2014–15 Ayr United F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Ayr United's 2nd season in League One and their 3rd consecutive season in the third-tier of Scottish football. Ayr also competed in the Scottish Cup, League Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Ayr United
2014–15 season
ChairmanLachlan Cameron
ManagerMark Roberts
(until 15 December)
Andy Millen
(Interim)
Ian McCall
(from 5 January)
StadiumSomerset Park
League OneEighth Place
Challenge CupFirst Round
League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Alan Forrest (9)
All: Alan Forrest (9)
Highest home attendance1,617 vs Greenock Morton, League One, 9 August 2014
Lowest home attendance646 vs Stenhousemuir, League One, 13 December 2014
Average home league attendance1,122

Summary

Management

Ayr began the season under the management of Mark Roberts, who continued to operate in a player-manager role. On 15 December, Roberts was removed from his position as manager after a poor run of form, with his assistant Andy Millen placed in temporary charge.[1] On 5 January 2015, Ian McCall was appointed as Ayr United's new manager.[2]

Pre season

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 July 2014 Friendly Queens Park 2 – 3 Ayr United Glasgow
19 July 2014 Friendly Ayr United 1 – 1 Crusaders Somerset Park, Ayr
14:00 McLaughlin  22' Ayr United Report Snoddy  90'
21 July 2014 Friendly Hurlford United 3 – 5 Ayr United Blair Park, Hurlford
19:30 Robertson  60', 85' (pen.)
Cochrane  80'		 Ayr United Report McLaughlin  10' (pen.), 43'
Donnelly  62'
McGill  71'
Forrest  81'

Scottish League One
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish League One
9 August 2014 Match 1 Ayr United 1 – 0 Greenock Morton Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Donnelly  79' Report Attendance: 1,617
Referee: Craig Charleston
16 August 2014 Match 2 Stirling Albion 1 – 3 Ayr United Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
15:00 G Smith  66' (pen.) Ayr United Report Forrest  5', 56'
Gilmour  69'		 Attendance: 823
Referee: Mat Northcroft
23 August 2014 Match 3 Ayr United 2 – 0 Forfar Athletic Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 McLaughlin  85', 89' (pen.) Ayr United Report Attendance: 1,156
Referee: Nick Walsh
30 August 2014 Match 4 Stenhousemuir 1 – 1 Ayr United Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 Grehan  26' Ayr United Report Donnelly  12' Attendance: 669
Referee: John McKendrick
13 September 2014 Match 5 Ayr United 0 – 2 Stranraer Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Murphy  71' Report Grant Gallagher  65'
Scott Rumsby  69'
Jamie Longworth  81'
Longridge  82'		 Attendance: 1,414
Referee: Calum Murray
20 September 2014 Match 6 Brechin City 2 – 4 Ayr United Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 McLean  22'
Jackson  40'
Trouten  49'
Cameron  53' 
Jamie Masson  59'
McGormack  86'		 Report McLaughlin  53' (pen.)  86' (pen.)
Beattie  73'  90+2'
Paul Slane  82'		 Attendance: 537
Referee: Gavin Duncan
27 September 2014 Match 7 Ayr United 2 – 3 Airdrieonians Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Donald  21'
Murphy  51'
Beattie  80'
Donnelly  90+2'		 Report Jim Lister  30'  74'
Luca Gasparotto  87'
Bain  90+1'
Liam Watt  90+6'		 Attendance: 1,185
Referee: Matt Northcroft
4 October 2014 Match 8 Peterhead 2 – 0 Ayr United Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
15:00 Stevenson  56'
Ryan Strachan  62'		 Report Attendance: 506
Referee: Alan Muir
10 October 2014 Match 9 Ayr United 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45 Glimour  16'
Paul Slane  25'		 Report El Bakhtaoui  29'  30'
Falkingham  82'
Buchanan  87'		 Attendance: 1,457
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 October 2014 Match 10 Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Ayr United Cappielow, Greenock
15:00 Report McLaughlin  36'
McKinlay  53'		 Attendance: 1,744
Referee: Calum Murray
25 October 2014 Match 11 Ayr United 0 – 2 Brechin City Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Report Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Stephen Finnie
8 November 2014 Match 12 Stranraer 3 – 1 Ayr United Stair Park, Stranraer
Report Attendance: 1,415
Referee: Gavin Duncan
22 November 2014 Match 13 Forfar Athletic 2 – 0 Ayr United Station Park, Forfar
Report Attendance: 562
Referee: Andrew Dallas
6 December 2014 Match 14 Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 2 Ayr United East End Park, Dunfermline
Report Attendance: 2,509
Referee: Euan Anderson
13 December 2014 Match 15 Ayr United 2 – 3 Stenhousemuir Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 646
Referee: Des Roache
20 December 2014 Match 16 Ayr United 2 – 2 Stirling Albion Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 880
Referee: John McKendrick
27 December 2014 Match 17 Airdrieonians 3 – 0 Ayr United Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
Report Attendance: 1,023
Referee: George Salmond
3 January 2015 Match 18 Ayr United 0 – 2 Stranraer Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 1,235
Referee: Alan Newlands
10 January 2015 Match 19 Brechin City 2 – 1 Ayr United Glebe Park, Brechin
Report Attendance: 504
Referee: Mat Northcroft
17 January 2015 Match 20 Ayr United 1 – 1 Greenock Morton Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 1,217
Referee: Colin Steven
24 January 2015 Match 21 Stenhousemuir 1 – 1 Ayr United Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
Report Attendance: 651
Referee: Gavin Ross
31 January 2015 Match 22 Ayr United 0 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 1,149
Referee: Mat Northcroft
14 February 2015 Match 23 Stirling Albion 1 – 4 Ayr United Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
Report Attendance: 785
Referee: Brian Colvin
21 February 2015 Match 24 Peterhead 2 – 0 Ayr United Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
Report Attendance: 560
Referee: Alan Newlands
28 February 2015 Match 25 Ayr United 1 – 0 Forfar Athletic Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 1,017
Referee: Stephen Finnie
3 March 2015 Match 26 Ayr United 3 – 3 Peterhead Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 693
Referee: Craig Charleston
7 March 2015 Match 27 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Ayr United East End Park, Dunfermline
Report Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Nick Walsh
10 March 2015 Match 28 Ayr United 0 – 1 Airdrieonians Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 835
Referee: Colin Steven
14 March 2015 Match 29 Ayr United 0 – 0 Stenhousemuir Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 1,055
Referee: John McKendrick
21 March 2015 Match 30 Greenock Morton 2 – 1 Ayr United Cappielow, Greenock
Report Attendance: 1,552
Referee: George Salmond
28 March 2015 Match 31 Ayr United 2 – 2 Brechin City Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 986
Referee: Andrew Dallas
4 April 2015 Match 32 Stranraer 1 – 0 Ayr United Stair Park, Stranraer
Report Attendance: 1,010
Referee: Kevin Graham
11 April 2015 Match 33 Ayr United 2 – 4 Peterhead Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 998
Referee: Calum Murray
18 April 2015 Match 34 Airdrieonians 2 – 0 Ayr United Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
Report Attendance: 881
Referee: Craig Charleston
25 April 2015 Match 35 Ayr United 4 – 0 Stirling Albion Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 1,608
Referee: Alan Newlands
2 May 2015 Match 36 Forfar Athletic 1 – 3 Ayr United Station Park, Forfar
Report Attendance: 1,916
Referee: Greg Aitken

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish League Cup
2 August 2014 Round 1 East Stirling 0 – 4 Ayr United Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:45 Ayr United Report Donnelly  50', 77'
McLaughlin  63' (pen.)
Gilmour  90'		 Attendance: 295
Referee: Greg Aitken
26 August 2014 Round 2 Kilmarnock 1 – 0 Ayr United Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 McKenzie  69' Attendance: 8,877
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Cup
1 November 2014 Round 3 Ayr United 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00
11 November 2014 Round 3 (Replay) Alloa Athletic 4 – 0 Ayr United Indodrill Stadium, Alloa
19:45 Buchanan  24'
Meggatt  28'
Docherty  33', 60'		 Report Attendance: 420
Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Challenge Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Challenge Cup
27 July 2014 Round 1 Clyde 2 – 0 Ayr United Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
15:00 McManus  8'
Sweeney  29' (pen.)		 Ayr United Report Attendance: 689
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Player statistics

Squad, appearance and goals
As of 2 May 2015
No.NatPlayerTotalLeagueScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
David Hutton 41 0 36 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
Shaun Newman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
Adam Blakeman 14 2 12 (2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martyn Campbell 16 0 11 (2) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Adam Cummins 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nicky Devlin 41 2 36 2 2 0 2 0 1 0
Josh McArthur 2 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
John McArthur 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Craig McCracken 4 0 1 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0
Scott McKenna 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin McKinlay 17 0 13 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 (1) 0
Andrew Muir 9 0 1 (5) 0 2 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
Morgyn Neill 7 1 6 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
Peter Murphy 29 1 25 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
Robbie Crawford 23 1 18 (5) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Donald 37 0 33 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
Alan Forrest 36 9 23 (8) 9 2 0 2 0 1 0
Brian Gilmour 36 3 24 (7) 2 2 0 2 1 1 0
Dale Keenan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter McGill 10 0 4 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 1 0
Jon-Paul McGovern 41 5 35 (1) 5 2 0 2 0 1 0
Scott McLaughlin 27 8 21 (1) 7 2 0 2 1 1 0
Craig Murray 14 0 13 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Wardrope 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Robertson 12 1 9 (3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
Craig Beattie 30 6 14 (14) 6 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Donnelly 29 5 19 (5) 2 2 1 2 2 1 0
Sean McKenzie 5 0 1 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Nisbet 10 0 0 (10) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Preston 14 5 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Shirkie 18 0 1 (14) 0 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
Paul Slane 13 0 7 (4) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
6 Peterhead 36 14 9 13 51 54 −3 51
7 Dunfermline Athletic 36 13 9 14 46 48 −2 48
8 Ayr United 36 9 7 20 45 60 −15 34
9 Stenhousemuir (O) 36 8 5 23 42 63 −21 29 Qualification for the League One play-offs
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 4 8 24 35 84 −49 20 Relegation to League Two
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Overall
Competition Started round Current Position Final Position First match Last match
Scottish League One Matchday 1 Matchday 36 8th 9 August 2014 2 May 2015
Scottish Challenge Cup 1st Round Eliminated 1st Round 25 July 2014 25 July 2014
Scottish Cup 3rd Round Eliminated 3rd Round 1 November 2014 11 November 2014
League Cup 1st Round Eliminated 2nd Round 2 August 2014 26 August 2014

Last Updated: 3 September 2015

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 9 7 20 45 60  −15 34 4 5 9 22 28  −6 5 2 11 23 32  −9

Last updated: 3 Sept 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round
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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWDLWLLLWLLLLLDLLLDDLWLWDLLDLDLLLWW
Position111121335456677889999999998999888988
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2020. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

References
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