Stranraer 3
Ayr United 4
League (League One)
Stranraer |
3 - 4 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (League One) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Wallace (16) Thomson (79) Thomson (81) |
Declan McDaid (42) Craig Moore (49) Michael Moffat (59) Patrick Boyle (85) |
| Team Managers | |
| Stevie Farrell |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Belford 2 Robertson Substituted for Neill at 86'minutes 6 Lang 8 Bell 3 Dick 22 Hamill 23 Thomson Booked at 27mins 11 Anderson Booked at 90mins 10 Agnew Substituted for Woods at 63'minutes 9 Wallace 14 Okoh Substituted for Turner at 45'minutes Booked at 66mins |
Jordan Hart .20 Chris Higgins .2 Michael Rose .5 Craig Reid .26 Patrick Boyle .3 Andrew Geggan .6 Robbie Crawford .8 Declan McDaid .11 Ross Docherty .23 Craig Moore .9 Michael Moffat .7 |
| Bench | |
|
5 Neill 7 Woods 13 Currie 16 Turner 17 McKinlay 18 Mclaughlin 24 Stoney |
Brian Gilmour .4 David Ferguson .14 Craig McGuffie .12 Alan Forrest .10 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Craig McGuffie for Declan McDaid (72) Alan Forrest for Michael Moffat (76) Brian Gilmour for Craig Moore (91) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Craig Charleston (Referee) |
Match Report
League One leaders Ayr United maintained their 100% start to the season but were made to work for it by Stranraer in a seven-goal thriller.
Their 4-3 win at Stair Park keeps them two points ahead of Raith Rovers, who came from behind to beat Forfar 3-1.
East Fife beat Arbroath 3-2 to leapfrog them into third place.
Ryan Tierney scored the decisive goal as Airdrie beat Albion Rovers 2-1, and Adam Martin's late strike saw Alloa to a 1-0 victory over Queen's Park.
At Stranraer, the home side opened the scoring through Ryan Wallace but Declan McDaid levelled with a smart shot from the edge of the box.
It was 2-1 to the visitors when neat build-up play from Ross Docherty played in Craig Moore and he blasted the ball home.
Michael Moffat added a third to seemingly put them in control.
However, Ryan Thomson's bullet header made it 3-2 and his second of the game brought Stranraer level.
There was to be more drama at the death as Ayr stole victory through Paddy Boyle's breakaway strike.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at August 19th, 2017)
| 2017-18 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Jordan Hart (GK) | 21 |
|
9 | - | 11 | - |
| Michael Rose | 21 |
|
5 | - | 29 | 1 |
| Chris Higgins | 32 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Patrick Boyle | 30 |
|
8 | 1 | 86 | 2 |
| Craig Reid | 31 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Declan McDaid | 21 |
|
8 | 6 | 17 | 7 |
| Robbie Crawford | 23 |
|
7 | 3 | 161 | 10 |
| Andrew Geggan | 30 |
|
8 | 2 | 55 | 9 |
| Ross Docherty | 24 |
|
8 | 1 | 85 | 4 |
| Craig Moore | 23 |
|
9 | 9 | 56 | 26 |
| Michael Moffat | 32 |
|
9 | 4 | 165 | 72 |
| Brian Gilmour (sub) | 30 |
|
6 | 1 | 136 | 11 |
| Alan Forrest (sub) | 20 |
|
5 | 1 | 158 | 33 |
| Craig McGuffie (sub) | 19 |
|
8 | 1 | 49 | 4 |
League Table (as at August 19th, 2017)
No league table has been added for this season.