Ayr United 1
Arbroath 0
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 01 - 0 |
ArbroathArbroath |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Jamie Murphy (77) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
John Rankin |
David Gold & Colin Hamilton |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. David Mitchell 5. Kevin Holt 3. Liam Dick 20. Leon King 33. Scott McMann 16. Ben Summers 6. Stuart Bannigan 15. Jamie Murphy 8. Ben Dempsey 23. Marcus Rus 7. Anton Dowds |
Aidan McAdams .1 Victor Enem .27 Tam O'Brien .5 Craig Watson .16 Jack Wilkie .4 Tom Beadling .26 Harry Cochrane .25 Ryan Dow .11 Findlay Marshall .17 Scott Stewart .12 Scott Robinson .26 |
| Bench | |
|
38. Liam Russell 31. Max Thompson 32. Dylan Watret 4. Shaun Want 12. Francis Turley 18. Jamie Hislop 29. Lucas McRoberts |
Jordan Pettigrew .21 Lewis Gillie .18 Colin Hamilton .3 Ryan Flynn .8 David Gold .7 Jacob MacIntyre .15 Dapo Mebude .62 Gavin Reilly .10 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Shaun Want for Leon King (46) Lucas McRoberts for Ben Summers (82) Dylan Watret for Marcus Rus (91) Jamie Hislop for Jamie Murphy (93) |
Jacob MacIntyre for Victor Enem (64) Ryan Flynn for Tom Beadling (64) Gavin Reilly for Scott Robinson (64) Dapo Mebude for Harry Cochrane (82) |
| Cautions | |
|
Jamie Murphy (42) Marcus Rus (63) Stuart Bannigan (87) |
Tom Beadling (62) Jack Wilkie (68) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Peter Stuart (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United edged past Arbroath by a single goal at Somerset Park on 11 April 2026, with Jamie Murphy scoring the decisive strike in a hard-fought Championship contest. It was a narrow but valuable home win for Ayr, who did enough in a tight match to claim all three points.
The game was played at a competitive tempo, with Arbroath coming into the fixture on the back of a difficult run and looking to halt their slide. Ayr, meanwhile, were determined to make home advantage count and found the breakthrough that separated the sides.
Murphy’s goal proved the difference, and once Ayr had gone in front they managed the match well enough to preserve their lead to the final whistle. Arbroath had their moments, but they were unable to find a response, leaving Somerset Park with another defeat.
Match report written by AUFC Archive
Squad Statistics (as at April 11th, 2026)
| 2025-26 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| David Mitchell (GK) | 36 |
|
24 | - | 24 | - |
| Scott McMann | 29 |
|
43 | 1 | 84 | 2 |
| Leon King | 22 |
|
31 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Liam Dick | 30 |
|
33 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| Kevin Holt | 33 |
|
37 | 4 | 37 | 4 |
| Jamie Murphy | 36 |
|
26 | 8 | 98 | 21 |
| Stuart Bannigan | 33 |
|
33 | - | 58 | 5 |
| Ben Summers | 21 |
|
13 | - | 13 | - |
| Marcus Rus | 23 |
|
35 | 1 | 74 | 6 |
| Ben Dempsey | 26 |
|
30 | 4 | 156 | 20 |
| Anton Dowds | 29 |
|
27 | 6 | 69 | 29 |
| Shaun Want (sub) | 29 |
|
19 | - | 19 | - |
| Dylan Watret (sub) | 19 |
|
20 | 1 | 55 | 4 |
| Jamie Hislop (sub) | 17 |
|
9 | - | 14 | - |
| Lucas McRoberts (sub) | 19 |
|
11 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
League Table (as at April 11th, 2026)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | St Johnstone | 33 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 68 |
| 2. | Partick Thistle | 33 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 63 |
| 3. | Arbroath | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 47 |
| 4. | Dunfermline At | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 43 |
| 5. | Raith Rovers | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 33 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 39 |
| 7. | Queen's Park | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 39 |
| 8. | Morton | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 9. | Ross County | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 31 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 30 |