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Trivia
- Goals by Holland and Terry McGibbons (who would play at Preston with H. O'Donnell), added to the failure of the Celtic forwards to beat Ayr's international goalkeeper Bob Hepburn, effectively ended Celtic's championship hopes. Willie Fleming, Ayr's left back came to the club from Celtic as a forward in 1925 or 8.
- Celtic’s defeat at the hands of Ayr United make it almost impossible for them to have any say in the league championship destination. Rangers have played 33 and have 57 points, next come Motherwell with 52 points after 34 matches played, while Celtic are in eleventh place on 32 points having played 29 matches.
- As in Scotland, the league championship in England is virtually a two-horse-race between Arsenal and Huddersfield Town with the two teams equal in points and 5 points clear of Derby County. In a remarkable match at the Hawthorns West Brom beat Sunderland by 6-5. Raich Carter scoring a hat-trick for the losers.
- At a meeting in Ennis, County Clare, General O’Duffy told a crowd of supporters that “Mr de Valera is heading for a dictatorship”, while at Mullingar Mr de Valera told a crowd of 30,000 that the Senate, as currently constituted would be abolished.
- To mark the jubilee celebrations of the “Tam o’ Shanter”, lodge of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds, Ayr, a parade of between 600 and 700 Shepherds from the Glasgow area filed past the Cenotaph in Wellington Square, and laid a wreath, before proceeding to Trinity Church for a special service.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Geatons, McStay, Hughes, Crum, Buchan, McGrory, F. O’Donnell, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
AYR UNITED:
Hepburn, Fleming, Ure, Taylor, Currie, Holland, Mair, Brae, McGibbons, Brannan, Rodger.
Scorers:
Holland, McGibbons, (2).
Referee: J. Baillie (Motherwell).
Attendance: 6,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 26th March 1934, page 7
A SURPRISE FOR THE CELTIC
The Celtic were deservedly beaten by Ayr United at Parkhead, Glasgow. It seemed as if they fell into the mistake of underrating their opponents, and failed to realise their error until it was too late.
During the opening exchanges there was little indication that the Ayrshire team would win. Then the Celts were aggressive and clever, only in finishing was there any fault to find with their play. On the other hand, Ayr United, were seldom far off the mark when an opportunity arose, but it was rather against the run of play when Holland scored from 20 Yards out in eighteen minutes.
The Celts might have been in the lead previous to that, as a couple of good scoring opportunities had been thrown away by McGrory and Buchan, who was deputising for Smith at inside right. The Celtic were unfortunate later in not equalising and even going ahead, when a couple of balls were saved on the line.
As the game proceeded Ayr United improved, and gave the home defenders a considerable amount of trouble, and it was quite in accordance with the play when they went further ahead, McGibbon dashing in to beat Kennaway.
The Celtic showed little or no improvement after the interval. Their forwards played poorly, and persisted in holding the ball too much. Opportunities there were in plenty to score, but there was little appearance of understanding among the front line men.
When United scored through Brae ten-minutes after the interval to make their total three, the Celtic wakened up and gave the visitors' defenders a hard time. Shots were rained on Hepburn, but the goalkeeper was clever and cool and dealt with it all in a most capable manner.
Numerous corners were forced, and both McStay and McGonagle joined in the attack. All their efforts, however, were futile, and the Celts had to retire defeated without even scoring.
All over the Ayr team played splendidly, and every man pulled his weight. Of the Celtic eleven, only McGonagle and McStay, and latterly Geatons, played to reputation. The work of the first named two was of a high class.
The attendance was disappointing, only some 6,000 being present.
