Ayr United 1
Arbroath 2
League (League One)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 21 - 2 |
ArbroathArbroath |
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League (League One) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Chris Higgins (42) |
Kader (47) Whatley (59) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Ian McCall |
Dick Campbell |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
20. Jordan Hart Michael Rose Chris Higgins 3. Patrick Boyle 10. Alan Forrest 8. Robbie Crawford 6. Andrew Geggan 23. Ross Docherty 11. Declan McDaid Michael Moffat 9. Craig Moore |
D. Hutton R. Little T. O'Brien C. Hamilton G. Swankie Substituted M. Whatley O. Kader Substituted 45+2' D. Denholm B. Yule D. Gold Substituted S. Doris |
| Bench | |
|
Brian Gilmour 14. David Ferguson Craig Reid 12. Craig McGuffie Leon Murphy 25. Luke McCowan |
J. Skelly Substituted for O. Kader 83' J. Henry Substituted for D. Gold 85' B. Prunty Substituted for G. Swankie 90' B. Linn R. Gomes R. McCord |
| Substitutions | |
|
Craig Reid for Alan Forrest (46) Craig McGuffie for Ross Docherty (68) Brian Gilmour for Robbie Crawford (83) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Andrew Geggan |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Mike Roncone (Referee) |
Match Report
Arbroath produced a spectacular team performance to defeat Ayr United who went into the match having won their first 3 league matches and scoring 32 goals in 9 competitive matches.
Straight from Kick off it was clear the Lichties were in the mood. Ricky Little almost opened the scoring when he had a shot cleared off the line before Hart pulled off a close range save from Swankie but as half time approached Higgins found the back of the net but the Arbroath game plan didn’t change and Omar Kader dinked the ball over Hart to pull level on the stroke of half time.
Arbroath continued to push in the second half and Swankie was again denied from a volley from Hart but it was a spectacular chip from Skipper Mark Whatley from 25 yards out that flew past Hart and into the top corner.
The Lichties defence stood up to everything with Ricky Little and Thomas O’Brien commanding at the back with Colin Hamilton coming close to adding a 3rd for the Lichties.
Match report written by Arbroath FC
Squad Statistics (as at August 26th, 2017)
| 2017-18 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| Jordan Hart (GK) | 21 |
|
10 | - | 12 | - |
| Chris Higgins | 32 |
|
10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Michael Rose | 21 |
|
6 | - | 31 | 1 |
| Patrick Boyle | 30 |
|
9 | 1 | 88 | 2 |
| Robbie Crawford | 23 |
|
8 | 3 | 131 | 10 |
| Alan Forrest | 20 |
|
6 | 1 | 160 | 34 |
| Declan McDaid | 21 |
|
9 | 6 | 18 | 7 |
| Ross Docherty | 24 |
|
9 | 1 | 87 | 4 |
| Andrew Geggan | 30 |
|
9 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Michael Moffat | 32 |
|
10 | 4 | 58 | 34 |
| Craig Moore | 23 |
|
10 | 9 | 57 | 26 |
| Craig Reid (sub) | 31 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Brian Gilmour (sub) | 30 |
|
7 | 1 | 137 | 11 |
| Craig McGuffie (sub) | 19 |
|
9 | 1 | 50 | 4 |
League Table (as at August 26th, 2017)
No league table has been added for this season.