Falkirk leave Somerset with nothing... Again: Ayr United 1-0 Falkirk

Ayr United faced Falkirk for the fourth time this season and the third at Somerset Park this season. The last time 'The Bairns' visited Somerset Park only a few ago in the Fifth Round of the Scottish Cup, Ayr won 2-1 with goals from Andy Geggan and Mark Roberts from the spot coming back from an early goal scored by Blair Alston for Falkirk.

Ayr 1-0 Falkirk

Ayr went into the game on the back of a 3-2 defeat to league leaders, Ross County, after going two goals down early on, and brought it back to two-all with both goals from Keigan Parker, but were eventually defeated by a spectacular to complete a Richard Brittain hat-trick. Following a first league victory of the calender year, at home to Livingston, with goals from Eddie Malone and two from midfielder, Andy Geggan, who brought it all square after Dean Cummings converted early for the visitors.

Ayr were without John Robertson, Martyn Campbell, Alan Trouten and Sean Higgins through injury, but played a strong eleven despite playing Adam Dodd at left-back. Ayr started: Cuthbert, Tiffoney, Dodd, Malone, Smith, Geggan, Moffat, Tomsett, Parker, Roberts and McGowan. Steven Pressley started a line-up of: Duffie, Scobbie, Dods, Wallace, Murdoch, Fulton, Millar, Gibson, El Alagui and White.

The first half seemed pretty uneventful, little chances for both sides, with Ayr defending well and passing well at the other end of the park. And Falkrk couldn't convert their chances, however, the most notable action from Falkirk was when Farid El Alagui fell into the Somerset Road.

Ayr improved in the second half and dominated much of the game, especially on the right-wing and played a lot of the game in front, Duffie, the Falkirk keepers goal, who was strangely enough wearing the Ayr United alternative goalkeepers jersey. Eventually the pressure paid off, and Andy Geggan got his sixth of the season and third in a week to seal all three points to the Honest Men.

Raith Rovers comfortably won 5-0 at home to Greenock Morton, and Ross County won at home to Queen of the South. A gap is starting to emerge between Queen of the South and both Ayr and Raith, and only a point separates Raith and Ayr, with Ayr having a game in hand (away to Livingston on Tuesday night).