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Lee Bullen insists he had pride in defeat after Ayr fell just short in their comeback bid at Dens Park.

Ayr United midfielder Olly Pendlebury has quit the club just nine weeks into a two-year deal at Somerset Park. The former England youth captain asked to be released from his contract this week, with the club confirming they had "relucantly" agreed, citing "personal circumstances".

Deadly Dipo Akinyemi pounced to keep Ayr's heads above water as the Championship play-off race endured another day of drama.

Lee Bullen reckons his Ayr side deserve praise for winning ugly after edging past Hamilton.

Josh Mullin's double kept Ayr United flying high at the top of the Championship as their fairytale run continued.

Hamilton Accies striker Andy Winter says his side's 2-2 draw at Ayr United yesterday wasn't good enough, and that they should be beating teams like that.

Lee Bullen hailed Andy Murdoch for the collector's item strike that rescued a late point for Ayr against Hamilton.

Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin says it's two points dropped as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Ayr United.

Ayr United are to be roared on by a new generation of supporter as part of a community initiative.

A pulsating second half comeback wasn't enough for Ayr as they fell just short of a point in Fife.

Ayr side after they got their Premier Sports Cup campaign back on track.Tomi Adeloye's double and a late strike from Andy Murdoch sealed a comfortable win over Edinburgh City as fans returned to Somerset Park last night.And a second clean sheet in two games confirmed that Hopkin's new look side are taking shape.The boss said: "We started the game well and should have scored after 30 seconds, which set the tone."I thought the whole team was magnificent for the 90 minutes."I was delighted with some of the play."We've been creating chances in pre season so it was nice to see some goals."We challenged the boys at half time to keep a clean sheet and go out and score a few more so it was a pleasing night all round."And on another night we'd have

iOS and Android.Hopkin had made just one change from the side which swept Dundee aside on Tuesday night with Andy Murdoch replacing Michael Miller in midfield.But the game took a while to get going with both sides struggling to create chances during a scrappy first half.Dens Park goal hero Mark McKenzie had Ayr's best chance of the opening period when he sent a header straight at Jamie MacDonald, while Luke McCowan felt aggrieved to see the linesman's flag deny him a goal.But the game burst to life after the break as Rovers flew out of the traps.They served a warning just after the break when a Lewis Vaughan corner was headed just over by Frankie Musonda from point blank range.And they duly struck the front when another corner, this time

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Mark Kerr hailed his players for bouncing back in style as Ayr secured three points at Alloa.Goals in either half from Luke McCowan and Andy Murdoch sealed a welcome return to form for United on the back of their Betfred Cup thrashing at Livi last week.And it was the manner of the performance, in which Ayr played some lovely flowing football, which pleased Kerr most.He said: "We were great to watch at times and looked really good on the front foot."Coming off Livingston last week, which wasn't nice, the boys stepped up and showed a bit of class."We scored two great goals and could have had more."I thought wee Murdy really stepped up in that

Ayrshire Post: "It's a big relief just to get a game under our belts after so long.