Ayr United 1
Partick Thistle 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 11 - 1 |
Partick ThistlePartick Thistle |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Anton Dowds (pen.) (25) |
Harry Milne (74) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Scott Brown |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Jack McIntyre 14. George Stanger 32. Dylan Watret 3. Patrick Reading 17. Jay Henderson 8. Ben Dempsey Ryan Howley 22. Mark McKenzie 2. Nick McAllister 9. George Oakley 7. Anton Dowds |
12 (G) M Roberts 5 (D) A Muirhead Yellow card 19 (D) L McBeth Yellow card 20 (D) D O'Reilly 2 (M) C Nilsson (61) 3 (M) H Milne 6 (M) K Turner Yellow card 14 (M) R Crawford (73) 26 (M) B Stanway (73) 9 (F) B Graham 18 (F) T Ablade (66) |
| Bench | |
|
38. Liam Russel Connor McAvoy 20. Roy Syla 18. Jamie Hislop 24. Scott Tomlinson 24. Ethan Walker 15. Jamie Murphy Alfie Bavidge 16. Jake Hastie |
24 (G) M McCready 22 (D) C Sayers 23 (D) L Ashcroft 21 (M) A Fitzpatrick (61) 27 (M) J Lyon 29 (M) Z Mackenzie (73) 10 (F) L Chalmers (66) 15 (F) L Smith 34 (F) R Diack (73) |
| Substitutions | |
|
Alfie Bavidge for Ryan Howley (55) Jamie Murphy for Anton Dowds (66) Ethan Walker for Jamie Murphy (72) Jake Hastie for Jay Henderson (73) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
George Stanger Ryan Howley George Oakley |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Ross Harvie (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United lost top spot in the Championship as Partick Thistle hit back to earn a share of the points at Somerset Park.
After his initial effort was saved, Anton Dowds converted a retaken penalty on 23 minutes following a hand ball from Aaron Muirhead.
The visitors levelled on 74 minutes when Harry Milne headed home from a Kyle Turner cross.
Ayr remain unbeaten after six league outings but slip one point behind Falkirk, who have won all five of their matches.
Thistle are fifth, with just one victory from their opening five games.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at September 14th, 2024)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Jack McIntyre (GK) | 21 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| George Stanger | 24 |
|
11 | 1 | 45 | 3 |
| Patrick Reading | 25 |
|
11 | - | 154 | 3 |
| Dylan Watret | 17 |
|
8 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
10 | - | 92 | 12 |
| Jay Henderson | 22 |
|
11 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Nick McAllister | 23 |
|
5 | - | 82 | 3 |
| Mark McKenzie | 24 |
|
9 | - | 163 | 13 |
| Ryan Howley | - |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| George Oakley | 28 |
|
11 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
11 | 9 | 42 | 23 |
| Jamie Murphy (sub) | 35 |
|
8 | 1 | 47 | 8 |
| Ethan Walker (sub) | 26 |
|
7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Jake Hastie (sub) | 25 |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Alfie Bavidge (sub) | 18 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
League Table (as at September 14th, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 3. | Livingston | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 4. | Queen's Park | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6. | Hamilton Academical | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7. | Dunfermline Athletic | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8. | Airdrieonians | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9. | Morton | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 10. | Raith Rovers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |