9 Man Ayr United victorious against Stenhousemuir at Somerset Park.
Ayr took the lead from the spot after only 6 minuets when Alan Trouten was brought down in the box, with Mark Roberts calmly converting from the spot. However, Stenhousemuir equalised within the first half when the referee bewilderingly awarded the away side a penalty and gave débutante, Jim Lauchlan , a booking. Shortly after the penalty Ayr where down to 10 men, when Alan Trouten's challenge was deemed to be a straight red.
Not long after the break, Ayr regained the lead when Jim Lauchlan made contact with a Jonathan Tiffoney corner. Ross Robertson, after only coming on at the break, scored his first Senior goal, when he headed over Stenhousemuir Goalkeeper, Chris McCluskey and into the net. It looked like it was all over when Mark Roberts got his 20th goal of the season, with an amazing chip-cross that made its way into the visitors goal. Stenhousemuir showed they where still in it when Simon Lynch scored after being on the park only 4 minuets before scoring. Warrior's defender, Jordan Smith also scored showing their intent in taking something from the game. As Stenny pushed for an equaliser, the most confusing decision was made by referee, Neil Watters, when after consulting his Linesman twice he decided to show Jonathan Tiffoney a red card, for a second bookable offence, when he hadn't been booked already. Ayr held out the final minuets of the game to keep hot on the tails of Livingston, who won 4-3 in the last minuet to stay top.
AYR UNITED: Crawford, Tiffoney, Malone, Lauchlan, Campbell, McCann, Trouten, McLaughlin, Moffat, Roberts (6 pen, 63) (Smith- 78), Easton (Robertson- 45, 54)
Unused Subs: McWilliams, Woodburn, Kelly
STENHOUSEMUIR: McCluskey, Lyle, Thom, Smith, Dickson, Anderson (Plenderleith- 56), Thomson, Clark (33 pen) (Lynch- 73, 77), Murray, Strachan, Dalziel
Unused Subs: Brown, Thomson, Quinn
Attendance: 1,181 (+1 Dog)
Referee: Neil Watters
Ayr United's next opponents are Saint Mirren at Somerset Park in the Fifth Round of the Scottish Cup, tickets are available from the club shop and are:
Adults: £15
Children: £10
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