Forfar Athletic 2
Ayr United 1
League (Second Division)
Forfar Athletic |
2 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Second Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Chris Templeman (12) Iain Campbell (pen.) (45) |
Michael Bolochoweckyj (o.g.) (36) |
| Team Managers | |
| Dick Campbell |
Mark Roberts |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 (G) G Smith Yellow card 2 (D) K McAusland 3 (D) J Longridge Yellow card 4 (D) N McGregor Red card 5 (D) D Brownlie (s/o 44) 6 (M) A Wyllie Yellow card 7 (M) S McLaughlin 8 (M) R Crawford (62) 10 (M) A Marenghi (46) 11 (M) M Donald 9 (F) M Moffat |
Graeme Smith Neil McGregor Darren Brownlie Kyle McAusland Jackson Longridge Anthony Marenghi Michael Donald Scott McLaughlin Aaron Wyllie Robbie Crawford Michael Moffat |
| Bench | |
|
20 (G) W Muir 12 (D) C Smith (46) 16 (M) M Wardrope (62) 14 (F) M Shankland 15 (-) R Campbell |
William Muir Ross Campbell Chris Smith Michael Wardrope Mark Shankland |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Chris Smith for Anthony Marenghi (46) Michael Wardrope for Robbie Crawford (62) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Kyle McAusland Neil McGregor Scott McLaughlin |
| Red Cards | |
| None. |
Darren Brownlie (44) |
| Match Officials | |
|
Craig Charleston (Referee) |
Match Report
Forfar claimed the final play-off spot on the last day of the Second Division season with a gritty win over 10-man Ayr United.
Chris Templeman got the home side off to a dream start when he headed in after 10 minutes.
But there was a setback for the hosts when Michael Bolochoweckyj's failed clearance attempt resulted in an own goal.
Forfar quickly restored the lead before the break when Templeman was brought down by Darren Brownlie in the box after a sustained period of possession.
Brownlie was sent off for his protests and Iain Campbell slotted the penalty into the bottom left corner.
Michael Donald gave the home fans a late scare when he fired over the bar from six yards but Forfar were able to see out the game against Ayr's 10 men and finish the season in fourth place.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at May 4th, 2013)
| 2012-13 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Graeme Smith (GK) | 29 |
|
15 | - | 15 | - |
| Jackson Longridge | 18 |
|
3 | - | 7 | - |
| Kyle McAusland | 20 |
|
26 | 3 | 26 | 3 |
| Darren Brownlie | 19 |
|
20 | - | 20 | - |
| Neil McGregor | 27 |
|
14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Robbie Crawford | 18 |
|
39 | - | 40 | - |
| Aaron Wyllie | 19 |
|
10 | - | 11 | - |
| Scott McLaughlin | 28 |
|
8 | 1 | 53 | 6 |
| Michael Donald | 24 |
|
20 | 4 | 20 | 4 |
| Anthony Marenghi | 19 |
|
17 | - | 17 | - |
| Michael Moffat | 28 |
|
39 | 21 | 116 | 41 |
| Chris Smith (sub) | 24 |
|
14 | - | 106 | 3 |
| Michael Wardrope (sub) | 16 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
League Table (as at May 4th, 2013)
No league table has been added for this season.