Livingston 1
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Livingston |
1 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Robbie Muirhead (pen 19) |
Owen Stirton (9) Luke McBeth (36) |
| Team Managers | |
| David Martindale |
Gary Naysmith |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
J Prior (G) 28 R McGowan (D) 5 J Doherty (D) 22 Yellow card B Kabongolo (D) 23 C Montano (D) 26 (80) S Pittman (M) 8 (62) C Palmer (M) 16 Yellow card (76) E Danso (M) 20 Yellow card (45) T Sinclair (F) 7 R Muirhead (F) 9 (80) B van Hoeven (F) 19 |
Harry Stone .1 Kevin Holt .5 Leon King .8 Dylan Watret .32 Liam Dick .3 Scott McMann .33 Olly White .12 Ross Taylor .11 Luke McBeth .20 Reece Lyon .6 Owen Stirton .7 |
| Bench | |
|
J Hamilton (G) 14 C Kerr (D) 2 J Wilkie (D) 4 S Blaney (D) 30 (80) A Denholm (M) 6 (76) S May (M) 17 (80) L Polworth (M) 39 (62) B Anderson (F) 25 (45) G Carey (F) 27 |
Liam Russell .38 Thomas Hatton .17 Ben Summers .16 Jamie Douglas .34 Ethan Walker .21 Nick McAllister .2 Josh Landers .9 Kieran Shanks .10 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Nick McAllister for Reece Lyon (70) Kieran Shanks for Owen Stirton (70) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Luke McBeth (23) Scott McMann (72) Kieran Shanks (78) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. |
Ross Taylor (22) |
| Match Officials | |
|
Lewis Hogarth (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr started brightly and took the lead on nine minutes. Ross Taylor drove forward from midfield and slid a pass to Owen Stirton, who cut inside from the left and fired a low shot into the bottom corner for 1–0.
Livingston responded and were awarded a penalty on 19 minutes after a foul in the box; Robbie Muirhead stepped up and converted from the spot to level at 1–1.
Three minutes later Ayr were reduced to ten men when Ross Taylor was sent off for a second bookable offence, but the visitors regained the lead before half-time. On 36 minutes Stirton turned provider, playing a short pass to Luke McBeth who struck from the centre of the box into the bottom right corner for 2–1.
The second half saw Livingston apply sustained pressure, bringing on Stevie May and Graham Carey as they searched for an equaliser, but Ayr’s back line held firm and goalkeeper Harry Stone made several important interventions to preserve the win.
Match report written by AU Archive
Squad Statistics (as at October 3rd, 2026)
| 2026-27 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Harry Stone (GK) | 24 |
|
14 | - | 38 | - |
| Kevin Holt | 33 |
|
12 | 1 | 52 | 5 |
| Scott McMann | 30 |
|
10 | 1 | 97 | 3 |
| Liam Dick | 31 |
|
11 | - | 47 | 1 |
| Dylan Watret | 20 |
|
14 | - | 73 | 4 |
| Leon King | 22 |
|
10 | - | 44 | 2 |
| Ross Taylor | 23 |
|
14 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| Olly White | 19 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Reece Lyon | 26 |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| Luke McBeth | 27 |
|
14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Owen Stirton | 19 |
|
14 | 6 | 14 | 6 |
| Nick McAllister (sub) | 25 |
|
9 | - | 149 | 5 |
| Kieran Shanks (sub) | 24 |
|
7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
League Table (as at October 3rd, 2026)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stenhousemuir | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 4. | Livingston | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 5. | Dunfermline At | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 7. | Arbroath | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 8. | ICT | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 9. | Queen's Park | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 10. | Inverness Caledonian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11. | Morton | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |