Ayr United 2
East Fife 1
League (Second Division)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 12 - 1 |
East FifeEast Fife |
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League (Second Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Liam Buchanan (79) David Winters (87) |
Scott Durie (15) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Mark Roberts |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Graeme Smith Austin McCann Chris Smith Darren Brownlie John Robertson Robbie Crawford Scott McLaughlin Michael Donald Liam Buchanan Mark Shankland Michael Moffat |
1 (G) M Brown 2 (D) S Durie 4 (D) S Campbell 5 (D) D White 6 (D) D McCormack 3 (M) R Sloan 7 (M) P Willis Yellow card 10 (M) B Barr 11 (M) S McBride 8 (F) P McManus (80) 9 (F) C Samuel (85) |
| Bench | |
|
Ally Brown Anthony Marenghi Aaron Wyllie Ryan Mcstay David Winters |
20 (G) C Antell 16 (D) R Malcolm 12 (M) D Keenan 14 (F) S Jamieson (85) 15 (F) L Gormley (80) |
| Substitutions | |
|
David Winters for Mark Shankland (70) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Darren Brownlie Chris Smith |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Don Robertson (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United scored twice late on to claim a victory which leaves East Fife still in trouble at the wrong end of the Second Division table.
The second-bottom Fifers are now winless in nine league games and have lost five of their last six but remain just two points adrift of Stranraer.
They took the lead after just 15 minutes when Scott Durie converted Robert Barr's left-wing cross with a well-taken finish from 12 yards.
And that was the way it remained until Liam Buchanan latched on to David Winters' cross to convert low past Michael Brown on 79 minutes.
Ayr then completed the turnaround with just three minutes remaining. Brown parried Buchanan's long-range effort and Winters was on hand to convert the rebound.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 30th, 2013)
| 2012-13 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| Graeme Smith (GK) | 29 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| John Robertson | 37 |
|
22 | - | 61 | 2 |
| Darren Brownlie | 18 |
|
17 | - | 17 | - |
| Chris Smith | 24 |
|
10 | - | 70 | 2 |
| Austin McCann | 33 |
|
32 | - | 32 | - |
| Michael Donald | 24 |
|
15 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
| Scott McLaughlin | 28 |
|
3 | - | 13 | 1 |
| Robbie Crawford | 18 |
|
34 | - | 35 | - |
| Mark Shankland | 17 |
|
15 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Liam Buchanan | 28 |
|
11 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Michael Moffat | 28 |
|
34 | 20 | 90 | 34 |
| David Winters (sub) | 30 |
|
34 | 6 | 34 | 6 |
League Table (as at March 30th, 2013)
No league table has been added for this season.