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Celtic fans in train crash

The Celtic fans had a rough arrival in Dundee.
The Celtic fans had a rough arrival in Dundee.

The life of a loyal football fan is marked by highs and lows.

For Celtic fans in 1931, one of the highs came when their team beat Motherwell 4-2 to lift the Scottish Cup.

It took them two tilts, though. On Saturday, April 11, they drew 2-2 with the Steelmen at Hampden but triumped in the replay the following Wednesday.

One of the lows for Celtic fans in the 1930/31 season came in Dundee on January 31.

Celtic were due to meet Dundee United in the Scottish Cup but the city was hit by a blizzard and bitingly cold temperatures.

As a train loaded with Celtic fans approached Dundee West Station, troubled struck. The locomotive, number 4757, showed no inclination to stop. It rammed the buffers and hauled its carriages towards the platform. The train demolished part of the platform and dislodged an information board.

We have no record of injuries among pasengers on the football special and the shell-shocked fans battled their way through the blizzard to Tannadice only to be greeted by the white-out scene, above. Not a vintage day out for the followers of the Bhoys then.

But while minor dramas such as train crashes and weather chaos were being payed out in Dundee, the big news was taking place in Glasgow where Dundee FC thrashed Rangers 2-1 in the Scottish Cup.

Our photograph shows, above, the conquering Dundee FC returning in glory to the city later that night.

The misery continued for Second Division United. They were trounced 3-2 by Celtic in the rearranged fixture on February 4.

Dundee FC powered through to the third round of the Scottish Cup where a lucky Aberdeen side held them to a draw a Dens before stealing a 2-0 victory At Pittodrie.