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 Alan Lithgow Brian Gilmour Martyn Campbell Adam Hunter Gordon Pope Scott McLaughlin Michael McGowan Michael Donald 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 Michael Wardrope Anthony Marenghi Alan Forrest Mark Roberts Mark Shankland |
| 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 | - |
| Gordon Pope | 24 |
|
31 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Adam Hunter | 28 |
|
30 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| Martyn Campbell | 33 |
|
15 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmour | 26 |
|
17 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Alan Lithgow | 26 |
|
33 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| Scott McLaughlin | 29 |
|
34 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| Michael Donald | 25 |
|
35 | 7 | 35 | 7 |
| Michael McGowan | 29 |
|
22 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| Kevin Kyle | 32 |
|
25 | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| Michael Moffat | 29 |
|
31 | 24 | 39 | 27 |
| 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 |