| Match Pictures | Matches: 1921 – 1922 | 1921 pictures |
Trivia
- The Glasgow Herald devotes half a page to cricket and half a column to football, it also gets Raith’s scorer wrong. LINK
- The same newspaper carries a report from the London Congress on Negro Problems where Dr. Alcindor stated that the enemies of the African race were often the Africans themselves who lacked character, education and cohesion.
- HM The King has sent a message of sypathy to the President of the US for those killed in the R38 Airship disaster.
Review
In a disappointing perforamnce, Celtic drop their first points of the season in Kirkcaldy. Such was the initial poor standard of the game as a spectacle, stones were thrown at the players from the terracing!
Teams
RAITH ROVERS- Jimmy Brown; Inglis and Moyes; Raeburn, Morris, and Collier; Tommy Duncan, J. Duncan, Jennings, Bauld, and Archibald.
Scorer: T. Duncan
CELTIC- Shaw; McNair and Dodds; Gilchrist, Cringan, and McMaster; McAtee, Gallacher, Longmuir, Cassidy, and McLean.
Scorer: McLean
Referee:
Attendance: 15,000
Goals: McLean, T. Duncan
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Match report from The Scotsman, 29th August 1921
[…] About 15,000 spectators saw a rough and tumble game at Kirkcaldy, in which unnecessarily coarse tactics were introduced, and the incensed spectators began throwing stones at the players. The action of the police in going in among the crowd stopped this, and, though stoppages for accidents and incidents were frequent, the game went on to an exciting finish. The first half had been two-thirds Raith Rovers’ attack, but in their spell the Celtic scored a goal through McLean, and they looked like holding on to this to the close, especially as they had rather the better of the second half. A great rally by Raith Rovers in the closing minutes had been beaten off, but coming again, they rushed the Celtic defence, and in a wild scramble in front of goal T. Duncan was credited with a goal after the referee consulted the linesmen.
The Glasgow Herald – Aug 29, 1921
The home side were first to press, and the Celtic defence was severely tested. The visitors afterwards attacked, and for some time play proceeded on even lines. Eventually McLean found an opening and beat Brown. The reverse activated Raith Rovers to further efforts, and fast play ruled to the interval, but there was no further scoring. The second period was contested in spirited fashion, but the defences were sounder than the attack, and it was not until about four minutes from the end that Jennings scored the equalising goal.