Ayr United 4
Airdrieonians 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
4 - 14 - 1 |
AirdrieoniansAirdrieonians |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
George Oakley (6) George Stanger (36) Curtis Main (39) Curtis Main (78) |
Ben Wilson (pen 59) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Scott Brown |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Josh Clarke George Stanger Lenny Agbaire Scott McMann Nick McAllister Jay Henderson Connor McLennan Ben Dempsey Marcus Rus George Oakley Curtis Main |
30 (G) K Wright 2 (D) D MacDonald 23 (D) L Strapp (85) 25 (D) S Graham 29 (D) A Bannon 6 (M) D McMaster (62) Yellow card 10 (M) A Frizzell 11 (M) R Diack (45) Yellow card 17 (M) L McGrattan (45) 18 (M) G Gallagher (85) 7 (F) B Ben Wilson |
| Bench | |
|
Harry Stone Robbie Mutch Patrick Reading Frankie Musonda Dylan Watret Mark McKenzie Cole McKinnon Ethan Walker Jake Hastie |
20 (G) C Melrose 3 (D) M Hancock 14 (D) C Bruce (85) 16 (D) C Watson 8 (M) L McGregor (45) 12 (M) L McStravick (85) 44 (M) R Armstrong (62) 9 (F) A Reid (45) 24 (F) C Mochrie |
| Substitutions | |
|
Cole McKinnon for Connor McLennan (65) Frankie Musonda for Nick McAllister (74) Ethan Walker for Marcus Rus (74) Mark McKenzie for Jay Henderson (84) Jake Hastie for George Oakley (84) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Euan Anderson (Referee) |
Match Report
Curtis Main grabbed his first Ayr United goals as the third-top hosts thumped bottom side Airdrieonians to move to within three points of Scottish Championship leaders Falkirk and two behind Livingston.
George Oakley's header and 16th of the season put the hosts in control, before he set up George Stanger to nod in the second.
The often impressive Jay Henderson delivered for Main to turn in at the near post and open his account for the club.
Ben Wilson's well taken penalty and 15th of the season gave the Diamonds hope, but Ayr upped the ante again, with Main finishing really well from 12 yards for his brace.
It was exactly the type of "bouncebackability" that manager Scott Brown had demanded from his players after the late loss to Livingston in their previous match.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 1st, 2025)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Josh Clarke (GK) | 20 |
|
1 | - | 13 | - |
| George Stanger | 24 |
|
35 | 3 | 69 | 5 |
| Scott McMann | 28 |
|
29 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Lenny Agbaire | 19 |
|
7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Connor McLennan | 25 |
|
21 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
| Jay Henderson | 23 |
|
36 | 14 | 36 | 14 |
| Nick McAllister | 24 |
|
24 | - | 101 | 3 |
| Marcus Rus | 22 |
|
27 | 4 | 27 | 4 |
| Ben Dempsey | 25 |
|
33 | 2 | 115 | 14 |
| Curtis Main | 32 |
|
5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| George Oakley | 29 |
|
36 | 16 | 36 | 16 |
| Frankie Musonda (sub) | 27 |
|
16 | 1 | 68 | 5 |
| Ethan Walker (sub) | 26 |
|
13 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 24 |
|
29 | 3 | 183 | 16 |
| Cole McKinnon (sub) | - |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Jake Hastie (sub) | 25 |
|
25 | 2 | 25 | 2 |
League Table (as at March 1st, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 54 |
| 2. | Livingston | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 53 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 51 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 38 |
| 5. | Queen's Park | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 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 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 |