Queen of the South 2
Ayr United 0
League (Second Division)
QotS |
2 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Second Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Derek Lyle (45) Gavin Reilly (60) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Allan Johnston |
Mark Roberts |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
L Robinson (G) 1 K Holt (D) 3 M Durnan (D) 4 C Higgins (D) 5 C Mitchell (D) 6 R McGuffie (M) 2 P Burns (M) 8 N Clark (M) 10 D Carmichael (M) 11 D Lyle (F) 7 G Reilly (F) 9 |
Graeme Smith Austin McCann Chris Smith Neil McGregor Adam Hunter David Sinclair Ryan Mcstay Michael Donald Robbie Crawford Liam Buchanan Mark Roberts |
| Bench | |
|
J Atkinson (G) 12 M Paton (M) 15 M Fitzpatrick (M) 17 K Smith (F) 14 W Gibson (F) 16 |
Ally Brown Darren Brownlie Aaron Wyllie Anthony Marenghi David Winters |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
David Winters for David Sinclair (61) Anthony Marenghi for Ryan Mcstay (71) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Graeme Smith Adam Hunter Neil McGregor Robbie Crawford Mark Roberts |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Craig Charleston (Referee) |
Match Report
Queen of the South opened up a 20-point lead at the top of the Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division with a routine home win against Ayr United.
Daniel Carmichael should have put the hosts ahead in the 21st minute but his right-footed effort flashed wide from six yards out
Christopher Higgins went even closer four minutes later with a header that struck the upright.
The Doonhammers eventually made the breakthrough on the stroke of half time when Carmichael presented Derek Lyle with a simple close-range header.
Carmichael was involved again after half time, this time releasing Gavin Reilly who doubled the hosts' lead with a clinical left-footed strike on the hour mark as Allan Johnston's men made their dominance count.
Honest Men striker Mark Roberts tried an audacious lob six minutes later which drew a save from Lee Robinson but the runaway leaders were able to coast to their 11th win in 12 games.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 9th, 2013)
| 2012-13 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Graeme Smith (GK) | 29 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Adam Hunter | 27 |
|
27 | - | 27 | - |
| Neil McGregor | 27 |
|
8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Chris Smith | 24 |
|
7 | - | 99 | 3 |
| Austin McCann | 33 |
|
29 | - | 29 | - |
| David Sinclair | 22 |
|
29 | 10 | 29 | 10 |
| Robbie Crawford | 18 |
|
32 | - | 33 | - |
| Michael Donald | 24 |
|
12 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Ryan Mcstay | 27 |
|
21 | - | 21 | - |
| Mark Roberts | 37 |
|
17 | - | 166 | 54 |
| Liam Buchanan | 27 |
|
8 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Anthony Marenghi (sub) | 19 |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| David Winters (sub) | 30 |
|
31 | 5 | 31 | 5 |
League Table (as at March 9th, 2013)
No league table has been added for this season.