East Stirlingshire 2
Ayr United 1
Challenge Cup (First Round)
East Stirlingshire |
2 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
Challenge Cup (First Round) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Dean Richardson (86) Andy Rodgers (89) |
Alex Williams (15) |
| Team Managers | |
| Jim McInally |
Brian Reid |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
J Hillcoat (G) N/A M Bolochoweckyj (D) N/A D Richardson (D) N/A D Derek Ure (M) N/A D Nicholls (M) N/A Yellow card (37) J Gibson (M) N/A (62) D Dunn (M) N/A Yellow card S Anderson (F) N/A A Rodgers (F) N/A (62) C Cramb (F) N/A Yellow card S Oates (-) N/A |
Stephen Grindlay Martyn Campbell Allan Dempsie Scott Walker Dean Keenan William Easton Chris Aitken Ryan Stevenson Alex Williams Bryan Prunty Ryan Borris |
| Bench | |
|
(37) C Donaldson (M) N/A G Kelly (M) N/A (62) M McKenzie (F) N/A (62) B Graham (F) N/A G Mitchell (-) N/A |
Fraser Stewart Scott Walker Neil McGowan Murray Henderson Scott Agnew |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Scott Agnew for Alex Williams (49) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alan Muir (Referee) |
Match Report
East Stirlingshire netted twice in the final four minutes to snatch a home win in the Challenge Cup first round.
Striker Alex Williams gave Ayr United the lead with a diving header on 15 minutes and the Second Division side led at Ochilview until the 86th minute.
However, Dean Richardson levelled the game with a 25-yard thunderbolt.
Andrew Rodgers then picked up a Brian Graham pass and cut inside before unleashing a low drive beyond stranded keeper Stephen Grindlay.
The home side were without Norwegian defender Carl Thywissen, who has rejected a new contract after deciding to move back to his homeland after four years with Shire.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at July 27th, 2008)
| 2008-09 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Stephen Grindlay (GK) | 26 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Martyn Campbell | 27 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Dean Keenan | 22 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Scott Walker | 33 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Allan Dempsie | 25 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Chris Aitken | 27 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| William Easton | 22 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Ryan Stevenson | - |
|
1 | - | 2 | - |
| Bryan Prunty | 25 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Alex Williams | 25 |
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ryan Borris | 25 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Scott Agnew (sub) | 21 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
League Table (as at July 27th, 2008)
No league table has been added for this season.