1938-03-26: Celtic 1-1 Ayr United, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • Michael Davitt makes his debut and his only appearance for Celtic in this game. A game which saw Ayr take the lead through a 27 minute goal by inside right Hyam Dimmer before Malcolm MacDonald equalised in a goalmouth scramble in 39 minutes.
  • Hearts gained ground on Celtic and are now only one point behind in the league table.
  • In England, Sunderland, last year’s cup winners were dumped out of the completion by Huddersfield at Blackburn.
  • Ex-Celtic player Hugh O’Donnell scored for Preston North End in their victory over Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final tie played at Sheffield.
  • Field-Marshal Goring announced in Vienna that the city’s 190,000 Jews will be forced out of businesses by legal means and the city would become “a German town, now and always.”

Review

Teams

CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Davitt, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, MacDonald, Crum, Divers, Fitzsimmons.
Scorers:
MacDonald.

AYR UNITED:
Hall, Dyer, Strain, Taylor, Currie, Mayes, McGibbon, Dimmer, Yardley, Gemmell, Thow.
Scorers:
Dimmer.

Referee: R. G. Benzie (Irvine).
Attendance: 10,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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