Ayr United 1
Cowdenbeath 2
League Play Off (Semi Final 1st Leg)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 21 - 2 |
CowdenbeathCowdenbeath |
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League Play Off (Semi Final 1st Leg) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Gordon Pope (79) |
Greg Stewart (15, 37) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Mark Roberts |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
David Hutton Gordon Pope Brian Gilmour Alan Lithgow Adam Hunter Kyle McAusland Scott McLaughlin Anthony Marenghi Alan Forrest Craig Malcom Michael Moffat |
1 (G) T Flynn 2 (D) R McKeown 4 (D) T O'Brien 5 (D) J Armstrong (45) 14 (D) D Brett 23 (D) D Brownlie 6 (M) N Wedderburn 18 (M) L Milne 22 (M) J Robertson Yellow card 9 (F) G Stewart 21 (F) K Hemmings |
| Bench | |
|
Shaun Newman Jackson Longridge Michael McGowan Michael Wardrope Robbie Crawford Mark Shankland Kevin Kyle |
17 (G) S Usai 3 (D) K Adamson 26 (D) C Kane (45) 8 (M) J Stevenson 11 (M) J Morton 12 (M) D Gold 20 (M) K Miller |
| Substitutions | |
|
Kevin Kyle for Anthony Marenghi (60) Mark Shankland for Alan Forrest (71) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Don Robertson (Referee) |
Match Report
Greg Stewart scored twice as Cowdenbeath took control of their Scottish Championship play-off semi-final with a first-leg win at Ayr.
Stewart struck the opener after 16 minutes when he tucked the ball home at the far post.
He doubled the lead eight minutes from half-time, finding the top corner with a fierce drive from Lewis Milne's pass.
United's Gordon Pope had already found the side-netting before prodded home a corner with 11 minutes remaining.
Blue Brazil manager Jimmy Nicholl had urged his players not to feel sorry for themselves after Queen of the South's stoppage-time equaliser on Saturday ensured their place in the play-offs after finishing second bottom in the Championship.
They responded by taking control early in the game on their way to a third win in their last four outings.
Ayr had ended a run of five games without a victory on Saturday by defeating East Fife 4-1 to ensure fourth spot in the League One table.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at May 7th, 2014)
| 2013-14 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| David Hutton (GK) | 28 |
|
43 | - | 43 | - |
| Alan Lithgow | 26 |
|
41 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmour | 26 |
|
25 | 3 | 25 | 3 |
| Gordon Pope | 25 |
|
39 | 2 | 39 | 2 |
| Kyle McAusland | 21 |
|
18 | - | 18 | - |
| Adam Hunter | 28 |
|
35 | 1 | 40 | 1 |
| Anthony Marenghi | 21 |
|
27 | 3 | 34 | 3 |
| Scott McLaughlin | 29 |
|
42 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Alan Forrest | 17 |
|
33 | 9 | 33 | 9 |
| Craig Malcom | 27 |
|
39 | 10 | 39 | 10 |
| Michael Moffat | 29 |
|
39 | 27 | 45 | 30 |
| Mark Shankland (sub) | 18 |
|
15 | 1 | 21 | 2 |
| Kevin Kyle (sub) | 32 |
|
28 | 5 | 28 | 5 |
League Table (as at May 7th, 2014)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 36 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 102 |
| 2. | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 63 |
| 3. | Stranraer | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 51 |
| 4. | Ayr United | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 49 |
| 5. | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 48 |
| 6. | Airdrieonians | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 45 |
| 7. | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 43 |
| 8. | Brechin City | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 42 |
| 9. | East Fife | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 32 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 31 |