Ayr United end winless run with 2-0 win at Queen's Park

Ayr United ended six games without a win with a 2-0 victory away to Queen's Park.

The Honest Men struck twice at Lesser Hampden on 18 September to take all three points in the William Hill Championship, Scotland's second tier. Kick-off was at 19:30 on Friday evening Ayr United, and the visitors made it count.

Dylan Watret and Josh Landers got the goals for Ayr, according to BBC Sport. It finished Queen's Park 0-2 Ayr United. That is the sort of scoreline that settles nerves. No late scramble. No hanging on.

For Ayr, the timing mattered. They had gone six matches without a victory before this trip to Glasgow, a run that can weigh heavy in a tight league BBC Sport. An away clean sheet plus two goals is a clean way to stop that kind of slide.

The result also answered their last outing. Ayr lost 1-3 to Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 12 September at Somerset Park Ayr United. To follow that with a shutout on the road shows a quick response. Managers talk about reactions. This was one.

What makes this stand out is how simple football can feel when it clicks. Defend well. Take your chances. The table takes care of itself for a week.

For fans, this means a better look to the Championship table. Ayr were listed with 7 played, 2 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses and 8 points Ayr United. In this division, where teams take points off each other most weeks, a two-goal away win can lift the mood around the whole club.

Queen's Park will feel the other side of it. Losing at home without scoring hurts, especially at Lesser Hampden, their compact ground in Glasgow's south side. There was live Championship coverage of the game from BBC Sport, a sign of the interest in a Friday night fixture under the lights.

Ayr now head home. Their next fixture is against Stenhousemuir on 25 September at 19:45 at Somerset Park Ayr United. They will go into it with something they have missed for a while. Momentum.