Ayr United today step onto Somerset Park to begin their first division campaign against the Maryhill Magyars of Partick Thistle.
But United are without the suspended Neil McGowan, while fellow defender Martyn Campbell has a thigh injury.
United hotshot Ryan Stevenson will play with a broken nose and Kenny Connolly has recovered from an ankle knock as United try to get off to a winning start.
United have been unaffected by the chaos surrounding Livingston.