Dunfermline Athletic 0
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)


Dunfermline Athletic 

0 - 2

Ayr United


League (Championship)
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
East End Park
Attendance: 4,634


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)



Photography by SNS Group

Match Report


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



Squad Statistics (as at January 14th, 2025)


2024-25 All Time
Age
Harry Stone (GK)22 16 - 16 -
George Stanger24 291633
Scott McMann28 221221
Patrick Reading25 26 - 1693
Mickey Devlin31 101101
Ben Dempsey25 27210914
Jay Henderson22 29102910
Cole McKinnon - 1 - 1 -
Nick McAllister23 19 - 963
Connor McLennan - 152152
George Oakley29 29112911
Lenny Agbaire (sub)19 1 - 1 -
Dylan Watret (sub)18 202232
Jamie Murphy (sub)35 2035910
Jake Hastie (sub)25 211211






League Table (as at January 14th, 2025)


Pld W D L Pts
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