2014–15 Ayr United F.C. season

Results & fixtures

Players

Player statistics

Transfers

References

Pre season

Challenge Cup

League Cup

League One

First-team

Out on loan

Captains

Squad statistics

Players In

Players out

Results by round

Ayr United

2014-15 season

Chairman

Lachlan Cameron

Player-manager

Mark Roberts

Stadium

Somerset Park

League One

1st (on-going)

Challenge Cup

First Round, Lost to Clyde

League Cup

Second Round vs Kilmarnock (on-going)

Top goalscorer

League: Alan Forrest (2, on-going)
All: Ryan Donnelly (3, on-going)

Highest home attendance

1,617 vs Greenock Morton,
League One,
09 August 2014

Lowest home attendance

1,156 vs Forfar Athletic,
League One,
23 August 2014

Average home league attendance

1,387

Home colours

Away colours

← 2013-14

The 2014-15 season is the 105th season of competitive football by Ayr United. The club are competing in Scottish League One and League Cup and have been eliminated in the first round of the Challenge Cup by Clyde.

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly 19 July 2014	Ayr United	1 – 1	Crusaders	Somerset Park, Ayr
14:00	McLaughlin 22'	Ayr United Report	Snoddy 90'

Friendly 21 July 2014	Hurlford United	3 – 5	Ayr United	Blair Park, Hurlford
19:30	Robertson 60', 85' (Pen) Cochrane 80'	Ayr United Report	McLaughlin 10' (Pen) Donnelly 62' McGill 71' Forrest 81'

Round 1 27 July 2014	Clyde	2 – 0	Ayr United	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
15:00	McManus 8' Sweeney 29' (Pen)	Ayr United Report		Attendance: 689 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Round 1 02 August 2014	East Stirlingshire	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

Match 1 09 August 2014	Ayr United	1 – 0	Greenock Morton	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Donnelly 79'	Ayr United Report		Attendance: 1,617 Referee: Craig Charleston

Match 2 16 August 2014	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

Match 3 23 August 2014	Ayr United	2 – 0	Forfar Athletic	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	McLaughlin 85', 89' (Pen)	Ayr United Report		Attendance: 1,156 Referee: Nick Walsh

Match 4 30 August 2014	Stenhousemuir	1 – 1	Ayr United	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00	Grehan 26'	Ayr United Report	Donnelly 12'	Attendance: 669 Referee: John McKendrick

Match 5 13 September 2014	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

Match 6 20 September 2014	Brechin City	2-4	Ayr United	Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00	Paul McLean 22' Jackson 40' Trouten 49' Cameron 53' Jamie Masson 59' McGormack 86'	Report	Scott Mclaughlin 53' (pen.) 86' (pen.) Beattie 73' 90+2' Paul Slane 82'	Attendance: 537 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Match 7 27 September 2014	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

Match 8 4 October 2014	Peterhead	2-0	Ayr United	Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
15:00	Stevenson 56' Ryan Strachan 62'	Report		Attendance: 506 Referee: Alan Muir

Match 9 10 October 2014	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

Match 10 18 October 2014	Greenock Morton	0-1	Ayr United	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00		Report	Scott McLaughlin 36' McKinlay 53'	Attendance: 1,744 Referee: Calum Murray

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D
Position	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 21 May.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

As of 26 July 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	David Hutton
		GK	Shaun Newman
		DF	Martyn Campbell
		DF	Nicky Devlin
		DF	Josh McArthur
		DF	Kevin McKinlay
		DF	Andrew Muir
		DF	Peter Murphy
		MF	Michael Donald
		MF	Alan Forrest

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Brian Gilmour
		MF	Peter McGill
		MF	Jon-Paul McGovern
		MF	Scott McLaughlin
		MF	Michael Wardrope
		FW	Craig Beattie
		FW	Ryan Donnelly
		FW	Sean McKenzie
		FW	Mark Roberts (player/manager)
		FW	Dale Shirkie

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Craig McCracken (at Auchinleck Talbot until the end of the 2014/15 season)
		FW	Ryan Nisbet (at Cumnock Juniors until the end of the 2014/15 season)

No.	P	Name	Country	No. Games	Notes
	MF	Scott McLaughlin		7	Club captain

Last updated: 19 August 2014
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Last updated 12 May 2013^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		David Hutton	7	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Shaun Newman	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Martyn Campbell	5	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Nicky Devlin	7	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Josh McArthur	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF		Kevin McKinlay	6	0	3+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Andrew Muir	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF		Peter Murphy	6	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Michael Donald	7	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Brian Gilmour	7	2	4+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
	MF		Peter McGill	7	0	3+1	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Jon-Paul McGovern	7	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Scott McLaughlin	7	3	4+0	2	1+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
	FW		Craig Beattie	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Ryan Donnelly	7	4	4+0	2	1+0	0	2+0	2	0+0	0
	FW		Alan Forrest	7	2	4+0	2	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Sean McKenzie	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Mark Roberts	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Dale Shirkie	5	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Position	Player	From	Fee
DF	Nicky Devlin	Stenhousemuir	Free^[3]
DF	Kevin McKinlay	Stenhousemuir	Free^[4]
DF	Peter Murphy	Celtic Nation	Free^[3]
MF	Jon-Paul McGovern	Derry City	Free^[5]
FW	Craig Beattie	Żebbuġ Rangers	Free^[6]
FW	Ryan Donnelly	Albion Rovers	Free^[3]
FW	Dale Shirkie	Motherwell	Free^[7]

Position	Player	To	Fee
DF	Adam Hunter	-	Released
DF	Alan Lithgow	Stenhousemuir	Free^[8]
DF	Jackson Longridge	Stranraer	Free^[9]
DF	Kyle McAusland	Rangers	End of Loan
DF	Craig McCracken	Auchinleck Talbot	Loan^[10]
DF	Gordon Pope	Auchinleck Talbot	Free^[11]
MF	Anthony Marenghi	Stranraer	Free^[12]
MF	Michael McGowan	-	Released
FW	Kevin Kyle	-	Retired
FW	Craig Malcolm	Stranraer	Free^[13]
FW	Michael Moffat	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[14]
FW	Ryan Nisbet	Cumnock Juniors	Loan

Round 2 26 August 2014

Kilmarnock

Ayr United

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

McKenzie 69'

Attendance: 8,877
Referee: Craig Thomson

↑ "Ayr United Stats". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
↑ "Current Squad". Ayr United F.C. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "NEW SIGNINGS". AyrUnitedFC.co.uk. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ "First Signing of the Summer". AyrUnitedFC.co.uk. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ "New Signings". AyrUnitedFC.co.uk. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ "Deadline day signings". AyrUnitedFC.co.uk. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
↑ "Shirkie signs!". AyrUnitedFC.co.uk. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ "Alan Lithgow". StenhousemuirFC.com. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ "Longridge signs". StranraerFC.org. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ "PLAYING STAFF UPDATE.". Auchinleck Talbot FC. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ "PLAYING STAFF UPDATE". Auchinleck Talbot FC. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ "Anthony Marenghi". StranraerFC.org. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ "New Signings". StranraerFC.org. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ "Ayr United chief slams Dunfermline after Michael Moffat move". The Courier.co.uk. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland League Lowland League East of Scotland League South of Scotland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League

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Related to national team	Results UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D

Transfers	Summer 2014 Winter 2014–15

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League One	Airdrieonians Ayr United Brechin City Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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