2015–16 Ayr United F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Ayr United's third season in League One and their 4th consecutive season in the third-tier of Scottish football. Ayr also competed in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Ayr United
2015–16 season
ManagerIan McCall
StadiumSomerset Park
League OneSecond place (Promoted via Play-offs)
Challenge CupSecond Round
League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Craig Moore (14)
All: Jordan Preston (15)
Highest home attendance7,468 vs. Rangers, Challenge Cup, 19 August 2015
Lowest home attendance763 vs. Forfar Athletic, League One, 20 February 2016
Average home league attendance1,296

Summary

Season


Results and fixtures

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 July 2015 Friendly St Mirren 0 – 1 Ayr United Ralston, Paisley
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
11 July 2015 The Raydale Cup Annan Athletic 1 – 3 Ayr United Raydale Park, Gretna
15:30 Ayr Report
12 July 2015 The Raydale Cup Gretna 2008 0 – 1 Ayr United Raydale Park, Gretna
15:30 Report
15 July 2015 Friendly Rangers 2 – 0 Ayr United Rangers Training Centre, Auchenhowie
19:15 Templeton  24'
Holt (Trialist)  59'		 Rangers Report Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
18 July 2015 Martyn Campbell Testimonial Ayr United 0 – 1 Coleraine Somerset Park, Ayr
Report
21 July 2015 Friendly Ayr United 0 – 0 Hibernian Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45

Scottish League One
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League One
8 August 2015 1 Albion Rovers 3 – 0 Ayr United Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00 Davidson  2'
Love  45', 69'		 Report Attendance: 781
Referee: Alan Newlands
15 August 2015 2 Ayr United 2 – 1 Brechin City Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Forrest  21'
Trouten  73' (pen.)		 Report Thomson  68'
Smith  90+2' 		 Attendance: 1,074
Referee: Barry Cook
22 August 2015 3 Stranraer 1 – 2 Ayr United Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00 Stirling  90' Report Moore  4'
Trouten  77'
Docherty  72' 		 Attendance: 882
Referee: Nick Walsh
29 August 2015 4 Ayr United 2 – 2 Forfar Athletic Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Moore  45'
Forrest  58'		 Report Allan  26'
Travis  90+1'		 Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 September 2015 5 Ayr United 5 – 2 Stenhousemuir Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45 Preston  3', 47'
Moore  26'
Barclay  35' (o.g.)
Caldwell  86'		 Report Boyle  17' (o.g.)
McCroary  88'		 Attendance: 1,046
Referee: Don Robertson
12 September 2015 6 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 2 Ayr United East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 Report Forrest  23'
Preston  59'		 Attendance: 3,596
Referee: Kevin Graham
19 September 2015 7 Airdrieonians 1 – 2 Ayr United Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Watt  5' Report Moore  45'
Gilmour  66'		 Attendance: 1,141
Referee: Steven Kirkland
26 September 2015 8 Ayr United 1 – 1 Peterhead Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Devlin  55' Report Redman  87' Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Stephen Finnie
3 October 2015 9 Ayr United 5 – 0 Cowdenbeath Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Preston  1'
Forrest  19'
McLauchlan  48'
Gilmour  57'
Moore  72'		 Report Attendance: 1,171
Referee: Alan Newlands
17 October 2015 10 Forfar Athletic 2 – 2 Ayr United Station Park, Forfar
15:00 Denholm  2'
Campbell  45'		 BBC Sport report Graham  54'
Devlin  68'
Caldwell  72'		 Attendance: 745
Referee: Nick Walsh
24 October 2015 11 Stenhousemuir 0 – 1 Ayr United Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 Robertson  89' BBC Sport report Caldwell  9' Attendance: 767
Referee: Greg Aitken
31 October 2015 12 Ayr United 3 – 1 Stranraer Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Crawford  15'
Adams  39'
Preston  83'		 Report Robertson  29' Attendance: 1,415
Referee: Gavin Duncan
7 November 2015 13 Brechin City 1 – 1 Ayr United Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 Layne  47' Report Adams  43' Attendance: 541
Referee: Barry Cook
14 November 2015 14 Ayr United 1 – 0 Albion Rovers Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Trouten  38' Report Attendance: 1,389
Referee: George Salmond
21 November 2015 15 Ayr United 3 – 0 Airdrieonians Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Report Attendance: 1,403
Referee: Stephen Finnie
12 December 2015 16 Ayr United 1 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Report Attendance: 2,076
Referee: Andrew Dallas
19 December 2015 17 Peterhead 3 – 0 Ayr United Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
15:00 Report Attendance: 612
Referee: Alan Newlands
26 December 2015 18 Ayr United 2 – 1 Brechin City Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Report Attendance: 1,485
Referee: Nick Walsh
29 December 2015 19 Cowdenbeath 4 – 2 Ayr United Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Report Attendance: 640
Referee: George Salmond
2 January 2016 20 Stranraer 1 – 0 Ayr United Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00 Report Attendance: 1,178
Referee: Colin Steven
23 January 2016 21 Albion Rovers 1 – 3 Ayr United Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00 Report Attendance: 427
Referee: David Lowe
6 February 2016 22 Ayr United 1 – 2 Peterhead Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Report Attendance: 1,155
Referee: Alan Muir
13 February 2016 23 Dunfermline 3 – 2 Ayr United East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 Report Attendance: 3,319
Referee: Nick Walsh
20 February 2016 24 Ayr United 2 – 1 Forfar Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Report Attendance: 763
Referee: Gavin Duncan
27 February 2016 25 Airdrieonians 0 – 1 Ayr United Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Report Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mike Roncone
1 March 2016 26 Ayr United 4 – 1 Cowdenbeath Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 856
Referee: Gavin Ross
5 March 2016 27 Brechin 1 – 0 Ayr United Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 Report Attendance: 491
Referee: David Munro
8 March 2016 28 Ayr United 4 – 1 Stenhousmuir Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 889
Referee: Alan Newlands
12 March 2016 29 Ayr United 0 – 2 Dunfermline Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 2,190
Referee: Don Robertson
19 March 2016 30 Forfar 3 – 1 Ayr United Station Park, Forfar
Report Attendance: 614
Referee: Gavin Ross
26 March 2016 31 Ayr United 2 – 1 Stranraer Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 1,244
Referee: Colin Steven
2 April 2016 32 Cowdenbeath 1 – 0 Ayr United Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Report Attendance: 429
Referee: David Munro
9 April 2016 33 Ayr United 0 – 1 Albion Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 1,044
Referee: Gavin Duncan
16 April 2016 34 Stenhousemuir 0 – 4 Ayr United Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 Report Attendance: 652
Referee: Barry Cook
23 April 2016 35 Peterhead 0 – 4 Ayr United Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
15:00 McAllister Report Moore  24', 81'
McCrorie  45'
Preston  56'		 Attendance: 617
Referee: Euan Anderson
30 April 2016 36 Ayr United 0 – 3 Airdrieonians Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Report Attendance: 1,594
Referee: Greg Aitken

Scottish Championship Play-offs
3 May 2016[1] Peterhead 1 – 4 Ayr United Balmoor, Peterhead
20:00 McIntosh  35' BBC Report Donald  18'
Preston  41', 59'
Crawford  74'		 Attendance: 807
Referee: Stephen Finnie
7 May 2016[1] Ayr United 2 – 1
(6 – 2 agg.)		 Peterhead Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Crawford  26'
Devlin  57'		 BBC Report Donald  31' (o.g.) Attendance: 1,848
Referee: Crawford Allan
11 May 2016[2] Stranraer 1 – 1 Ayr United Stair Park, Stranraer
19:45 McGuigan  54' BBC Report Docherty  90+5' Attendance: 1,652
Referee: Bobby Madden
15 May 2016[2] Ayr United 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 1 agg.)
(3–1 p)		 Stranraer Somerset Park, Ayr
14:45 BBC Report Attendance: 4,581
Referee: Andrew Dallas
Penalties
Preston
Trouten
Docherty
Graham 		Cairney
Longworth
Barron
Gibson

Scottish Challenge Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup
25 July 2015 First Round Ayr United 3 – 1 Albion Rovers Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Gavin Ross
19 August 2015 Second Round Ayr United 0 – 2 Rangers Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45 BBC Report
Rangers Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 7,468
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
1 August 2015 Round 1 Ayr United 2 – 0 Brechin City Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Attendance: 976
Referee: Euan Anderson
25 August 2015 Round 2 Ross County 2 – 0 Ayr United Victoria Park, Dingwall
Report Attendance: 1,743
Referee: Craig Charleston

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
28 November 2015 Round 3 Ayr United 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Somerset Park, Ayr
Report Geggan  22' Attendance: 1,576
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Player statistics

Squad, appearance and goals
As of 15 May 2016[3][4]
No.NatPlayerTotalLeagueScottish CupLeague CupOther
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
Greg Fleming 45 0 36 0 1 0 2 0 6 0
Shaun Newman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
Patrick Boyle 37 1 27 (1) 0 1 0 2 1 6 0
Martyn Campbell 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nicky Devlin 42 3 33 (1) 1 0 0 2 0 6 2
Gerry McLauchlan 29 3 21 (3) 2 1 0 2 1 2 0
Craig McCracken 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0
Ross McCrorie 15 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
Andy Graham 28 2 22 (3) 2 1 0 0 0 1 (1) 0
Adam Hodge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Muir 4 0 1 (2) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
Peter Murphy 36 0 29 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Jamie Adams 26 2 17 (3) 2 1 0 1 0 4 0
Robbie Crawford 35 3 15 (12) 1 0 0 (1) 1 0 5 (1) 2
Ross Docherty 35 1 25 (1) 0 1 0 2 0 6 1
Michael Donald 40 3 16 (15) 2 1 0 2 0 5 (1) 1
Alan Forrest 39 5 22 (12) 5 1 0 0 (2) 0 0 (2) 0
Brian Gilmour 31 2 19 (4) 2 0 (1) 0 2 0 3 (3) 0
Alan Trouten 39 7 25 (6) 6 1 0 2 0 2 (3) 1
Michael Wardrope 10 1 4 (6) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
Ross Caldwell 22 5 6 (11) 4 0 (1) 0 2 0 2 1
Sean McKenzie 5 0 0 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Moore 30 14 23 (2) 14 0 0 0 (1) 0 4 0
Jordan Preston 40 15 28 (6) 13 1 0 0 (1) 0 4 2
Ryan Nisbet 4 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0
Ryan Stevenson 22 6 16 (2) 6 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0

Club statistics

Final League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) 36 24 7 5 83 30 +53 79 Promotion to Scottish Championship
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 19 4 13 65 47 +18 61 Qualification to Championship play-offs
3 Peterhead 36 16 11 9 72 47 +25 59
4 Stranraer 36 15 6 15 43 49 −6 51
5 Airdrieonians 36 14 7 15 48 50 −2 49
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHHAAHHAAHAHHHAHAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAH
ResultLWWDWWWDWDWWDWWLLWLLWLLWWWLWLLWLLWWL
Position964532111221111222222333333333333322
Updated to match(es) played on May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Ayr United play each other team in the Scottish League One four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 36 games.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Home attendances

  Win   Draw   Loss

Comp Date Score Opponent Attendance Ref.
Challenge Cup 25 July 2015 3 – 1 Albion Rovers 1,003 [5]
League Cup 1 August 2015 2 – 0 Brechin City 976 [6]
League One 15 August 2015 2 – 1 Brechin City 1,074 [7]
Challenge Cup 19 August 2015 0 – 2 Rangers 7,468 [8]
League One 29 August 2015 2 – 2 Forfar Athletic 1,243 [9]
League One 1 September 2015 5 – 2 Stenhousemuir 1,046 [10]
League One 26 September 2015 1 – 1 Peterhead 1,304 [11]
League One 3 October 2015 5 – 0 Cowdenbeath 1,171 [12]
League One 31 October 2015 3 – 1 Stranraer 1,415 [13]
League One 14 November 2015 1 – 0 Albion Rovers 1,389 [14]
League One 21 November 2015 3 – 0 Airdrieonians 1,403 [15]
Scottish Cup 28 November 2015 0 – 1 Dunfermline 1,576 [16]
League One 12 December 2015 1 – 2 Dunfermline 2,076 [17]
League One 26 December 2015 2 – 1 Brechin City 1,485 [18]
League One 6 February 2016 1 – 2 Peterhead 1,155 [19]
League One 20 February 2016 2 – 1 Forfar Athletic 763 [20]
League One 1 March 2016 4 – 1 Cowdenbeath 856 [21]
League One 8 March 2016 4 – 1 Stenhousemuir 889 [22]
League One 12 March 2016 0 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic 2,190 [23]
League One 26 March 2016 2 – 1 Stranraer 1,244 [24]
League One 9 April 2016 0 – 1 Albion Rovers 1,044 [25]
League One 30 April 2016 0 – 3 Airdrieonians 1,594 [26]
Play-Off 7 May 2016 2 – 1 Peterhead 1,848 [27]
Play-Off 15 May 2016 0 – 0 (3-1p) Stranraer 4,581 [28]
Total attendance: 40,793
Average total attendance: 1,670
Total league attendance: 24,317
Average league attendance: 1,296 [29]

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Match reports in Results

Transfers

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