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Troon is bursting at the seams this week as the golfing world has flocked to Ayrshire for The Open. But it was more like a ghost town when Viljami Sinisalo rocked up for his SPFL loan stint at Ayr United a few years ago, writes Michael Gannon in the USA.
The Finland cap checked in at Somerset Park as a teenager during the dark days of Covid, when fans were locked out and shops and bars were dubbed up too. Sinisalo was just a kid from Aston Villa but he is convinced the move was the making of him as a man. The youngster had to fend for himself for the first time, in a foreign country when there was nothing to do amid the constant lockdowns. And that was before he had to cope with a wet and windy Tuesday night at Arbroath.
Sinisalo made an impression on the pitch which helped send him on a path that’s led him to Celtic Park. And it certainly won’t be as quiet at Parkhead as it was in those days. The 22-year-old – speaking at the So Others Might Eat charity in Washington DC as the Celtic Foundation made a $10,000 donation – said: “Going to Ayr was my first experience in men’s football. I learned so much.
Sinisalo made an impression on the pitch which helped send him on a path that’s led him to Celtic Park. And it certainly won’t be as quiet at Parkhead as it was in those days. The 22-year-old – speaking at the So Others Might Eat charity in Washington DC as the Celtic Foundation made a $10,000 donation – said: “Going to Ayr was my first experience in men’s football. I learned so much.
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