Ayr United 2
Alloa Athletic 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 12 - 1 |
Alloa AthleticAlloa Athletic |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Ross Docherty (6) Ross Docherty (12) |
O'Hara (67) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Mark Kerr |
Peter Grant |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Ross Doohan 3. Daniel Harvie 15. Steven Bell 31. Jordan Houston 2. Aaron Muirhead 4. Mark Kerr 10. Alan Forrest 23. Ross Docherty 11. Luke McCowan 30. Stephen Kelly 9. Craig Moore |
41 MacDonald 2 Taggart 5 Graham 4 Deas 18 Malcolm 7 Cawley 8 Robertson 6 Hetherington 20 O'Donnell 10 Trouten 17O 'Hara |
| Bench | |
|
19. Ellis Hare Reid 21. Finn Ecrepont 5. Sam Roscoe 22. Mark McKenzie 6. Andrew Geggan 7. Michael Moffat |
9 Buchanan 14 Brown 16 Gilhooley 19 Thomson 23 Gillespie 31 Henry |
| Substitutions | |
|
Andrew Geggan for Mark Kerr (70) Michael Moffat for Craig Moore (73) Mark McKenzie for Luke McCowan (87) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Stephen Kelly |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Munro (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United overcame Alloa Athletic to record their first win in five league matches and move back into third place in the Scottish Championship.
In challenging conditions, Ross Docherty pounced when Alloa failed to clear a corner then finished from Stephen Kelly's pass.
After the break, Kevin O'Hara's fine 20-yard drive brought the visitors back into the game.
Saves from Jamie MacDonald prevented Ayr recording a bigger win.
Yet Ayr's Ross Doohan produced a terrific save at the death from Liam Buchanan to deny the part-timers a point as the visitors remain bottom of the table.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at December 14th, 2019)
| 2019-20 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| Ross Doohan (GK) | 21 |
|
21 | - | 68 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 19 |
|
13 | - | 13 | - |
| Steven Bell | 34 |
|
10 | - | 57 | 3 |
| Daniel Harvie | 21 |
|
21 | 1 | 65 | 1 |
| Aaron Muirhead | 29 |
|
18 | - | 29 | 1 |
| Alan Forrest | 23 |
|
21 | 8 | 231 | 53 |
| Mark Kerr | 37 |
|
12 | - | 56 | - |
| Stephen Kelly | 19 |
|
21 | 5 | 21 | 5 |
| Luke McCowan | 22 |
|
20 | 8 | 32 | 10 |
| Ross Docherty | 26 |
|
20 | 2 | 143 | 8 |
| Craig Moore | 25 |
|
8 | 3 | 121 | 51 |
| Andrew Geggan (sub) | 32 |
|
17 | 1 | 127 | 15 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 19 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 34 |
|
22 | 6 | 267 | 97 |
League Table (as at December 14th, 2019)
No league table has been added for this season.