Dunfermline Athletic 0
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Dunfermline Athletic |
0 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Mark McKenzie (9) |
| Team Managers | |
| Neil Lennon |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
B Terrell (G) 40 (s/o 47) J Chilokoa-Mullen (D) 2 Red and yellow cards K Benedictus (D) 4 (84) J John Tod (D) 31 (45) E Otoo (M) 6 (63) C Gilmour (M) 8 Yellow card S Kearney (M) 11 T Oakley-Boothe (M) 35 (84) J Caceres (F) 12 (63) R Macleod (F) 16 A Andrew Tod (F) 26 |
David Mitchell .1 Scott McMann .33 Dylan Watret .32 Liam Dick .3 Kevin Holt .5 Ben Dempsey .8 Jamie Murphy .15 Nick McAllister .2 Kyle Ure .14 Mark McKenzie .22 Ethan Walker .21 |
| Bench | |
|
M Munn (G) 54 N Abdulai (D) 18 C Hamilton (M) 5 (63) K Ritchie-Hosler (M) 7 (84) M Todd (M) 10 (63) Alfons Amade (M) 14 Yellow card K Bray (M) 22 (45) R Fraser (M) 47 (84) C Kane (F) 20 |
Liam Russel .38 Leon King .20 Stuart Bannigan .6 Dom Thomas .11 Marcus Rus .23 Anton Dowds .7 George Oakley .9 Jake Hastie .16 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
George Oakley for Mark McKenzie (65) Marcus Rus for Jamie Murphy (65) Anton Dowds for Scott McMann (75) Dom Thomas for Ethan Walker (83) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Liam Dick (41) Mark McKenzie (52) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. |
Dylan Watret (92) |
| Match Officials | |
|
Dan McFarlane (Referee) |
Match Report
An early goal by Mark McKenzie moved Ayr United to within a point of Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Championship.
The win also gave Scott Brown victory over his former Celtic manager, Neil Lennon.
Dunfermline went into the game having enjoyed a stronger start to the campaign, but their chances of hauling themselves level were hampered when Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen was shown a second yellow.
And although Ayr also finished with 10 men, Dylan Watret being dismissed in stoppage time, the visitors held on to seal victory.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at September 23rd, 2025)
| 2025-26 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| David Mitchell (GK) | 35 |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Kevin Holt | 32 |
|
7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Liam Dick | 30 |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Dylan Watret | 18 |
|
9 | - | 44 | 3 |
| Scott McMann | 29 |
|
10 | - | 51 | 1 |
| Ben Dempsey | 25 |
|
2 | - | 128 | 16 |
| Ethan Walker | 27 |
|
10 | 2 | 34 | 7 |
| Mark McKenzie | 25 |
|
11 | 1 | 204 | 18 |
| Kyle Ure | 19 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Nick McAllister | 24 |
|
11 | 1 | 121 | 4 |
| Jamie Murphy | 36 |
|
6 | 1 | 78 | 14 |
| Dom Thomas (sub) | 29 |
|
9 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Marcus Rus (sub) | 22 |
|
10 | - | 49 | 5 |
| Anton Dowds (sub) | 28 |
|
2 | - | 44 | 23 |
| George Oakley (sub) | 29 |
|
11 | 5 | 59 | 21 |
League Table (as at September 23rd, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | St Johnstone | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 3. | Arbroath | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 5. | Dunfermline Athletic | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7. | Queen's Park | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8. | Morton | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 9. | Ross County | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |