Ayr United 3
Dunfermline Athletic 3
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
3 - 33 - 3 |
Dunfermline AthleticDunfermline Athletic |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Mark McKenzie (21) Lucas McRoberts (68) Anton Dowds (73) |
C. Kane, (35', 42') J. Edwards, (45') |
| Team Managers | |
|
Scott Brown |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Josh Clarke 14. George Stanger 4. Frankie Musonda 5. Sean McGinty 21. Harry McHugh 22. Mark McKenzie 8. Ben Dempsey 23. Jack Sanders 15. Jamie Murphy 11. Logan Chalmers 16. Anton Dowds |
Unknown. |
| Bench | |
|
1. Charlie Albinson 24. Scott Tomlinson 17. Franny Amartey Lucas McRoberts 9. Kurt Willoughby 18. Paul Smith |
None. |
| Substitutions | |
|
Scott Tomlinson for Sean McGinty (46) Lucas McRoberts for Mark McKenzie (65) Franny Amartey for Jamie Murphy (66) Paul Smith for Logan Chalmers (84) Kurt Willoughby for Harry McHugh (84) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Jack Sanders (70) |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
William Collum (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United and Dunfermline Athletic played out an entertaining draw on the final day of the Scottish Championship season.
With both sides out of contention for promotion or relegation, the goals flew in at Somerset Park as Mark McKenzie opened the scoring for Ayr.
Dunfermline then hit three without reply before half-time as Josh Edwards added to two goals from Chris Kane.
But Scott Brown's side came storming back after the break and levelled the game through Lucas McRoberts and Anton Dowds.
The draw was not enough for Ayr to leapfrog Dunfermline into sixth spot, instead keeping them in seventh place.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at May 3rd, 2024)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Josh Clarke (GK) | 19 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 26 |
|
22 | 2 | 52 | 4 |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
34 | 2 | 34 | 2 |
| Harry McHugh | - |
|
12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
41 | 2 | 118 | 6 |
| Mark McKenzie | 23 |
|
40 | 4 | 154 | 13 |
| Jamie Murphy | 34 |
|
39 | 7 | 39 | 7 |
| Jack Sanders | - |
|
14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
29 | 4 | 82 | 12 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
31 | 14 | 31 | 14 |
| Logan Chalmers | 24 |
|
30 | 9 | 41 | 12 |
| Scott Tomlinson (sub) | 18 |
|
17 | - | 18 | - |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 22 |
|
21 | - | 54 | - |
| Lucas McRoberts (sub) | - |
|
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Kurt Willoughby (sub) | - |
|
13 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| Franny Amartey (sub) | 24 |
|
34 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
League Table (as at May 3rd, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee United | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 75 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 69 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 55 |
| 4. | Airdrieonians | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 52 |
| 5. | Morton | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 45 |
| 6. | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 45 |
| 7. | Ayr United | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 44 |
| 8. | Queen's Park | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 43 |
| 9. | ICT | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 42 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 |