| Date | Saturday, 02 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish Championship |
| Fixture/Score | Airdrieonians 2:2 Ross County |
| Venue | The Albert Bartlett Stadium |
| Attendance | 1,227 |
| Referee | Lloyd Wilson |
| Comments | Match Report Report from The BBC. Airdrieonians 2 Ross County 2 Relegated Ross County squandered a two-goal lead to start their opening Scottish Championship fixture with a draw at Airdrie. Akil Wright's bullet header beyond Cade Melrose on 20 minutes gave Don Cowie's side, who lost the Premiership play-off final in May, the lead. Wright repeated the trick from a near-post corner moments into the second half. However, Euan Henderson would score a brace of his own to earn Airdrie a point. First, he slotted home Dean McMaster's threaded pass from a tight angle. Then, after County keeper Ross Laidlaw was penalised for failing to release the ball within the new eight-second window and a corner was awarded, the visitors conceded a free kick, which Henderson flashed into the net. Airdrie player-manager Rhys McCabe: "I'm not going to think too much of the negatives; the positive is the response in the second-half. To come up against opposition who are one of the favourites for the league when we're down to barebones is certainly food for thought." Ross County manager Don Cowie: "We let ourselves down. We have enough senior players that when you go 2-0 up away from home you've just got to win the game. We stopped doing the things we did for the first hour to get ourselves ahead." |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Don Cowie |
| Starting 11 | 1: Ross Laidlaw, 3: Len O'Sullivan 1, 4: Akil Wright 2, 6: Connor Randall, 7: Jay Henderson, 8: Dean Cornelius, 9: Ronan Hale, 17: Gary MacKay-Steven, 23: Ross Docherty, 31: Declan Gallagher 1, 38: Jamie Lindsay |
| Bench | 21: Bradley Foster, 2: Ben Crompton, 11: Kieran Phillips, 14: Nicholas (Nicky) Clark, 15: Dylan Smith, 19: Arron Lyall, 20: George Robesten, 26: Jordan White, 32: Copeland Thain |
| Airdrieonians | |
| Manager | Rhys McCabe |
| Starting 11 | Cade Melrose, Alex King, Aidan Wilson 1, Dylan MacDonald, Sean McGinty, Rhys Armstrong 1, Euan Henderson 2 1, Lewis McGrattan, Dean McMaster, Jamie Barjonas, Chris Mochrie |
| Bench | Craig Ross, Rhys McCabe, Liam McStravick, Cammy Cooper, Cole Williams, Dylan Williams, David Hutton, Gavin Gallagher, Adam Aird |