15s Fantastic Five

Ayr 15s played some sparkling football today against a decent, if over physical Cowdenbeath side.

 

Ayr passed the ball around well from start to finish with some great performances, in particular from Michael Wardrope, Ross Campbell and Mick Ahern. The first 60 minutes was all about Ayr and their brand of fast free flowing football. Some of the passages of play were terrific to watch and Ayr at times where tearing Cowdenbeath apart.

 

Ayr scored three in the first period with Ryan Nisbet netting from close range and Jason Filippi finishing well after being put through one on one with the keeper. Not to be outdone, Mick Ahern popped up with a far post  with a header to make it three.

 

The second period saw Ayr again dominating play and they scored a further two. The first was a header from Liam Anderson and the second saw Ross Campbell hit the net with a terrific far post volley.

 

Unfortunately the game started to deteriorate after this, with Cowdenbeath resorting to some rough tackles and foul play to try and stop Ayr in their tracks. The referee failed to get on top of this physicality and the game became a stop-start affair, with the physio seeing more action than some of the players. 

 

A low point of the match saw Aedan Keegan react badly to one bad tackle too many, and was unfortunately sent off for retaliation which saw Ayr have to see out the remainder of the match with only 10 men. 

 

Cowdenbeath used this to their advantage to score two late goals but didn't detract from a fine Ayr performance in what was very difficult conditions.

 

Manager Neil Duffy said afterwards "Hopefully Aedan will learn from his mistake and in future let his football do the talking but overall this was a terrific performance from the boys which must have pleased the watching support."