Ayr United 2
Forfar Athletic 3
League (League One)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 32 - 3 |
Forfar AthleticForfar Athletic |
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League (League One) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Craig Malcolm (34) Martyn Campbell (62) |
Gavin Swankie (13, 67) Chris Templeman (45) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Mark Roberts |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
David Hutton Martyn Campbell Alan Lithgow Jackson Longridge Adam Hunter Scott McLaughlin Michael Donald Anthony Marenghi Michael McGowan Craig Malcolm Kevin Kyle |
1 (G) R Douglas Yellow card 2 (D) M Baxter 3 (D) I Campbell Yellow card 5 (D) S Malcolm Yellow card 6 (D) D Dods 4 (M) G Fusco 8 (M) N McCabe 7 (F) R Campbell (86) 9 (F) C Templeman Yellow card 10 (F) G Swankie 11 (F) D Hilson |
| Bench | |
|
Shaun Newman Gordon Pope Brian Gilmour Robbie Crawford Alan Forrest Mark Roberts Mark Shankland |
20 (G) D Hill 14 (D) M Andrews 12 (M) M Fotheringham 15 (M) J Dale 16 (M) O Kader (86) 17 (M) G Malin 18 (M) J McCluskey |
| Substitutions | |
|
Alan Forrest for Anthony Marenghi (58) Mark Shankland for Scott McLaughlin (72) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Craig Charleston (Referee) |
Match Report
Gavin Swankie netted a brace as Forfar Athletic edged out Ayr United in an entertaining Somerset Park tussle.
The visitors took the lead on 13 minutes when Swankie turned in Dale Hilson's cross but Ayr hit back through a fierce shot from Craig Malcolm.
Chris Templeman's strike restored Forfar's lead on the brink of half-time only for Martyn Campbell to later bundle in a leveller from close range.
But Swankie hit the winner with on 67 minutes with a firm shot.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 4th, 2014)
| 2013-14 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| David Hutton (GK) | 28 |
|
33 | - | 33 | - |
| Martyn Campbell | 33 |
|
13 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Adam Hunter | 28 |
|
28 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Jackson Longridge | 18 |
|
4 | - | 5 | - |
| Alan Lithgow | 25 |
|
31 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Michael McGowan | 29 |
|
20 | 2 | 25 | 2 |
| Anthony Marenghi | 20 |
|
25 | 3 | 32 | 3 |
| Michael Donald | 25 |
|
33 | 5 | 33 | 5 |
| Scott McLaughlin | 29 |
|
33 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Kevin Kyle | 32 |
|
24 | 4 | 24 | 4 |
| Craig Malcolm | 27 |
|
30 | 5 | 30 | 5 |
| Alan Forrest (sub) | 17 |
|
23 | 3 | 23 | 3 |
| Mark Shankland (sub) | 18 |
|
11 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
League Table (as at March 4th, 2014)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 27 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 77 |
| 2. | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 53 |
| 3. | Stranraer | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 45 |
| 4. | Ayr United | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 36 |
| 5. | Forfar Athletic | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 35 |
| 6. | Stenhousemuir | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 7. | Brechin City | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 8. | Airdrieonians | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 9. | East Fife | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 25 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 |