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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Celtic hosted a 'new club' in Ayr United, which had been formed as a result of a merger between Ayr FC and Ayr Parkhouse in 1910.
- In Ayr's ranks was 'The General' Jimmy Hay who later, as Ayr's manager, was banned sine die by the SFA for refusing to apologise after accusing Ayr United director Tom Steen of attempting to bribe a referee.
- The outside-left for Ayr may be Alex "Sandy" Shankley who played for Ayr United prior to World War I before joining the Royal Scots Fusiliers and then the Royal Flying Corps, or it may be another member of the famous Glenbuck family . The Glasgow Herald of Monday 11th December gives Shankley's previous club as "Glenbuck Cherrypickers". LINK
- This was a high scoring day in the Scottish League 1, where in addition to Celtic's Gallacher, Culley, Killmarnock; McGowan, Clyde, and McDermid; Queen's Park, all had hat-tricks, but Davie Brown of Dundee topped the lot by scoring 6 against Raith Rovers at Dens Park.
- Ewing & McIntosh music shop Sauchiehall Street advertise pianola pianos in a special Christmas sale at prices from £49 (Herald).
- Mikey Hamill's last game for Celtic.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Wilson, Hammill, McStay, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy, Browning
Scorers: Browning, Gallacher (3), McMenemy
AYR UNITED:
Kerr, Ingram, Jimmy Hay, Waddell, W Cringan, James McLaughlan, Phillips, Crosbie, James Hynd Marshall, R Cringan, Alexander Shankly (Glenbuck Cherrypickers)
Referee: J McMillan (Hamilton)
Attendance: 8,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Glasgow Herald reports: "Ayr United, slightly under strength, were so completely outplayed as to render any comment unnecessary."
The Scotsman, Monday 11th December 1916.
Against Ayr United at Glasgow, the Celtic had matters all their own way, and were worthy their big victory. They were the better all-round side, more specially going forward, where all five men showed perfect understanding.
The Ayr team’s defence was sound until W. Cringan met with an injury, which rendered him of little use afterwards. Gallagher opened the scoring within fifteen minutes, and before the interval he added a second goal, and Browning headed a third.
After the interval the Ayr team showed an improvement, but the Celts again asserted themselves, and Gallagher scored a fourth goal. McMenemy followed with a fifth.
The attendance numbered some 8000.