Dunfermline Athletic 3
Ayr United 0
League (League One)
Dunfermline At |
3 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (League One) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Ross Forbes (8) Lawrence Shankland (45) Lawrence Shankland (78) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Jim Jefferies |
Mark Roberts |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
R Scully (G) 1 R Millen (D) 2 D Grainger (D) 3 J Page (D) 4 C Morris (D) 5 Yellow card A Geggan (M) 6 (84) S Husband (M) 8 J Falkingham (M) 10 (84) R Forbes (M) 11 (79) F El-Bakhtaoui (F) 7 L Shankland (F) 9 |
David Hutton Alan Lithgow Brian Gilmour Gordon Pope Adam Hunter Scott McLaughlin Robbie Crawford Michael Donald Alan Forrest Craig Malcolm Kevin Kyle |
| Bench | |
|
R Goodfellow (G) 20 L Martin (D) 17 R Williamson (D) 18 (79) R Ryan Wallace (M) 12 (84) A Whittle (M) 15 (84) S Byrne (M) 16 J Moore (F) 14 |
Shaun Newman Jackson Longridge Anthony Marenghi Michael Wardrope Michael McGowan Mark Shankland Mark Roberts |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Mark Shankland for Alan Forrest (68) Michael McGowan for Brian Gilmour (77) Anthony Marenghi for Robbie Crawford (77) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Adam Hunter Scott McLaughlin Craig Malcolm |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
George Salmond (Referee) |
Match Report
Dunfermline claimed their third victory in a row with a comfortable win over fellow promotion chasers Ayr.
Ross Forbes gave the home team the lead with a fine strike from distance in the eighth minute.
Later, Forbes' shot hit the post before finding Lawrence Shankland inside the area who scored with a simple tap-in.
The Pars sealed the win through Shankland, again set up by Forbes, but it was a fine finish from the striker for his fifth goal of the season.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at February 22nd, 2014)
| 2013-14 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| David Hutton (GK) | 28 |
|
31 | - | 31 | - |
| Alan Lithgow | 25 |
|
30 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Adam Hunter | 28 |
|
26 | 1 | 55 | 2 |
| Gordon Pope | 24 |
|
29 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmour | 26 |
|
15 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Robbie Crawford | 19 |
|
19 | - | 59 | - |
| Scott McLaughlin | 29 |
|
31 | 1 | 84 | 7 |
| Alan Forrest | 17 |
|
22 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| Michael Donald | 25 |
|
31 | 5 | 51 | 9 |
| Kevin Kyle | 32 |
|
22 | 4 | 22 | 4 |
| Craig Malcolm | 27 |
|
28 | 4 | 28 | 4 |
| Michael McGowan (sub) | 29 |
|
18 | 2 | 70 | 7 |
| Anthony Marenghi (sub) | 20 |
|
23 | 3 | 40 | 3 |
| Mark Shankland (sub) | 18 |
|
9 | 1 | 27 | 2 |
League Table (as at February 22nd, 2014)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 26 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 74 |
| 2. | Dunfermline At | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 53 |
| 3. | Stranraer | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 42 |
| 4. | Ayr United | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 36 |
| 5. | Forfar Athletic | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 35 |
| 6. | Brechin City | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 31 |
| 7. | Stenhousemuir | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 8. | East Fife | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| 9. | Airdrieonians | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 |