Queen's Park 1
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)


Queen's Park 

1 - 1

Ayr United


League (Championship)
Saturday, September 21st, 2024
Hampden Park
Attendance: 1,635


Goalscorers
Cammy Kerr (35) Ben Dempsey (57)

Team Managers
Unknown. Scott Brown

Starting Eleven
C Ferrie (G) 1
(74) J Scott (D) 3
(87) W Tizzard (D) 15
D Murray (D) 25
C Kerr (D) 30 Yellow card
S Welsh (M) 4
R MacGregor (M) 14
(67) J Hinds (M) 19
(87) J Turner (M) 20
(67) R Duncan (M) 23
Z Rudden (F) 17
Liam Russel .38
Dylan Watret .32
George Stanger .14
Patrick Reading .3
Nick McAllister .2
Jay Henderson .17
Ben Dempsey .8
Ryan Howley
George Oakley .9
Jake Hastie .16
Alfie Bavidge

Bench
J Wills (G) 21
(74) M MacKenzie (D) 44 Yellow card
(87) H Fieldson (D) 53
(87) L McLeish (M) 18
(67) R Hickey-Fugaccia (M) 37
T McDonnell (M) 42
M Collie (M) 47
(67) L Longridge (F) 7
Jack McIntyre
Frankie Musonda .4
Roy Syla .20
Ethan Walker .24
Mark McKenzie .22
Jamie Hislop .18

Substitutions
None. Roy Syla for Jake Hastie (45)
Ethan Walker for Ryan Howley (45)
Mark McKenzie for George Oakley (75)
Frankie Musonda for Dylan Watret (83)
Jamie Hislop for Alfie Bavidge (89)

Cautions
None. Ben Dempsey
Roy Syla

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Iain Snedden (Referee)





Photography by SNS Group

Match Report


Ayr United moved back to the top of the Scottish Championship on goal difference as they continued their unbeaten start to the season with a draw at Queen's Park.

Cammy Kerr headed Callum Davidson's hosts into a first-half lead, arguably against the run of play, when he rose high and unmarked to meet Roddy MacGregor's corner.

Ayr's deserved equaliser came through captain Ben Dempsey, the midfielder scooping a sensational shot into the top corner after 17-year-old Dylan Watert's cute cutback.

Substitute Roy Syla smashed a sensational effort of the crossbar, but it failed to bounce over the line as Ayr's relentless search for a winner didn't bear fruit.

Scott Brown's side have played two games more than second-place Falkirk, while Queen's Park drop to fifth following Partick Thistle's late winner against Dunfermline.

Queen's Park manager Callum Davidson: "The last 20 minutes of the game were frustrating, we're struggling with some injuries - so are Ayr - but the strength in depth just wasn't quite there.

"It was a big lesson for some of the younger ones, just not good enough. How to win football games, how to see games out, we just didn't do it. Once we conceded, we weren't very good, simple as that."

Ayr United manager Scott Brown: "The first half, we weren't great, the second half we were much livelier. The first half we were soft, we looked like a team who just wanted to play nice football, and I was bored watching us.

"The lads that came on in the second half done really, really well. It was a game of two halves."

Match report written by BBC



Squad Statistics (as at September 21st, 2024)


2024-25 All Time
Age
Liam Russel (GK) - 1 - 1 -
Dylan Watret17 91121
Patrick Reading25 12 - 1553
George Stanger24 121463
Ryan Howley - 4 - 4 -
Ben Dempsey24 1119313
Jay Henderson22 125125
Nick McAllister23 6 - 833
Jake Hastie25 121121
George Oakley28 124124
Alfie Bavidge18 3 - 3 -
Roy Syla (sub)24 7 - 352
Frankie Musonda (sub)26 61585
Ethan Walker (sub)26 8181
Jamie Hislop (sub)16 1 - 1 -
Mark McKenzie (sub)24 10 - 16413






League Table (as at September 21st, 2024)


Pld W D L Pts
1. Ayr United 7 4 3 0 15
2. Falkirk 5 5 0 0 15
3. Livingston 5 3 2 0 11
4. Partick Thistle 6 2 2 2 8
5. Queen's Park 6 2 2 2 8
6. Morton 6 1 3 2 6
7. Hamilton Academical 7 1 3 3 6
8. Dunfermline Athletic 6 1 1 4 4
9. Raith Rovers 6 1 1 4 4
10. Airdrieonians 6 1 1 4 4