Stranraer 1
Ayr United 3
League (Second Division)
Stranraer |
1 - 3 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Second Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Stephen McConalogue (70) |
Chris Aitken (32) Ryan Borris (60) Bryan Prunty (85) |
| Team Managers | |
| Derek Ferguson |
Brian Reid |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
S Black S Noble J Creaney J Kane I Dobbins M McBride A Gibson C Frizzel M Mullen G Tade A White |
Stephen Grindlay Scott Walker Allan Dempsie Dean Keenan Martyn Campbell Chris Aitken Ryan Stevenson Willie Easton Bryan Prunty Alex Williams Ryan Borris |
| Bench | |
|
K Budinauckas J McKinstry D Mitchell S McColm S McConalogue |
Fraser Stewart Neil McGowan Paul Weaver Scott Agnew David Gormley |
| Substitutions | |
|
S McConalogue for M Mullen (58) D Mitchell for M McBride (79) |
Neil McGowan for Martyn Campbell (32) David Gormley for Alex Williams (74) Scott Agnew for Willie Easton (79) |
| Cautions | |
|
G Tade (35) G Tade (35) J Creaney (63) I Dobbins (68) J Kane (87) |
Dean Keenan (82) |
| Red Cards | |
| G Tade (35) | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Steven Nicholls (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr maintained their fine start to the season with a comfortable win over 10-man Stranraer at Stair Park.
The home side went behind after 32 minutes when Chris Aitken cut in from the right and netted with a low shot.
Stranraer's Gregory Tade saw red before Ayr extended their lead through a Ryan Borris rebound in the 62nd minute.
Stranraer pulled one back after Stephen McConalogue blasted in from a Craig Frizzell pass, but with five minutes to play Bryan Prunty sealed the winner.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at September 13th, 2008)
| 2008-09 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Stephen Grindlay (GK) | 26 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Scott Walker | 33 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Martyn Campbell | 27 |
|
9 | - | 45 | - |
| Dean Keenan | 22 |
|
9 | - | 24 | - |
| Allan Dempsie | 25 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Willie Easton | 22 |
|
9 | - | 19 | 1 |
| Ryan Stevenson | - |
|
9 | 1 | 74 | 22 |
| Chris Aitken | 27 |
|
9 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Ryan Borris | 25 |
|
9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Alex Williams | 25 |
|
9 | 3 | 48 | 23 |
| Bryan Prunty | 25 |
|
9 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Neil McGowan (sub) | 31 |
|
2 | - | 17 | - |
| Scott Agnew (sub) | 21 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| David Gormley (sub) | 20 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
League Table (as at September 13th, 2008)
No league table has been added for this season.