Peterhead 1
Ayr United 4
League Play Off (Play Off Semi Final First Leg)
Peterhead |
1 - 4 |
Ayr United |
 |
League Play Off (Play Off Semi Final First Leg) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Leighton McIntosh (35) |
Michael Donald (18) Jordan Preston (41) Jordan Preston (59) Robbie Crawford (74) |
| Team Managers | |
| Jim McInally |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
G Smith (G) 1 S Noble (D) 3 R Ryan Strachan (D) 6 Yellow card J Redman (M) 8 N Riley (M) 11 K Dzierzawski (M) 14 N Blockley (M) 17 S Ferry (M) 22 Yellow card (63) S Sutherland (F) 10 L McIntosh (F) 15 Yellow card (77) J Jordon Brown (F) 18 |
Greg Fleming Peter Murphy Ross McCrorie Patrick Boyle Andy Graham Robbie Crawford Nicky Devlin Michael Donald Ross Docherty Jordan Preston Craig Moore |
| Bench | |
|
P Jarvie (G) 21 S Scott Ross (D) 4 R Baptie (D) 16 (77) M Marc Lawrence (M) 19 (63) A Rodgers (F) 20 |
Shaun Newman Brian Gilmour Gerry McLauchlan Michael Wardrope Ryan Stevenson Alan Forrest Alan Trouten |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Brian Gilmour for Michael Donald (72) Alan Trouten for Craig Moore (75) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Patrick Boyle Ross McCrorie Craig Moore |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Stephen Finnie (Referee) |
Match Report
Jordan Preston scored twice as Ayr United claimed the initiative in the Championship play-off semi-final against Peterhead.
Michael Donald put the visitors in front before Leighton McIntosh levelled matters with his 14th goal this season.
Blackburn loanee Preston put Ayr back in front just before the break.
Patrick Boyle set up Preston for his second and Robbie Crawford made it four to give Peterhead a tough ask in Saturday's second leg.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at May 3rd, 2016)
| 2015-16 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Greg Fleming (GK) | 29 |
|
42 | - | 42 | - |
| Peter Murphy | 35 |
|
33 | - | 62 | 1 |
| Andy Graham | 32 |
|
27 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| Patrick Boyle | 29 |
|
34 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Ross McCrorie | 18 |
|
12 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Robbie Crawford | 21 |
|
32 | 2 | 114 | 3 |
| Ross Docherty | 23 |
|
32 | - | 32 | - |
| Michael Donald | 27 |
|
37 | 3 | 135 | 15 |
| Nicky Devlin | 22 |
|
39 | 2 | 80 | 4 |
| Craig Moore | 21 |
|
28 | 14 | 28 | 14 |
| Jordan Preston | 20 |
|
37 | 15 | 51 | 20 |
| Brian Gilmour (sub) | 28 |
|
29 | 2 | 90 | 8 |
| Alan Trouten (sub) | 30 |
|
37 | 7 | 115 | 19 |
League Table (as at May 3rd, 2016)
No league table has been added for this season.