Ayr United 4
Cowdenbeath 1
League (League One)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
4 - 14 - 1 |
CowdenbeathCowdenbeath |
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League (League One) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Ross McCrorie (15) Ryan Stevenson (17) Craig Moore (36) Ryan Stevenson (60) |
Declan Hughes (52) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Ian McCall |
Colin Nish |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Greg Fleming Patrick Boyle Andy Graham Peter Murphy Ross McCrorie Brian Gilmour Nicky Devlin Ross Docherty Ryan Stevenson Craig Moore Alan Trouten |
1 (G) A Roman 2 (D) F Kerr 3 (D) C Kane 4 (D) P Scullion 5 (D) D Brett 8 (D) K Adamson 6 (M) D Hughes 7 (M) J Beaumont (62) Yellow card 11 (M) D McDaid (67) 9 (F) D Byrne (45) Yellow card 10 (F) R Caldwell |
| Bench | |
|
Shaun Newman Gerry McLauchlan Robbie Crawford Michael Donald Michael Wardrope Alan Forrest Jordan Preston |
17 (G) G Adam 12 (D) B Donaldson (45) 19 (D) H Swann 14 (M) K Gibbons (62) 15 (M) L Milne 16 (F) C Johnston Yellow card 18 (F) G Spence (67) |
| Substitutions | |
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Jordan Preston for Craig Moore (40) Michael Wardrope for Ross McCrorie (68) Robbie Crawford for Ross Docherty (74) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Nicky Devlin Peter Murphy Ross McCrorie |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Gavin Ross (Referee) |
Match Report
Ryan Stevenson hit a brace as Ayr United kept their play-off charge on track with a demolition of Cowdenbeath.
He had already headed against the post before Robbie McCrorie nodded home Brian Gilmour's corner.
Cowden keeper Alin Roman made a string of fine saves, but Stevenson fired home a right-footed effort and Craig Moore headed the third.
Declan Hughes fired Cowden's reply from just outside the box before Stevenson drilled home his second.
Ayr move to within two points of second-top Peterhead with a game in hand.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 1st, 2016)
| 2015-16 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Greg Fleming (GK) | 29 |
|
31 | - | 31 | - |
| Patrick Boyle | 28 |
|
26 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmour | 28 |
|
24 | 2 | 85 | 8 |
| Ross McCrorie | 17 |
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Peter Murphy | 35 |
|
24 | - | 53 | 1 |
| Andy Graham | 32 |
|
19 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| Ryan Stevenson | - |
|
9 | 4 | 112 | 35 |
| Ross Docherty | 23 |
|
22 | - | 22 | - |
| Nicky Devlin | 22 |
|
29 | 2 | 70 | 4 |
| Alan Trouten | 30 |
|
28 | 5 | 106 | 17 |
| Craig Moore | 21 |
|
18 | 10 | 18 | 10 |
| Robbie Crawford (sub) | 21 |
|
24 | 1 | 106 | 2 |
| Michael Wardrope (sub) | 19 |
|
5 | - | 8 | - |
| Jordan Preston (sub) | 20 |
|
26 | 10 | 40 | 15 |
League Table (as at March 1st, 2016)
No league table has been added for this season.
Manager's Programme Notes
Programme from the postponed match of 16th January used.