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 |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
David Mitchell Liam Dick Leon King Scott McMann Kevin Holt Ben Summers Stuart Bannigan Jamie Murphy Ben Dempsey Marcus Rus Anton Dowds |
1 (G) A McAdams Yellow card 4 (D) J Wilkie 5 (D) T O'Brien 16 (D) C Watson 27 (D) V Enem (64) 11 (M) R Dow 12 (M) S Stewart 17 (M) F Marshall 25 (M) H Cochrane (82) Yellow card 26 (M) T Beadling (64) 28 (F) S Robinson (64) |
| Bench | |
|
Liam Russel Max Thompson Shaun Want Dylan Watret Jamie Hislop Francis Turley Lucas McRoberts |
21 (G) J Pettigrew 3 (D) C Hamilton 18 (D) L Gillie 7 (M) D Gold 8 (M) R Flynn (64) 15 (M) J MacIntyre (64) 10 (F) G Reilly (64) 62 (F) D Mebude (82) |
| 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) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Jamie Murphy (42) Marcus Rus (63) Stuart Bannigan (87) |
None. |
| 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 |
|
25 | - | 25 | - |
| Leon King | 22 |
|
32 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| Liam Dick | 30 |
|
34 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Kevin Holt | 33 |
|
38 | 4 | 38 | 4 |
| Scott McMann | 29 |
|
44 | 2 | 85 | 3 |
| Jamie Murphy | 36 |
|
27 | 8 | 99 | 21 |
| Stuart Bannigan | 33 |
|
34 | - | 35 | - |
| Ben Summers | 21 |
|
13 | - | 13 | - |
| Marcus Rus | 23 |
|
36 | 1 | 75 | 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 | 15 | 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 Athletic | 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 |