| Match Pictures | Matches: 1976-77 Pictures | 1976 – 1977 |
Trivia
- Celtic play in change strip of yellow shirts, green shorts and yellow socks. Roddie MacDonald started at centre half after a fitness test.
- This game was played on a Sunday afternoon.
- The previous League game between the two teams had produced a cracking game with Dalglish scoring two late goals towards the end.
- On the previous day Celtic defeated Dumbarton 4-0 in a Reserve League match at Boghead. The Celtic team was Baines, Gourlay, Hannah, P. McCluskey, McGrane, Burns, Gibson, McLaughlin, Henderson, Casey, Temperley Subs Innes and Mackie. The Celtic scorers were Gourlay, McLaughlin, Hannah and Mackie.
Review
38,000 turn out on a fine spring afternoon. Glavin continues his fine scoring form against an Ayr Utd side with an impressive midfield and defense that gave very little away, but Gordon Crammond's goal stuns Celts at the death. Up to that point Peter Latchford had had very little to do in the Celtic goal.
Celtic failed to produce the form that saw the cracking 2-4 league tie at Somerset Park with Dalglish having an off day. The first half was a dull 45 minutes with Celtic failing to break down the Ayr defense. Ian Sproat had a great gamer in the Ayr Utd goal making quality save after quality save.
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford; McGrain, Lynch, Stanton, MacDonald (Edvaldsson 16), Aitken, Doyle, Glavin, Craig, Dalglish, Wilson Subs: Burns
Scorer: Glavin (63)
Ayr Utd:
Sproat, Wells, Filippi, Fleming, Tait, Crammond, McSherry, McCall, Masterton, McCulloch (Kelly), Robertson. Subs:
Scorer: Crammond (88)
Referee:J W Paterson (Bothwell)
Attendance: 38,000
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
