ON THE ROAD travels to Somerset Park for an intriguing episode of I'm A Celebrity ...
Get Me Out Of Here! Lennon, Wanyama and Brown supplied the hype, but both Ayr and Dunfermline have work to do if they're to escape Championship this season or beyond The two clubs have seen better days, and both harbour expectations of getting back to the top flight Brown's Ayr are in the Premiership play-offs, while Lennon is fighting to keep Pars up after debut defeat which included red card for Wanyama By HUGH MACDONALD Published: 02:00, 31 March 2025 | Updated: 02:00, 31 March 2025 e-mail View comments Ayr United 3 Dunfermline 0 There were simple questions to be asked at Somerset Park. Can Ayr United get out of the Championship? And can Dunfermline stay in it? The answers were inconclusive. Ayr’s victory means a play-off spot is confirmed, but not automatic promotion.
Dunfermline’s fragile display means a play-off that opens the trapdoor to League One cannot be discounted. This was the sobering reality behind the understandable hype of the Pars having a one-time-£12million player being signed — and then sent off in his first game — and the considerable celebrity of managers Neil Lennon and Scott Brown in the dugouts. A considerable travelling support, impeccably detailed at 922, was boisterous and encouraging.
The Lennon factor has invigorated them but the manager knows results must follow. The Fifers adhere to that weary template of most struggling teams: they conceded goals, a.
