| Match Pictures | Matches: 1969 – 1970 | 1969-70 Pictures |
Trivia
- Bobby Lennox who was recovering from an ankle injury was listed in the squad but didn't make the team. Harry Hood was out with his own ankle injury. Jim Brogan was preferred to John Clark at hgalf back with Clark taking the sub spot and Lou Macari started with Harry Hood out and Stevie Chalmers in plaster.
- The game was watched by the Benfica coach
- At Celtic Park on the same day Celtic Reserves beat Ayr United Reserves 2-0. The team was Williams, Gemmell, McGrain, Dalglish, Connelly, Cattanach, McBride, White, Quinn, Davidson, Wilson.The Celtic scorers were Gemmell and White.
Review
Two late goals from Bobby Murdoch gave Celtic the points in this keenly fought tie at Somerset Park. An even looking contest at the start was headed forward by Jimmy Johnstone's opening goal from a Tommy Callaghan pass. Alex Ingram equalised for Ayr when a Brogan clearance bounced off of McNeill straight into the Ayr man's path. In the second half Jimmy Johnstone was on hand to prod home his and Celtic's second but back came Ingram again to again level it. But cometh the hour, cometh the man. Bobby Murdoch made and scored the third goal and scored a fourth with the last kick of the game.
A most entertaining match.
Teams
Ayr United
Stewart, Malone, Murphy, Fleming, Quinn, Mitchell, Young, Hood, Ingram, McCulloch, Rough Sub McFadzean
Scorer Ingram 2 (26, 56)
Celtic
Fallon, Craig, Hay, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Callaghan, Hughes, Macari, Auld. Substitute: Clark
Scorers Johnstone 2 (15, 53), Murdoch 2 (75, 90)
Referee: R. Thomson (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 20,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
