East Stirlingshire 0
Ayr United 3
Scottish League Cup (First Round)
East Stirlingshire |
0 - 3 |
Ayr United |
 |
Scottish League Cup (First Round) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Alan Trouten (39) Mark Roberts (45) Mark Roberts (52) |
| Team Managers | |
| John Coughlin |
Brian Reid |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
G Sorley I Chisholm J Dingwall D Cane R Frances S Jackson M Hunter A Stirling K Turner A Lurinsky A Love |
Kevin Cuthbert Martyn Campbell John Robertson Eddie Malone Chris Smith Michael McGowan Andy Geggan Scott Aiken Alan Trouten Michael Moffat Mark Roberts |
| Bench | |
|
C Antell C Scott F Team J Savage J Sheerin |
Ryan McWilliams Gareth Armstrong Ross Robertson Gareth Wardlaw Roddy Paterson |
| Substitutions | |
|
C Scott for S Jackson (63) F Team for A Lurinsky (63) J Sheerin for K Turner (82) |
Gareth Wardlaw for Michael Moffat (66) Ross Robertson for Scott Aiken (77) Roddy Paterson for Mark Roberts (77) |
| Cautions | |
| R Frances (68) | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Euan Anderson (Referee) |
Match Report
A Mark Roberts double helped Ayr to victory at East Stirlingshire in the Scottish League Cup first round.
The away side took the lead six minutes from the break when midfielder Alan Trouten fired a 20-yard drive into the net of Shire keeper Kevin Cuthbert.
Ayr doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time, this time Roberts slotting home his first from 12 yards.
Roberts added Ayr's third in the 52nd minute meeting Trouten's centre to score into the bottom-right-corner.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at July 30th, 2011)
| 2011-12 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Kevin Cuthbert (GK) | 28 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| Eddie Malone | 26 |
|
2 | - | 38 | 1 |
| John Robertson | 35 |
|
2 | - | 3 | - |
| Martyn Campbell | 30 |
|
2 | 1 | 163 | 3 |
| Chris Smith | 22 |
|
2 | - | 44 | 1 |
| Andy Geggan | 24 |
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael McGowan | 26 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| Scott Aiken | 17 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Michael Moffat | 26 |
|
2 | - | 28 | 11 |
| Alan Trouten | 25 |
|
2 | 1 | 44 | 8 |
| Mark Roberts | 35 |
|
2 | 2 | 103 | 45 |
| Ross Robertson (sub) | 20 |
|
2 | - | 32 | 2 |
| Gareth Wardlaw (sub) | 32 |
|
2 | - | 104 | 23 |
| Roddy Paterson (sub) | 18 |
|
1 | - | 5 | - |
League Table (as at July 30th, 2011)
No league table has been added for this season.