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Trivia
- In this Scottish Cup tie at Bayview Park, Methil, watched by a then record 12,000 crowd the gate drawings came to £506, and about another £150 would go to the home club from the stand and the enclosure.
- In the History of East Fife the crowd is given as 11,000, while The Glasgow Herald gives the crowd as 10,000 but not unusually tells us little else about the game, however it does relate a tragic death of John Moran (18), & the serious injury to 2 others which ocurred when the Celtic charabanc they were travelling home to Bonhill on was in a crash with a tram car at East Wemyss. LINK
- The Herald's Home News is dominated with violence in Ireland and England by republican groups and the British army.
- The letters section of the Herald also deals with Ireland in a plea from a Glasgow merchant, who urges independent investigation of the troubles as the views from the authorities in Ireland are "utterly unreliable".
- Also in the Herald is a report of an open air public meeting in Edinburgh, held outside St Patrick's RC church because no public meeting halls (including the council-owned Usher Hall) would accomodate the Archbishop of Melbourne Dr. Mannix, a vociferous proponent of the Irish struggle for independence.
Review
In front of a large home crowd, Celtic recover from an early "Jock McTavish" penalty setback to win comfortably thanks to a McInally brace
Teams
Celtic
CELTIC:
EAST FIFE:
Scorer: McTavish
Referee: A. A. Jackson (Glasgow)
Attendance: 9000 (12,000?)
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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Articles
Match report from The Scotsman, 21st February 1921
The visit of the Celtic to Bayview Park, Methil, created great interest in the district, and a record attendance was present – over 9000 paying for admission.
The gate drawings came to £506, and about another £150 would go to the home club from the stand and the enclosure.
The game was well contested, but showed a difference of method between the sides, the Celtic being more methodical, and always appearing to have something in reserve.
A great start was made by East Fife, and five minutes from the start McTavish opened the scoring from a "penalty" given away by Cassidy, who had fallen back to help the defence.
The early reverse did not upset the Parkhead team, and after Cassidy had narrowly missed, he gave a neat pass to McInally for the centre to equalise. A mix-up by the home defence gave McInally an opening which he promptly accepted, beating Neish with a hard grounder, which the goalkeeper touched but could not stop.
On the change of ends East Fife struggled to get on terms, but beyond Wilson, who throughout played a strong game, there was a lack of penetrative power among their forwards, and Shaw was never in difficulty.
On the other hand, a centre from McFarlane gave so much trouble that after some close passing by the Celtic inside the home penalty line Gallagher added a third goal, and that settled the issue.
To the end the game was well contested, but the visitors always appeared more likely to add than to lose their lead.
