Ayr United 3
Greenock Morton 1
Scottish League Cup (Group E)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
3 - 13 - 1 |
MortonMorton |
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Scottish League Cup (Group E) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Lawrence Shankland (48) Lawrence Shankland (72) Lawrence Shankland (75) |
Michael Tidser (14) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Ian McCall |
Ray McKinnon |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Ross Doohan 5. Michael Rose 3. Daniel Harvie 6. Andrew Geggan 16. Jamie Adams 10. Alan Forrest 8. Robbie Crawford 18. Andy Murdoch 4. Mark Kerr 7. Michael Moffat 17. Lawrence Shankland |
Ryan Scully .1 Lee Kilday .2 Jack Iredale .3 Gregor Buchanan .4 Kerr Waddell .5 Charlie Telfer .6 Chris Millar .7 Jim McAlister .8 Michael Tidser .10 Gary Oliver .9 Ross MacLean .11 |
| Bench | |
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19. Ellis Hare Reid 15. Steven Bell 14. David Ferguson 25. Luke McCowan 12. Craig McGuffie 11. Declan McDaid 9. Craig Moore |
Bob McHugh .12 Lewis Strapp .14 Ruaridh Langan .15 Ben Armour .16 Darren Hynes .17 Jack Purdue .18 Derek Gaston .20 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Declan McDaid for Mark Kerr (62) Craig McGuffie for Alan Forrest (67) Craig Moore for Michael Moffat (70) |
Lewis Strapp for Kerr Waddell (60) Bob McHugh for Charlie Telfer (67) Ben Armour for Chris Millar (75) |
| Cautions | |
|
Andy Murdoch (65) |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Willie Colloum (Referee) |
Match Report
Lawrence Shankland netted a hat-trick as Ayr United came from behind to beat Greenock Morton at Somerset Park.
The visitors drew first blood in the Scottish League Group E clash, Michael Tidser putting Morton ahead after 14 minutes.
Shankland equalised early in the second half before firing two goals in three minutes to seal the win.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at July 14th, 2018)
| 2018-19 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| Ross Doohan (GK) | 20 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Daniel Harvie | 20 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Michael Rose | 22 |
|
1 | - | 65 | 3 |
| Jamie Adams | 30 |
|
1 | - | 81 | 9 |
| Andrew Geggan | 31 |
|
1 | - | 82 | 12 |
| Mark Kerr | 36 |
|
1 | - | 15 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | 23 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Robbie Crawford | 24 |
|
1 | - | 183 | 12 |
| Alan Forrest | 21 |
|
1 | - | 188 | 41 |
| Michael Moffat | 33 |
|
1 | - | 202 | 81 |
| Lawrence Shankland | 22 |
|
1 | 3 | 34 | 32 |
| Declan McDaid (sub) | 22 |
|
1 | - | 53 | 14 |
| Craig McGuffie (sub) | 20 |
|
1 | - | 80 | 7 |
| Craig Moore (sub) | 23 |
|
1 | - | 89 | 44 |
League Table (as at July 14th, 2018)
No league table has been added for this season.