Queen of the South 3
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)


Queen of the South 

3 - 1

Ayr United


League (Championship)
Saturday, November 9th, 2019
Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,850


Goalscorers
Holt (18'), Murray (67'), Oliver (74') Michael Moffat (38)

Team Managers
Allan Johnstone Mark Kerr

Starting Eleven
1 McCrorie
2 Mercer
5 Brownlie
4 Kilday
3 Holt
7 Murray
6 Pybus
8 Kidd
15 Lyon
9 Hamilton
11 Dobbie
Ross Doohan .1
Daniel Harvie .3
Sam Roscoe .5
Jordan Houston
Aaron Muirhead .2
Ross Docherty .23
Steven Kelly .30
Luke McCowan .11
Alan Forrest .10
Michael Moffat .7
Craig Moore

Bench
10 Oliver
14 McCarthy
18 Semple
20 Leighfield
21 Irving
22 Gourlay
Ellis Hare Reid .19
Steven Bell .15
Finn Ecrepont
Craig McGuffie .12
Mark McKenzie .22

Substitutions
None. Mark McKenzie for Alan Forrest (83)

Cautions
None. Aaron Muirhead

Red Cards
None. Luke McCowan (78)

Match Officials

Don Robertson (Referee)



Photography by SNS Group

Match Report


Queen of the South picked up their first Championship win in four games by beating Ayr at Palmerston Park.

Kevin Holt opened the scoring for the hosts with a low shot following a fine passing move involving Stephen Dobbie and Darren Lyon.

Michael Moffat fired home Craig Moore's knockdown to equalise.

Connor Murray restored the lead from 12 yards before Gary Oliver wrapped up the points for by slotting home Scott Mercer's cutback.

Ayr's misery was compounded moments later when Luke McCowan was sent off with 12 minutes remaining.

Referee Don Robertson waived away strong penalty appeals when Dobbie went down in the box, before Luke McCowan was ordered off for a wild challenge on Oliver as Ayr slipped to their first defeat in three matches.

'A terrific performance' - reaction
Queen of the South manager Allan Johnston: "That was a terrific performance and result for us today - some of our play was exceptional in the second period and we thoroughly deserved the win.

"We have a lot of good players and when we play like that we can be exciting to watch. That was the real Queen of the South today and we have to set that standard every week now.

"We need to make this a hard place for teams to come and play. It is impossible to call results in this division, but if we play to that standard we are not going to be far away."

Ayr United manager Mark Kerr: "We are disappointed with the goals we lost today, and while it is not the best surface we did look good at times.

"Nobody can say they are going to Queens and they will simply take the three points, but it got a bit scrappy and we caused our own problems which is disappointing.

"There were times today when we looked like we were trying to play too much football, but we have to be in the pack at the top and we just need to keep working for the results."

Match report written by BBC



Squad Statistics (as at November 9th, 2019)


2019-20 All Time
Age
Ross Doohan (GK)21 17 - 27 -
Jordan Houston19 9 - 9 -
Sam Roscoe - 152152
Daniel Harvie21 171241
Ross Docherty26 16 - 21 -
Aaron Muirhead - 14 - 14 -
Alan Forrest - 1882710
Luke McCowan21 188188
Steven Kelly19 174174
Michael Moffat34 186277
Craig Moore - 43105
Mark McKenzie (sub)19 5 - 5 -






League Table (as at November 9th, 2019)


No league table has been added for this season.