01/11/2026
⚽ FULL TIME | AYFC 4–3 Kirrie Thistle ⚽
A hard-fought 3 points for the lads today in what turned out to be a frantic encounter against Kirrie Thistle!
Kirrie took the lead after 10 minutes, but TJ reacted quickest to follow in Jamie’s free kick and bring us level. Jamie continued to cause problems and won a penalty, only to be denied by a brilliant save from the Kirrie keeper. Kirrie regained the lead before Jamie won another penalty, which TJ confidently converted to equalise once again.
Despite being reduced to 10 men in the second half, the lads battled on and managed to establish a two-goal cushion, with Marian getting on the scoresheet.
Kirrie pulled one back from the penalty spot in the final five minutes, and further ill-discipline saw us reduced to nine men, making for a nervy finish. However, the lads dug deep and held on for the win!
Some excellent football played today and plenty of chances created, although failing to take more of them made life difficult for ourselves. A couple of unnecessary red cards also made the ending much harder than it needed to be.
Plenty of positives to take from the performance, alongside some lessons to learn about discipline.
Great character shown to see it out and take all 3 points. Well done, lads! 👏⚽
Man of the Match🏆- today’s man of the match went to TJ after getting his hat-trick in his first competitive game for many months. Outside of the goals his performance was brilliant with fantastic work rate throughout.
