Albion Rovers 2
Ayr United 0
League (Second Division)
Albion Rovers |
2 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Second Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Tony Stevenson (24) Chris Elliott (69) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Todd Lumsden |
Mark Roberts |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
M McGinley (G) 1 A Reid (D) 2 B Russell (D) 3 (89) T Stevenson (D) 4 Yellow card K Green (D) 5 Yellow card C Donnelly (D) 6 (s/o 76) C Elliott (D) 9 Red card (89) D Crawford (M) 7 B Halsman (M) 8 G Philips (M) 11 (85) S Howarth (F) 10 |
Ally Brown Kyle McAusland Adam Hunter Darren Brownlie Austin McCann David Sinclair Anthony Marenghi Robbie Crawford Mark Twaddle David Winters Michael Moffat |
| Bench | |
|
R McWilliams (G) 17 C Stevenson (M) 14 (89) C Boyle (M) 15 (85) S Marriott (M) 16 (89) J Crooks (F) 12 |
William Muir Ryan Mcstay Aaron Wyllie Darren McGill Mark Shankland |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Darren McGill for Anthony Marenghi (33) Mark Shankland for Darren Brownlie (78) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| Chris Elliott (s/o 76) | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Mat Northcroft (Referee) |
Match Report
Christie Elliot scored and received a red card in an eventful 2-0 win for bottom-placed Division Two Albion at home to Ayr.
David Winters should have broken the deadlock for the visitors five minutes into the game, but he saw his close-range effort balloon over the crossbar.
It was the Wee Rovers who then went ahead, after 24 minutes, when Anthony Stevenson gave the hosts the lead with a stunning 30-yard effort.
Levin Green almost doubled the advantage, four minutes before the break, but he was unable to apply the finish to Alan Reid's cross.
Todd Lumsden's side found a crucial second goal in the 69th minute, when Elliot headed home Ciaran Donnelly's assist to wrap up the points.
Elliot was sent off for violent conduct seven minutes later, but the home side held on to record only their second win in 13 games, moving themselves to within three points of the Honest Men.
Match report written by SPFL
Squad Statistics (as at December 26th, 2012)
| 2012-13 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Ally Brown (GK) | 27 |
|
18 | - | 23 | - |
| Austin McCann | 32 |
|
17 | - | 17 | - |
| Darren Brownlie | 18 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Adam Hunter | 26 |
|
17 | - | 17 | - |
| Kyle McAusland | 19 |
|
12 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Robbie Crawford | 18 |
|
19 | - | 20 | - |
| Anthony Marenghi | 19 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| David Sinclair | 22 |
|
16 | 9 | 16 | 9 |
| Mark Twaddle | 26 |
|
16 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| David Winters | 29 |
|
18 | 2 | 18 | 2 |
| Michael Moffat | 27 |
|
19 | 12 | 96 | 32 |
| Darren McGill (sub) | 17 |
|
1 | - | 2 | - |
| Mark Shankland (sub) | 17 |
|
12 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
League Table (as at December 26th, 2012)
No league table has been added for this season.