Ayr United 2
Partick Thistle 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 12 - 1 |
Partick ThistlePartick Thistle |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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George Oakley (19) George Oakley (36) |
Harry Milne (87) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Scott Brown |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
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Harry Stone Mickey Devlin Patrick Reading George Stanger Scott McMann Jamie Murphy Connor McLennan Jay Henderson Ben Dempsey Nick McAllister George Oakley |
1 (G) D Mitchell 19 (D) L McBeth 20 (D) D O'Reilly 23 (D) L Ashcroft (79) 3 (M) H Milne 6 (M) K Turner (45) Yellow card 8 (M) S Bannigan Yellow card 14 (M) R Crawford (45) 9 (F) B Graham 10 (F) L Chalmers (66) 17 (F) S Robinson (70) |
| Bench | |
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Robbie Mutch Kenzie Mitchell Lenny Agbaire Dylan Watret Marcus Rus Cole McKinnon Mark McKenzie Jake Hastie Curtis Main |
38 (G) L Cameron 5 (D) A Muirhead 30 (D) K Megwa (45) 11 (M) S Lawless (66) 21 (M) A Fitzpatrick (45) 26 (M) B Stanway (70) 39 (M) M Falconer 18 (F) T Ablade (79) |
| Substitutions | |
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Cole McKinnon for Jamie Murphy (66) Curtis Main for George Oakley (74) Mark McKenzie for Jay Henderson (81) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
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George Oakley |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
|
Nick McAllister (76) |
None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Peter Stuart (Referee) |
Match Report
Two George Oakley headers helped Ayr United beat Partick Thistle at Somerset Park and remain second in the Scottish Championship.
Nick McAllister's red card put the hosts under pressure late on and although Harry Milne pulled one back for Kris Doolan's side, Ayr stood firm to take all three points.
Connor McLennan's cross set up Oakley's first as the English striker found the top right corner.
Oakley added his second before half-time, dropping another header over Thistle goalkeeper David Mitchell for his 14th goal of the season after Jay Henderson picked him out at the back post.
Thistle's late surge came after McAllister's dismissal for a foul on Milne.
The former Cove Rangers player then thumped in the rebound from Ben Stanway's saved shot to give the visitors some hope, but goalkeeper Harry Stone and his defence repelled everything else to make it seven games unbeaten for Ayr.
Thistle stay fourth in the table, nine points behind Scott Brown's side, who trail league-leaders Falkirk by two points having played a game more.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at January 25th, 2025)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Harry Stone (GK) | 22 |
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18 | - | 18 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 25 |
|
28 | - | 171 | 3 |
| Mickey Devlin | 31 |
|
12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Scott McMann | 28 |
|
24 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| George Stanger | 24 |
|
30 | 1 | 64 | 3 |
| Jamie Murphy | 35 |
|
22 | 3 | 61 | 10 |
| Nick McAllister | 24 |
|
21 | - | 98 | 3 |
| Ben Dempsey | 25 |
|
28 | 2 | 110 | 14 |
| Jay Henderson | 22 |
|
31 | 13 | 31 | 13 |
| Connor McLennan | 25 |
|
16 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| George Oakley | 29 |
|
31 | 14 | 31 | 14 |
| Cole McKinnon (sub) | - |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 24 |
|
25 | 2 | 179 | 15 |
| Curtis Main (sub) | 32 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
League Table (as at January 25th, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 44 |
| 3. | Livingston | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 42 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| 5. | Queen's Park | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 |
| 6. | Morton | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 |