Arbroath vs Ayr United – Match Preview
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 08 – Season 2020 / 2021
Saturday 19th December 2020, Gayfield Park, Arbroath, 3.00pm kick off
Tomorrow Arbroath will take to the field for the final time of 2020 as we welcome Ayr United to Gayfield.
Match Sponsor – Colin M Smith – https://www.colinmsmith.com/
It has been an incredible year in so many ways. Last season we were on a high and pushing to finish in the top 4 of the Championship and then of course the global pandemic hit, and has continued to effect not just Arbroath FC but all of us.
Our supporters have been there for us, as always and our Supporters Wall will be the overwhelming positive of the pandemic for us and we are delighted that now those names of our supporters and lost loved ones will forever be found in our second home.
This season has been tough so far, but we know with Dick and Ian and everyone at the club it won’t be long before we turn the corner.
Ayr United last visited Gayfield in February when the match was abandoned at half time due to high winds and as always the visitors are one of the best teams in the Championship.
Having lost Craig Moore to injury this season and Alan Forrest sealing a switch to Livingston, Manager Mark Kerr has brought in some exciting players including Tom Walsh from Inverness in midfield, Jack Baird from St Mirren in defence along with Bruce Anderson and Cammy Smith on loan from Aberdeen and Dundee United but it is goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo who joined on loan from Aston Villa who has been grabbing the headlines with a series of fine performances.
https://ayrunitedfc.co.uk/ report that Innes Cameron misses out after a knock in training but Cammy Smith returns after serving a one-match suspension.
Arbroath will be hoping Mark Whatley will be fit after leaving the field last week due to injury and that Miko Virtanen will also be fit after missing out due to a hamstring problem.
It will be another incredibly tough game for the Lichties, but the boys as always will give it their all for you.
C’mon the Lichties!
Ayr United (including summer arrivals)
Manager – Mark Kerr
Assistant Manager – Michael McArdle
Goalkeeping Coach – Derek Stillie
Goalkeepers
1 – Viljami Sinisalo – (Aston Villa, loan)
21 – Ellis Hare-Reid
Defenders
2 – Jordan Houston
3 – Patrick Reading (Stevenage)
4 – Aaron Muirhead
5 – Sam Roscoe
20 – Michael Hewitt
30 – Jack Baird (St. Mirren)
Midfielders
6 – Andy Murdoch
8 – Michael Miller (Raith Rovers)
10 – Tom Walsh (Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
18 – Joe Chalmers (Ross County)
24 – Liam Miller
27 – Mark Kerr
31 – Paul Smith
Strikers
7 – Michael Moffat
9 – Bruce Anderson (Aberdeen, loan),
11 – Luke McCowan
14 – Cammy Smith (Dundee United, loan)
15 – Innes Cameron (Kilmarnock, loan)
19 – Dario Zanatta (Partick Thistle)
22 – Mark McKenzie
Somerset Park Departures
25 – Finn Ecrepont (Albion Rovers, loan)
32 – Gabe Skeoch (Albion Rovers, loan)
33 – Ross Love (Alloa Athletic, loan)
Steven Bell – East Kilbride
Ross Docherty – Partick Thistle
Alan Forrest – Livingston
Andy Geggan – BSC Glasgow
Grant Gillespie – Queen’s Park
Daniel Harvie – Milton Keynes Dons
Leon Murphy – Glenafton Athletic
Ross Doohan – Celtic, end of loan
Aaron Drinan – Ipswich Town, end of loan
Stephen Kelly – Rangers, end of loan
Connor Malley – Middlesbrough, end of loan
Scott Tiffoney – Livingston, end of loan
Arbroath vs Ayr United – Head to Head
Arbroath 1 – 1 Ayr United – Saturday 22nd February 2020 – Abandoned
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 25 – Season 2019 / 2020
Goals – Hamilton 28 – Drinan 16
Ayr United 1 – 1 Arbroath – Tuesday 10th December 2019
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 07 – Season 2019 / 2020
Goals – Kelly 22 – McKenna 48 pen
Arbroath 0 – 3 Ayr United – Saturday 28th September 2019
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 07 – Season 2019 / 2020
Goals; Forrest 12, 20, Kelly 27
Ayr United – Scottish Championship Results 2020/2021
Game 01 – Ayr United 2 – 1 Queen of the South – Sat 17th October
Game 02 – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Ayr United – Sat 24th October
Game 03 – Greenock Morton 3 – 2 Ayr United – Sat 31st October
Game 04 – Ayr United 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic – Sat 7th November
Game 05 – Ayr United 2 – 0 Dundee – Sat 21st November
Game 06 – Alloa Athletic 0 – 2 Ayr United – Sat 5th December
Game 07 – Ayr United 0 – 0 Raith Rovers – Fri 11th December
Suspensions; – Neither team has any players suspended.
Officials;
Referee – David Lowe
Assistant Referee 1- Ross McLeod
Assistant Referee 2 – Calum Doyle
How to watch all the action;
The game will be streamed live on Arbroath FC TV from 3pm
A reminder that this match is available for free to all season ticket holders over 18 (this age is down to a legal reason) and by now all season ticket holders should have received an email giving you full instructions on how to log on.
If you are a season ticket holder and haven’t received an email, please firstly check your spam/junk folder and if you still haven’t received an email on the email address you provided when you bought your season ticket please email us on support@arbroathfc.tv
If you aren’t a season ticket holder you can still purchase this game for £12 and can sign up here; https://arbroathfc.tv/
Matchday Programme
Our matchday programme producers, JJ Sports Promotions Ltd have produced a physical programme for tomorrow’s game.
Copies of this programme can be purchased for £2 each plus £2 postage and packing, by emailing: terrybrumpton@yahoo.co.uk. It will be full colour and packed with great content and photography, but hurry because there is a limited print run
C’mon the Lichties!
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