Cove Rangers |
0 - 5 |
Ayr United |
League (Championship) |
Goalscorers | |
None. |
Nick McAllister (21) Ben Dempsey (55) Josh Mullin (61) Fraser Bryden (82) Josh Mullin (89) |
Team Managers | |
Paul Hartley |
Lee Bullen |
Starting Eleven | |
12 Fox 3 Naismith 6 Neill 15 McClelland 2 Logan 8 Yule 4 Scully 28 Paterson 9 Megginson 18 Weston 11 McIntosh |
Charlie Albinson Patrick Reading Sean McGinty Alex Kirk Ben Dempsey Jayden Mitchell-Lawson Nick McAllister Michael Hewitt Josh Mullin Dipo Akinyemi Paul Smith |
Bench | |
5 Ross 14 Virtanen 16 Vigurs 17 Longstaff 23 Gourlay 25 Glass 26 Reynolds |
Aiden McAdams Jordan Houston Dylan Watret Kinlay Bilham Daire OConnor David Bangala Mark McKenzie Fraser Bryden Sam Ashford |
Substitutions | |
15 McClelland for Virtanen 45'minutes 4 Scully for Vigurs 76'minutes 9 Megginson forGlass 76'minutes 18 Weston for Longstaff 59'minutes |
Jordan Houston for Patrick Reading (17) David Bangala for Paul Smith (73) Sam Ashford for Michael Hewitt (79) Fraser Bryden for Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (79) Mark McKenzie for Dipo Akinyemi (79) |
Cautions | |
McClelland | None. |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Graham Grainger (Referee) |
Ayr United moved a point behind Scottish Championship leaders Queen's Park with an emphatic victory against Cove Rangers at Balmoral Stadium.
Nick McAllister got the first, poking home a loose ball after Kyle McClelland misjudged a Josh Mullin free-kick.
Mullin's terrific cross was finished by Ben Dempsey then the provider made it three after a fine Dipo Akinyemi pass.
Fraser Bryden's strike into the top corner and Mullin's free-kick in off the crossbar completed the rout.
Leaders Queen's Park play third-placed Dundee - who are four points behind Lee Bullen's Ayr but have two games in hand - on Saturday.
Ayr and Paul Hartley's Cove meet again on Tuesday for a place in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup at home to Elgin City.
Match report written by BBC
2022-23 | All Time | |||||
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Age | Nat | |||||
Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 | 24 | - | 35 | - | |
Patrick Reading | 23 | 27 | - | 92 | 3 | |
Alex Kirk | 20 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | |
Sean McGinty | 29 | 23 | 2 | 58 | 3 | |
Nick McAllister | 22 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 1 | |
Jayden Mitchell-Lawson | - | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |
Ben Dempsey | 23 | 28 | 6 | 35 | 6 | |
Josh Mullin | - | 17 | 8 | 17 | 8 | |
Michael Hewitt | 22 | 9 | - | 22 | - | |
Dipo Akinyemi | 25 | 28 | 16 | 28 | 16 | |
Paul Smith | 20 | 13 | - | 22 | - | |
Jordan Houston (sub) | 23 | 18 | 1 | 99 | 1 | |
David Bangala (sub) | 25 | 7 | - | 7 | - | |
Mark McKenzie (sub) | 22 | 26 | 3 | 98 | 7 | |
Sam Ashford (sub) | 27 | 23 | - | 36 | 2 | |
Fraser Bryden (sub) | 18 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Queen's Park | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 |
2. | Ayr United | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 39 |
3. | Dundee | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 35 |
4. | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 33 |
5. | Morton | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
6. | ICT | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
7. | Raith Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 |
8. | Cove Rangers | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
9. | Arbroath | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 |
10. | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 |