A cold, wet and windy Tuesday night saw Somerset Park host its first Ayrshire Derby in four years.
Home team, Ayr United went into this one sitting 6th in the Scottish Championship on 12 points, with their rivals Kilmarnock on 20 points and in 2nd, three points behind leaders Inverness Caley Thistle.
With a staggered entry into the stadium in place, due to Covid and the monitoring of vaccine passports, majority of the over 6000 attendees were already in the ground and making noise, forty minutes before kick-off.
A minute silence was held for Scottish Football legend, Walter Smith, who had sadly passed earlier in the day.
The game had a sketchy start, with both teams trying to assert dominance, with majority of it being a midfield battle.
Oli Shaw would have the first attempt for Kilmarnock, testing Ayr United goalkeeper Aidan McAdams with a swerving strike from distance.
Ayr United would look more likely to score in the first half, with the home support encouraging The Honest Men.
Half-time came with the score sitting at 0-0. It just so happened to be the half-time score across all the Scottish Championship games, in a full fixture list.
The weather conditions worsened and made the game difficult for both teams to control. Although, Ayr United were really struggling in comparison to the first half.
United were sitting incredibly deep, clearing any danger with a long ball, with no-one there to pick it up. A case of defend-clear-repeat.
Kilmarnock had a shot from outside the box, fizz past the top corner in the last few minutes of the game. The best attempt by both sides up to that point.
The last minute of the game saw Ayr United with a corner. The ball whipped into the box, with Killie 'keeper Hemming punching it clear.
The ball found its way to Fraser Murray, who went on a solo counter attack from his own half. Eventually getting support in United's penalty box, he went for the cutback which saw his teammate brought down, an easy penalty call for the referee.
Oli Shaw stepped up and sent the goalkeeper the wrong way, in front of 3000 Kilmarnock supporters.
That secured Kilmarnock's first league victory at Somerset since 1993, and also saw them go top of the table on goals scored.
It may not be the most prestigious Derby in world football, but it certainly means a lot to the people of Ayrshire who care about the bragging rights.
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