Greenock Morton 2
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Morton |
2 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Cameron Blues (56) Jordan Davies (77) |
Curtis Main (8) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
R Mullen (G) 1 (s/o 84) D Corr (D) 4 Red card J Baird (D) 5 Yellow card M Boyes (D) 6 C Ballantyne (M) 2 Z Delaney (M) 3 (68) C Blues (M) 8 (80) A Crawford (M) 14 (72) O Moffat (F) 7 A Lyall (F) 17 Yellow card (69) N Shaw (F) 22 |
Josh Clarke Lenny Agbaire Scott McMann George Stanger Ben Dempsey Nick McAllister Marcus Rus Connor McLennan Jay Henderson George Oakley Curtis Main |
| Bench | |
|
G Woods (G) 33 (68) J Davies (M) 10 (72) M Garrity (M) 18 (69) G Gillespie (M) 21 N McGinn (F) 20 (80) C Keay (F) 29 |
Harry Stone Liam Russel Patrick Reading Frankie Musonda Dylan Watret Cole McKinnon Ethan Walker Mark McKenzie Jake Hastie |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Mark McKenzie for Marcus Rus (60) Jake Hastie for Jay Henderson (69) Ethan Walker for Nick McAllister (80) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Nick McAllister George Oakley |
| Red Cards | |
| Dylan Corr (s/o 84) | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
John Beaton (Referee) |
Match Report
A stunning victory for Greenock Morton rocked Ayr United's Scottish Championship title hopes and took Dougie Imrie's team to within four points of the play-off places.
Curtis Main's strike gave Ayr a seventh-minute lead, which they held until half-time.
Cammy Blues scored an equaliser form close range after the break before substitute Jordan Davies forced a dramatic winner at a corner.
Morton even survived a late red card for Dylan Corr, dismissed for a reckless challenge on Jake Hastie.
Scott Brown's Ayr trail leaders Falkirk by six points.
What they said
Greenock Morton manager Dougie Imrie: "There was nothing between the teams in the first half. But I was proud of our second-half performance."
Ayr United manager Scott Brown: "We can't keep giving away easy goals. I'm not going to focus on the run-in. We are looking no further than the next game."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 8th, 2025)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Josh Clarke (GK) | 20 |
|
3 | - | 15 | - |
| Scott McMann | 28 |
|
31 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Lenny Agbaire | 20 |
|
9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| George Stanger | 24 |
|
37 | 3 | 71 | 5 |
| Jay Henderson | 23 |
|
38 | 14 | 38 | 14 |
| Connor McLennan | 25 |
|
22 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
| Marcus Rus | 22 |
|
29 | 5 | 29 | 5 |
| Nick McAllister | 24 |
|
26 | - | 103 | 3 |
| Ben Dempsey | 25 |
|
35 | 3 | 117 | 15 |
| Curtis Main | 32 |
|
7 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| George Oakley | 29 |
|
38 | 16 | 38 | 16 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 24 |
|
31 | 3 | 185 | 16 |
| Ethan Walker (sub) | 26 |
|
15 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| Jake Hastie (sub) | 25 |
|
27 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
League Table (as at March 8th, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 60 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 54 |
| 3. | Livingston | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 54 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 38 |
| 5. | Morton | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 34 |
| 7. | Queen's Park | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 28 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 |