2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was the 100th season of competitive football by Ayr United.

Ayr United
2009–10 season
ChairmanUnited States Lachlan Cameron
ManagerScotland Brian Reid
First DivisionTenth place (Relegated)
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Dundee
League CupSecond round, lost to St Mirren
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Albion Rovers
Top goalscorerLeague: Mark Roberts (8)
All: Mark Roberts (9)

Summary

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Season

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In the 2009–10 season, Ayr United celebrated their centennial year by gaining promotion to The First Division after the play-off victory at The Excelsior Stadium against Airdrie United. Ayr were promoted after a five-year stint in the Second Division. Airdrie United were later rewarded First Division status after Livingston were double-relegated to the Fourth Tier of Scottish football for financial reasons. Ayr were promoted along with Fife side Raith Rovers; the other club joining the First Division after being absent for half a decade are Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who were relegated from the SPL at the end of the 2008–09 season. Ayr United were relegated at the end of the season when they finished bottom of the league.

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

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Scottish First Division

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8 August 2009 Match 1 Ayr United 1–1 Partick Thistle Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Mark Roberts Attendance: 3,078
22 August 2009 Match 3 Ayr United 0–2 Greenock Morton Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Attendance: 2,304
29 August 2009 Match 4 Queen of the South 0–2 Ayr United Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00 Attendance: 3,034
12 September 2009 Match 5 Ayr United 1–1 Airdrie United Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Mark Roberts Attendance: 1,718
19 September 2009 Match 6 Ross County 2–1 Ayr United Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Mark Roberts Attendance: 1,885
26 September 2009 Match 7 Ayr United 1–0 Raith Rovers Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Kenny Connolly Attendance: 1,783
10 October 2009 Match 8 Dunfermline 3–1 Ayr United East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 Chris Aitken Attendance: 2,460
14 October 2009 Match 9 Ayr United 2–2 Dundee Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Ryan McGowan
Ryan Stevenson
Attendance: 1,710
17 October 2009 Match 10 Partick Thistle 2–0 Ayr United Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Attendance: 3,055
31 October 2009 Match 12 Airdrie United 3–1 Ayr United Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Airdrie Own Goal Attendance: 1,184
7 November 2009 Match 13 Ayr United 0–1 Queen of the South Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Attendance: 2,453
14 November 2009 Match 14 Ayr United 1–1 Ross County Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Mark Roberts Attendance: 1,236
21 November 2009 Match 15 Raith Rovers 0–0 Ayr United Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00 Attendance: 1,460
5 December 2009 Match 16 Ayr United 1–0 Dunfermline Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Ryan Stevenson Attendance: 1,625
12 December 2009 Match 17 Dundee 3–1 Ayr United Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Stephen Reynolds Attendance: 4,323
23 January 2010 Match 18 Ross County 1–0 Ayr United Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Attendance: 1,935
16 February 2010 Match 19 Queen of the South 3–0 Ayr United Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00 Attendance: 1,721
20 February 2010 Match 20 Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 Ayr United East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 Tam McManus Attendance: 2,429
6 March 2010 Match 22 Ayr United 2–0 Greenock Morton Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Mark Roberts
Tam McManus
Attendance: 2,145
11 March 2010 Match 23 Ayr United 1–0 Partick Thistle Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Steve Bowey Attendance: 1,505
13 March 2010 Match 24 Airdrie United 1–1 Ayr United Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Daniel McKay Attendance: 1,122
17 March 2010 Match 25 Ayr United 1–1 Dundee Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Daniel Lafferty Attendance: 1,375
20 March 2010 Match 26 Ayr United 3–0 Queen of the South Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Tam McManus
Daniel McKay
Mark Roberts
20 March 2010 Attendance: 2,139
27 March 2010 Match 27 Raith Rovers 1–1 Ayr United Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00 Chris Mitchell Attendance: 1,872
30 March 2010 Match 28 Greenock Morton 1–0 Ayr United Cappielow, Greenock
15:00 Attendance: 1,289
3 April 2010 Match 29 Dundee 3–0 Ayr United Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Attendance: 4,270
7 April 2010 Match 30 Ayr United 0–2 Raith Rovers Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Attendance: 1,376
10 April 2010 Match 31 Ayr United 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Tam McManus Attendance: 1,367
17 April 2010 Match 32 Partick Thistle 0–1 Ayr United Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Attendance: 1,877
21 April 2010 Match 33 Ayr United 1–4 Airdrie United Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Dean Keenan Attendance: 1,781
28 April 2010 Match 35 Ayr United 0–1 Ross County Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Attendance: 1,032
1 May 2010 Match 36 Greenock Morton 2–1 Ayr United Cappielow, Greenock
15:00 McKay Attendance: 3,771

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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Matches

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Scottish Cup

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6 February 2010 Scottish League Cup round 5 Dundee 2–1 Ayr United Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 McManus Attendance: 2,852

2009–10 playing squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   SCO Stephen Grindlay
GK   SCO Craig Samson
DF   SCO Andy Aitken
DF   SCO Martyn Campbell
DF   SCO Billy Gibson
DF   SCO Kevin James
MF   SCO Ryan Borris
MF   ENG Steve Bowey
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SCO Kenny Connolly
MF   SCO William Easton
MF   SCO Dean Keenan
MF   SCO Alistair Woodburn
FW   SCO Tam McManus
FW   MSR Junior Mendes
FW   SCO Mark Roberts

Management and staff

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Name Occupation
Lachlan Cameron
Chairman
Manager
Scott MacKenzie
Assistant Manager
Kevin MacLellan
Physio
David Johnstone
Fitness Coach
Dr. Kirk Russell
Club Doctor
Davie Harkness
Groundsman

Sponsorship

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Kit Maker Shirt sponsor(Front) Shirt sponsor(Back) Short sponsor
Surridge Sports Paligap Network Solutions Legal Service Scotland Giles Insurance Brokers

Goalscorers

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Name Apps Goals
26
9
FW
8
5
FW
21
3
MF
6
2
FW
19
2
DF
18
1
MF
18
1
MF
23
1
MF
18
1
MF
4
1
DF
6
1
MF
4
1
FW

Players in Italics have now left the club

Players in on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   NIR Daniel Lafferty (on loan from Celtic)
DF   AUS Ryan McGowan (on loan from Hearts)
DF   SCO Chris Mitchell (on loan from Falkirk)
MF   AUS Rocky Visconte (on loan from Hearts)
FW   SCO Daniel McKay (on loan from Kilmarnock)
FW   SCO Stephen Reynolds (on loan from St Johnstone)

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   SCO David Mitchell (On Loan to Stranraer)
MF   SCO Scott Agnew (On Loan to Stranraer)
FW   SCO Kevin Cawley (On Loan to Stranraer)

Departed players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   SCO Neil McGowan (Now At Clyde)
MF   SCO David O'Brien (Now At Stirling Albion)
MF   SCO Chris Aitken (Now At Stirling Albion)
MF   SCO Ryan Stevenson (Now At Hearts)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SCO Bryan Prunty (Now At Alloa Athletic)
FW   SCO David Gormley (Now At Alloa Athletic)

Squad changes

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Boss Brian Reid made many changes to the squad during the Close-Season, bringing in Kevin James from St Johnstone, Kevin Cawley from Celtic, Craig Samson from Hereford United, Andy Aitken from Queen of the South, Billy Gibson from Clyde and David O'Brien from Dundee (Who only played one game before joining Stirling Albion) and departing were Scott Walker to join Alloa Athletic, Murray Henderson who went to sign for Stranraer, Alex Williams moving to Irish Club Dundalk, Allan Dempsie re-joining Elgin City and goalkeeper Fraser Stewart. There were many changes to the squad throughout the course of the season bringing several loan signings such as Australian Ryan McGowan a defensive-midfielder from Hearts, Stephen Reynolds a 20-year-old striker from St Johnstone brought in for one month as an emergency loan signing, Rocky Visconte another Australian from Hearts, Chris Mitchell a Scotland Under-21 defender, Daniel McKay from local-rivals Kilmarnock and Daniel Lafferty from Celtic. Brian Reid also David Mitchell out on loan to Stranraer to the end of the season, another player to leave the club on a temporary basis was Scott Agnew who joined Alloa Athletic until January then signed for Stranraer for the duration of the season. Players leaving the club on a permanent basis were Bryan Prunty and David Gormley who both joined Alloa, Chris Aitken who re-joined previous club Stirling Albion, Neil McGowan who signed for Clyde and fans-favourite Ryan Stevenson who joined SPL club Hearts for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £10k. players joining the club included Steve Bowey from English side Bedlington Terriers, Tam McManus from Derry City and Montserrat international Junior Mendes.

Final League Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Partick Thistle 36 14 6 16 43 40 +3 48
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 9 16 36 47 −11 42
8 Greenock Morton 36 11 4 21 40 65 −25 37
9 Airdrie United (R) 36 8 9 19 41 56 −15 33 Qualification to the First Division play-offs
10 Ayr United (R) 36 7 10 19 29 60 −31 31 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
First Division play-offs: The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Second Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 First Division
(R) Relegated

Scottish First Division

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Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 7 10 19 29 60  −31 31 5 5 8 17 30  −13 2 5 11 12 30  −18

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
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ResultDDLLDLWLDLLLLDDWLLLWDWWDDWDLLLLWLLLL
Position47910997899910109999899101010999999991010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2020. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
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