Forfar Athletic 4
Ayr United 2
League (League One)
Forfar Athletic |
4 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (League One) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Jamie McCluskey (2) Dale Hilson (25) Omar Kader (52) Dale Hilson (73) |
Michael Moffat (pen.) (60) Brian Gilmour (90) |
| Team Managers | |
| Dick Campbell |
Mark Roberts |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
D Hill (G) 1 I Campbell (D) 3 M Andrews (D) 4 D Dods (D) 5 Yellow card G Fusco (M) 2 G Malin (M) 6 O Kader (M) 7 (71) J McCluskey (M) 8 (77) C Templeman (F) 9 (80) D Hilson (F) 10 Yellow card R Campbell (F) 11 |
David Hutton Brian Gilmour Gordon Pope Martyn Campbell Alan Lithgow Michael Donald Scott McLaughlin Alan Forrest Michael McGowan Craig Malcolm Michael Moffat |
| Bench | |
|
R Douglas (G) 20 (80) P McLelland (M) 12 (71) J Dale (M) 14 K Gibson (M) 16 L Keiller (M) 17 C Craig Smith (M) 18 (77) C Duggan (F) 15 |
Shaun Newman Adam Hunter Kyle McAusland Anthony Marenghi Robbie Crawford Mark Shankland Kevin Kyle |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Kyle McAusland for Michael McGowan (55) Mark Shankland for Alan Forrest (83) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Euan Anderson (Referee) |
Match Report
Dale Hilson scored a brace as Forfar Athletic thumped fourth-placed promotion hopefuls Ayr United.
The hosts were quick out the traps, as Jamie McCluskey lifted the ball over Ayr goalkeeper David Hutton to open the scoring.
And Hilson netted before Omar Kader's low finish made it three.
Michael Moffat then scored a consolation goal from the spot for Ayr before Hilson made it 4-1 and a late Brian Gilmour strike ended the scoring.
Ayr remain a point ahead of Stenhousemuir, who lost at home to Airdrieonians, with a game remaining.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at April 26th, 2014)
| 2013-14 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| David Hutton (GK) | 28 |
|
41 | - | 41 | - |
| Gordon Pope | 25 |
|
37 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmour | 26 |
|
23 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| Alan Lithgow | 26 |
|
39 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
| Martyn Campbell | 33 |
|
21 | 1 | 146 | 4 |
| Scott McLaughlin | 29 |
|
40 | 1 | 93 | 7 |
| Michael Donald | 25 |
|
39 | 7 | 59 | 11 |
| Michael McGowan | 29 |
|
27 | 2 | 79 | 7 |
| Alan Forrest | 17 |
|
31 | 9 | 31 | 9 |
| Craig Malcolm | 27 |
|
37 | 7 | 37 | 7 |
| Michael Moffat | 29 |
|
37 | 27 | 153 | 68 |
| Kyle McAusland (sub) | 21 |
|
16 | - | 42 | 3 |
| Mark Shankland (sub) | 18 |
|
13 | 1 | 31 | 2 |
League Table (as at April 26th, 2014)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 35 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 101 |
| 2. | Dunfermline Athletic | 35 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 62 |
| 3. | Stranraer | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
| 4. | Ayr United | 35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 46 |
| 5. | Stenhousemuir | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 45 |
| 6. | Forfar Athletic | 35 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 43 |
| 7. | Brechin City | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 42 |
| 8. | Airdrieonians | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 42 |
| 9. | East Fife | 35 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 32 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 35 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 31 |