Arbroath 2
Ayr United 3
League (League One)
Arbroath |
2 - 3 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (League One) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Bobby Linn (63) Leighton McIntosh (79) |
Michael Moffat (4) Michael Donald (18) Michael Moffat (29) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Mark Roberts |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
S Morrison (G) 1 (46) D Banjo (D) 2 C Hamilton (D) 3 R Little (D) 5 A Keddie (D) 6 (87) K Nicoll (M) 4 B Linn (M) 7 R Chisholm (M) 8 Yellow card P Sheerin (M) 11 Yellow card L McIntosh (F) 9 (45) A Cook (F) 10 |
David Hutton Alan Lithgow Brian Gilmour Adam Hunter Gordon Pope Alan Forrest Scott McLaughlin Michael Donald Michael Moffat Craig Malcolm Kevin Kyle |
| Bench | |
|
S Wood (G) 21 J Lindsay (D) 14 C Chris Scott (M) 15 (45) P McManus (F) 12 (46) L Yao (F) 16 (87) D Robertson (F) 17 J Thompson (-) 18 |
William Muir Jackson Longridge Michael McGowan Michael Wardrope Robbie Crawford Anthony Marenghi Mark Shankland |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Michael McGowan for Alan Forrest (84) Anthony Marenghi for Michael Donald (85) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Craig Malcolm (23) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Mat Northcroft (Referee) |
Match Report
ichael Moffat netted twice for Ayr as they won at Arbroath.
He fired home after four minutes and Ayr doubled their lead in 17 minutes when Michael Donald swept the ball past Arbroath goalkeeper Scott Morrison.
United made it 3-0 in the 29th minute when Moffat rounded Morrison and tucked away his 20th goal of the season.
The hosts pulled one back when Robert Linn beat Ayr goalkeeper David Hutton and Leighton McIntosh nodded in their second in the 79th minute.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at February 1st, 2014)
| 2013-14 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| David Hutton (GK) | 28 |
|
29 | - | 29 | - |
| Gordon Pope | 24 |
|
27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Adam Hunter | 28 |
|
24 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmour | 26 |
|
13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Alan Lithgow | 25 |
|
28 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Scott McLaughlin | 29 |
|
29 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Alan Forrest | 17 |
|
20 | 3 | 20 | 3 |
| Michael Donald | 25 |
|
29 | 5 | 29 | 5 |
| Kevin Kyle | 32 |
|
20 | 4 | 20 | 4 |
| Craig Malcolm | 27 |
|
26 | 4 | 26 | 4 |
| Michael Moffat | 28 |
|
29 | 20 | 37 | 23 |
| Anthony Marenghi (sub) | 20 |
|
22 | 3 | 29 | 3 |
| Michael McGowan (sub) | 28 |
|
16 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
League Table (as at February 1st, 2014)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| 2. | Dunfermline Athletic | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 44 |
| 3. | Stranraer | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 38 |
| 4. | Ayr United | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 36 |
| 5. | Forfar Athletic | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 6. | Brechin City | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 |
| 7. | Stenhousemuir | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 8. | East Fife | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 23 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 |