Ross County 2
Ayr United 0
League (Second Division)
Ross County |
2 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Second Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Andrew Barrowman (4) Stewart Petrie (60) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Donald Park |
Neil Watt |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Tony Bullock Stuart Golabek Alex Keddie Andy Dowie Darren Brady Mark McCulloch Martin Scott Daniel Moore Stewart Petrie Derek Adams Andrew Barrowman |
Mark McGeown Murray Henderson David Lowing Stephen Swift David Dunn Eddie Forrest Ryan Stevenson Andy McLaren David Hamilton Michael Moore Gareth Wardlaw |
| Bench | |
|
Matieo Tomei David Niven Hugh Robertson Craig Gunn Sean Higgins |
Barry John Corr Mark Casey Chris Robertson Jerome Vareille Alex Williams |
| Substitutions | |
|
Hugh Robertson for Stewart Petrie (73) Sean Higgins for Andrew Barrowman (80) David Niven for Derek Adams (87) |
Mark Casey for David Dunn (51) Chris Robertson for David Lowing (51) Alex Williams for Gareth Wardlaw (65) |
| Cautions | |
|
Alex Keddie (53) David Niven (89) |
Stephen Swift (42) Gareth Wardlaw (63) Eddie Forrest (69) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alan Freeland (Referee) |
Match Report
Ten-man Ross County got their Second Division campaign off to a winning start at Victoria Park.
County opened the scoring in the fourth minute when Ayr goalkeeper Mark McGeown parried a long shot from Martin Scott and Andy Barrowman followed up.
The lead was doubled on the hour when Barrowman knocked down a long ball and Stewart Petrie drove in from 15 yards.
Referee Alan Freeland sent Darren Brady off six minutes later for a wild tackle on Ryan Stevenson.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at August 4th, 2007)
| 2007-08 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Mark McGeown (GK) | 37 |
|
1 | - | 83 | - |
| Stephen Swift | 27 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| David Lowing | 23 |
|
1 | - | 49 | 2 |
| Murray Henderson | 27 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| David Dunn | 25 |
|
1 | - | 40 | 1 |
| David Hamilton | 27 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Andy McLaren | 34 |
|
1 | - | 10 | 2 |
| Ryan Stevenson | - |
|
1 | - | 27 | 4 |
| Eddie Forrest | 28 |
|
1 | - | 45 | 4 |
| Gareth Wardlaw | 28 |
|
1 | - | 69 | 20 |
| Michael Moore | 26 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Mark Casey (sub) | 24 |
|
1 | - | 63 | 1 |
| Chris Robertson (sub) | - |
|
1 | - | 82 | 14 |
| Alex Williams (sub) | 24 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
League Table (as at August 4th, 2007)
No league table has been added for this season.