Ayr edge towards safety with battling point against Greenock Morton
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Ayr moved four points clear of the Scottish Championship relegation play-off spot as Anton Dowds’ header earned a 1-1 draw against Greenock Morton at Somerset Park.
Dowds nodded in just before the interval as he connected with a fine Francis Amartey cross.
That cancelled out Kirk Broadfoot’s 21st-minute opener for the visitors, the veteran defender meeting Michael Garrity’s free-kick to flick past Josh Clarke.
Dowds went close to hitting a winner, rattling the crossbar with a shot eight minutes after the break.
Ayr, in seventh, moved another point clear of ninth-placed Inverness with four matches to go, and are two points behind sixth-placed Morton.