Greenock Morton 1
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Morton |
1 - 1 |
Ayr United |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Arron Lyall (47) |
Anton Dowds (25) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
J Storer (G) 1 Z Delaney (D) 3 K Moore (D) 6 T Comrie (D) 20 Yellow card J Longridge (D) 23 (67) C Blues (M) 8 M Garrity (M) 18 A Lyall (M) 24 I Wilson (M) 27 Yellow card (67) M O'Halloran (M) 29 (85) E Brophy (F) 10 |
Liam Russel .38 Leon King .20 Scott McMann .33 Kevin Holt .5 Ben Dempsey .8 Jamie Murphy .15 Mark McKenzie .22 Marcus Rus .23 Stuart Bannigan .6 Nick McAllister .2 Anton Dowds .7 |
| Bench | |
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S Murdoch (G) 41 D Corr (D) 4 C Ballantyne (M) 2 (67) N Shaw (M) 22 H Holloway (M) 30 D Black (M) 35 (67) O Moffat (F) 7 (85) T Adeloye (F) 9 |
David Mitchell .1 Shaun Want .4 Aaron Brown .12 Jamie Hislop .18 Jack Simpson .35 Dom Thomas .11 Curtis Main .10 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Curtis Main for Jamie Murphy (78) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Kevin Holt (29) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Ross Hardie (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United made the brighter start and took the lead in the first half, with Anton Dowds getting on the scoresheet to reward the visitors’ early intent. The goal gave Ayr a platform to control spells of the game, and they carried their advantage into the interval.
Morton responded strongly after the restart and drew level through Aaron Lyall’s equaliser in the 47th minute. That goal transformed the tone of the contest, with the home side pushing forward more aggressively while Ayr were forced to defend deeper and look for chances on the break.
Neither team could find a decisive second goal, despite a lively finish and late substitutions aimed at tipping the balance. Ayr’s away point was a respectable return from a difficult venue, while Morton will have felt they had done enough in the second half to take more from the match.
Match report written by AUFC Archive
Squad Statistics (as at December 27th, 2025)
| 2025-26 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Liam Russel (GK) | 20 |
|
7 | - | 19 | - |
| Kevin Holt | 32 |
|
21 | 3 | 21 | 3 |
| Scott McMann | 29 |
|
27 | 2 | 68 | 3 |
| Leon King | 21 |
|
16 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Jamie Murphy | 36 |
|
22 | 5 | 94 | 18 |
| Ben Dempsey | 26 |
|
15 | 1 | 141 | 17 |
| Nick McAllister | 24 |
|
22 | 2 | 132 | 5 |
| Stuart Bannigan | 33 |
|
18 | - | 19 | - |
| Marcus Rus | 22 |
|
25 | 1 | 64 | 6 |
| Mark McKenzie | 25 |
|
28 | 7 | 221 | 24 |
| Anton Dowds | 29 |
|
16 | 3 | 58 | 26 |
| Curtis Main (sub) | 33 |
|
20 | 6 | 35 | 10 |
League Table (as at December 27th, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | St Johnstone | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 42 |
| 2. | Partick Thistle | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 37 |
| 3. | Arbroath | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 |
| 4. | Ayr United | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 5. | Dunfermline Athletic | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 7. | Morton | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 8. | Queen's Park | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 9. | Airdrieonians | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 |
| 10. | Ross County | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 |