Ayr Utd 3
Dundee Utd 1
League Cup (Sectional Tie)
Ayr Utd |
3 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League Cup (Sectional Tie) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Hepburn Hepburn McKenna |
Johnny Coyle |
| Team Managers | |
| Reuben Bennett |
Willie MacFadyen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Round McNeil Leckie Traynor Rodger Lindsay Jaap Neilson Tracey Hepburn McKenna |
Alec Edmiston Alex Arnold Sam English Danny Bell Frank Callaghan Davie Cross Jimmy Forbes Johnny McIvor Alex Stenhouse Johnny Coyle Alf Scrimgeour |
| Match Officials | |
|
D J Murphy (Wishaw) (Referee) |
Match Report
The woeful start to the season continued at Somerset Park with United's fifth consecutive defeat. That terrible run had led to manager Willie McFadyen tendering his resignation after nine years just prior to facing Ayr. However, at least, in this latest reversal the side displayed fighting qualities and never gave up. Johnny Coyle was home on leave from the army and he pepped up the attack, scoring our only goal with a neat overhead kick. Once again, Alec Edmiston performed heroics in goal but failed to prevent Ayr getting the goals that gave them their second victory of the season over United.
Squad Statistics (as at August 28th, 1954)
| 1954-55 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Alec Edmiston (GK) | 27 |
|
4 | - | 87 | - |
| Alex Arnold | 26 |
|
3 | - | 50 | - |
| Davie Cross | - |
|
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Danny Bell | - |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Frank Callaghan | - |
|
3 | - | 17 | 1 |
| Sam English | - |
|
2 | - | 47 | - |
| Alex Stenhouse | 21 |
|
3 | - | 8 | - |
| Jimmy Forbes | - |
|
3 | - | 29 | 5 |
| Johnny McIvor | - |
|
4 | - | 7 | - |
| Johnny Coyle | 21 |
|
1 | 1 | 14 | 9 |
| Alf Scrimgeour | - |
|
1 | - | 2 | 1 |
League Table (as at August 28th, 1954)
No league table has been added for this season.