Raith Rovers 2
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Raith Rovers |
2 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Jonny Court (37) Declan McManus (90) |
Ross Docherty (70) |
| Team Managers | |
| John Hughes |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
(s/o 4) P Penksa (G) 36 Red card (75) J Thomson (D) 2 J-Y Mvoto (D) 5 K Benedictus (D) 6 I Davidson (D) 14 Yellow card (4) R Skacel (D) 19 C Barr (D) 55 R Matthews (M) 12 D Handling (M) 22 Yellow card D McManus (F) 20 J Court (F) 26 |
Greg Fleming Patrick Boyle Brian Gilmour Daryll Meggatt Alan Forrest Ross Docherty Craig McGuffie Nicky Devlin Conrad Balatoni Gary Harkins Craig Moore |
| Bench | |
|
(4) C Brennan (G) 23 K McHattie (D) 3 C Johnston (M) 7 B Barr (M) 11 J Thompson (M) 21 M Stewart (F) 9 (75) R Hardie (F) 52 |
Jordan Hart Peter Murphy Declan McDaid Paul Cairney Jamie Adams Farid El Alagui |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Declan McDaid for Craig Moore (6) Farid El Alagui for Craig McGuffie (45) Jordan Hart for Greg Fleming (58) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Steven McLean (Referee) |
Match Report
Raith Rovers face a Scottish Championship relegation play-off despite a battling win over Ayr United.
Declan McManus struck in the last minute to earn 10-man Rovers victory.
Jonathan Court, for Raith, and Ross Docherty, for Ayr, had scored either side of half-time.
St Mirren's draw at champions Hibernian consigned Rovers to a play-off semi-final clash with Brechin City, while the Honest Men finish bottom of the table, and are automatically relegated.
John Hughes' side made the worst possible start when goalkeeper Pavol Penksa was shown a red card for a foul on Craig Moore. But with Conor Brennan in goal, Raith went ahead eight minutes before the break when Court fired home from the edge of the box.
Ayr got themselves back on level terms with 20 minutes to go, with Docherty's effort from outside the box finding the net.
Brennan saved Alan Forrest's penalty before McManus scored the winner with time running out.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at May 6th, 2017)
| 2016-17 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Greg Fleming (GK) | 30 |
|
49 | - | 94 | - |
| Brian Gilmour | 29 |
|
37 | 2 | 130 | 10 |
| Patrick Boyle | 30 |
|
41 | - | 78 | 1 |
| Daryll Meggatt | 26 |
|
43 | - | 43 | - |
| Craig McGuffie | 19 |
|
40 | 3 | 41 | 3 |
| Ross Docherty | 24 |
|
42 | 2 | 77 | 3 |
| Alan Forrest | 20 |
|
45 | 9 | 153 | 32 |
| Gary Harkins | 32 |
|
40 | 6 | 40 | 6 |
| Conrad Balatoni | 26 |
|
39 | 3 | 39 | 3 |
| Nicky Devlin | 23 |
|
48 | - | 131 | 5 |
| Craig Moore | 22 |
|
17 | 3 | 47 | 17 |
| Jordan Hart (sub) (GK) | 21 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| Declan McDaid (sub) | 21 |
|
9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Farid El Alagui (sub) | 32 |
|
11 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
League Table (as at May 6th, 2017)
No league table has been added for this season.