15s Too Strong For Cows
 
Ayr 15s came away from Cowdenbeath with a comfortable victory despite a subdued performance which never really showed the players at their best. 
 
It took Ayr a while to get going in the first period, they started slowly and were a goal down after 10 minutes. This seemed to spark a bit of life into Ayr and they finished the period strongly with Ryan Nisbett scoring twice. The first a clever lob over the keeper and the second a spectacular volley from 25 yards.
 
Ayr dominated the second period with some fine inter linking play between Wardrope, Willock and Ahern. Ayr's first of the period was the pick of the bunch when a short free kick in Ayr's half led to some fine one touch football, ending in Mick Ahern sending Ross Campbell through on goal with Ross finishing well under the keepers body. 
 
Ahern then got himself on the scoresheet when he collected a ball on the edge of the box and turned the defender before finishing well from 20 yards. 
 
Some slack play from Ayr saw them gift possession from their own short corner with Cowdenbeath capitalising from it, scoring a cracking goal from a fast counter attack.
 
The third period saw Ayr again taking the game to the Beath. Sean Ewart added to Ayr's tally with a curling 25 yard free kick which looped over the keepers head. 
 
Cowdenbeath where full of fight though and pulled one back to keep the game alive. Ryan Nisbett finished the game though when he danced past four defenders in the box before squaring to Steven McCarrison who finished well from eight yards.
 
Although Ayr where well short of their best on the day, they still scored plenty of well taken goals against decent opposition but eventually cruised through to take the win. This result means that the 15's have still only lost once all season with this game taking them to six league wins on the trot since the winter break.
 
Neil Duffy enthused afterwards,"This team have set a high standard all year and the expectations are high everytime they take the field, today they failed to live up to those expectations but still managed the victory."
 
Report Neil Duffy
 
Picture Sean Ewart