2001–02 Ayr United F.C. season

Ayr United

2001–02 season

Chairman

Bill Barr

Manager

Gordon Dalziel

First Division

3rd

Home colours

Away colours

← 2000-01
1st Division
2nd Place

2002-03
1st Division
6th Place →

The 2001-02 season is often regarded as one of the most successful seasons of Ayr United's history. In this season they eliminated Stranraer, Kilmarnock, Inverness CT and Hibernian en route to the CIS Cup Final,^[1] in which they were beaten by Rangers. In the Scottish Cup they beat Deveronvale, Dunfermline Athletic and Dundee United before losing out to Celtic in the semi-final.^[2] While maintaining good cup runs the club sustained a respectable finish of Third Place in Division One. As of 2011, they have still not achieved a higher position in any subsequent season.

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Pre season

16 July 2001 Friendly	Blyth Spartans	1 – 1	Ayr United	Croft Park, Blyth
		[^[3](Report)]		Attendance: n/a

18 July 2001 Friendly	Darlington	0 – 0	Ayr United	Croft Park, Blyth
				Attendance: 182

21 July 2001 Friendly	Berwick Rangers	0 – 0	Ayr United	Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
				Attendance: 212

23 July 2001 Friendly	Ayr United	0 – 2	Blackpool	Somerset Park, Ayr
				Attendance: 1,381

25 July 2001 Friendly	Queens Park	0 – 2	Ayr United	Hampden Park, Glasgow
				Attendance: 264

28 July 2001 Friendly	Ayr United	4 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Somerset Park, Ayr
				Attendance: 1,300

31 July 2001 Friendly	Ayr United	0 – 0	Dumbarton	Somerset Park, Ayr
				Attendance: n/a

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2001-02 Scottish First Division

4 August 2001 Match 1	Falkirk	1 – 2	Ayr United	Brockville Park, Falkirk
15:00				Attendance: 2,828

11 August 2001 Match 2	Ayr United	2 – 0	Ross County	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		^[4] (Report)		Attendance: 2,457

18 August 2001 Match 3	Airdrieonians	2 – 1	Ayr United	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00				Attendance: 2,039

25 August 2001 Match 4	Ayr United	0 – 0	Raith Rovers	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,410

8 September 2001 Match 5	Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Ayr United	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00				Attendance: 3,820

15 September 2001 Match 6	Ayr United	4 – 2	St Mirren	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		^[5]		Attendance: 3,645

18 September 2001 Match 7	Arbroath	3 – 2	Ayr United	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
				Attendance: 438

23 September 2001 Match 8	Ayr United	2 – 1	Clyde	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,278

29 September 2001 Match 9	Inverness CT	3 – 1	Ayr United	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00		^[6]		Attendance: 1,533

13 October 2001 Match 10	Ayr United	2 – 2	Falkirk	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,439

20 October 2001 Match 11	Ross County	3 – 2	Ayr United	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00		^[7]		Attendance: 1,991

27 October 2001 Match 12	Ayr United	0 – 2	Partick Thistle	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 3,447

Match 13	Raith Rovers	1 – 1	Ayr United	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00				Attendance: 1,781

10 November 2001 Match 14	Ayr United	0 – 1	Arbroath	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,977

17 November 2001 Match 15	St Mirren	0 – 1	Ayr United	Love Street, Paisley
15:00		^[8]		Attendance: 3,973

24 November 2001 Match 16	Ayr United	3 – 0	Inverness CT	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,999

1 December 2001 Match 17	Clyde	2 – 2	Ayr United	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
15:00		^[9]		Attendance: 1,303

8 December 2001 Match 18	Ayr United	1 – 3	Airdrieonians	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		^[10]		Attendance: 2,656

15 December 2001 Match 19	Falkirk	0 – 2	Ayr United	Brockville Park, Falkirk
15:00		^[11]		Attendance: 2,418

26 December 2001 Match 20	Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Ayr United	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00				Attendance: 4,611

29 December 2001 Match 21	Ayr United	3 – 1	Raith Rovers	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,033

12 January 2002 Match 22	Arbroath	0 – 2	Ayr United	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00		^[12]		Attendance: 700

19 January 2002 Match 23	Ayr United	0 – 1	Clyde	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,151

Bell's Challenge Cup

Main article: 2001-02 Scottish Challenge Cup

7 August 2001 Bell's Challenge Cup - 1st Round	St Mirren	1 – 3	Ayr United	Love Street, Paisley
19:30 BST	Yardley 49'	^[13]	15' Teale 49' Sheerin 72' Annand	Attendance: 2,072

14 August 2001 Bell's Challenge Cup - 2nd Round	Stranraer	3 – 2	Ayr United	Stair Park, Stranraer
19:30 BST	Finlayson 36' Harty 57' Wright 58'	^[14]	7' Bradford 82' McGinlay	Attendance: 1,387 Referee: Robert Orr

|} Source: ESPN Soccernet and Soccerbase
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

CIS Insurance Cup

Main article: 2001-02 Scottish League Cup

25 September 2001 CIS Insurance Cup - 2nd Round	Ayr United	4 – 0	Stranraer	Somerset Park, Ayr
				Attendance: 1,503

9 October 2001 CIS Insurance Cup - 3rd Round	Ayr United	0 – 0 (5-4 Pens)	Kilmarnock	Somerset Park, Ayr
		^[15]^[16]		Attendance: 7,418

28 November 2001 CIS Insurance Cup - Quarter Final	Ayr United	5 – 1	Inverness CT	Somerset Park, Ayr
		^[17]		Attendance: 2,710

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2001-02 Scottish Cup

5 January 2002 Scottish Cup - 3rd Round	Deveronvale	0 – 6	Ayr United	Princess Royal Park, Banff
		^[18]		Attendance: 1,800

26 January 2002 Scottish Cup - 4th round	Ayr United	3 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Somerset Park, Ayr
				Attendance: 3,681

February

Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result	Date	Att.
Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium	First Division	1-1D	02/02/2002	1,409
Hibernian^[19]	Hampden Park	CIS Cup- Semi Final	0-0(1-0WAET)	05/02/2002	11,779
Airdrieonians^[20]	Excelsior Stadium	First Division	1-2W	09/02/2002	1,771
Ross County	Somerset Park	First Division	0-0D	16/02/2002	2,186
Dundee United^[21]	Tannadice Park	Scottish Cup- Quarter Final	2-2D	23/02/2002	5,884
Saint Mirren^[22]	Somerset Park	First Division	4-1W	26/02/2002	1,932

March

Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result	Date	Att.
Raith Rovers^[23]	Starks Park	First Division	3-3D	02/03/2002	2,010
Dundee United^[24]	Somerset Park	Scottish Cup-Quarter Final replay	2-0W	06/03/2002	4,446
Partick Thistle	Somerset Park	First Division	1-1D	09/03/2002	3,624
Rangers^[25]	Hampden Park	CIS Cup- Final	0-4L	17/03/2002	50,076
Celtic	Hampden Park	Scottish Cup- Semi Final	0-3L	23/03/2002	26,774
Arbroath	Somerset Park	First Division	0-0D	26/03/2002	2,249
Clyde	Broadwood Stadium	First Division	2-2D	30/03/2002	1,023

April

Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result	Date	Att.
Saint Mirren	Love Street	First Division	1-1D	02/04/2002	3,002
Inverness CT	Somerset Park	First Division	1-0W	06/04/2002	1,818
Falkirk	Somerset Park	First Division	0-0D	13/04/2002	2,473
Ross County	Victoria Park	First Division	1-1D	21/04/2002	2,822
Airdrieonians	Somerset Park	First Division	1-0W*	27/04/2002	n/a

Airdrieonians game abandoned after twenty-one minutes due to crowd trouble, result stands.

References

↑ "Hampden set for Ayr raid". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 13 March 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Cup Heroes walking on Ayr". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 6 March 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ayr United 1-1 Blyth Spartans". HonestPage.co.uk. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ayr United 2-0 Ross County". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 11 August 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ayr United 4-2 Saint Mirren". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 15 September 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Inverness CT 3-1 Ayr United". HonestPage.co.uk. 29 September 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ross County 3-2 Ayr United". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 20 October 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "St Mirren 0-1 Ayr United". HonestPage.co.uk. 17 November 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Clyde 2-2 Ayr United". HonestPage.co.uk. 1 December 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ayr United 1-3 Airdrieonians". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 8 December 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Falkirk 0-2 Ayr United". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 15 August 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Arbroath 0-2 Ayr United". HonestPage.co.uk. 12 January 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Saint Mirren 1-3 Ayr United". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 7 August 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Stranraer 3-2 Ayr United". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ayr United 0-0 Kilmarnock (5-4 pens)". HonestPage.co.uk. 9 October 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ayr United 0-0 Kilmarnock". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 9 October 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ayr United 5-1 Inverness CT". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 28 November 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Deveronvale 0-6 Ayr United". HonestPage.co.uk. 5 January 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ayr United 1-0 Hibernian (AET)". HonestPage.co.uk. 5 February 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Airdrieonians 1-2 Ayr United". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 23 February 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Dundee United 2-2 Ayr United". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 9 February 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ayr United 4-1 Saint Mirren". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 6 March 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Raith Rovers 3-3 Ayr United". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 28 February 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Ayr United 2-0 Dundee United". BBC.co.uk/SPORT. 6 March 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Rangers 4-0 Ayr United". Soccerbase.co.uk. 17 March 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2010.

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Ayr United Football Club

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Club	History Honours Records and statistics Seasons

Stadia	Beresford Park Somerset Park

Rivalry	Ayrshire derby

Notable matches	1990 Scottish Challenge Cup Final 1991 Scottish Challenge Cup Final 2002 Scottish League Cup Final

Related articles	Ayr F.C. (Merger of Ayr Academicals F.C. and Ayr Thistle F.C.) Ayr Parkhouse F.C.

2001–02 in Scottish football

« 2000–01 2002–03 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football 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	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone

First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Clyde Falkirk Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County St. Mirren

Second Division	Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Clydebank Cowdenbeath Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Brechin City Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion

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