Ayr United 2
Forfar Athletic 0
League (League One)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 02 - 0 |
Forfar AthleticForfar Athletic |
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League (League One) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Craig Malcolm (41) Michael Moffat (pen.) (75) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Mark Roberts |
Dick Campbell |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
David Hutton Alan Lithgow Adam Hunter Martyn Campbell Gordon Pope Michael Donald Scott McLaughlin Anthony Marenghi Michael McGowan Michael Moffat Craig Malcolm |
Darren Hill Michael Dunlop Mark Baxter Marvin Andrews Darren Dods Gavin Malin James Dale Neil McCabe Chris Templeman Paul McManus Ross Campbell |
| Bench | |
|
William Muir Jackson Longridge Josh McArthur Alan Forrest Robbie Crawford Mark Shankland Mark Roberts |
Rab Douglas Stuart Malcolm Gary Fusco Duncan Reid Omar Kader Gavin Swankie Bryan Deasley |
| Substitutions | |
|
Alan Forrest for Michael McGowan (76) Robbie Crawford for Martyn Campbell (83) Mark Shankland for Craig Malcolm (86) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Michael Donald Michael Moffat |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | Darren Dods (74) |
| Match Officials | |
|
Don Robertson (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr recorded their second win of the campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win over 10-man Forfar at Somerset Park.
The visitors started brightly and could have taken the lead through Ross Campbell but for an outstanding stop from United's keeper David Hutton.
It was as close as Dick Campbell's men would come to troubling the scoresheet.
Ayr took the lead five minutes before the break when Craig Malcolm opened his account for the season with a thunderous drive from10 yards out.
The Loons' Gavin Malin was taken off with a suspected dislocated shoulder after 50 minutes and Ayr made sure of the points midway through the second half when Darren Dods was shown a straight red for handling inside the area.
Michael Moffat stepped up to power the spot-kick beyond Darren Hill and the Honest Men kept a second successive clean sheet to secure all three points.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at August 17th, 2013)
| 2013-14 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| David Hutton (GK) | 28 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Gordon Pope | 24 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Martyn Campbell | 32 |
|
3 | - | 184 | 3 |
| Adam Hunter | 27 |
|
4 | - | 33 | 1 |
| Alan Lithgow | 25 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Scott McLaughlin | 28 |
|
4 | - | 57 | 6 |
| Michael Donald | 24 |
|
4 | - | 24 | 4 |
| Michael McGowan | 28 |
|
4 | - | 56 | 5 |
| Anthony Marenghi | 20 |
|
3 | - | 20 | - |
| Craig Malcolm | 26 |
|
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Michael Moffat | 28 |
|
4 | 4 | 120 | 45 |
| Robbie Crawford (sub) | 19 |
|
2 | - | 42 | - |
| Alan Forrest (sub) | 16 |
|
4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Mark Shankland (sub) | 18 |
|
4 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
League Table (as at August 17th, 2013)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3. | Stenhousemuir | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4. | Dunfermline At | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5. | Brechin City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6. | Arbroath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7. | Airdrieonians | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8. | Forfar Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9. | East Fife | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10. | Stranraer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |