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Trivia
- Two up before half-time from goals by McGrory and Delaney, Celtic should have been releaxed at the break, but they had been put under considerable pressure by an experimental Ayr side and only excellent defending by the visitors kept the Ayr forwards, of whom Steele and Hyam Dimmer shone, from scoring.
- The outstanding result in the First Division of the Scottish League on Saturday was the defeat of Rangers at Pittodrie, Aberdeen, before a record League attendance for the ground of 33,500. Aberdeen won the valuable points—which enabled, them to maintain their position at the top of the League—by the only goal of the match, but on the run of play they might have had a more decisive win. Rangers, with a game in hand, are now six points behind Aberdeen and five behind Celtic. Celtic have also played a game fewer than Aberdeen.
- In England Blackburn Rovers drew 1-1 with Preston, Ex-Celt Frank O’Donnell scoring the goal for the Deepdale side. The biggest crowd of the day 60,000, was at St Andrew’s Park Birmingham where Aston Villa were the visitors with the game ending in a 2-2 draw.
- The New Zealand All-blacks defeated Scotland by 18-8 at Murrayfield on Saturday.
- London Midland and Scottish Railways are advertising trains leaving Glasgow Central: “London and Back 26/6 (£1.32)".
Review
Teams
AYR UNITED:
T. Smith, Dyer, Strain, Currie, Clark, Holland, McGibbon, Dimmer, Fisher, Steele, Rodger.
Scorers:
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.
Scorers:
McGrory, Delaney.
Referee:
Attendance: 15,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 25th November 1935, page 4
CELTIC UNIMPRESSIVE
HARD FIGHT FOR THE POINTS AT AYR
Celtic secured more valuable points when they defeated Ayr United at Somerset Park, Ayr, before 15,000 spectators, With Currie, a former centre half, at right half, and McGibbon, a centre-forward, at outside right; the Ayr side was rather experimental, and it could not be said that the changes made for success.
Celtic had by no means an easy passage in the securing of the points, although they were distinctly superior, particularly in attack, as compared with their opponents. A feature of the game was the display of the respective back divisions, and the centre-halfs, and this in large measure accounted for the comparatively easy time enjoyed by the goalkeepers.
Delaney was a lively and effective forager for Celtic until injured well on in the second half. He it was five minutes after the start of the game who crossed the ball for McGrory to nod it without effort into the net, and who also, a few minutes before the interval, accepted a pass from McGrory and drove the ball into the net. Both goals were smartly obtained.
The United forwards had chances they might have turned to account, and Fisher was the chief offender in that respect. For the most of the time, however, he was always struggling against Lyon, and a change of tactics might have put a different complexion on the game.
Dyer, the home right back, put in a great afternoon's work, while Morrison, Celtic, was also always to the fore.
The crowd got little to enthuse over, the game being singularly devoid of incident, and Celtic certainly did not impress as a great side.
