1920-03-27: Falkirk 1-2 Celtic, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • Celtic play their first game in a fortnight after their league game the previous Saturday was postponed because Celtic had six players on duty with a Scottish League XI, which suffered a 4-0 defeat against their English peers at Hampden.
  • Falkirk debutant George Meldrum put the Bairns on level terms after Cassidy had opened the scoring, but with one minute left Adam McLean scored the winner.
  • The Glasgow Herald reports from Ireland with details of the Coroner’s Inquiry into the death of Thomas MacCurtain, the Lord Mayor of Cork. On the same page is a report of a Belfast Celtic supporter, George Goodman, who is accused of firing shots from a revolver at Glentoran supporters in the crowd during a riot at Cliftonville Park on St. Patrick’s day, injuring three and one policeman (Goodman was later given 8 years jail for intent to injure by shooting). LINK

Review

An open game of football sees Celtic run out winners by the odd goal against an enterprising, if ultimately toothless Falkirk team.

Teams

FALKIRK:

Allan, Hunter, Murdoch, Scott, Townsley, McCulloch, McDowall, McDougall, Ferguson, Meldrum, Glancy

Scorer: Meldrum

CELTIC:

Scorers: Cassidy, McLean

Referee: R J Kelso (Glasgow)
Attendance: 9,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

  • Match Pictures

Articles

Match report from The Scotsman, 29th March 1920

[…] The game between Falkirk and Celtic was a fine exhibition all through, and thought the home lot went under they certainly played well. The Celtic were the more agressive lot in the first half, their forwards sending in a series of fast shots against Allan, who gave a commendable display. Falkirk, on the other hand, were equally effective in the open, but also at close quarters they fell away before the Celtic defence. The fact that they lacked vigour in their finishing efforts told them in the long run, and good opportunities were thereby lost at critical moments. On the whole, the Celtic merited their victory, but with a little more force in the Falkirk play, it is questionable if they would have annexed the points. The attendance was estimated at 9000.