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Trivia
- On the Monday following the Queen of the South game Bertie Peacock was on the treatment table for an ankle injury he picked up in the international against England in Belfast.
- It was announced that both Peacock and Tully were included in the Ireland squad to face Spain in Madrid on 15th October. Tully was recovering from a back strain but he trained on the Monday and was expected to be fit.
- Following the last bout of disturbances at Rangers – Celtic games the Glasgow magistrates came up with a set of proposals which both clubs accepted. In future all the games between ther two sides would be all ticket and the crowd limit would be set at 30,000, exclusive of stand and enclosure. There would be increased police supervision inside the grounds and the cost of this would be borne by the clubs. The police would take severe measures against flag waving, the use of obscene or provocative language and against those in possession of bottles. The teams were to go out onto the field together and only top referees would be used. The magistrates wanted the clubs and the SFA to take stern measures against misbehaviour on the field.
- For this game Bertie Peacock was fighting against the ankle injury. Celtic, probably for the first time listed 14 players in the squad for the team. John Higgins was said to be near ready. Bobby Evans was back to full fitness but the management were not ready to rush him back into service. As it was Celtic played an unchanged side from the one that defeated Queen of the South the previous Saturday with Peacock and Tully failing to make it. Falkirk fielded their new signing at inside right, John White, signed from Alloa.
- Celtic signed John Clark on the 8th October from Larkhall Thistle.
- On the 9th October Bertie Auld and Willie Fernie were in the Scotland League team which drew 1-1 with the English League at Ibrox.
- Pope Pius XII passed away in the Vatican on 9th October. All flags at Celtic Park were flown at half mast for the game and the Celtic players wore black arm bands.
Review
An early goal for Celtic when Colrain beat his man and chipped the ball over for Divers to head firmly home. Falkirk's new signing equalised in the ninth minute. The passage of play was then broken by a disturbance on the terraces which saw two led away by the police and a third with blood streaming from a head wound stretchered away. Willie Fernie then made an individual goal with powerful running and a shot that was parried but ran on into the net. Falkirk came right back and levelled again eight minutes later. Five minutes before half time a Bertie Auld corner was headed hiome by Divers for his second of the match and Celtic went in 3-2 up.
Falkirk were against the wall at the start of the second with Auld, Divers and Colrain all going close. Falkirk withstood the pressure and after 20 minutes launched a series of counters. McCulloch's shot on 77 minutes struck Beattie square in the chest and rebounded to hit Mochan's knees and go into the net. Grierson then hit the post for Falkirk. In the last minute Celtic fell to a shot from Moran which gave Falkirk the victory in a fast and well contested game.
Teams
Celtic:
Beattie; Donnelly, Mochan; Crerand, McNeill, Smith; Colrain, Fernie, Conway, Divers, Auld.
Scorers: Divers 2( 1, 39), Fernie (25)
Falkirk:
Slater; Richmond, Hunter; Wright, Prentice, Price; McCulloch, White, Grierson, Moran, Lachlan.
Scorers: White (9), Wright (33), McCulloch (77), Moran (90)
In some match reports Falkirk's third goal is given as an own goal against Neil Mochan
Referee: J P Barclay (Kirkcaldy)
Attendance: 23,000
Articles
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