Preview Ayr United
Friday, 9th Oct 2009The Pars have won nine of the last ten league meetings and it is 14 league games back since Ayr United won.
Dunfermline welcome Ayr back to East End Park on league business for the first time since January 2000. The teams met in the Challenge Cup in season 2007-08 when the Pars won 1-0 but it is back in season 1992-93 when Ayr last left West Fife with three points. Paul Chalmers scored the Pars goal as Ayr hit three.
Dunfermline and Ayr United have met in 77 league games; the Pars have won 32 to Ayr`s 24, 21 have been drawn. Ominously the worst defeat and the last defeat at home against Ayr were both in the month of October.
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Milestones v Ayr United (home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
22/01/00 |
2-0 |
First Division |
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Last League Defeat |
10/10/92 |
1-3 |
First Division |
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Best League Victory |
10/12/94 |
6-0 |
First Division |
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Worst League Defeat |
13/10/73 |
0-4 |
Div One (old) |
The Pars have won nine of the last ten league meetings and it is 14 league games back since Ayr United won. Ayr have only won 3 of the last 27 games between the sides in all competitions stretching back to 1983. The Honest Men`s most recent victory against the Fifers was a 3-0 Scottish Cup win at Somerset Park in January 2002. James Grady, John Robertson and a spectacular own goal from Gus McPherson saw Ayr on their way passed Jimmy Calderwood`s side to a Quarter Final tie with Dundee United.
Last Twelve League Matches v Ayr United | ||||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 11/04/00 | A | 2-0 | W | First Division |
| 22/01/00 | H | 2-0 | W | First Division |
| 04/12/99 | A | 3-0 | W | First Division |
| 25/09/99 | H | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 22/04/95 | H | 3-0 | W | First Division |
| 25/02/95 | A | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 10/12/94 | H | 6-0 | W | First Division |
| 15/10/94 | A | 0-0 | D | First Division |
| 26/04/94 | H | 1-0 | W | First Division |
| 12/03/94 | A | 4-0 | W | First Division |
Ayr are currently level on points with the Pars but above them on goal difference.
| Dunfermline | Ayr United |
| Current League Position | |
| 9 | 8 |
| League form: Last Six Games | |
| WWLLLL | DLLDLW |
| League Points | |
| 6 | 6 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -5 | -4 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P7, W2, D0, L5 | P7, W1, D3, L2 |
Ayr United play just their fifth away match of the season and so far they have only had success at Stirling in the Co-operative Insurance Cup back on 1st August. Dunfermline have suffered four successive league defeats and badly need to halt the rot.
| Recent Home / Away Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | Ayr United Away | |||||
| Queen of the South | L | 1-4 | Ross County | L | 1-2 | |
| Raith Rovers | L | 0-2 | Queen of the South | L | 0-2 | |
| Raith Rovers | W | 3-1 | Inverness Caley Thistle | D |
0-0 | |
| Airdrie United | W | 2-0 | Stirling Albion | W | 2-1 | |
| Queen of the South | L | 1-2 | ||||
| Inverness Caley Thistle | L | 0-1 | ||||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v QOS): Greg Fleming; Greg Ross, Neil McGregor (Chris Higgins HT), Andy Dowie, Scott Muirhead; Joe Cardle, Graeme Holmes (Andy Kirk 63), Nick Phinn, Alex Burke, Willie Gibson; Graham Bayne
SUBS: Austin McCann,, Paul Willis, Greg Paterson (GK)
AYR UNITED (v Raith Rovers): Craig Samson; Kevin James (Billy Gibson 46), Martin Campbell, Ryan Stevenson, William Easton, Kenneth Connolly, Alistair Woodburn (Ryan Borris 60), Dean Keenan, Chris Aitken, Bryan Prunty (Kevin Cawley 81), Mark Roberts
SUBS NOT USED: Steve Grindlay, David Gormley
Referee will be Dougie MacDonald.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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