Dunfermline Athletic |
0 - 2 |
Ayr United |
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League (Championship) |
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Goalscorers | |
None. |
Jay Henderson (61) George Oakley (71) |
Team Managers | |
Unknown. |
Starting Eleven | |
O Oluwayemi (G) 21 A Comrie (D) 2 (53) K Ngwenya (D) 3 K Benedictus (D) 4 T Fogarty (D) 16 (68) C Hamilton (M) 5 E Otoo (M) 6 Yellow card K Ritchie-Hosler (M) 7 (63) M Todd (M) 10 L McCann (F) 11 (63) C Kane (F) 20 |
Harry Stone Mickey Devlin Patrick Reading Scott McMann George Stanger Ben Dempsey Connor McLennan Nick McAllister Cole McKinnon Jay Henderson George Oakley |
Bench | |
D Mehmet (G) 1 S Fisher (D) 15 (68) J Chalmers (M) 8 D Wotherspoon (M) 19 C Clay (M) 22 S Young (M) 25 (63) J Cooper (M) 33 (63) T Sutherland (F) 24 (53) A Awokoya-Mebude (F) 62 |
Robbie Mutch Lenny Agbaire Dylan Watret Jamie Murphy Jamie Hislop David Craig Mark McKenzie Jake Hastie |
Substitutions | |
None. |
Jamie Murphy for Nick McAllister (78) Dylan Watret for Jay Henderson (78) Lenny Agbaire for Ben Dempsey (85) Jake Hastie for George Oakley (85) |
Cautions | |
None. | None. |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Nick Walsh (Referee) |
Ayr United cut the gap on Falkirk at the top of the Scottish Championship to just two points after a hard fought victory over Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park.
Dunfermline dominated the early stages, with Ayr goalkeeper Harry Stone making a excellent saves from Chris Hamilton and Ewan Otoo a deserved lead.
But Ayr started the second half stronger and took the lead on the hour when Jay Henderson knocked in after a George Oakley header came back off the crossbar.
And the victory was sealed when Oakley volleyed home his 11th goal of the campaign from a wonderful cross by the impressive Connor McLennan.
Dunfermline kept pushing, though, and substitute Taylor Sutherland had the ball in the net only for the flag to be raised for offside.
The defeat for the Fife side keeps them in second bottom place, while Ayr are now within touching distance of league leaders Falkirk as the race for the title hots up.
Match report written by BBC
2024-25 | All Time | |||||
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Harry Stone (GK) | 22 |
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16 | - | 16 | - |
George Stanger | 24 |
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29 | 1 | 63 | 3 |
Scott McMann | 28 |
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22 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
Patrick Reading | 25 |
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26 | - | 169 | 3 |
Mickey Devlin | 31 |
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10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Ben Dempsey | 25 |
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27 | 2 | 109 | 14 |
Jay Henderson | 22 |
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29 | 10 | 29 | 10 |
Cole McKinnon | - |
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1 | - | 1 | - |
Nick McAllister | 23 |
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19 | - | 96 | 3 |
Connor McLennan | - |
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15 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
George Oakley | 29 |
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29 | 11 | 29 | 11 |
Lenny Agbaire (sub) | 19 |
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1 | - | 1 | - |
Dylan Watret (sub) | 18 |
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20 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
Jamie Murphy (sub) | 35 |
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20 | 3 | 59 | 10 |
Jake Hastie (sub) | 25 |
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21 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
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1. | Falkirk | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 |
2. | Ayr United | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 41 |
3. | Livingston | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 |
4. | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 |
5. | Queen's Park | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
6. | Raith Rovers | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
7. | Morton | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
8. | Hamilton Academical | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
10. | Airdrieonians | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 |