Match Report
| Ayr United | Ayr United |  |  | East Fife | East Fife | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Meiklejohn | S. Meiklejohn |  | 68 | G |  | 1 | | G | 65 | | Neil Davidson | N. Davidson | |||||||||
| Don Telfer | D. Telfer | | 69 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 70 | | Alec Cleland | A. Cleland | |||||||||
| Jose Martinez | J. Martinez |  | 58 | D | | 3 | | D | 68 | | John White | J. White | |||||||||
| Alec Mcinnes | A. Mcinnes | | 56 | D | | 4 | | D | 66 | | Gary Gallacher | G. Gallacher | |||||||||
| Alex Dickov | A. Dickov | | 55 | D | | 5 | | D | 64 | | Stuart Hendry | S. Hendry | |||||||||
| Colin Hendry | C. Hendry | | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 71 | | Alex Gemmell | A. Gemmell | |||||||||
| Peter Richards | P. Richards |  | 65 | M | | 7 | | M | 62 | | Paul Elliott | P. Elliott | |||||||||
| Dominic Ferguson | D. Ferguson | | 64 | M | | 8 | | M | 59 | | John Dickov | J. Dickov | |||||||||
| Oleg Sturridge | O. Sturridge | | 61 | M | | 9 | | M | 59 |  | Julian Wallner | J. Wallner | |||||||||
| Stuart Ferguson | S. Ferguson | | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 66 | | Andy Rae | A. Rae | |||||||||
| Rob Bisseling | R. Bisseling |  | 57 | A | | 11 | | A | 63 |  | Shabani Ferreira | S. Ferreira | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Somerset Park where Ayr United play host to East Fife. A crowd of 17,499 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Ayr United and East Fife are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Ayr United and East Fife are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Ayr United kick off!
2.11
0-0Colin Hendry makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Stuart Ferguson. Stuart Ferguson makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Rob Bisseling but he's offside!
20.46
0-0Jose Martinez makes a probing pass to Peter Richards. Peter Richards chips the ball to his team mate, Rob Bisseling. Rob Bisseling knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Alec Cleland.
24.46
0-0Alec Mcinnes passes the ball forward to Peter Richards. Peter Richards makes a simple pass to Rob Bisseling. Rob Bisseling shoots from long range but it curls horrendously wide!
34.53
Paul Elliott makes a beautiful solo run. Paul Elliott knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
39.53
Dominic Ferguson chips the ball to his team mate, Rob Bisseling. Rob Bisseling knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Neil Davidson who gathers it comfortably.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
The whistle blows and East Fife get the second half underway!
49.35
0-0Alec Mcinnes comes in with a late challenge on Paul Elliott. Alec Mcinnes is warned by the referee! Paul Elliott hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
54.15
Alec Mcinnes kicks a strong pass forward to Peter Richards. Peter Richards flicks the ball to his team mate, Stuart Ferguson. Stuart Ferguson knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
55.54
Julian Wallner deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Andy Rae. Andy Rae shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
57.44
Peter Richards chips the ball to his team mate, Stuart Ferguson. Stuart Ferguson shoots from outside the area but it is miles over!
65.16
Paul Elliott kicks a strong pass forward to Shabani Ferreira. Shabani Ferreira shoots from long range but it is miles over!
67.57
Alec Mcinnes passes the ball forward to Dominic Ferguson. Dominic Ferguson knocks the ball forward to Rob Bisseling. Rob Bisseling sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
73.50
Alex Dickov knocks the ball forward to Peter Richards. Peter Richards surges forward with the ball. Peter Richards knocks in a cross ball towards Stuart Ferguson. Stuart Ferguson is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
78.43
John Dickov makes a beautiful solo run. John Dickov knocks the ball forward to Andy Rae but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
87.12
John Dickov threads the ball through to Andy Rae. Andy Rae knocks in a cross ball towards Shabani Ferreira. Shabani Ferreira heads the ball goalwards. It's miles wide!
89.52
0-0Jose Martinez knocks the ball forward to Colin Hendry. Colin Hendry kicks a strong pass forward to Rob Bisseling. Rob Bisseling shoots from outside the area. It curls slightly but Neil Davidson manages to gather it comfortably.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
0
Shots on Target
1
0
Shots off Target
4
3
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
57.9%
42.1%
Play Area
28.9%
51.3%
19.7%