Ayr United 3
Brechin City 2
League Play Off (Play Off Semi Final Second Leg)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
3 - 23 - 2 |
Brechin CityBrechin City |
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League Play Off (Play Off Semi Final Second Leg) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Bryan Prunty (15) Kenny Connolly (70) Chris Aitken (72) |
McAllister (38, pen 53) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Brian Reid |
Jim Duffy |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Stephen Grindlay Martyn Campbell Dean Keenan Neil McGowan Allan Dempsie Scott Walker Willie Easton Kenny Connolly Chris Aitken Bryan Prunty Mark Roberts |
C Nelson W Dyer B Smith J Seeley S Canning K Byers G Fusco C King D Smith R Walker R McAllister |
| Bench | |
|
David Mitchell Murray Henderson Alistair Woodburn David Gormley Ryan Borris |
C McCluskey S Ettien |
| Substitutions | |
|
Murray Henderson for Martyn Campbell (74) Alistair Woodburn for Dean Keenan (77) David Gormley for Mark Roberts (79) |
S Ettien for K Byers (85) |
| Cautions | |
|
Stephen Grindlay (53) |
D Smith (15) S Canning (33) K Byers (71) G Fusco (79) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Crawford Allan (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr booked their place in the First Division play-off final against Airdrie or Peterhead with victory over Brechin.
Bryan Prunty headed United ahead after 15 minutes from a Chris Aitken corner.
Rory McAllister slid home an equaliser after 38 minutes and added a penalty five minutes after the break after Stephen Grindlay felled Darren Smith.
Kenny Connolly headed home a Martyn Campbell cross in the 70th minute before skipper Chris Aitken sealed the win with a superb 25-yard strike.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at May 16th, 2009)
| 2008-09 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Stephen Grindlay (GK) | 27 |
|
45 | - | 45 | - |
| Martyn Campbell | 28 |
|
35 | 1 | 91 | 1 |
| Scott Walker | 34 |
|
43 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Allan Dempsie | 26 |
|
39 | - | 39 | - |
| Neil McGowan | 32 |
|
33 | 2 | 48 | 2 |
| Dean Keenan | 23 |
|
43 | 2 | 58 | 2 |
| Chris Aitken | 28 |
|
38 | 9 | 38 | 9 |
| Kenny Connolly | 22 |
|
20 | 5 | 20 | 5 |
| Willie Easton | 22 |
|
37 | 4 | 47 | 5 |
| Bryan Prunty | 26 |
|
39 | 18 | 39 | 18 |
| Mark Roberts | 33 |
|
16 | 5 | 16 | 5 |
| Murray Henderson (sub) | 28 |
|
5 | - | 41 | 1 |
| Alistair Woodburn (sub) | 19 |
|
7 | - | 13 | - |
| David Gormley (sub) | 21 |
|
45 | 10 | 45 | 10 |
League Table (as at May 16th, 2009)
No league table has been added for this season.