Ayr United 3
Queen's Park 2
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
3 - 23 - 2 |
Queen's ParkQueen's Park |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Jay Henderson (pen.) (31) Mark McKenzie (39) George Oakley (76) |
Josh Hinds (81) Jack Turner (83) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Scott Brown |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
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38. Liam Russel 3. Patrick Reading 33. Scott McMann 14. George Stanger 5. Mickey Devlin 10. Connor McLennan 17. Jay Henderson 8. Ben Dempsey 22. Mark McKenzie 23. Marcus Rus 9. George Oakley |
1 (G) C Ferrie 15 (D) W Tizzard 25 (D) D Murray 30 (D) C Kerr (62) 53 (D) H Fieldson (45) 4 (M) S Welsh Yellow card 8 (M) J Thomson 11 (M) D Thomas (62) 23 (M) R Duncan (45) Yellow card 28 (M) S Drozd 18 (F) L McLeish (71) |
| Bench | |
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Jack McIntyre 20. Roy Syla Ryan Howley 18. Jamie Hislop 16. Jake Hastie |
21 (G) J Wills 3 (D) J Scott (45) 2 (M) Z Mauchin (62) 20 (M) J Turner (62) Red and yellow cards 37 (M) R Hickey-Fugaccia (71, s/o 90) 7 (F) L Longridge 9 (F) M Thompson 19 (F) J Hinds (45) 39 (F) T Scott |
| Substitutions | |
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Ryan Howley for Marcus Rus (68) Jake Hastie for Connor McLennan (80) Jamie Hislop for Jay Henderson (80) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Ryan Howley Jamie Hislop |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Calum Scott (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United bounced back from their midweek SPFL Trust Trophy defeat by East Kilbride with an important Scottish Championship win over Queen’s Park, despite the visitors' late rally.
Goals from Jay Henderson with a well taken penalty and a nice finish from Mark McKenzie gave the home side a comfortable cushion at the break and a nice finish from George Oakley, turning in Henderson’s free-kick, seemed to remove all doubt about the outcome 15 minutes from time.
But two late goals in as many minutes from substitutes Anthony Hinds and Jack Turner made for a nervy ending for the hosts. Hinds curled in a beautiful effort after cutting in from the left wing on 81 minutes and Turner scored with a deflected shot from the edge of the area.
The visitors could not find a leveller and finished with 10 players after sub Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia received a second yellow card.
Ayr remain four points behind Livingston and have moved to within seven points of leaders Falkirk, while Queen's Park drop out of the top four and are a point off Partick Thistle.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at November 16th, 2024)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Liam Russel (GK) | - |
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8 | - | 8 | - |
| George Stanger | 24 |
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21 | 1 | 55 | 3 |
| Scott McMann | 28 |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 25 |
|
18 | - | 161 | 3 |
| Mickey Devlin | 31 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| Mark McKenzie | 24 |
|
19 | 1 | 173 | 14 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
20 | 1 | 102 | 13 |
| Jay Henderson | 22 |
|
21 | 8 | 21 | 8 |
| Connor McLennan | - |
|
7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Marcus Rus | 21 |
|
18 | 3 | 18 | 3 |
| George Oakley | 28 |
|
21 | 6 | 21 | 6 |
| Ryan Howley (sub) | - |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Jamie Hislop (sub) | 16 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Jake Hastie (sub) | 25 |
|
18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
League Table (as at November 16th, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| 2. | Livingston | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 29 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| 5. | Queen's Park | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 7. | Hamilton Academical | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 8. | Morton | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 |