2015–16 Troon F.C. season

Troon

2015–16 season

Chairman

Jim Kirkwood

Manager

Stadium

4th

4th Round

West of Scotland Cup

2nd Round

Ayrshire League Cup

Runners-Up

Ayrshire Cup

Top goalscorer

League: Adam Forsyth (?)
All:
Adam Forsyth (?)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2015-16 season is Troon's 69th season of competitive football. Along with the Premier Division, the club will also compete in the Scottish Junior Cup, West of Scotland Cup, Ayrshire Cup & Ayrshire League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

The summer of 2015 saw the beginning of a new era, after Jimmy Kirkwood moved sideways due to work pressures and Gordon Burns was appointed Manager.^[1]

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Mayfield Garage Services / BeneFIT Gym / Paligap

Home

Home Keeper

Away

Away Keeper

Third

3rd Keeper

Kit information

The club is in the third year of wearing products from the German manufacturer Adidas.

Home (sponsored by Mayfield Garage Services): The new home kit features the traditional colours of blue and black vertical stripes, and it sees a return to black shorts and socks.
Away (sponsored by BeneFIT): The away kit is the Adidas "Toque 13" style, with Red being the predominant colour of the shirt, shorts and socks.
Third (sponsored by Paligap): The third kit is the previous seasons' away strip, and is produced by American manufacturer Nike.
Keeper: The first-choice strip is bright red, whilst the alternatives are blue and green.

Players

As of 1 January 2016.

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Ally Semple	GK	(1990-10-01) 1 October 1990	Cumnock
12	Marty Fraser	GK	(1985-04-05) 5 April 1985	Dalry Thistle
Defenders
2	Martin Ure	RB	(1988-06-06) 6 June 1988	Queens Park
3	Neil McGowan	LB	(1977-04-15) 15 April 1977	Irvine Meadow
5	Gavin Collins	CB	(1983-12-29) 29 December 1983	Auchinleck Talbot
7	Dean Keenan (Captain)	CB	(1985-10-15) 15 October 1985	Ayr United
11	Morgan Brown	LB	(1996-05-15) 15 May 1996	Troon Under-19s
15	Ben Wilson	CB/LB	(1996-04-03) 3 April 1996	Troon Under-19s
18	Gareth Armstrong	RB/LB	(1993-12-01) 1 December 1993	Ayr United
Midfielders
6	Scott Chatham (Vice-Captain)	CM	(1987-07-23) 23 July 1987	Crosshouse Amateurs
19	Colin Spence	CM	(1984-03-02) 2 March 1984	Auchinleck Talbot
20	Ross McCrea	CM	(1996-02-12) 12 February 1996	Troon Under-19s
22	Craig Harvey	LW/RW	(1992-08-03) 3 August 1992	Girvan
23	Dale Moore	LW/RW	(1992-08-12) 12 August 1992	Ayr United
24	Chris McKnight	CM/DM	(1987-06-23) 23 June 1987	Cumnock
25	Peter McGill^[2]	LW/RW	(1996-08-19) 19 August 1996	Stranraer
Forwards
8	Adam Forsyth	FW	(1994-12-22) 22 December 1994	Annbank United
9	Sean McKenna	FW	(1987-07-28) 28 July 1987	Beith
10	Dale Shirkie	FW	(1995-05-02) 2 May 1995	Ayr United
14	Mark Curragh^[3]	FW	(1998-01-10) 10 January 1998	Troon Under-19s
16	Jordan Muir	FW/RW	(1995-12-17) 17 December 1995	Eastern Florida State College

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First Team
Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
28 May 2015	FW	10	Dale Shirkie^[4]	Ayr United	Free
28 May 2015	MF	20	Ross McCrea^[5]	Troon Under-19s	Free
28 May 2015	MF	11	Morgan Brown^[6]	Troon Under-19s	Free
18 June 2015	FW	9	Sean McKenna^[7]	Beith	Undisclosed
18 June 2015	MF	19	Colin Spence^[8]	Auchinleck Talbot	Free
3 July 2015	MF	24	Chris McKnight^[9]	Cumnock	Undisclosed
26 July 2015	GK	1	Ally Semple^[10]	Cumnock	Undisclosed + player
29 September 2015	DF	15	Ben Wilson^[11]	Troon Under-19s	Free
10 January 2016	FW	14	Mark Curragh^[12]	Troon Under-19s	Free

Transfers out

First Team
Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 July 2015	FW	19	Pat Walker^[13]	Shotts Bon Accord	Released
26 July 2015	GK	1	Darren Johnston^[14]	Cumnock	Swap
2 September 2015	MF	17	Kieran Paterson^[15]	Hurlford Thistle	Free
10 September 2015	MF	21	Aaron Wyllie^[16]	-	Released
30 September 2015	FW	14	Michael Reilly^[17]	Maybole	Undisclosed
27 January 2016	FW	9	Sean McKenna^[18]	Wishaw	Undisclosed

Loans in

First Team
Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club
3 February 2016	18 June 2016	LW/RW	25	Peter McGill	Stranraer

Loans out

First Team
Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club
-	-	-	-	-	-

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier Division	7000900000000000000♠9	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠0	7000500000000000000♠5	7001170000000000000♠17	7001110000000000000♠11	+6	7001444400000000000♠44.44
Scottish Junior Cup	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000600000000000000♠6	7000100000000000000♠1	+5	7002100000000000000♠100.000
Ayrshire League Cup	7000800000000000000♠8	7000600000000000000♠6	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7001220000000000000♠22	7001110000000000000♠11	+11	7001750000000000000♠75.00
West of Scotland Cup	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000400000000000000♠4	−1	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Ayrshire Cup	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Friendly Matches	7000600000000000000♠6	7000500000000000000♠5	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7001220000000000000♠22	7001100000000000000♠10	+12	7001833300000000000♠83.33
Total	7001270000000000000♠27	7001180000000000000♠18	7000100000000000000♠1	7000800000000000000♠8	7001700000000000000♠70	7001370000000000000♠37	+33	7001666700000000000♠66.67

Last updated: 1 January 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	WOS Cup	Friendlies	Total
1	FW	8	Adam Forsyth	9	2	6	2	7	26
2	MF	23	Dale Moore	1	0	2	0	3	6
3	MF	6	Scott Chatham	2	1	2	0	0	5
3	FW	9	Sean McKenna	1	0	4	0	0	5
5	DF	7	Dean Keenan	2	0	1	1	0	4
5	FW	10	Dale Shirkie	0	0	3	0	1	4
5	FW	16	Jordan Muir	0	0	0	0	4	4
8	MF	22	Craig Harvey	1	0	1	0	1	3
8	MF	24	Chris McKnight	0	1	1	0	1	3
10	DF	5	Gavin Collins	1	0	0	0	1	2
10	MF	20	Ross McCrea	0	1	0	0	1	2
12	MF	4	Colin Spence	0	0	1	0	0	1
12	DF	11	Morgan Brown	0	1	0	0	0	1
12	FW	14	Michael Reilly	0	0	1	0	0	1
12	DF	18	Gareth Armstrong	0	0	0	0	1	1
TOTALS				17	6	22	3	20	68

Last updated on 1 January 2016

Pre-Season Friendlies

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Seaham Red Star	1–0	Troon	Seaham Town Park, Seaham
14:00 BST	Bird 25'	Report

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Johnstone Burgh	1–4	Troon	James Keanie Park, Johnstone
19:00 BST	25'		Moore Moore Muir Forsyth

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Kilwinning Cup	Ayr United Under-20s	4-5	Troon	Abbey Park, Kilwinning
14:00 BST			Muir Muir Harvey McKnight O.G.

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26) Kilwinning Cup Final	Kilwinning Rangers	1–3	Troon	Abbey Park, Kilwinning
14:00 BST			Muir Forsyth McCrea

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Jim Baird Memorial Cup	Bonnyton Thistle Under 21	1–7	Troon	Rosebank Park, Lugar
14:00 BST			Forsyth Forsyth Forsyth Forsyth Moore Armstrong Keenan

2 August 2015 (2015-08-02) Jim Baird Memorial Cup Final	Hurlford Thistle	2-3	Troon	Rosebank Park, Lugar
14:00 BST			Shirkie Collins Forsyth

Ayrshire League Cup

Section 3

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Troon	1-0	Girvan	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST	McKenna

12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) 2	Troon	3-1	Whitletts Victoria	Portland Park, Troon
19:00 BST	Harvey Forsyth Spence

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 3	Maybole	1-1	Troon	Ladywell Stadium, Maybole
14:00 BST			Chatham

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 4	Troon	4-0	Annbank United	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST	Forsyth Forsyth Moore Shirkie

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 5	Craigmark Burntonians	3-8	Troon	Station Park, Dalmellington
14:00 BST			McKenna McKenna McKenna Shirkie Shirkie Moore Chatham Reilly

Final Section 3 Table:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Troon F.C.	5	4	1	0	17	5	+12	13	Advance to Knockout Phase
2	Maybole F.C.	5	3	1	1	12	7	+5	10	Advance to Knockout Phase
3	Girvan F.C.	5	3	0	2	13	8	+5	9
4	Whitletts Victoria F.C.	5	2	1	2	18	13	+5	7
5	Annbank United F.C.	5	1	1	3	8	11	-3	4
6	Craigmark Burntonians F.C.	5	0	0	5	5	29	-24	0

Knockout Stage

26 August 2015 (2015-08-26) Quarter-Final	Troon	2-1	Glenafton Athletic	Portland Park, Troon
19:00 BST	Forsyth 35' Keenan 58'	Report	McGuffie 60'

2 September 2015 (2015-09-02) Semi-Final	Troon	1 – 1 (4–3 p)	Kilwinning Rangers	Portland Park, Troon
19:00 BST	Forsyth
		Penalties

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) Final	Troon	2-4	Hurlford United	Meadow Park, Irvine
14:00 BST	McKnight 86' Forsyth 88'		McKillen 3' Kean 6' Borris 72' McKenzie 76'

Premier Division

Main article: West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 1	Pollok	0-2	Troon	Newlandsfield Park, Glasgow
14:00 BST		Report	Forsyth 10' Keenan 66'

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 2	Troon	0-1	Kilbirnie Ladeside	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST		Report	Boyd

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 3	Beith	3-2	Troon	Bellsdale Park, Beith
14:00 BST	Campbell Reid Christie	Report	Forsyth Forsyth

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 4	Troon	3-2	Arthurlie	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST	Forsyth Harvey Moore		McTernan Blakey

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 5	Troon	8-0	Irvine Meadow	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST	D.Keenan 8' S.McKenna 11' Forsyth 31' Forsyth 41' Forsyth 61' S.Chatham 70' Chatham 72' G.Collins 79'

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 6	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	2-1	Troon	Guy's Meadow, Cumbernauld
14:00 BST	Sawyers 80' Spence O.G. 89'	Report	Forsyth 21'

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 7	Troon	1-0	Shettleston	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST	Forsyth

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) Postponed	Hurlford United	P-P	Troon	Blair Park, Hurlford
14:00 BST

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) Postponed	Petershill	P-P	Troon	Petershill Park, Springburn
14:00 BST

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 8	Troon	0-1	Glenafton Athletic	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST		Report	Boyle 64'

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 9	Auchinleck Talbot	2-0	Troon	Beechwood Park, Auchinleck
14:00 BST	Hyslop 22' Hyslop 45'

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Postponed	Troon	P-P	Hurlford United	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 10	Troon	2-1	Hurlford United	Portland Park, Troon
13:45 BST	R.Borris 39'		A.Forsyth 19' D.Moore 54'

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) Postponed	Kilbirnie Ladeside	P-P	Troon	Valefield Park, Kilbirnie
14:00 BST

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 11	Troon	v	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST

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West of Scotland Cup

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) Round 1	Troon	2-0	Largs Thistle	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST	Keenan 72' Forsyth 84'	Report

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) Round 2	Troon	1-4	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST	Forsyth 17'	Report	Sawyers 29' Aitken 82' Aitken 85' Sawyers 87'

Ayrshire Cup

Round 1	Troon	v	Bye

TBA Round 2	Troon	v	Irvine Meadow	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST

Scottish Junior Cup

Main article: Scottish Junior Cup

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) Round 1	Troon	v	Bye
14:00 BST

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) Round 2	Lewis United	0-4	Troon	Aberdeen Sports Village, Aberdeen
14:00 BST			Forsyth 7' Forsyth 29' Chatham 32' McCrea 49'

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) Round 3	Troon	2-1	Bo'ness United	Portland Park, Troon
14:00 BST	Brown 80' McKnight 90+2'	Report	Gemmell 4'

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) Round 4	Darvel	2-1	Troon	Recreation Park, Darvel
14:00 BST	Parris 14' Vernon 87'	Report	Forsyth 90+2'

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) Round 5		v
14:00 BST

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) Quarter-Final		v
14:00 BST

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) Semi-Final (1st Leg)		v
14:00 BST

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) Semi-Final (2nd Leg)		v
14:00 BST

29 May 2016 (2016-05-29) Final		v
16:05 BST

Man of the Match

For season 2015-16, Troon F.C. began a public vote for a weekly Man of the Match award, as voted for by their Facebook and Twitter followers. The weekly Man of the Match results would be tallied up for their competitive games, and would count towards an end of season "Social Media Player of the Year" award. The weekly points would garner each player the following number of points:

Man of the Match Points
Position	Points
Man of the Match	3 points
Runner-up	2 points
3rd Place	1 point

Man of the Match record
Date	Match	1st	2nd	3rd
8 August 2015	Troon v Girvan	-	-	-
12 August 2015	Troon v Whitletts Victoria	-	-	-
15 August 2015	Maybole v Troon	-	-	-
10 October 2015	Largs Thistle v Troon	Gavin Collins	Chris McKnight	Gareth Armstrong
17 October 2015	Troon v Irvine Meadow	Colin Spence	Craig Harvey	Adam Forsyth
24 October 2015	Lewis United v Troon	Scott Chatham	Gareth Armstrong	Jordan Muir
31 October 2015	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy v Troon	Sean McKenna	Craig Harvey	Scott Chatham
14 November 2015	Troon v Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Gavin Collins	Gareth Armstrong	Scott Chatham
19 December 2015	Auchinleck Talbot v Troon	Ally Semple	Gavin Collins	Scott Chatham
23 January 2016	Darvel v Troon	Gavin Collins	Colin Spence	Scott Chatham
30 January 2016	Troon v Hurlford United	Craig Harvey	Adam Forsyth	Scott Chatham

Troon Football Club

Current season

Club	History Honours Colours and Crest

Stadia	Portland Park Troon

Rivalry	Ayrshire derby

Notable matches	2005 West of Scotland Cup Final

Troon F.C. seasons

Super League Era	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 2015–16

2015–16 in Scottish football

« 2014–15 2016–17 »

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

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D

Transfers	Summer 2015 Winter 2015–16

Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers St. Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion

References

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