Ayr United 1
Hamilton Academical 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 11 - 1 |
Hamilton AcademicalHamilton Academical |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Ethan Walker (95) |
Oli Shaw (65) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Scott Brown |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Josh Clarke Scott McMann George Stanger Lenny Agbaire Frankie Musonda Connor McLennan Jay Henderson Cole McKinnon Ben Dempsey George Oakley Curtis Main |
21 (G) D Lyness 3 (D) J Longridge Yellow card 5 (D) S McGinty 6 (D) D McGowan 22 (D) R Tumilty Yellow card 9 (M) K O'Hara 11 (M) S Bradley (80) 14 (M) B Maguire Yellow card 17 (M) S Robinson 25 (M) C Telfer Yellow card 19 (F) O Shaw (89) |
| Bench | |
|
Harry Stone Dylan Watret Patrick Reading Marcus Rus Jamie Murphy Nick McAllister Mark McKenzie Ethan Walker Jake Hastie |
1 (G) C Albinson 4 (D) L Kilday 10 (M) J Barjonas (89) 16 (M) K MacDonald (80) 24 (M) S McKinstry 7 (F) E Henderson 18 (F) N Todorov |
| Substitutions | |
|
Dylan Watret for Frankie Musonda (58) Marcus Rus for Cole McKinnon (66) Jamie Murphy for Connor McLennan (78) Ethan Walker for George Oakley (78) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Marcus Rus Ethan Walker |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Chris Graham (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United suffered another blow to their Scottish Championship title hopes as they were held to a draw at home by relegation-threatened Hamilton Academical.
But Scott Brown's hosts would have suffered a third straight defeat had not forward Ethan Walker fired the equaliser from close range five minutes into stoppage time.
Striker Oli Shaw's close-range header had edged Accies ahead midway through the second half.
The point takes Ayr above Livingston into second place on goal difference, but they have played a game more and fall 11 points behind Falkirk after the leaders' 2-0 win over Airdrieonians.
Accies, who have gone four games without a win, are now clear of second-bottom Dunfermline Athletic, but the side who appointed Neil Lennon as manager on Friday have a game in hand.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 22nd, 2025)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Josh Clarke (GK) | 20 |
|
5 | - | 17 | - |
| Scott McMann | 28 |
|
33 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| Frankie Musonda | 27 |
|
18 | 1 | 70 | 5 |
| Lenny Agbaire | 20 |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| George Stanger | 24 |
|
39 | 3 | 73 | 5 |
| Ben Dempsey | 25 |
|
37 | 3 | 119 | 15 |
| Cole McKinnon | - |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Jay Henderson | 23 |
|
40 | 14 | 40 | 14 |
| Connor McLennan | - |
|
24 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| Curtis Main | - |
|
9 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| George Oakley | 29 |
|
40 | 16 | 40 | 16 |
| Dylan Watret (sub) | 18 |
|
25 | 3 | 28 | 3 |
| Jamie Murphy (sub) | 35 |
|
26 | 3 | 65 | 10 |
| Ethan Walker (sub) | 26 |
|
17 | 3 | 17 | 3 |
| Marcus Rus (sub) | 22 |
|
31 | 5 | 31 | 5 |
League Table (as at March 22nd, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 66 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 55 |
| 3. | Livingston | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 55 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 45 |
| 5. | Morton | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 40 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 38 |
| 7. | Queen's Park | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 27 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 |