Ayr United 1
Falkirk 0 (AET)
Scottish Challenge Cup (Fourth Round)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 0
|
FalkirkFalkirk |
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Scottish Challenge Cup (Fourth Round) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Gary Harkins (114) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Ian McCall |
Peter Houston |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Greg Fleming Peter Murphy Brian Gilmour Daryll Meggatt Ross Docherty Paul Cairney Craig McGuffie Nicky Devlin Conrad Balatoni Gary Harkins Alan Forrest |
58 (G) D Mehmet Yellow card 2 (D) L Kidd 3 (D) L Leahy Yellow card 15 (D) L Gasparotto 44 (D) P Paul Watson 6 (M) J Rankin 8 (M) M Kerr (110) 11 (M) M Hippolyte 18 (F) L Miller 19 (F) R McHugh (68) 21 (F) S Shepherd (80) |
| Bench | |
|
Jordan Hart Michael Rose Andy OConnell Michael Donald Robbie Crawford Michael Wardrope |
26 (G) L McMinn 5 (D) D McCracken 22 (D) L Henderson 23 (D) T Gallacher 10 (M) C Sibbald (68) 31 (M) C Blues (110) 9 (F) J Baird (80) |
| Substitutions | |
|
Andy OConnell for Craig McGuffie (69) Michael Donald for Brian Gilmour (76) Robbie Crawford for Unknown (90) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Ross Docherty |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alan Muir (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United stuttered their way into the Scottish Challenge Cup quarter-finals after Gary Harkins' extra-time goal settled an uninspiring encounter.
Luke Leahy missed a penalty for Falkirk in the second half, rattling the left post after Lee Miller was up-ended.
It took 115 minutes to provide a breakthrough with a scrambled effort from the outstanding Harkins.
Ayr keeper Greg Fleming then produced a wonderful save to allow the hosts to hang on and avoid a penalty shootout.
Reduced prices tempted just 1,247 souls to Somerset Park, and they witnessed a first half short on thrills.
Scott Shepherd's low shot for Falkirk was straight at keeper Fleming, while United came closest with a fiery effort from Harkins.
It was little better after the break, despite a turn and shot from Allan Forrest which produced a fine save from Falkirk goalkeeper Deniz Dogan Mehmet.
After Leahy's penalty miss, a shootout appeared inevitable before Harkins struck five minutes from the end of extra time.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 7th, 2016)
| 2016-17 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| Greg Fleming (GK) | 30 |
|
14 | - | 59 | - |
| Brian Gilmour | 29 |
|
13 | 2 | 106 | 10 |
| Peter Murphy | 35 |
|
9 | 1 | 74 | 2 |
| Daryll Meggatt | 25 |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| Craig McGuffie | 18 |
|
14 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| Paul Cairney | 29 |
|
14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Ross Docherty | 23 |
|
14 | - | 49 | 1 |
| Alan Forrest | 20 |
|
12 | 4 | 120 | 27 |
| Gary Harkins | 31 |
|
8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Conrad Balatoni | 25 |
|
6 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Nicky Devlin | 22 |
|
15 | - | 98 | 5 |
| Michael Donald (sub) | 27 |
|
5 | - | 143 | 15 |
| Robbie Crawford (sub) | 22 |
|
13 | 1 | 130 | 5 |
| Andy OConnell (sub) | 23 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
League Table (as at October 7th, 2016)
No league table has been added for this season.