Queen's Park 1
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Queen's Park |
1 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Paton (63) |
Jamie Murphy (40) Mark McKenzie (74) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
David White Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Ferrie 4 Bannon 8 Thomson 3 Robson 33 Mauchin 44 Welsh 20 Turner 16 Bruce 23 Longridge 9 Paton 11 Thomas |
Charlie Albinson George Stanger Roy Syla Sean McGinty Patrick Reading Mark McKenzie Nick McAllister Ben Dempsey Jamie Murphy Anton Dowds Logan Chalmers |
| Bench | |
|
2 McPherson 6 Spong 15 Tizzard 18 McKinstry 19 Williamson 22 Reid 27 Jarrett 30 McKenna 35 Carse |
Robbie Mutch Dylan Watret Aiden McGeady Scott Tomlinson Jack Sanders Paul Smith Ahkeem Rose Franny Amartey Fraser Bryden |
| Substitutions | |
|
33 Mauchin for McPherson 83' 20 Turner for Spong 71' 16 Bruce for McKinstry 72' 23 Longridge for Carse 71' |
Fraser Bryden for Jamie Murphy (67) Aiden McGeady for Anton Dowds (75) Ahkeem Rose for Mark McKenzie (83) |
| Cautions | |
| Welsh; Turner |
Patrick Reading Jamie Murphy Fraser Bryden |
| Red Cards | |
| Welsh (65) | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Steven Kirkland (Referee) |
Match Report
Scott Brown kicked off his tenure as Ayr United head coach with victory as his new side edged out 10-man Queen's Park at Hampden.
Jamie Murphy put the visitors in front shortly before the break, but Callum Davidson's men replied just after the hour through Ruari Paton.
The hosts went down to 10 men two minutes later, though, when Sean Welsh was shown a second yellow card.
And Ayr took advantage as Mark McKenzie went on to net a 74th-minute winner.
The victory moves Brown's side up a place to sixth, three points off a play-off place and six clear of Queen's in ninth.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at January 27th, 2024)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 27 |
|
20 | - | 71 | - |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
23 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Patrick Reading | 24 |
|
29 | - | 140 | 3 |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
28 | 1 | 105 | 5 |
| Roy Syla | 23 |
|
19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Jamie Murphy | 34 |
|
24 | 6 | 24 | 6 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
17 | 3 | 70 | 11 |
| Nick McAllister | 23 |
|
20 | 1 | 66 | 2 |
| Mark McKenzie | 23 |
|
25 | 3 | 139 | 12 |
| Logan Chalmers | 23 |
|
21 | 7 | 32 | 10 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
18 | 7 | 18 | 7 |
| Aiden McGeady (sub) | 37 |
|
15 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Ahkeem Rose (sub) | 25 |
|
24 | 5 | 24 | 5 |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 19 |
|
23 | 4 | 55 | 7 |
League Table (as at January 27th, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee United | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 45 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 44 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 37 |
| 4. | Morton | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 5. | Airdrieonians | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 7. | Dunfermline Athletic | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 8. | ICT | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 9. | Queen's Park | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 |