Ayr United 2
Airdrie United 2
League Play Off (Play Off Final First Leg)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 22 - 2 |
Airdrie UnitedAirdrie United |
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League Play Off (Play Off Final First Leg) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Mark Roberts (48) Mark Roberts (67) |
Paul Di Giacomo (30) John Baird (43) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Brian Reid |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Stephen Grindlay Dean Keenan Neil McGowan Allan Dempsie Scott Walker Martyn Campbell William Easton Kenny Connolly Chris Aitken Mark Roberts Bryan Prunty |
N/A (G) S Robertson Yellow card N/A (D) P Lovering N/A (D) W McLachlan N/A (D) M Smyth N/A (M) S McLaughlin N/A (M) D Smith N/A (M) S McKenna N/A (M) K McDonald (87) Yellow card N/A (M) B Donnelly N/A (F) J Baird N/A (F) P Di Giacomo (83) |
| Bench | |
|
David Mitchell Murray Henderson Alistair Woodburn Ryan Borris David Gormley |
N/A (G) L Hollis N/A (D) D Nixon N/A (M) S McDougall (87) N/A (M) M Brown N/A (F) S Lynch (83) |
| Substitutions | |
|
David Gormley for Bryan Prunty (65) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Neil McGowan Scott Walker Neil McGowan (86) |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
|
Neil McGowan (86) |
None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Eddie Smith (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United fought back to claim a draw in the first leg of their Scottish Football League Division play-off final against Airdrie United.
Poor defending at corners allowed Paul Di Giacomo and John Baird to put the visitors 2-0 up at half-time.
But Mark Roberts pulled one back early in the second half and then fired an equaliser on 67 minutes.
Chris Aitken missed a penalty for the home side before Ayr's Paul McGowan was sent off for a second bookable offence.
The two sides meet again at Airdrie's Excelsior Stadium on Sunday.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at May 20th, 2009)
| 2008-09 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Stephen Grindlay (GK) | 27 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Scott Walker | 34 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Allan Dempsie | 26 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Neil McGowan | 32 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Dean Keenan | 23 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Martyn Campbell | 28 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Chris Aitken | 28 |
|
9 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Kenny Connolly | 22 |
|
3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| William Easton | 22 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Mark Roberts | 33 |
|
3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Bryan Prunty | 26 |
|
9 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| David Gormley (sub) | 21 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
League Table (as at May 20th, 2009)
No league table has been added for this season.