Cup-tie at Methil, but there was no doubt about the visitors' superiority in tactical skill and shooting ability, and their win was fully deserved.
A margin of three goals in favour of the Celtic was hardly consistent with the run of the play, as East Fife had almost ah equal share of the exchanges, but it was the outcome of greater power at close quarters and a better understanding in defence.
East Fife were clever in midfield, but were inclined to play too closely, and seldom did they show good marksmanship.
The Celtic were by no means a great side on the day's form. Their left wing forwards, finely fed by Paterson from left-half, performed very disappointingly. Murphy, on the wing, had more chances of scoring than anyone else in the game, but his finishing was notably weak.
McGrory and Delaney were their best forwards and Hogg, Lyon, and Paterson their most resourceful defenders. Celtic had a strong wind behind them in the first half, and, with the forwards combining effectively, scored twice through McGrory in the opening quarter of an hour.
Both goals were smartly taken, though poor marking by the East Fife defenders was apparent when the first was obtained in seven minutes.
Quarter of an hour of the second half had been played when Buchan scored the Celtic's third goal after a cute move by McGrory had opened up the East Fife defence.
The attendance was 12,069, and the drawings amounted to £489.
