Raith Rovers 3
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)


Raith Rovers 

3 - 2

Ayr United


League (Championship)
Saturday, September 17th, 2022
Starks Park
Attendance: 2,045


Goalscorers
Connell (8)
Stanton (35)
Brown (83)
Brad Young (51)
Andy Murdoch (69)

Team Managers
Unknown. Lee Bullen

Starting Eleven
1 MacDonald
4 Millen
5 Nolan
14 O'Riordan
3 Dick
20 Brown
16 Stanton
7 Connolly
23 Easton
22 Ross
18 Connell
Charlie Albinson .21
Sean McGinty .5
Patrick Reading .3
Frankie Musonda .4
Andy Murdoch .6
Ben Dempsey .8
Mark McKenzie .22
Nick McAllister .17
Daire OConnor .10
Dipo Akinyemi .9
Sam Ashford .23

Bench
6 Spencer
11 McBride
15 Ngwenya
17 Thomson
26 Mitchell
27 Coulson
30 Masson
Aiden McAdams .1
Alex Kirk .15
Finn Ecrepont .25
Jordan Houston .2
David Bangala .29
Josh Mullin .14
Paul Smith .31
Michael Moffat .7
Brad Young .18

Substitutions
None. Jordan Houston for Nick McAllister (45)
Josh Mullin for Daire OConnor (45)
Brad Young for Sam Ashford (45)
David Bangala for Andy Murdoch (84)
Paul Smith for Mark McKenzie (90)

Cautions
None. Patrick Reading
Andy Murdoch
Dipo Akinyemi

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Greg Aitken (Referee)



Photography by Dave Sargent

Match Report


Scott Brown fired Raith Rovers' late winner as Ayr United were knocked off top spot in the Scottish Championship.

Ayr fought back from 2-0 down after Brad Young and Andy Murdoch had cancelled out first-half goals from Raith's Kyle Connell and Sam Stanton.

But Raith midfielder Brown struck a late winner to halt Ayr's six-game unbeaten start to the season.

It leaves Ayr second behind Partick on goal difference, while Raith move above Hamilton and Morton into sixth.

Match report written by BBC



Squad Statistics (as at September 17th, 2022)


2022-23 All Time
Age
Charlie Albinson (GK)25 9 - 20 -
Frankie Musonda24 11 - 11 -
Patrick Reading23 10 - 753
Sean McGinty29 101452
Daire OConnor25 11 - 361
Nick McAllister21 7 - 20 -
Mark McKenzie22 101825
Ben Dempsey22 111181
Andy Murdoch27 1121276
Dipo Akinyemi25 118118
Sam Ashford26 10 - 232
Jordan Houston (sub)22 91901
Josh Mullin (sub) - 2 - 2 -
David Bangala (sub)25 2 - 2 -
Brad Young (sub) - 1111
Paul Smith (sub)20 5 - 14 -






League Table (as at September 17th, 2022)


Pld W D L Pts
1. Partick Thistle 7 4 2 1 14
2. Ayr United 7 4 2 1 14
3. Queen's Park 7 4 1 2 13
4. ICT 7 3 2 2 11
5. Dundee 7 3 1 3 10
6. Raith Rovers 7 3 0 4 9
7. Morton 7 2 2 3 8
8. Hamilton Academical 7 1 4 2 7
9. Cove Rangers 7 1 2 4 5
10. Arbroath 7 1 2 4 5