Queen's Park 2
Ayr United 3
League (Championship)
Queen's Park |
2 - 3 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Jack Turner (49) Zak Rudden (54) |
Marcus Rus (66) Ben Dempsey (76) Curtis Main (79) |
| Team Managers | |
| Callum Davidson |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
C Ferrie (G) 1 Yellow card B Jackson (D) 12 W Tizzard (D) 15 (70) L King (D) 38 S Welsh (M) 4 Yellow card (85) L Longridge (M) 7 J Turner (M) 20 R Duncan (M) 23 Yellow card (85) A Devine (M) 24 (70) K Hurst (F) 11 Z Rudden (F) 17 |
Josh Clarke Scott McMann George Stanger Lenny Agbaire Dylan Watret Nick McAllister Ben Dempsey Cole McKinnon Jay Henderson Marcus Rus George Oakley |
| Bench | |
|
J Wills (G) 21 N Ujdur (D) 6 (85) A Montgomery (D) 33 (70) Z Mauchin (M) 2 J Raymond (M) 22 (70) S Drozd (M) 28 (85) R Hickey-Fugaccia (M) 37 J Hinds (F) 19 R Evans (F) 29 |
Harry Stone Robbie Mutch Patrick Reading Frankie Musonda Mark McKenzie Ethan Walker Jake Hastie Curtis Main |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Mark McKenzie for Cole McKinnon (57) Jake Hastie for Jay Henderson (57) Curtis Main for Dylan Watret (57) Ethan Walker for Marcus Rus (81) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Marcus Rus Mark McKenzie |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Lloyd Wilson (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United came from two goals behind to beat Queen's Park and stay in touch at the top of the Scottish Championship.
After a goalless first half, Jack Turner put the hosts in front before Zak Rudden added a second five minutes later, with both goals created by Ryan Duncan.
However, Scott Brown's Ayr were unfazed and launched a magnificent comeback.
Marco Rus beat home goalkeeper Calum Ferrie to make it 2-1 and then turned provider for Ben Dempsey who swept home an equaliser.
Then, with 11 minutes to go, Curtis Main headed home Rus' cross to complete a dramatic turnaround.
Ayr move above Livingston into second and trail league-leaders Falkirk - who beat bottom side Airdrieonians 3-0 on Tuesday - by three points.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 4th, 2025)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Josh Clarke (GK) | 20 |
|
2 | - | 14 | - |
| Dylan Watret | 18 |
|
23 | 3 | 26 | 3 |
| Lenny Agbaire | 20 |
|
8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| George Stanger | 24 |
|
36 | 3 | 70 | 5 |
| Scott McMann | 28 |
|
30 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Jay Henderson | 23 |
|
37 | 14 | 37 | 14 |
| Cole McKinnon | - |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Ben Dempsey | 25 |
|
34 | 3 | 116 | 15 |
| Nick McAllister | 24 |
|
25 | - | 102 | 3 |
| Marcus Rus | 22 |
|
28 | 5 | 28 | 5 |
| George Oakley | 29 |
|
37 | 16 | 37 | 16 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 24 |
|
30 | 3 | 184 | 16 |
| Ethan Walker (sub) | 26 |
|
14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Curtis Main (sub) | 32 |
|
6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Jake Hastie (sub) | 25 |
|
26 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
League Table (as at March 4th, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 57 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 54 |
| 3. | Livingston | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 53 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 38 |
| 5. | Queen's Park | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| 7. | Morton | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 |