East Fife 0
Ayr United 5
League (League One)
East Fife |
0 - 5 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (League One) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Michael Moffat (pen.) (36) Michael Moffat (39) Kevin Kyle (45) Michael Donald (51) Alan Forrest (90) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Mark Roberts |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
G Paterson (G) 1 S Campbell (D) 2 S Durie (D) 3 (67) G Thom (D) 4 Yellow card K Rutkiewicz (D) 5 C Johnstone (D) 10 J Stewart (M) 6 S O'Neill (M) 7 S Hughes (M) 20 M McKenzie (F) 11 L Buchanan (F) 19 |
David Hutton Brian Gilmour Martyn Campbell Adam Hunter Gordon Pope Alan Lithgow Michael McGowan Michael Donald Scott McLaughlin Michael Moffat Kevin Kyle |
| Bench | |
|
C Shaw (G) 21 L Barr (M) 12 R Stewart (M) 14 K Smith (F) 15 P Clarke (F) 16 (67) N Austin (F) 17 |
Shaun Newman Jackson Longridge Anthony Marenghi Alan Forrest Michael Wardrope Mark Shankland Mark Roberts |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Alan Forrest for Martyn Campbell (62) Mark Shankland for Kevin Kyle (70) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Michael McGowan Scott McLaughlin |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Euan Norris (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United boosted their play-off hopes with a thumping win away to struggling East Fife.
Michael Moffat tucked away a penalty on 36 minutes before adding a second goal three minutes later from close range.
Kevin Kyle headed in Scott McLaughlin's corner before the interval.
Michael McDonald bundled the ball home six minutes after the restart and substitute Alan Forrest completed the scoring with another close-range effort deep into stoppage-time.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 15th, 2014)
| 2013-14 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| David Hutton (GK) | 28 |
|
35 | - | 35 | - |
| Martyn Campbell | 33 |
|
15 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmour | 26 |
|
17 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Alan Lithgow | 26 |
|
33 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| Gordon Pope | 24 |
|
31 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Adam Hunter | 28 |
|
30 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| Michael McGowan | 29 |
|
22 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| Scott McLaughlin | 29 |
|
34 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| Michael Donald | 25 |
|
35 | 7 | 35 | 7 |
| Michael Moffat | 29 |
|
31 | 24 | 39 | 27 |
| Kevin Kyle | 32 |
|
25 | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| Alan Forrest (sub) | 17 |
|
25 | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| Mark Shankland (sub) | 18 |
|
12 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
League Table (as at March 15th, 2014)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 29 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 83 |
| 2. | Dunfermline Athletic | 29 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 54 |
| 3. | Stranraer | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 45 |
| 4. | Ayr United | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 42 |
| 5. | Forfar Athletic | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 39 |
| 6. | Stenhousemuir | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 7. | Brechin City | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 8. | Airdrieonians | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 |
| 9. | East Fife | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 25 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 29 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 24 |