2002–03 Ayr United F.C. season

Ayr United

2002–03 season
Manager	Campbell Money
Stadium	Somerset Park
Scottish First Division	6th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round (lost to Rangers)
League Cup	Second Round (lost to Falkirk)
Scottish Challenge Cup	Second Round (lost to Dumbarton)
Home colours Away colours
← 2001-02 2003-04 →

The 2002–03 season is the 93rd season of competitive football by Ayr United.

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss

Pre season

Friendly 17 July 2002	Dungannon Swifts	2 – 4	Ayr United	Stangmore Park, Dungannon

Friendly 18 July 2002	Glenavon	2 – 3	Ayr United	Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Friendly 20 July 2002	Glenatoran	1 – 0	Ayr United	The Oval, Belfast

Friendly 23 July 2002	Ayr United	1 – 3	Cardiff City	Somerset Park, Ayr

Friendly 25 July 2002	Ayr United	1 – 2	Wycombe Wanderers	Somerset Park, Ayr

Friendly 27 July 2002	Ayr United	2 – 4	Stranraer	Somerset Park, Ayr

Friendly 30 July 2002	Kilwinning Rangers	2 – 0	Ayr United	Abbey Park, Kilwinning

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: ayr-united.co.uk

Scottish First Division

matches

match 1 3 August 2002	Ayr United	1 – 3	Falkirk	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 3,030

match 2 10 August 2002	Clyde	1 – 0	Ayr United	Broadwood Stadium , Cumbernauld
15:00				Attendance: 1,077

match 3 17 August 2002	Ayr United	2 – 1	Ross County	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,692

match 4 24 August 2002	Queen of the South	1 – 2	Ayr United	Palmerston Park , Dumfries
15:00				Attendance: 2,803

match 5 31 August 2002	Ayr United	1 – 0	Arbroath	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,732

match 6 14 September 2002	Ayr United	0 – 0	St. Johnstone	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,320

match 7 21 September 2002	Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Ayr United	Recreation Park , Alloa
15:00				Attendance: 619

match 8 28 September 2002	Ayr United	1 – 1	St. Mirren	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,489

match 9 5 October 2002	Inverness CT	2 – 0	Ayr United	Caledonian Stadium , Inverness
15:00				Attendance: 1,803

match 10 19 October 2002	Falkirk	3 – 0	Ayr United	Brockville Park , Falkirk
15:00				Attendance: 3,441

match 11 26 October 2002	Ayr United	1 – 1	Clyde	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,989

match 12 5 November 2002	Arbroath	1 – 1	Ayr United	Gayfield Park , Arbroath
15:00

match 13 9 November 2002	Ayr United	0 – 1	Queen of the South	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,234

match 14 16 November 2002	St. Johnstone	0 – 2	Ayr United	McDiarmid Park , Perth
15:00				Attendance: 2,003

match 15 23 November 2002	Ayr United	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,632

match 16 30 November 2002	St. Mirren	1 – 0	Ayr United	Love Street, Paisley
15:00				Attendance: 1,638

match 17 7 December 2002	Ayr United	3 – 3	Inverness CT	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,663

match 18 14 December	Ross County	1 – 0	Ayr United	Victoria Park , Dingwall
15:00				Attendance: 2,352

match 19 28 December 2002	Ayr United	4 – 0	Arbroath	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00

match 20 1 January 2003	Queen of the South	1 – 1	Ayr United	Palmerston Park , Dumfries
15:00

match 21 18 January 2003	Inverness CT	0 – 1	Ayr United	Caledonian Stadium , Inverness
15:00

match 22 1 February 2003	Ayr United	0 – 0	St. Mirren	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,738

match 23 8 February 2003	Ayr United	1 – 1	Ross County	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,486

match 24 25 February 2003	Ayr United	1 – 0	Falkirk	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00

match 25 1 March 2003	Arbroath	1 – 2	Ayr United	Gayfield Park , Arbroath
				Attendance: 505

match 26 4 March 2003	Ayr United	0 – 1	St. Johnstone	Somerset Park , Ayr

match 27 8 March 2003	Ayr United	0 – 1	Queen of the South	Somerset Park , Ayr
				Attendance: 1,730

match 28 15 March 2003	Ayr United	0 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Somerset Park , Ayr
				Attendance: 1,363

match 29 22 March 2003	Clyde	3 – 0	Ayr United	Broadwood Stadium , Cumbernauld
				Attendance: 1,015

match 30 25 March	Alloa Athletic	2 – 3	Ayr United	Recreation Park , Alloa
				Attendance: 454

match 31 5 April 2003	St. Johnstone	1 – 0	Ayr United	McDiarmid Park , Perth
15:00				Attendance: 2,132

match 32 12 April 2003	St. Mirren	1 – 1	Ayr United	Love Street, Paisley
15:00				Attendance: 2,248

match 33 26 April 2003	Falkirk	3 – 0	Ayr United	Brockville Park , Falkirk
15:00				Attendance: 4,042

match 34 29 April 2003	Ayr United	1 – 0	Inverness CT	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,114

match 35 3 May 2003	Ayr United	0 – 3	Clyde	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,795

match 36 10 May 2003	Ross County	4 – 1	Ayr United	Victoria Park , Dingwall
15:00				Attendance: 3,449

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Statto.com

Scottish Challenge Cup

Round 1 5 August 2002	Stranraer	1 – 2	Ayr United	Stair Park , Stranraer

Round 2 13 August 2002	Dumbarton	3 – 0	Ayr United	Strathclyde Homes Stadium , Dumbarton

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Statto.com

Scottish League Cup

Scottish league cup - Round 2 24 September 2002	Ayr United	0 – 2	Falkirk	Somerset Park , Ayr

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Statto.com

Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup - Round 3 25 January 2003	Ayr United	2 – 0	Peterhead	Somerset Park , Ayr

Scottish Cup - Round 4 22 February 2003	Ayr United	0 – 1	Rangers	Somerset Park , Ayr

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Statto.com

Statistics

League Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Falkirk	36	25	6	5	80	32	48	81
2	Clyde	36	21	9	6	66	37	29	72
3	St Johnstone	36	20	7	9	49	29	20	67
4	Inverness CT	36	20	5	11	74	45	29	65
5	Queen of the South	36	12	12	12	45	48	-3	48
6	Ayr United	36	12	9	15	34	44	-10	45
7	St Mirren	36	9	10	17	42	71	-29	37
8	Ross County	36	9	8	19	42	46	-4	35
9	Alloa Athletic	36	9	8	19	39	72	-33	35	Relegated to Second Division 2003-04
10	Arbroath	36	3	6	27	30	77	-47	15

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
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	12	9	15	34	44	−10	45	6	6	6	19	18	+1	6	3	9	15	26	−11

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position	8	9	7	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	6

Last updated: 17 August 2011.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

References

Ayr United F.C. seasons 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

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