Ayr United 3
Airdrieonians 0
League (League One)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
3 - 03 - 0 |
AirdrieoniansAirdrieonians |
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League (League One) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Andrew Geggan (50) Lawrence Shankland (pen.) (81) Lawrence Shankland (84) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Ian McCall |
Stevie Findlay |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Jack Ruddy 5. Michael Rose 3. Patrick Boyle 28. Steven Bell 11. Declan McDaid 6. Andrew Geggan 16. Jamie Adams 27. Mark Kerr 10. Alan Forrest 9. Craig Moore 17. Lawrence Shankland |
1 (G) R Ferguson 2 (D) C O'Neil 3 (D) K MacDonald 4 (D) J McGregor 5 (D) D Brownlie 6 (D) D Cairns 7 (M) S Stewart 8 (M) R Brown 11 (M) T Fry (72) 9 (F) D Duffy (72) 10 (F) D Carrick |
| Bench | |
|
20. Jordan Hart 26. Craig Reid 14. David Ferguson 12. Craig McGuffie 8. Robbie Crawford 23. Ross Docherty 7. Michael Moffat |
17 (G) W Muir 12 (D) D Higgins 14 (D) J Edwards 18 (D) S McIntosh 15 (M) A Brown 19 (M) C Russell (72) 16 (F) J Hastie (72) |
| Substitutions | |
|
Michael Moffat for Craig Moore (69) Robbie Crawford for Alan Forrest (73) Ross Docherty for Mark Kerr (86) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Jamie Adams Steven Bell Andrew Geggan Mark Kerr Alan Forrest |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alan Newlands (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United narrowed the gap on Raith Rovers to four points in the League One title race.
Ayr were 3-0 winners over Airdrieonians and they have a game in hand over Raith, who slipped up with a 2-2 draw at home to Arbroath.
Stranraer boosted their play-off hopes with a 1-0 win over fourth-placed Alloa.
East Fife beat Albion Rovers 2-0, while Queen's Park and Forfar Athletic shared four goals at Hampden.
Aye made it 102 goals for the season as they swept to victory against Airdrie at Somerset Park.
Andy Geggan got the Honest Men underway then Lawrence Shankland scored a double, one from the penalty spot.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at February 24th, 2018)
| 2017-18 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| Jack Ruddy (GK) | 20 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Michael Rose | 22 |
|
31 | 2 | 55 | 3 |
| Steven Bell | 33 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Patrick Boyle | 30 |
|
30 | 1 | 108 | 2 |
| Alan Forrest | 21 |
|
24 | 8 | 177 | 40 |
| Mark Kerr | 35 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Jamie Adams | 30 |
|
22 | 2 | 72 | 6 |
| Andrew Geggan | 30 |
|
28 | 5 | 75 | 12 |
| Declan McDaid | 22 |
|
34 | 12 | 43 | 13 |
| Lawrence Shankland | 22 |
|
25 | 23 | 25 | 23 |
| Craig Moore | 23 |
|
32 | 21 | 79 | 38 |
| Ross Docherty (sub) | 25 |
|
22 | 2 | 99 | 5 |
| Robbie Crawford (sub) | 23 |
|
18 | 4 | 172 | 11 |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 33 |
|
36 | 11 | 192 | 79 |
League Table (as at February 24th, 2018)
No league table has been added for this season.