2000–01 Ayr United F.C. season

Ayr United

2000–01 season

Chairman

Bill Barr

Manager

Gordon Dalziel

Stadium

Somerset Park

Scottish First Division

2nd

Scottish Cup

Third Round (lost to Inverness CT)

League Cup

First Round (lost to Dumbarton)

Scottish Challenge Cup

First Round (lost to Brechin City)

← 1999–00

2001–02 →

The 2000–01 season is the 91st season of competitive football by Ayr United.

1 Overview
2 Competitions
3 References

Overview

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Pre season

Friendly 18 July 2000	Vasalunds IF	0 – 3	Ayr United	Skytteholms IP, Stockholm

Friendly 19 July 2000	IK Sirius	0 – 3	Ayr United	Studenternas IP, Uppsala
				Attendance: 254

Friendly 21 July 2000	Sandvikens IF	0 – 2	Ayr United	Jernvallen, Sandviken
				Attendance: 225

Friendly 23 July 2000	Gefle IF	1 – 0	Ayr United	Strömvallen, Gävle
				Attendance: 311

Friendly 26 July 2000	Albion Rovers	0 – 5	Ayr United	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
				Attendance: 250

Friendly 30 July 2000	Ayr United	5 – 1	Chesterfield	Somerset Park, Ayr
				Attendance: 1,447

Last updated: 2011
Source: ayr-united.co.uk

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2000-01 Scottish First Division

League Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Livingston	36	23	7	6	72	31	41	76	Promoted to Scottish Premier League 2001-02
2	Ayr United	36	19	12	5	73	41	32	69
3	Falkirk	36	16	8	12	57	59	-2	56
4	Inverness CT	36	14	12	10	71	54	17	54
5	Clyde	36	11	14	11	44	46	-2	47
6	Ross County	36	11	10	15	48	52	-4	43
7	Raith Rovers	36	10	8	18	41	55	-14	38
8	Airdrieonians	36	8	14	14	49	67	-18	38
9	Greenock Morton	36	9	8	19	34	61	-27	35	Relegated to Second Division 2001-02
10	Alloa Athletic	36	7	11	18	38	61	-23	32	Relegated to Second Division 2001-02

Last updated: 2011
Source: Wikipedia article

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	19	12	5	73	41	+32	69	11	6	1	44	19	+25	8	6	4	29	22	+7

Last updated: 2011
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D
Position	5	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2

Last updated: 26 August 2011.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Match 1 5 August 2000	Ayr United	1 – 0	Ross County	Somerset Park, Ayr
	Eddie Annand	BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,740 Referee: George Clyde

Match 2 12 August 2000	Alloa Athletic	1 – 1	Ayr United	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Willie Irvine 34'	BBC Sport	66' Eddie Annand	Attendance: 1,274 Referee: Eric Martindale

Match 3 19 August 2000	Ayr United	3 – 1	Airdrieonians	Somerset Park, Ayr
	John Bradford 56' Pat McGinlay 73' (81)	BBC Sport	Martin Prest	Attendance: 2,705

Match 4 26 August 2000	Ayr United	5 – 2	Falkirk	Somerset Park, Ayr
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,213

Match 5 9 September 2000	Livingston	2 – 0	Ayr United	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 5,226

Match 6 16 September 2000	Greenock Morton	1 – 1	Ayr United	Cappielow Park, Greenock
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,308

Match 7 23 September 2000	Ayr United	2 – 1	Clyde	Somerset Park, Ayr
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,715 Referee: E. Martindale

Match 8 30 September 2000	Ayr United	3 – 3	Inverness CT	Somerset Park, Ayr
				Attendance: 2,070

Match 9 7 October 2000	Raith Rovers	1 – 3	Ayr United	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,858 Referee: S. Dougal

Match 10 14 October 2000	Ross County	1 – 1	Ayr United	Victoria Park, Dingwall
		BBC Report		Attendance: 2,567 Referee: Ian Fyfe

Match 11 21 October 2000	Ayr United	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Somerset Park, Ayr
		BBC Report		Attendance: 2,183 Referee: K. Clark

Match 12 28 October 2000	Falkirk	3 – 0	Ayr United	Brockville Park, Falkirk
		BBC Report		Attendance: 3,783 Referee: Craig MacKay

Match 13 4 November 2000	Ayr United	1 – 1	Livingston	Somerset Park, Ayr
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,082 Referee: Kevin Toner

Match 14 11 November 2000	Clyde	0 – 1	Ayr United	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,318 Referee: J. Fleming

Match 15 18 November 2000	Ayr United	1 – 1	Greenock Morton	Somerset Park, Ayr
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,256 Referee: B. McGarry

Match 16 25 November 2000	Ayr United	4 – 2	Raith Rovers	Somerset Park, Ayr
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,212 Referee: J. Underhill

Match 17 2 December 2000	Inverness CT	7 – 3	Ayr United	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,513 Referee: G. Mitchell

Match 18 9 December 2000	Airdrieonians	0 – 0	Ayr United	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,572 Referee: J. Rowbotham

Match 19 16 December 2000	Ayr United	0 – 2	Ross County	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,007 Referee: K. Clark

Match 20 2 January 2001	Greenock Morton	0 – 6	Ayr United	Cappielow Park, Greenock
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,866 Referee: John Fleming

Match 21 6 January 2001	Ayr United	2 – 0	Clyde	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,481 Referee: R. Orr

Match 22 13 January 2001	Ayr United	1 – 1	Inverness CT	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,534 Referee: D. McDonald

Match 23 3 February 2001	Ayr United	2 – 2	Airdrieonians	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,060 Referee: T. Brown

Match 24 17 February 2001	Raith Rovers	1 – 4	Ayr United	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,217 Referee: G. Mitchell

Match 25 24 February 2001	Falkirk	1 – 2	Ayr United	Brockville Park, Falkirk
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,668 Referee: Robert Orr

Match 26 3 March 2001	Ayr United	1 – 1	Livingston	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,726 Referee: S. Dougal

Match 27 6 March 2001	Ayr United	6 – 0	Falkirk	Somerset Park, Ayr
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,041

Match 28 13 March 2001	Alloa Athletic	0 – 2	Ayr United	Recreation Park, Alloa
				Attendance: 539

Match 29 17 March 2001	Clyde	2 – 2	Ayr United	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,401 Referee: C. Melville

Match 30 20 March 2001	Livingston	0 – 1	Ayr United	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,731 Referee: D. Somers

Match 31 31 March 2001	Ayr United	3 – 0	Greenock Morton	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,111 Referee: G. Clyde

Match 32 7 April 2001	Ayr United	2 – 0	Raith Rovers	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,026 Referee: D. Somers

Match 33 14 April 2001	Inverness CT	1 – 0	Ayr United	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,269 Referee: M. Ritchie

Match 34 21 April 2001	Ross County	0 – 1	Ayr United	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,942 Referee: A. Freeland

Match 35 28 April 2001	Ayr United	4 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,234 Referee: Willie Young

Match 36 5 May 2001	Airdrieonians	1 – 1	Ayr United	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
				Attendance: 1,228

Last updated: 2011
Source: mabels-tables

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2000-01 Scottish League Cup

Scottish league cup - Round 1 9 August 2000	Dumbarton	0 – 0 (5 - 4) pens	Ayr United	Strathclyde Homes Stadium , Dumbarton
				Attendance: 501

Last updated: 2011
Source: ayr-united.co.uk

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2000-01 Scottish Challenge Cup

Round 1 15 August 2000	Brechin City	3 – 1	Ayr United	Glebe Park , Brechin
				Attendance: 356

Last updated: 2011
Source: ayr-united.co.uk

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2000-01 Scottish Cup

Round 3 27 January 2001	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4 – 3	Ayr United	Caledonian Stadium , Inverness
				Attendance: 2,257

Last updated: 2011
Source: ayr-united.co.uk

References

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Ayr United Football Club

Club · Squad · Ayr United Football Academy · Managers · Honours · Current season

History	2001–02 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12 · Seasons

Home stadium	Somerset Park

Rivalries	Ayrshire derby

Other teams	Ayr F.C. · Ayr Parkhouse F.C.

2000–01 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Premier League · First Division · Second Division · Third Division · Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) · League Cup (Final) · Challenge Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League · UEFA Cup · Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results · 2002 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 6)

Club seasons

Premier League	Celtic · Dundee United · Hearts · Hibernian · Rangers

First Division	Ayr United · Livingston

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	19	12	5	73	41	+32	69	11	6	1	44	19	+25	8	6	4	29	22	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	19	12	5	73	41	+32	69	11	6	1	44	19	+25	8	6	4	29	22	+7

2000–01 Ayr United F.C. season

Contents

Overview

Competitions

Pre season

Scottish First Division

League Table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish Cup

References

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	19	12	5	73	41	+32	69	11	6	1	44	19	+25	8	6	4	29	22	+7