Alloa Athletic 1
Ayr United 4
League (Championship)


Alloa Athletic 

1 - 4

Ayr United


League (Championship)
Saturday, September 21st, 2019
Recreation Parl
Attendance: 902


Goalscorers
O'Hara (61') Alan Forrest (pen.) (10)
Sam Roscoe (13)
Luke McCowan (20)
Alan Forrest (31)

Team Managers
Peter Grant Ian McCall

Starting Eleven
41 MacDonald
2 Taggart
5 Graham
4 Deas
3 Dick
17 O'Hara
7 Cawley
6 Hetherington
11 Flannigan
9 Buchanan
19 Thomson
Ross Doohan .1
Sam Roscoe .5
Daniel Harvie .3
Luke McCowan .11
Ross Docherty .23
Aaron Muirhead .2
Steven Kelly .30
Andrew Geggan .6
Mark Kerr .4
Alan Forrest .10
Michael Moffat .7

Bench
8 Robertson
14 Brown
16 Gilhooley
20 O'Donnell
23 Gillespie
31 Henry
Ellis Hare Reid .19
Jordan Houston
Mark McKenzie .22
Kris Doolan .8

Substitutions
None. Kris Doolan for Michael Moffat (68)
Jordan Houston for Luke McCowan (75)
Mark McKenzie for Alan Forrest (85)

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

David Lowe (Referee)





Photography by Dave Sargent

Match Report


Ayr United swept aside Alloa Athletic to earn their fifth win in six Scottish Championship games and keep pace with Dundee United at the summit.

Ian McCall's side were three up at 20 minutes at the Indodrill, thanks to a penalty by Alan Forrest and efforts from Sam Roscoe and Luke McGowan.

Ayr's passing and moving was excellent and a fourth followed on the half hour, Forrest heading in a cross.

Alloa were better after the break, and pulled one back through Kevin O'Hara.

Alloa Athletic manager Peter Grant: "First half, we were well off the pace. The one thing you demand from your team is that you compete and we were a million miles off.

"The second half, I was much more pleased with. Great credit to Ayr, they deserved their victory."

Ayr United manager Ian McCall: "I said to them at half time that in 20 years of management that's as good as any as one of my teams has ever played. And I include my good Falkirk teams and my very good Dundee United in my first season with internationals in the team.

"The level of football we played and the type of football we played was fantastic."

Match report written by BBC



Squad Statistics (as at September 21st, 2019)


2019-20 All Time
Age
Ross Doohan (GK)21 10 - 20 -
Daniel Harvie21 101171
Sam Roscoe - 8282
Aaron Muirhead - 7 - 7 -
Ross Docherty26 9 - 14 -
Luke McCowan21 116116
Alan Forrest - 114206
Mark Kerr - 7 - 15 -
Andrew Geggan32 91192
Steven Kelly19 103103
Michael Moffat34 114205
Jordan Houston (sub)19 2 - 2 -
Mark McKenzie (sub)19 2 - 2 -
Kris Doolan (sub)32 103103






League Table (as at September 21st, 2019)


No league table has been added for this season.