| Date | Saturday, 04 August 2007 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish League Division 2 |
| Fixture/Score | Ross County 2:0 Ayr United |
| Venue | Victoria Park |
| Attendance | 2,164 |
| Referee | Alan Freeland |
| Comments | Match Report Report from the BBC. Ross County 2 Ayr United 0 Ten-man Ross County got their Second Division campaign off to a winning start at Victoria Park. County opened the scoring in the fourth minute when Ayr goalkeeper Mark McGeown parried a long shot from Martin Scott and Andy Barrowman followed up. The lead was doubled on the hour when Barrowman knocked down a long ball and Stewart Petrie drove in from 15 yards. Referee Alan Freeland sent Darren Brady off six minutes later for a wild tackle on Ryan Stevenson. |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Dick (Richard) Campbell |
| Starting 11 | 1: Anthony (Tony) Bullock, 2: Stuart Golabek, 3: Alexander Keddie 1, 4: Andrew Dowie, 5: Martin Scott, 6: Daniel Moore, 7: Darren Brady 1, 8: Mark McCulloch, 9: Andrew Barrowman 1, 10: Stewart Petrie 1, 11: Derek Adams |
| Bench | 0: Matteo Tomei, 0: Hugh Robertson, 0: David Niven, 0: Sean Higgins, 0: Craig Gunn |
| Ayr United | |
| Manager | Neil Watt |
| Starting 11 | Mark McGeown, Eddie Forrest 1, David Lowing, Stephen Swift 1, Murray Henderson, David Hamilton, Ryan Stevenson, David Dunn, Andy McLaren, Michael Moore, Gareth Wardlaw 1 |
| Bench | Barry Corr, Chris Robertson, Jerome Vareille, Mark Casey, Alex Williams |