Queen of the South 4
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Queen of the South |
4 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Derek Lyle (12) Stephen Dobbie (44) Derek Lyle (53) Lyndon Dykes (74) |
Kevin Nisbit (61) |
| Team Managers | |
| Gavin Skelton |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
L Robinson (G) 1 J Hamill (D) 2 Yellow card J Marshall (D) 3 A Dowie (D) 4 D Brownlie (D) 5 G Anderson (M) 7 K Jacobs (M) 14 (79) C Tapping (M) 22 Yellow card (65) D Lyle (F) 9 (87) S Dobbie (F) 11 L Dykes (F) 25 |
Greg Fleming .1 Patrick Boyle .3 Michael Rose .5 Daryll Meggatt .18 Brian Gilmour .4 Gary Harkins .12 Nicky Devlin .2 Paul Cairney .14 Ross Docherty .23 Robbie Crawford .8 Kevin Nisbit .17 |
| Bench | |
|
R Thomson (G) 21 S Hooper (D) 16 O Moxon (M) 19 (87) S Rigg (F) 12 (79) J Pickard (F) 17 C Murray (F) 27 (65) D Brotherston (F) 35 |
Jordan Hart .19 Jamie Adams .16 Andy O'Connell .15 Michael Donald .11 Craig McGuffie .21 Alan Forrest .10 Jamie Thomas .7 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Jamie Adams for Robbie Crawford (56) Alan Forrest for Paul Cairney (56) Craig McGuffie for Gary Harkins (87) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Stephen Finnie (Referee) |
Match Report
Queen of the South recorded their first Championship victory of the season with a comfortable home win over Ayr United.
Derek Lyle opened the scoring for the hosts with a right-footed strike before Stephen Dobbie doubled the lead just before the break.
The Doonhamers extended their lead further when Lyle found the net for the second time.
The visitors managed to pull one back through Kevin Nisbet before Lyndon Dykes sealed the victory for the hosts.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at August 13th, 2016)
| 2016-17 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Greg Fleming (GK) | 29 |
|
6 | - | 51 | - |
| Patrick Boyle | 29 |
|
7 | - | 44 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmour | 29 |
|
5 | 1 | 98 | 9 |
| Daryll Meggatt | 25 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Michael Rose | 20 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Robbie Crawford | 22 |
|
7 | 1 | 124 | 5 |
| Ross Docherty | 23 |
|
6 | - | 41 | 1 |
| Paul Cairney | 28 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Nicky Devlin | 22 |
|
7 | - | 90 | 5 |
| Gary Harkins | 31 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Kevin Nisbit | 19 |
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Adams (sub) | 28 |
|
6 | - | 31 | 2 |
| Alan Forrest (sub) | 19 |
|
4 | 2 | 112 | 25 |
| Craig McGuffie (sub) | 18 |
|
7 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
League Table (as at August 13th, 2016)
No league table has been added for this season.