Ayr United 1
Greenock Morton 4
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 41 - 4 |
MortonMorton |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Jamie Adams (36) |
Ross Forbes (11) Ross Forbes (19) Gary Oliver (31) Gary Oliver (65) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Ian McCall |
Jim Duffy |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Greg Fleming Scott McKenna Michael Rose Daryll Meggatt Gary Harkins Nicky Devlin Paul Cairney Jamie Adams Robbie Crawford Conrad Balatoni Craig Moore |
1 (G) D Gaston 2 (D) L Kilday 3 (D) R Lamie (51) 4 (D) T O'Ware 6 (D) M Doyle 8 (M) R Forbes (89) 11 (M) A Nesbitt 12 (M) M Tidser 21 (M) A Murdoch 7 (F) G Oliver 16 (F) L Shankland (84) |
| Bench | |
|
Jordan Hart Brian Gilmour Patrick Boyle Peter Murphy Michael Wardrope Craig McGuffie Alan Forrest |
30 (G) J McGowan 39 (D) L Strapp 14 (M) J Scullion (89) 17 (M) M Russell (51) 18 (M) J McDonagh (84) 37 (F) S Tiffoney |
| Substitutions | |
|
Craig McGuffie for Michael Rose (45) Michael Wardrope for Robbie Crawford (67) Alan Forrest for Paul Cairney (67) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Daryll Meggatt Gary Harkins |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Don Robertson (Referee) |
Match Report
Greenock Morton closed the gap on second-placed Dundee United after an emphatic away win over Ayr United.
The Championship promotion chasers raced into a 3-0 lead from a Ross Forbes' double and a Gary Oliver strike.
Jamie Adams gave Ayr hope before half-time with a left-footed shot into the bottom corner.
However, Gary Oliver scored again to restore the three-goal lead and move Morton three points of second.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at January 28th, 2017)
| 2016-17 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Greg Fleming (GK) | 30 |
|
32 | - | 77 | - |
| Michael Rose | 21 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Scott McKenna | 20 |
|
12 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Daryll Meggatt | 26 |
|
26 | - | 26 | - |
| Conrad Balatoni | 26 |
|
24 | 3 | 24 | 3 |
| Robbie Crawford | 22 |
|
30 | 1 | 147 | 5 |
| Jamie Adams | 29 |
|
21 | 2 | 46 | 4 |
| Paul Cairney | 29 |
|
31 | 4 | 31 | 4 |
| Nicky Devlin | 23 |
|
31 | - | 114 | 5 |
| Gary Harkins | 32 |
|
26 | 4 | 26 | 4 |
| Craig Moore | 22 |
|
4 | 1 | 34 | 15 |
| Craig McGuffie (sub) | 19 |
|
24 | 2 | 25 | 2 |
| Michael Wardrope (sub) | 20 |
|
6 | - | 19 | 1 |
| Alan Forrest (sub) | 20 |
|
30 | 9 | 138 | 32 |
League Table (as at January 28th, 2017)
No league table has been added for this season.