List of Ayr United F.C. seasons

Ayr United Football Club are a Scottish association football team based in Ayr, South Ayrshire. This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Key

  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • F = Final

Champions Runners-up Semi Final Quarter Final Promoted Relegated Current Season

Seasons

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2011)
Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season Manager Division Tier P W D L F A Pts Pos Scottish Cup League
Cup 		Challenge
Cup 		Name Goals
League Top goalscorer
1910–11 Committee Div 2 (Old) 2 22 12 3 7 54 36 27 2nd -
1911–12 Committee Div 2 (Old) 2 22 16 3 3 54 24 35 1st R1
1912–13 Committee Div 2 (Old) 2 26 13 8 5 45 19 34 1st R2
1913–14 Committee Div 1 (Old) 1 38 13 7 18 56 72 33 9th
1914–15 England Herbert Dainty Div 1 (Old) 1 38 20 8 10 55 40 48 4th
1915–16 Lawrence Gemson Div 1 (Old) 1 38 20 8 10 72 45 48 4th
1916–17 Lawrence Gemson Div 1 (Old) 1 38 12 7 19 47 59 31 15th
1917–18 Lawrence Gemson Div 1 (Old) 1 34 5 9 20 32 61 19 18th
1918–19 Scotland John Cameron Div 1 (Old) 1 34 15 8 11 62 53 38 5th
1919–20 Scotland James McDonald Div 1 (Old) 1 42 15 10 17 72 69 40 10th R3
1920–21 Scotland James McDonald Div 1 (Old) 1 42 14 12 16 62 69 40 14th R3
1921–22 Scotland James McDonald Div 1 (Old) 1 42 13 12 17 55 63 38 14th R2
1922–23 Scotland James McDonald Div 1 (Old) 1 38 13 12 13 43 44 38 10th R3
1923–24 Scotland Jimmy Richardson Div 1 (Old) 1 38 12 10 16 38 60 34 14th R4
1924–25 Scotland Jimmy Hay Div 1 (Old) 1 38 11 8 19 43 65 30 19th R2
1925–26 Scotland Jimmy Hay Div 2 (Old) 2 38 20 12 6 77 39 52 3rd R1
1926–27 Archie Buchanan Div 2 (Old) 2 38 13 15 10 67 68 41 8th
1927–28 Archie Buchanan Div 2 (Old) 2 38 24 6 8 117 60 54 1st R2
1928–29 Archie Buchanan Div 1 (Old) 1 38 12 7 19 65 84 31 16th R3
1929–30 Archie Buchanan Div 1 (Old) 1 38 16 6 16 70 92 38 9th R2
1930–31 Archie Buchanan Div 1 (Old) 1 38 8 11 19 53 92 27 18th R3
1931–32 Alex Gibson Div 1 (Old) 1 38 11 7 20 70 90 29 17th
1932–33 Alex Gibson Div 1 (Old) 1 38 13 4 21 62 95 30 16th R2
1933–34 Alex Gibson Div 1 (Old) 1 38 16 10 12 87 92 42 8th R2
1934–35 Alex Gibson Div 1 (Old) 1 38 12 5 21 61 112 29 18th R2
1935–36 Northern Ireland Frank Thompson Div 1 (Old) 1 38 11 3 24 53 98 25 20th
1936–37 Northern Ireland Frank Thompson Div 2 (Old) 2 34 25 4 5 122 49 54 1st
1937–38 Northern Ireland Frank Thompson Div 1 (Old) 1 38 9 15 14 66 85 33 17th R4
1938–39 Northern Ireland Frank Thompson Div 1 (Old) 1 38 13 9 16 76 83 35 14th
1939–40 Northern Ireland Frank Thompson Div 1 (Old) 1 5 2 0 3 10 17 4 18th
1940–45[1] Not held – – – – – – – – – –
1946–47 England Bob Ferrier Div 2 (Old) 2 26 9 2 15 56 73 20 11th R2 Group
1947–48 England Bob Ferrier Div 2 (Old) 2 30 9 9 12 59 61 27 10th Group
1948–49 Div 2 (Old) 2 30 10 7 13 51 70 27 9th England Bob Ferrier Group
1949–50 Scotland Archie Anderson Div 2 (Old) 2 30 8 6 16 53 80 22 13th Group
1950–51 Scotland Archie Anderson Div 2 (Old) 2 30 15 6 9 64 40 36 3rd R4 SF
1951–52 Scotland Archie Anderson Div 2 (Old) 2 30 17 5 8 55 45 39 3rd Group
1952–53 Scotland Archie Anderson Div 2 (Old) 2 30 17 2 11 76 56 36 5th R3 Group
1953–54 Scotland Reuben Bennett Div 2 (Old) 2 30 11 8 11 50 56 30 9th R2 QF
1954–55 Scotland Reuben Bennett Div 2 (Old) 2 30 14 4 12 61 73 32 8th QF
1955–56 Scotland Neil McBain Div 2 (Old) 2 36 24 3 9 103 55 51 2nd Group
1956–57 Scotland Jackie Cox Div 1 (Old) 1 34 7 5 22 48 89 19 18th R5 Group
1957–58 Scotland Jackie Cox Div 2 (Old) 2 36 18 6 12 98 81 42 5th Group
1958–59 Scotland Jackie Cox Div 2 (Old) 2 36 28 4 4 115 48 60 1st R3 QF
1959–60 Scotland Jackie Cox Div 1 (Old) 1 34 14 6 14 65 73 34 8 R4 Group
1960–61 Scotland Jackie Cox Div 1 (Old) 1 34 5 12 17 51 81 22 18th R2 Group
1961–62 Scotland Gerry Mays Div 2 (Old) 2 36 15 8 13 71 63 38 9th QF
1962–63 Scotland Neil McBain Div 2 (Old) 2 36 13 8 15 68 77 34 13th R2 Group
1963–64 Scotland Bobby Flavell Div 2 (Old) 2 36 12 5 19 58 83 29 14th R4 Group
1964–65 Scotland Tom McCreath Div 2 (Old) 2 36 9 6 21 49 67 24 18th Group
1965–66 Scotland Tom McCreath Div 2 (Old) 2 36 22 9 5 78 37 53 1st QF
1966–67 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 1 (Old) 1 34 1 7 26 20 86 9 18th QF
1967–68 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 2 (Old) 2 36 18 6 12 69 48 42 5th QF
1968–69 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 2 (Old) 2 36 23 7 6 82 31 53 2nd R2 QF
1969–70 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 1 (Old) 1 34 12 6 16 37 52 30 14th SF
1970–71 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 1 (Old) 1 34 9 8 17 37 54 26 14th R3 Group
1971–72 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 1 (Old) 1 34 9 10 15 40 58 28 12th R4 Group
1972–73 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 1 (Old) 1 34 16 8 10 50 51 40 6th SF Group
1973–74 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 1 (Old) 1 34 15 8 11 44 40 38 7th R5 Group
1974–75 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 1 (Old) 1 34 14 8 12 50 61 36 7th R3 Group
1975–76 Scotland Alex Stuart Prem 1 36 14 5 17 46 59 33 6th R4 Group
1976–77 Scotland Alex Stuart Prem 1 36 11 8 17 44 68 30 8th R4 Group
1977–78 Scotland Alex Stuart Prem 1 36 9 6 21 36 68 24 9th R3 R3
1978–79 Scotland Willie McLean Div 1 2 39 21 5 13 71 52 47 4th R4 QF
1979–80 Scotland Willie McLean Div 1 2 39 16 12 11 64 51 44 3rd R4 R3
1980–81 Scotland Willie McLean Div 1 2 39 17 11 11 59 42 45 6th R3 SF
1981–82 Scotland Willie McLean Div 1 2 39 15 12 12 56 50 42 6th R3 Group
1982–83 Scotland Willie McLean Div 1 2 39 12 8 19 45 61 32 12th R3 Group
1983–84 Scotland George Caldwell Div 1 2 39 10 12 17 56 70 32 12th R3 R2
1984–85 Scotland George Caldwell Div 1 2 39 15 9 15 57 52 39 7th R4 R3
1985–86 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 1 2 39 10 11 18 41 60 31 13th R4 R2
1986–87 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 2 3 39 22 8 9 70 49 52 4th R3 R3
1987–88 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 2 3 39 27 7 5 95 31 61 1st R3 R2
1988–89 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 1 2 39 13 9 17 56 72 35 11th R3 R2
1989–90 Scotland Ally MacLeod Div 1 2 39 11 13 15 41 62 35 10th R3 R2
1990–91 Scotland George Burley Div 1 2 39 10 12 17 47 59 32 12th R5 R2 Runners-up
1991–92 Scotland George Burley Div 1 2 44 18 11 15 63 55 47 6th R3 QF Runners-up
1992–93 Scotland George Burley Div 1 2 44 14 18 12 49 44 46 7th R4 R2 R2
1993–94 England Simon Stainrod Div 1 2 44 14 14 16 42 52 42 7th R3 R2 SF
1994–95 England Simon Stainrod Div 1 2 36 6 11 19 31 58 29 9th R3 R2 QF
1995–96 Scotland Gordon Dalziel Div 2 3 36 11 12 13 40 40 45 6th R2 R2 R1
1996–97 Scotland Gordon Dalziel Div 2 3 36 23 8 5 61 33 77 1st R2 R3 R2
1997–98 Scotland Gordon Dalziel Div 1 2 36 10 10 16 40 56 40 7th R5 R2 R2 Ian Ferguson 13
1998–99 Scotland Gordon Dalziel Div 1 2 36 19 5 12 66 42 62 3rd R5 QF n/a Glynn Hurst 20
1999–00 Scotland Gordon Dalziel Div 1 2 36 10 8 18 42 52 38 7th SF R3 R1 Glynn Hurst 14
2000–01 Scotland Gordon Dalziel Div 1 2 36 19 12 5 73 41 69 2nd R3 R1 R1 Eddie Annand 19
2001–02 Scotland Gordon Dalziel Div 1 2 36 13 13 10 53 44 52 3rd SF Runners-up R2 Eddie Annand 21
2002–03 Scotland Campbell Money Div 1 2 36 12 9 15 34 44 45 6th R4 R2 R2 Stewart Kean 7
2003–04 Scotland Campbell Money Div 1 2 36 6 13 17 37 58 31 9th R3 R1 R1 Stewart Kean 10
2004–05 Scotland Mark Shanks Div 2 3 36 11 9 16 39 54 42 8th R4 R1 R1 Stewart Kean 10
2005–06 Scotland Bobby Connor Div 2 3 36 10 12 14 56 61 42 6th R3 R3 R1
2006–07 Scotland Bobby Connor Div 2 3 36 14 8 14 46 47 50 5th R3 R2 QF Jerome Vareille 8
2007–08 Scotland Brian Reid Div 2 3 36 13 7 16 51 62 46 7th R3 R1 SF Alex Williams 18
2008–09 Scotland Brian Reid Div 2 3 36 22 8 6 71 38 74 2nd R4 R2 R1 Bryan Prunty 17
2009–10 Scotland Brian Reid Div 1 2 36 7 10 19 29 60 31 10th R5 R2 R1 Mark Roberts 9
2010–11 Scotland Brian Reid Div 2 3 36 18 5 13 62 55 59 2nd R5 R1 QF Mark Roberts 26
2011–12 Scotland Brian Reid Div 1 2 36 9 11 16 44 67 38 9th QF SF QF Mark Roberts 11
2012–13 Scotland Mark Roberts Div 2 3 36 12 5 19 53 65 41 7th R4 R2 R1 Michael Moffat 21
2013–14 Scotland Mark Roberts L1 3 36 14 7 15 65 66 49 4th R4 R1 R2 Michael Moffat 25
2014–15 Scotland Mark Roberts

Scotland Ian McCall

L1 3 36 9 7 20 45 60 34 8th R3 R2 R1 Alan Forrest 9
2015–16 Scotland Ian McCall L1 3 36 19 4 13 65 47 61 2nd R3 R2 R2 Craig Moore 15
2016–17 Scotland Ian McCall Champ 2 36 7 12 17 33 62 33 10th QF R2 QF Alan Forrest 6
2017–18 Scotland Ian McCall L1 3 36 24 4 8 92 42 76 1st R5 R2 R2 Lawrence Shankland 26
2018–19 Scotland Ian McCall Champ 2 36 15 9 12 50 38 54 4th R4 QF R1 Lawrence Shankland 24
2019–20 Scotland Ian McCall

Scotland Mark Kerr

Champ 2 27 12 4 11 38 35 40 4th R5 Group R3 Alan Forrest 10
2020–21 Scotland Mark Kerr Champ 2 R2

Notes and references

  1. ^ No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War
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