Queen's Park 1
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Queen's Park |
1 - 1 |
Ayr United |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Euan Murray (33) |
Anton Dowds (24) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
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C Ferrie (G) 1 (58) H Fieldson (D) 3 E Murray (D) 4 C Pignatiello (D) 12 Yellow card M Shiels (D) 22 Yellow card L Longridge (M) 7 A Connolly (M) 11 (45) S Martin (M) 26 (88) C Smith (M) 27 (45) S Drozd (M) 28 (70) M Ruth (F) 9 |
Max Thompson Scott McMann Leon King George Finney Kevin Holt Francis Turley Ben Dempsey Marcus Rus Mark McKenzie Stuart Bannigan Anton Dowds |
| Bench | |
|
J Wills (G) 30 (58) R Lamie (D) 35 R Waugh (M) 16 (45) J Bradley (M) 20 (70) R Mclean (M) 21 M MacKenzie (M) 25 (88) L McLeish (F) 29 (45) N Todorov (F) 77 |
Liam Russel Shaun Want Liam Dick Ethan Walker Jamie Hislop Ben Summers George Oakley |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Ethan Walker for Mark McKenzie (48) Ben Summers for Stuart Bannigan (66) George Oakley for Marcus Rus (71) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Stuart Bannigan (31) George Finney (84) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Ryan Lee (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United shared the points in Glasgow as Queen’s Park and the Honest Men played out a 1-1 draw at The City Stadium on 14 March 2026. The result extended Ayr’s winless run in all competitions to six games, leaving them fifth in the Championship on 34 points.
The match was a tight, competitive Championship fixture, with both sides battling for control in midfield and creating chances that were ultimately shared between them. Neither team managed to pull away, and the 1-1 scoreline reflected an evenly balanced contest on neutral-ish, City Stadium ground.
For Ayr, the draw was another modest return from a difficult away day, continuing their struggle to convert solid performances into victories. Queen’s Park, by contrast, will have been content with a point but will also feel they missed an opportunity to push higher up the table given their own league position.
The game featured typical Championship intensity, with both teams showing resilience but lacking the cutting edge to land the decisive blow. For the Ayr United Archive, this can be recorded as a hard-fought away draw that added to a frustrating period of results without a win.
Match report written by AUFC Archive
Squad Statistics (as at March 14th, 2026)
| 2025-26 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Max Thompson (GK) | 21 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Kevin Holt | 33 |
|
33 | 4 | 33 | 4 |
| George Finney | 18 |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Leon King | 22 |
|
28 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Scott McMann | 29 |
|
39 | 2 | 80 | 3 |
| Mark McKenzie | 25 |
|
39 | 8 | 232 | 25 |
| Marcus Rus | 23 |
|
31 | 1 | 70 | 6 |
| Ben Dempsey | 26 |
|
26 | 4 | 152 | 20 |
| Francis Turley | 20 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Stuart Bannigan | 33 |
|
29 | - | 30 | - |
| Anton Dowds | 29 |
|
25 | 6 | 67 | 29 |
| Ethan Walker (sub) | 27 |
|
28 | 5 | 52 | 10 |
| Ben Summers (sub) | 21 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| George Oakley (sub) | 30 |
|
20 | 7 | 68 | 23 |
League Table (as at March 14th, 2026)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | St Johnstone | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 60 |
| 2. | Partick Thistle | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 52 |
| 3. | Arbroath | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 44 |
| 4. | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 36 |
| 5. | Ayr United | 28 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 6. | Queen's Park | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 35 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 30 |
| 8. | Ross County | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 30 |
| 9. | Morton | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 30 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 27 |