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Trivia
- John Hughes last match for Celtic (in the league).
- Maley has proposed wider goals to counteract defensive football before the match. A Celtic fan is said to have taunted the Celtic manager: “Hey Maley! Are your goals wide enough noo?”
- The Glasgow Herald reports that Winston Churchill, the sitting MP, with nurse in attendance gave a speech in Dundee in which he stated with regard to Germany’s WWI reparations that there would be no surrender. LINK
Review
Celtic suffer another shock home result for the season, losing by three goals to mid table Ayr United. The Parkhead crowd show their displeasure wit some disgraceful stone-throwing.
Teams
CELTIC: Hughes, Cringan Murphy, Gilchrist, McStay, McStay, Connolly , Gallacher, McLean, Thomson, McFarlane
AYR UNITED: Nisbet, Smith, McCloy, Hogg, McLeod, Gibson, Kilpatrick, Slade, Howard, McKenzie, McLean
Referee: P. Craigmyle (Aberdeen)
Attendance: 6000
Goals: McKenzie (0-1), McStay (p) (1-1), Hogg (1-2), McKenzie (80) (1-3), Slade (90) (1-4)
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below).
Pictures
- Match Pictures
Articles
Match report from The Scotsman, 13th November
STONE-THROWING AT PARKHEAD
Ayr United created the surprise of the afternoon by soundly beating Celtic at Parkhead, Glasgow. The Celtic looked as if they would carry all before them in the opening minutes but a burst by the Ayr forwards resulted in McKenzie beating Hughes. Ayr played with great confidence now, their half-backs especially keeping a firm grip of the Celtic attack. In the second half the Ayr forwards touched their best form, and overran the Celtic defence, which was none too reliable. McStay equalised from a penalty kick, but shortly after Hogg put Ayr on the lead with a high drooping ball which completely beat Hughes. McLean and McFarlane changed places, but it did not improve the Celtic attack. Ten minutes from the finish McKenzie scored a third goal, and just on time Slade added a fourth. In a grand Ayr side, McLeod, Kilpatrick, and Slade were best. Celtic were very disappointing, their forwards being especially poor. Near the finish Mr. Maley had to to speak to a section of the crowd, who had resorted to stone throwing. The attendance would be 6000.
The Glasgow Herald – Nov 13, 1922
Ayr United’s Victory
Rangers at Hamilton gave another first class display, and beat Hamilton Academicals by 3 goals to none. The bottom club played sufficiently well to make the game open and interesting, and the side as constituted looked capable of yet taking the club out of the lowly position. Rangers’ victory placed them within one point of the leaders, and if, as is not improbable, Dundee and Rangers maintain their positions for another month, the meeting of the pair at Ibrox Park on December 9 will be an engagement of supreme interest. In any case it seems almost assured the Championship will change hands as Celtic were badly beaten on their own ground by Ayr United, a club that until recently was amongst those threatened with relegation. Celtic again had a depleted side, McNair, McAtee, and Cassidy being notable absentees, and their deputies were not in the same class as these well-known players. In addition the placings were not happily arranged, and an alteration in that respect in the second half was too late to save the game. The winners were exceptionally strong in defence—Celtic’s only goal accrued from a penalty kick—and their ability to withstand the attacks latterly imparted to the Ayrshire front line assurance and confidence. It was a disastrous day for home clubs, only Raith Rovers winning outright.