Brechin City 1
Ayr United 0
League (League One)
Brechin City |
1 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (League One) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Robert Thomson (74) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Darren Dods |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
G Smith (G) 1 P McLean (D) 2 W Dyer (D) 3 (15) D McCormack (D) 4 D Dods (D) 5 J Dale (M) 6 J Tiffoney (M) 7 Yellow card C Molloy (M) 8 L Spence (M) 9 Yellow card L Watt (M) 11 R Thomson (F) 10 |
Greg Fleming Patrick Boyle Gerry McLauchlan Brian Gilmour Peter Murphy Ross McCrorie Ross Docherty Nicky Devlin Ryan Stevenson Alan Trouten Jordan Preston |
| Bench | |
|
P O'Neil (G) 21 E Smith (D) 14 (15) L Culjak (D) 15 J Montgomery (M) 16 S Shepherd (F) 12 C Johnston (F) 17 |
Shaun Newman Michael Donald Jamie Adams Alan Forrest Robbie Crawford Michael Wardrope Craig Moore |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Jamie Adams for Ross McCrorie (45) Alan Forrest for Alan Trouten (45) Craig Moore for Brian Gilmour (78) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Patrick Boyle Ross Docherty Alan Trouten Jamie Adams Craig Moore |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Munro (Referee) |
Match Report
Scottish League One bottom side Brechin City moved to within a point of Forfar Athletic with victory over Ayr United.
The hosts started brightly in a half of few chances, Liam Watt shooting over and player-manager Darren Dods heading straight at goalkeeper Greg Fleming.
Brechin keeper Graeme Smith fumbled an effort from Jamie Adams before tipping away Jordan Preston's strike.
They proved crucial interventions as Robert Thomson headed home Watt's cross for the winner.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 5th, 2016)
| 2015-16 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Greg Fleming (GK) | 29 |
|
32 | - | 32 | - |
| Patrick Boyle | 28 |
|
27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Ross McCrorie | 17 |
|
3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Peter Murphy | 35 |
|
25 | - | 54 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmour | 28 |
|
25 | 2 | 86 | 8 |
| Gerry McLauchlan | 26 |
|
25 | 3 | 25 | 3 |
| Ryan Stevenson | - |
|
10 | 4 | 75 | 18 |
| Nicky Devlin | 22 |
|
30 | 2 | 71 | 4 |
| Ross Docherty | 23 |
|
23 | - | 23 | - |
| Jordan Preston | 20 |
|
27 | 10 | 41 | 15 |
| Alan Trouten | 30 |
|
29 | 5 | 107 | 17 |
| Jamie Adams (sub) | 28 |
|
19 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| Alan Forrest (sub) | 19 |
|
29 | 5 | 98 | 23 |
| Craig Moore (sub) | 21 |
|
19 | 10 | 19 | 10 |
League Table (as at March 5th, 2016)
No league table has been added for this season.