Ayr United 1
Airdrie United 4
League (First Division)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 41 - 4 |
Airdrie UnitedAirdrie United |
 |
League (First Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Dean Keenan (67) |
Scott Gemmill (47) John Baird (65) John Baird (69) John Baird (90) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Brian Reid |
Kenny Black |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Craig Samson Dean Keenan Billy Gibson Kevin James Steven Bowey Kenny Connolly Ryan McGowan Willie Easton Tam McManus Mark Roberts Ryan Borris |
S Robertson S Storey P Lovering M Smyth B Donnelly S McLaughlin R McCann R Waddell S Gemmill D O'Carroll J Baird |
| Bench | |
|
Stephen Grindlay Daniel Lafferty Alistair Woodburn Daniel McKay Junior Mendes |
L Hollis T Parratt K McDonald P Keegan K Watt |
| Substitutions | |
|
Daniel Lafferty for Ryan Borris (59) Daniel McKay for Tam McManus (59) Junior Mendes for Kenny Connolly (66) |
T Parratt for B Donnelly (20) K McDonald for R Waddell (77) P Keegan for D O'Carroll (84) |
| Cautions | |
|
Dean Keenan (50) Mark Roberts (54) Daniel McKay (90) |
P Lovering (51) J Baird (88) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Craig Charleston (Referee) |
Match Report
Airdrie's John Baird notched a hat-trick as they thumped First Division relegation rivals Ayr United.
The hosts threatened early on with William Easton and Kevin James spurning good headed chances.
Airdrie made them pay for their profligacy when Scott Gemmill fired home and Baird doubled their lead from Diarmuid O'Carroll's cross.
Dean Keenan equalised but Baird scored his second moments later and he sealed victory with his third in injury time.
The win moves Airdrie within five points of safety with three games to play, while Ayr are three points adrift of third-from-bottom Morton.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at April 21st, 2010)
| 2009-10 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Craig Samson (GK) | 26 |
|
34 | - | 34 | - |
| Dean Keenan | 24 |
|
37 | 1 | 97 | 3 |
| Kevin James | 34 |
|
18 | - | 23 | - |
| Billy Gibson | 28 |
|
25 | - | 25 | - |
| Steven Bowey | 35 |
|
15 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Willie Easton | 23 |
|
26 | 1 | 75 | 6 |
| Ryan McGowan | 20 |
|
27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Kenny Connolly | 23 |
|
37 | 1 | 59 | 6 |
| Tam McManus | 29 |
|
16 | 6 | 16 | 6 |
| Ryan Borris | 26 |
|
33 | - | 68 | 3 |
| Mark Roberts | 34 |
|
36 | 9 | 54 | 16 |
| Daniel Lafferty (sub) | 20 |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Daniel McKay (sub) | 19 |
|
10 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Junior Mendes (sub) | 33 |
|
20 | - | 20 | - |
League Table (as at April 21st, 2010)
No league table has been added for this season.