Queen's Park 0
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Queen's Park |
0 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Scott McMann (35) Josh Landers (62) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Gary Naysmith |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
J Wills (G) 30 E Murray (D) 4 R Lamie (D) 5 (51) C Pignatiello (D) 12 R Mclean (D) 21 S Martin (M) 8 Yellow card A Connolly (M) 11 (45) T McDonnell (M) 17 (62) A McCallion (M) 24 (45) C Smith (M) 27 M Ruth (F) 9 |
Harry Stone .1 Scott McMann .33 Kevin Holt .5 Leon King .8 Dylan Watret .32 Olly White .12 Ross Taylor .11 Reece Lyon .6 Thomas Hatton .17 Ben Summers .16 Josh Landers .9 |
| Bench | |
|
D Mitchell (G) 1 Z Mauchin (D) 2 (45) L Stewart (D) 14 O Fisher (D) 16 (62) L Longridge (M) 7 C Goldie (M) 18 Z Lawson (M) 25 (51) B Brannan (M) 26 Yellow card (45) N Todorov (F) 77 |
Liam Russell .38 Kenzie Mitchell .25 Liam Dick .3 Luke McBeth .20 Jamie Douglas .34 Ethan Walker .21 Nick McAllister .2 Matthew Warbrick .26 Owen Stirton .7 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Luke McBeth for Kevin Holt (65) Ethan Walker for Thomas Hatton (70) Owen Stirton for Josh Landers (71) Nick McAllister for Olly White (84) Kenzie Mitchell for Ross Taylor (84) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Kevin Holt (23) Nick McAllister (90) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Josh Hay (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr controlled large spells through a compact back line and quick transitions, while Queens Park created several promising moments but were undone by fine defending, a penalty save, and two well-taken visiting goals.
The breakthrough came on 35 minutes. Scott McMann advanced from left-back and delivered a low cross that evaded the home defence; Dylan Watret arrived unmarked at the back post to fire home from close range for 1–0.
Ayr doubled their lead just after the hour. Ross Taylor’s drive was saved by Jack Wills, but the rebound was worked to the back post where Leon King headed across goal and Josh Landers reacted first to nod in from six yards for 2–0.
Queens Park pushed for a way back and struck both posts through Nikolay Todorov in a frantic second-half spell, but could not find a goal to change the outcome.
Squad Statistics (as at September 18th, 2026)
| 2026-27 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Harry Stone (GK) | 24 |
|
12 | - | 36 | - |
| Leon King | 22 |
|
8 | - | 42 | 2 |
| Kevin Holt | 33 |
|
11 | 1 | 51 | 5 |
| Scott McMann | 30 |
|
8 | 1 | 95 | 3 |
| Dylan Watret | 19 |
|
12 | - | 71 | 4 |
| Reece Lyon | 26 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Ross Taylor | 22 |
|
12 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| Olly White | 19 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Ben Summers | 22 |
|
12 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| Thomas Hatton | 20 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Josh Landers | 19 |
|
3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Kenzie Mitchell (sub) | 18 |
|
10 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Ethan Walker (sub) | 28 |
|
1 | - | 52 | 9 |
| Nick McAllister (sub) | 25 |
|
7 | - | 147 | 5 |
| Luke McBeth (sub) | 27 |
|
12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Owen Stirton (sub) | 19 |
|
12 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
League Table (as at September 18th, 2026)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stenhousemuir | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 4. | Livingston | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5. | Dunfermline At | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7. | Arbroath | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8. | ICT | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9. | Queen's Park | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 10. | Inverness Caledonian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11. | Morton | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |