[7] The replay took place at Springvale Park, the home of Ayr F.C., and Maybole scored a "decisive" 3–1 victory.

The Ayrshire Post criticized the Maybole fans as being "a disgrace to the town" because of their "wild howlings".

[10] This led to a reply by one John Clydesdale, stating that the Ayr fans were "the most unruly in the county",[11] but after a rejoinder from 'a native of Maybole' that the Maybole fans were an "unruly crowd of spectators" giving forth "an unearthly yell...which continued more or less to the end of the game.

I forbear even to hint of the language they used to the Ayr players", and accusing him of being the "worse of drink" spectator who "took off his coat and hat and went over the ropes to help Maybole",[12] John Clydesdale wrote back to say that the letter purporting to be from him was a forgery.

[15] From the start of the 1884–85 season, the club moved to a new ground at Gardenrose Farm, immediately above the railway station.