May 30, 1931 – NY Yankees 4:3 Glasgow Celtic at Fenway Park (Att.: 8,000)
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Billy Gonsalves scored three goals for the Yankees, who began the season as the Fall River Marksmen. The Boston Globe advance story called the team the “Fall River Yankees.”
Gonsalves scored on a sixth-minute free kick (Celtic did not set up a defensive wall), and Bert Patenaude converted at about the 15thminute mark, then Gonsalves’ low shot gave the Yankees a 3-0 lead. Jimmy McGrory and Alex Thomson cut the deficit, then Gonsalves sent a penalty kick off the post as the half ended with the Yankees leading, 3-2.
Peter Scarff equalized with a header off a lobbed Peter Wilson free kick. Then Gonsalves “showed up the Celtics’ (sic) defense when he rounded three of them and scored the winning goal … with a drive which [John] Thomson again got his hands on but could not stop its progress into the net.”
Celtic, the reigning Scottish Cup winners, compiled an 8W-3L-1D record on this tour. Celtic went 8-0-1 (39-10 goal differential) outside New England, losing all three matches in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Fall River FC blanked Celtic, 1-0, on May 31 and the Pawtucket Rangers took a 3-1 win over Celtic June 6, 1931. Celtic recovered for a 5-0 victory over the Brooklyn Wanderers, losing McGrory to a broken jaw after he had scored twice, at Ebbets Field on June 7, 1931.
The New England section of the tour turned out to be a showcase for Joe Kennaway and Gonsalves, who impressed Celtic manager Willie Maley.
Kennaway earned the shutout for Fall River and a story in the Globe noted he had been offered a contract by an English club after the game. Six months later, Kennaway made his debut in the Celtic net, and he remained the club’s starter from 1931-39.
May 31, 1931 – Fall River FC 1:0 Glasgow Celtic at Mark’s Stadium (Att.: 7,000)
June 6, 1931 – Pawtucket Rangers 3:1 Glasgow Celtic at Providence Cycledrome (Att.: 5,000)
May 30, 1888 – Boston Rovers v Fall River Rovers at Union Grounds, Huntington Ave.
Lawrence Athletics 5:1 Lawrence Rovers
May 30, 1940 – Pawtucket SC 2:1 Lusitania Recreation at Clara Andrews Stadium, East Providence, R.I.
Goals: Dick, Florie; Ritchie.
May 30, 1941 – Pawtucket SC 1:0 Scots Americans (Kearney, N.J.), British War Relief benefit at J&P Coats Field (Att.: 2,000)
Goal: Dick. Note: Mayor T. McCoy honors National Open Cup championship team.
Reds 0:0 Blues, “Old-Timers” preliminary match
May 30, 1943 – Brooklyn Hispano 3:2 [5:4] Morgan Strasser, National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) final at Starlight Park, Bronx (Att.: 6,500)
Billy Gonsalves leads way for Brooklyn. Buff Donelli, fullback Fred Donelli (Buff’s younger brother) in Morgan lineup. Goals: Gonsalves 32’, Fabri Salcedo 35’, 44’; Elgie Grant 40’, 48’.
May 30, 1948 – Ponta Delgada 4:1 Ludlow Lusitano, National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open) Cup New England final at North Tiverton, R.I. (Att.: 3,000)
Goals: Millington, Valentine, Frank “Shorty” Moniz 2; Fonte (PK).
May 30, 1970 – Boston Astros v Philadelphia Spartans, ASL game at Brother Gilbert Stadium, Malden, Mass.
May 30, 1975 – Boston Minutemen 3:2 Rochester Lancers at Nickerson Field (Att.: 3,144)
May 30, 1997 – Alberto Naveda first Revolution hat trick, Revolution 3:1 NY/NY MetroStars
Goals: Naveda 3; Savarese.
May 30, 2000 – Revolution acquire Mauricio Wright from San Jose in exchange for Mike Burns and Dan Calichman
May 30, 2012 – Tony DiCicco inducted in National Soccer Hall of Fame (with Des Armstrong, Tony Meola, Claudio Reyna)
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