Arbroath 0
Ayr United 3
League (League One)
Arbroath |
0 - 3 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (League One) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Michael Moffat (13) Michael Moffat (17) Alan Forrest (62) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Mark Roberts |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
S Morrison (G) 1 C Hamilton (D) 2 J Lindsay (D) 3 M Travis (D) 5 A Keddie (D) 6 D Smith (M) 4 B Linn (M) 7 (62) R Chisholm (M) 8 G Bayne (F) 9 (77) S Milne (F) 10 (63) L Yao (F) 11 |
David Hutton Josh McArthur Gordon Pope Alan Lithgow Adam Hunter Michael Donald Michael McGowan Anthony Marenghi Scott McLaughlin Craig Malcolm Michael Moffat |
| Bench | |
|
(77) P Martin (G) 19 T Bullock (G) 21 D Banjo (D) 15 C Chris Scott (M) 14 (63) P Sheerin (M) 17 (62) A Cook (F) 12 L Sibanda (F) 16 |
William Muir Jackson Longridge Alan Forrest Michael Wardrope Mark Shankland Mark Roberts |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Alan Forrest for Josh McArthur (59) Mark Shankland for Anthony Marenghi (80) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Adam Hunter Michael McGowan Anthony Marenghi |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
John McKendrick (Referee) |
Match Report
Michael Moffat scored twice as Ayr United began their Scottish League One campaign with a comfortable win at Arbroath.
Moffat hit the post before converting Scott McLaughlin's cross for the opener.
Another shot from the forward following good work by Michael McGowan doubled the visitors' advantage.
And substitute Alan Forrest's strike completed the scoring for Mark Roberts' side.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at August 10th, 2013)
| 2013-14 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| David Hutton (GK) | 28 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Alan Lithgow | 25 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Gordon Pope | 24 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Josh McArthur | 17 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| Adam Hunter | 27 |
|
3 | - | 8 | - |
| Scott McLaughlin | 28 |
|
3 | - | 4 | - |
| Anthony Marenghi | 20 |
|
2 | - | 9 | - |
| Michael McGowan | 28 |
|
3 | - | 8 | - |
| Michael Donald | 24 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Craig Malcolm | 26 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Michael Moffat | 28 |
|
3 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| Alan Forrest (sub) | 16 |
|
3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Mark Shankland (sub) | 18 |
|
3 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
League Table (as at August 10th, 2013)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3. | Dunfermline Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4. | Stenhousemuir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5. | Airdrieonians | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6. | Forfar Athletic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7. | East Fife | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8. | Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9. | Brechin City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |