26/04/2026
Ayr Utd 18s (2) Vs (3) East Kilbride FC Girls 18s
Queen Margaret Academy
Sunday 26th April 2026
A nice sunny day for another trip down to Ayr for our postponed league match from earlier in the season.
The girls started very slowly and Ayr went one up pretty early in the game with an avoidable goal before we came back to make it 1 - 1 about 5 mins later.
The game was played in a good spirit but was very scrappy with Ayr playing a little more football than us in the first half. Ayr scored again midway through the first half to make it 2 - 1 and thats how the half finished.
The second half was much better from our point of view, it was still very scrappy but we kept a little better shape and forced Ayr to turn back out looking for passes and minimised them to shots from distance. With about 10 minutes to go our girls did look like they had more in their legs and were spending most of the half in the Ayr half and it eventually paid off with Faryl scoring from outside the box to make it 2 - 2 after a good spell of play. Ayr were then still having shots from distance and Anya had to be on her toes in goal, a few bouncing awkwardly in front of her but she was excellent for the full game and commanded her box well.
It did look a little more likely that we were going to score when we started really pressing the Ayr goal kicks and that's what happened. The ball was pinched off a defender and played through for us to score the winner with a few minutes to go.
Well done to both sets of girls today, it was a hot day and the game, although scrappy from both sets of girls, was played at a good tempo and they were all out on their feet by the end of it.
Thanks to Ayr for the game and good luck for the rest of the season.
