Queen's Park 2
Ayr United 5
League (Champioship)
Queen's Park |
2 - 5 |
Ayr United |
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League (Champioship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Paton (28'minutes), Hepburn (52'minutes) |
Logan Chalmers (6) Logan Chalmers (12) Ahkeem Rose (32) Jamie Murphy (44) Anton Dowds (53) |
| Team Managers | |
| Robin Veldman |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
30 McKenna 2 McPherson 8 Thomson 5 Fox 3 Robson 23 Longridge 6 Spong 20 Turner 7 Hepburn 9 Paton 11 Thomas |
Charlie Albinson .1 Roy Syla .20 Patrick Reading .3 Frankie Musonda .4 Sean McGinty .5 Jamie Murphy .15 Nick McAllister .17 Jack Young .46 Logan Chalmers .11 Ahkeem Rose .9 Anton Dowds .16 |
| Bench | |
|
1 Ferrie 4 Bannon 14 Healy 15 Tizzard 16 Bruce 26 Waugh 27 Jarrett 28 McCormick 29 McLeish |
Robbie Mutch .31 Elicha Ahui .38 Finn Ecrepont .21 George Stanger .14 Jack Senga .23 Mark McKenzie .22 Paul Smith .18 Franny Amartey .17 Fraser Bryden .30 |
| Substitutions | |
|
2 McPherson Substituted for Healyat 65'minutes 5 Fox Substituted for Tizzard at 45'minutes 6 Spong Substituted for McLeish at 79'minutes 20 Turner Substituted for Bannon at 45'minutes 7 Hepburn Substituted for McCormick at 79'minutes |
Franny Amartey for Ahkeem Rose (67) Mark McKenzie for Anton Dowds (67) Jack Senga for Jamie Murphy (79) Paul Smith for Logan Chalmers (86) Fraser Bryden for Jack Young (86) |
| Cautions | |
|
Longridge; Tizzard |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Dickinson (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United secured their second Scottish Championship win of the season and moved to within three points of fifth-placed opponents, Queen's Park.
Two left-footed Logan Chalmers strikes put Ayr in command before Ruari Paton struck to halve Queen's Park's deficit.
Shots by Ahkeem Rose and Jamie Murphy gave the visitors a three-goal lead before the break.
In the second period, Barry Hepburn got one back for the hosts but Anton Dowds quickly netted Ayr's fifth.
There are four more second-tier games on Saturday.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at September 22nd, 2023)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
8 | - | 59 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 24 |
|
11 | - | 122 | 3 |
| Roy Syla | 23 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
12 | - | 89 | 4 |
| Frankie Musonda | 25 |
|
6 | - | 36 | 2 |
| Jack Young | - |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Nick McAllister | 22 |
|
10 | 1 | 56 | 2 |
| Jamie Murphy | - |
|
7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Anton Dowds | 26 |
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ahkeem Rose | - |
|
10 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Logan Chalmers | 23 |
|
5 | 2 | 16 | 5 |
| Jack Senga (sub) | - |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 23 |
|
12 | 1 | 126 | 10 |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 21 |
|
9 | - | 42 | - |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 19 |
|
12 | 3 | 44 | 6 |
| Franny Amartey (sub) | 24 |
|
12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
League Table (as at September 22nd, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Raith Rovers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2. | Dundee United | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 3. | Arbroath | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4. | Queen's Park | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5. | Dunfermline Athletic | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6. | Partick Thistle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7. | Airdrieonians | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8. | Ayr United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 9. | Morton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10. | ICT | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |