Ayr United 5
Arbroath 0
League (Champsionship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
5 - 05 - 0 |
ArbroathArbroath |
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League (Champsionship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Kurt Willoughby (pen.) (23) Frankie Musonda (32) Anton Dowds (pen.) (41) Ben Dempsey (68) Logan Chalmers (90) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Scott Brown |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Josh Clarke George Stanger Frankie Musonda Harry McHugh Jack Sanders Jamie Murphy Nick McAllister Ben Dempsey Franny Amartey Anton Dowds Kurt Willoughby |
41 Boruc 12 Stewart 2 Steele 17 Teale 15 Delaney 7 Gold 22 Murray 6 Slater 18 Mackinnon 9 McIntosh 11 Dow |
| Bench | |
|
Charlie Albinson Sean McGinty Nathan Mcginley Aiden McGeady Scott Tomlinson Mark McKenzie Paul Smith Fraser Bryden Logan Chalmers |
1 Gaston 8 McKenna 10 Jacobs 14 Stowe 16 Norey 19 Robinson 20 Walker 26 Lyon 27 Bird |
| Substitutions | |
|
Mark McKenzie for Harry McHugh (57) Fraser Bryden for Franny Amartey (65) Aiden McGeady for Jamie Murphy (73) Logan Chalmers for Kurt Willoughby (73) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Scott Lambie (Referee) |
Match Report
Arbroath were relegated to Scottish League 1 following a heavy defeat away to Ayr United.
Jim McIntyre's side had to win and hope Inverness Caledonian Thistle lost in order to keep their faint survival hopes alive, but were blown away at Somerset Park.
Penalties from Kurt Willoughby and Anton Dowds, either side of Frankie Musonda's header, put Ayr in command at half-time.
Ben Dempsey fired home a fourth after the break, before Logan Chalmers added a fifth late on.
Ayr climb to sixth, nine points off the play-offs with three games of the regular season left.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at April 13th, 2024)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Josh Clarke (GK) | - |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 26 |
|
19 | 2 | 49 | 4 |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
31 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
| Harry McHugh | - |
|
9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
26 | 4 | 79 | 12 |
| Nick McAllister | 23 |
|
30 | 2 | 76 | 3 |
| Jamie Murphy | - |
|
36 | 7 | 36 | 7 |
| Jack Sanders | - |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Franny Amartey | 24 |
|
31 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Kurt Willoughby | - |
|
10 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
29 | 13 | 29 | 13 |
| Aiden McGeady (sub) | - |
|
19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 23 |
|
37 | 3 | 151 | 12 |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 19 |
|
35 | 5 | 67 | 8 |
| Logan Chalmers (sub) | 24 |
|
28 | 9 | 39 | 12 |
League Table (as at April 13th, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee United | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 68 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 62 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 48 |
| 4. | Airdrieonians | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 45 |
| 5. | Dunfermline Athletic | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 42 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 42 |
| 7. | Morton | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 41 |
| 8. | ICT | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
| 9. | Queen's Park | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 36 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 |
| 11. | Airdrie United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |