Ayr United 5
Arbroath 0
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
5 - 05 - 0 |
ArbroathArbroath |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Kurt Willoughby (pen.) (23) Frankie Musonda (32) Anton Dowds (pen.) (41) Ben Dempsey (68) Logan Chalmers (90) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Scott Brown |
Jim McIntyre |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
38. Josh Clarke 14. George Stanger 4. Frankie Musonda 21. Harry McHugh 23. Jack Sanders 15. Jamie Murphy 17. Nick McAllister 8. Ben Dempsey 16. Anton Dowds 9. Kurt Willoughby 17. Franny Amartey |
Max Boruc .41 Scott Stewart .12 Aaron Steele .2 Connor Teale .17 Zak Delaney .15 David Gold .7 Innes Murray .22 Craig Slater .6 Adam Mackinnon .18 Leighton McIntosh .9 Ryan Dow .11 |
| Bench | |
|
1. Charlie Albinson 25. Nathan McGinley 5. Sean McGinty 10. Aiden McGeady 24. Scott Tomlinson 22. Mark McKenzie 30. Fraser Bryden 11. Logan Chalmers 18. Paul Smith |
Derek Gaston .1 Michael McKenna .8 Keaghan Jacobs .10 Mark Stowe .14 Jess Norey .16 Kyle Robinson .19 Gordon Walker .20 Darren Lyon .26 Jay Bird .27 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Mark McKenzie for Harry McHugh (57) Fraser Bryden for Franny Amartey (65) Aiden McGeady for Jamie Murphy (73) Logan Chalmers for Kurt Willoughby (73) |
Jay Bird for Innes Murray (56) Michael McKenna for Craig Slater (56) Mark Stowe for Leighton McIntosh (75) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
David Gold (27) Leighton McIntosh (59) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Scott Lambie (Referee) |
Match Report
Arbroath were relegated to Scottish League 1 following a heavy defeat away to Ayr United.
Jim McIntyre's side had to win and hope Inverness Caledonian Thistle lost in order to keep their faint survival hopes alive, but were blown away at Somerset Park.
Penalties from Kurt Willoughby and Anton Dowds, either side of Frankie Musonda's header, put Ayr in command at half-time.
Ben Dempsey fired home a fourth after the break, before Logan Chalmers added a fifth late on.
Ayr climb to sixth, nine points off the play-offs with three games of the regular season left.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at April 13th, 2024)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Josh Clarke (GK) | 19 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Harry McHugh | 21 |
|
9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Frankie Musonda | 26 |
|
19 | 2 | 49 | 4 |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
31 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
| Nick McAllister | 23 |
|
30 | 2 | 76 | 3 |
| Jamie Murphy | 34 |
|
36 | 7 | 36 | 7 |
| Jack Sanders | - |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
26 | 4 | 79 | 12 |
| Kurt Willoughby | 26 |
|
10 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
29 | 13 | 29 | 13 |
| Franny Amartey | 24 |
|
32 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 23 |
|
37 | 3 | 153 | 12 |
| Aiden McGeady (sub) | 38 |
|
19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Logan Chalmers (sub) | 24 |
|
28 | 9 | 40 | 12 |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 19 |
|
35 | 5 | 67 | 8 |
League Table (as at April 13th, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee United | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 68 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 62 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 51 |
| 4. | Airdrieonians | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 51 |
| 5. | Dunfermline At | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 42 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 42 |
| 7. | Morton | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 41 |
| 8. | ICT | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
| 9. | Queen's Park | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 36 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 |