- Date:15 Jan 2011
- Kick-off:15:00:00
- Venue:Recreation Park
- William Easton (63:08)
Live Commentary
The referee blows for the end of the match.
- 91mins
The referee cautions Michael Dunlop for unsporting behaviour. Free kick awarded for a foul by Michael Dunlop on Ryan McCann. Scott McLaughlin takes the direct free kick.
- 87mins
Ross Robertson comes on in place of William Easton.
- 85mins
A cross is delivered by David McClune.
- 83mins
The offside flag is raised against Jason Thomson. Free kick taken by David Crawford.
- 82mins
Jason Thomson joins the action as a substitute, replacing Darren Smith.
- 80mins
Jamie Hay receives a caution for unsporting behaviour. Jamie Hay gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on William Easton. Free kick taken by Scott McLaughlin.
- 79mins
Bryan Prunty fouled by Ebbie Malone, the ref awards a free kick. Kevin McDonald crosses the ball in from the free kick, William Easton manages to make a clearance.
- 79mins
Effort from just outside the area by Scott McLaughlin goes over the target.
- 78mins
Daniel McKay is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Indirect free kick taken by Michael Dunlop.
- 76mins
Mark Roberts goes off and Daniel McKay comes on.
- 75mins
The referee shows Ryan McCann a yellow card for dissent. Booking for Bryan Prunty for dissent. Foul by Ryan McCann on Scott Walker, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by William Gibson.
- 73mins
The ball is delivered by Chris Smith, William Gibson makes a clearance. Shot from 12 yards from William Easton. Comfortable save by Steven Robertson.
- 73mins
The ball is sent over by Chris Smith, clearance by William Gibson. William Easton has a drilled shot. Comfortable save by Steven Robertson.
- 71mins
Scott Walker handles the ball and concedes a free kick. Scott McLaughlin takes the indirect free kick, Martyn Campbell produces a left-footed shot from inside the six-yard box that clears the bar.
- 70mins
Darren Smith takes a short corner.
- 69mins
Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Darren Smith from the right by-line, Martyn Campbell manages to make a clearance.
- 67mins
Michael Moffat is brought on as a substitute for Stuart Bannigan.
- 67mins
Scott McLaughlin decides to take a short corner.
- 66mins
(Alloa) makes a substitution, with James Lister coming on for Andrew Scott.
- 63mins
William Easton grabs a headed goal from close range. Alloa 0-1 Ayr.Assist by Ryan McCann.
- 62mins
Shot by Michael Dunlop from deep inside the penalty area misses wide to the left of the target.
- 59mins
Unfair challenge on Scott McLaughlin by Michael McGowan results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Stuart Bannigan.
- 57mins
Corner taken by Scott McLaughlin.
- 56mins
Andy Rodgers takes a shot. Steven Robertson makes a save.
- 55mins
Centre by Andrew Scott, save by David Crawford.
- 49mins
Bryan Prunty crosses the ball, Michael McGowan has a headed effort at goal from close in which goes wide right of the target.
- 45mins
Martyn Campbell receives a yellow card. Martyn Campbell concedes a free kick for a foul on Michael McGowan. Kevin McDonald crosses the ball from the free kick right-footed from right channel, clearance made by Ryan McCann.
The game restarts for the second half.
The first half comes to an end.
- 44mins
William Easton produces a drilled left-footed shot from deep inside the penalty area which goes wide of the left-hand post.
- 43mins
Unfair challenge on William Easton by Kevin McDonald results in a free kick. Ebbie Malone takes the direct free kick.
- 40mins
The ball is crossed by Darren Smith. Andrew Scott takes the chance to get an effort at goal. David Crawford makes a brilliant save.
- 38mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Chris Smith on Bryan Prunty. Free kick crossed left-footed by Darren Smith.
- 35mins
Stuart Bannigan fouled by Michael McGowan, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Scott McLaughlin.
- 34mins
Darren Smith fouled by Martyn Campbell, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Kevin McDonald.
- 33mins
Bryan Prunty fouled by Martyn Campbell, the ref awards a free kick. Andrew Scott takes the direct free kick. Effort from 30 yards by Kevin McDonald. Save by David Crawford.
- 29mins
Curled left-footed shot by Andrew Scott. Save by David Crawford.
- 27mins
David McClune delivers the ball, save by David Crawford.
- 26mins
Martyn Campbell concedes a free kick for a foul on Michael McGowan. Kevin McDonald takes the direct free kick.
- 24mins
Darren Smith fouled by Jonathan Tiffoney, the ref awards a free kick. The free kick is swung in right-footed by Andrew Scott.
- 22mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Andy Rodgers by Scott Walker. Stuart Bannigan restarts play with the free kick.
- 22mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by David McClune on Chris Smith. Free kick taken by Chris Smith.
- 20mins
Effort by Mark Roberts from a long way out goes over the crossbar.
- 20mins
Darren Smith is ruled offside. Indirect free kick taken by David Crawford.
- 19mins
The referee blows for offside against Andy Rodgers. Indirect free kick taken by Steven Robertson.
- 17mins
Inswinging corner taken by Scott McLaughlin from the right by-line.
- 16mins
Corner taken by Darren Smith from the right by-line to the near post, clearance made by Ebbie Malone.
- 16mins
Corner taken left-footed by Darren Smith from the right by-line, clearance by Chris Smith.
- 15mins
Michael Dunlop delivers the ball, Stuart Bannigan makes a clearance.
- 14mins
Andrew Scott is caught offside. Ebbie Malone takes the free kick.
- 14mins
Mark Roberts concedes a free kick for a foul on Scott Walker. Direct free kick taken by Steven Robertson.
- 12mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Michael Dunlop on Stuart Bannigan. Direct free kick taken by Ebbie Malone.
- 7mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Mark Roberts by Scott Walker. The free kick is swung in right-footed by Scott McLaughlin, clearance by William Gibson.
- 7mins
Jonathan Tiffoney fouled by Michael McGowan, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Jonathan Tiffoney.
- 6mins
Michael McGowan has an effort at goal from outside the box which misses left.
Michael McGowan takes a shot from 18 yards. David Crawford makes a save.
The referee starts the match.
Match Preview
Brown and Smith return for Alloa Alloa welcome back fit-again Mark Brown and Darren Smith as they look to get the three points that will see them leapfrog visitors Ayr United. Manager Allan Maitland will also be able to call upon midfielders Michael McGowan and Andy Scott after they shook off knocks picked up against Hamilton in the Scottish Cup last weekend. However, striker Stuart Noble will be absent through injury. Maitland is hoping that Ayr will have Wednesday night's Scottish Cup replay on their minds when they visit Recreation Park. He said: "We did well at Hamilton and were unlucky to be beaten but Ayr did fantastically well to get a draw at Easter Road. Hopefully they have one eye on that game." Ayr will include new signing Michael Moffat. The striker signed from Girvan Juniors recently and should start, but defensive pair Dean Keenan and Bobby Donnelly remain out through injury. Winger Aaron Connolly drops out of the squad as he has been loaned out to Girvan for the rest of the season. Striker Danny McKay is included for the last time before his loan deal from Kilmarnock ends, though. Thoughts of playing Hibs in the Scottish Cup next Wednesday have been pushed onto a back burner for manager Brian Reid. He said: "The Alloa game is the only game I am thinking about at the moment. The league remains our priority and three points at Recreation Park is all I am interested in just now."
Alloa
Ayr
- Steven Robertson
- David McClune
- William Gibson
- Scott Walker
- Michael Dunlop
- Jamie Hay
- Kevin McDonald
- Andrew Scott
- Michael McGowan
- Darren Smith
- Bryan Prunty
- SUBS
- Jamie Ewings
- James Lister
- Jason Thomson
- Mark Brown
- Ross Philp
Home
Away
- David Crawford
- Jonathan Tiffoney
- Ebbie Malone
- Martyn Campbell
- Chris Smith
- Ryan McCann
- Stuart Bannigan
- Scott McLaughlin
- William Easton
- Andy Rodgers
- Mark Roberts
- SUBS
- Ryan McWilliams
- Michael Moffat
- Daniel McKay
- Ross Robertson
- Alastair Woodburn
Match Report
Ayr move to the top Ayr kept their fourth league clean sheet in a row and moved to the summit of the Scottish Second Division with a 1-0 victory over Alloa. With both sides heading into the game level on points in third and fourth position the game was set up as a classic six-pointer. The sides cancelled each other out for the majority of the game until the crucial moment of the match in the 64th minute when a Ryan McCann cross from the right was guided past Alloa `keeper Steven Robertson by the head of William Easton. Despite Alloa's best-efforts the game failed to produce any more goals and Ayr held on for the victory. In addition to going three points ahead of Alloa, both Brechin and Livingston dropped points to pave the way for Ayr to take top-spot.
Form Guide
- LWDLDW
- Alloa
- VS
- Ayr LWWWLW
Last Meetings
- Ayr
- 2 - 1
- Alloa
- 23/10/2010
- Alloa
- 4 - 1
- Ayr
- 11/09/2010
- Ayr
- 1 - 1
- Alloa
- 02/05/2009
- Alloa
- 3 - 2
- Ayr
- 07/02/2009
- Ayr
- 3 - 0
- Alloa
- 13/12/2008
- Alloa
- 0 - 2
- Ayr
- 09/08/2008
Top Scorers
Alloa
- B Prunty 7
- S Noble 4
- K McDonald 3
- J Lister 3
- M Dunlop 2
- D Gormley 2
- S Walker 1
- W Gibson 1
- D Smith 1
- M McGowan 1
Ayr
- M Roberts 6
- D McKay 3
- R McCann 2
- S McLaughlin 1
- A Trouten 1
- W Easton 1
- C Smith 1
- A Rodgers 1
- E Malone 1
Goals
Alloa
- Total goals 59
- Goals per game 30
- 1 (For) 2 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 5 (For) 2 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 3 (For) 5 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- 3 (For) 1 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 3 (For) 2 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 7 (For) 3 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 3 (For) 4 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 3 (For) 2 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 2 (For) 8 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
Ayr
- Total goals 54
- Goals per game 25
- 1 (For) 1 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 2 (For) 4 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 1 (For) 2 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- 4 (For) 2 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 2 (For) 1 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- (For) 3 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 2 (For) 1 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 4 (For) 1 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 9 (For) 7 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
