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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Celtic took revenge for their recent one goal away defeat at Ayr in some style with Patsy Gallagher, who had not played in that game, notching a hat-trick.
- The Herald report is very brief as the controversy over playing football during the war rages on, it is also at odds with the Scotsman in terms of what happened at the match.
- At this stage in the season Hearts are top on 29 points, with Celtic second on 25 and Morton, having played a game less, on 20 while Rangers hold fourth spot on 18.
- Page 9 of the Glasgow Herald carries an article by A. C. Doyle entitled "Madness: German Hatred of Britain", which, though it does not state it, repeats in full Chapter VII of Doyle's book "The German War".
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, McGregor, Young, Johnstone, McMaster, McAtee, Crone, McColl, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: Gallacher (3), Browning
AYR UNITED:
White, John Bell, Willie McStay, John W. Nevin, Bert Dainty, James "Switcher" McLaughlan, William Middleton, Joe Cassidy, Jimmy Richardson, John L Goodwin, Alex Gray
Referee: J. M. Dickson (Glasgow)
Venue: Celtic Park
Attendance: 7,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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Articles
The Scotsman, Monday 23rd November, 1914
The meeting of Celtic and Ayr United attracted 7,000 spectators. The ground was hard, and heavy fog prevailed.
In the first half the Celtic held the upper hand, their forwards giving a delightful exhibition of footwork, but they had against them a stout defence, and thirty minutes had gone before Browning managed to beat White. This was followed five minutes later by another goal from Gallagher. Ayr failed to settle to their usual game.
In the second half, Celtic had matters all their own way, and Gallagher added another two goals. In the closing stages the game was painfully one-sided.
In a grand all-round Celtic team McNair, Young and McMenemy excelled, while for Ayr, Bell, Dainty and Richardson were best.
The Glasgow Herald, Monday 23rd November 1914.
The game was contested in semi-darkness.
Celtic, adapting themselves better to the conditions, scored twice in each half.
Their superiority was not so pronounced, however, as the score would indicate.