2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season

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Mark Roberts (21)
All: Mark Roberts (26)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 1,614 (v Livingston)
Cup: 5,997 (v St Mirren)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 789 (v East Fife)
Cup: 556 (v Cowdenbeath)

After relegation to the

Airdrie United, Alloa Athletic, Brechin City, Dumbarton, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Livingston, Peterhead and Stenhousemuir. Ayr regained First Division status following promotion via the play-offs, in which Ayr secured a 7–4 aggregate win over Forfar Athletic and a 3–2 aggregate win over Brechin City. Ayr also enjoyed respectable cup runs, progressing to the Quarter-Finals of the Challenge Cup, before being defeated away to Partick Thistle and reaching the Fifth Round of the Scottish Cup, with victories over Junior side, Sunnybank and SPL club, Hibernian before being knocked out by St Mirren of the SPL respectively, However failed to progress beyond Elgin City of the Scottish Football League Third Division in the League Cup
.

Kit

In the aftermath of relegation Ayr United changed kit makers from Surridge Sports to global sportswear giants Nike. The Main shirt sponsor, Paligap, remained the same. The Home Kit with the traditional White with Black trimmings used with either Black or white shorts, The Away kit with Black and Gold trimmings used with black shorts and socks and the Third kit a Red shirt used with either Black or White shorts and socks.

For a complete pictorial history of Ayr United playing kit, see footnote [1]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre season

7 July 2010
Friendly
 Ayr United Scotland 1–2 Scotland Stranraer Somerset Park, Ayr
Attendance: 243
10 July 2010
Friendly
 Ayr United Scotland 1–2 Scotland Motherwell Somerset Park, Ayr
Attendance: 899
14 July 2010
Friendly
 Ayr United Scotland 1–3 Scotland St Mirren Somerset Park, Ayr
Attendance: 625
17 July 2010
Friendly
 Annan Athletic Scotland 4–0 Scotland Ayr United Galabank, Annan
Attendance: 412

Other Fixtures

Date Competition Opponent Score Scorer(s) Attendance
28/09/2010 Garry Hay's Testimonial match Kilmarnock
4–1 L
Roberts(p
49)
3,774

After numerous years of Service

Mark Roberts, Who in his previous game for Ayr scored a hat-trick of penalties against East Fife
.

Cup Draws

Shortly after the

Junior side Sunnybank.[5] After comfortably beating Sunnybank, Ayr were rewarded with an away draw with SPL club, Hibernian. After defeating Hibs in a replay, a fifth round tie against another SPL side, St Mirren (at Home) awaited, in which the Paisley
club won.

  • Ayr United score first
Date Opponent Venue Competition Score Att. Scorer(s) Match Report
24/07/10
Airdrie United
 Recreation Park, Alloa Challenge Cup
2–1
624
 Trouten, Rodgers
BBC Sport
31/07/10 Elgin City Borough Briggs, Elgin League Cup
2–3
594
Connelly
BBC Sport
10/08/10 Cowdenbeath Somerset Park, Ayr Challenge Cup
2–0
556
Roberts
BBC Sport
04/09/10 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium, Glasgow Challenge Cup
1–2
1,831
 Rodgers
BBC Sport
20/11/10 Sunnybank Somerset Park, Ayr Scottish Cup
5–0
1,069
Roberts (x2 p), Rodgers
(x2)
BBC Sport
08/01/11 Hibernian Easter Road, Edinburgh Scottish Cup
0–0
6,056
 None
BBC Sport
18/01/11 Hibernian Somerset Park, Ayr Scottish Cup
1–0
3,826
Roberts
BBC Sport
05/02/11 St Mirren Somerset Park, Ayr Scottish Cup
1–2
5,997
Roberts p
BBC Sport

The Challenge Cup ties was arranged to be played at the

Junior team, Sunnybank. A game that Ayr easily won 5–0 with goals from loan-signing Stuart Bannigan, two goals from the Penalty spot, A header and a sublime over-head kick from Andy Rodgers. An Away draw against SPL side, Hibernian awaited Ayr. Ayr drew 0–0 in the Capital. But were victorious in a replay. United were knocked out in the fifth round by SPL club, St Mirren
, by two goals to one.

Fixtures

August

Opponent Venue Score Scorer(s) Date Att. Report
1
Brechin City
Home
0–2
 None
07/08/2010
1,212
 BBC Sport
2
Airdrie United
Away
2–2
Roberts
(5, 73)
14/08/2010
1,127
 BBC Sport
3
Dumbarton
Home
1–0
 Own Goal (35)
21/08/2010
1,242
 BBC Sport
4
Peterhead
Home
1–1
Roberts (90 p
)
28/08/2010
1,099
 BBC Sport

On the opening day of the Season,

David Crawford was sent off, and Airdrie were awarded a penalty (from which they scored). Airdrie also had two players sent off. With his red card David Crawford was suspended for the home game against Dumbarton. Alan Main had to play in the goals (as a trialist) and did again against Peterhead
at home as well.

At the end of August, Ayr had only picked up five points from four games (winning against Dumbarton at home and drawing with Airdrie United and Peterhead). Ayr United sat seventh in the Second Division, five points adrift from league leaders Livingston and two points from a play-off spot.
Average Home Attendance: 1,184
Total Average Attendance: 1,170

September

Opponent Venue Score Scorer(s) Date Att. Report
5
Alloa Athletic
Away
4–1
Smith
(27)
11/09/2010
641
 BBC Sport
6
East Fife
Away
2–3
Roberts (13 p,45 p, 90 p
)
18/09/2010
664
 BBC Sport
7
Stenhousemuir
Home
2–0
 McCann (45), McKay (87)
25/09/2010
1,065
 BBC Sport

Ayr United started September with a trip to

Methil, Fife to face East Fife, In a game which saw four penalties awarded (all but one being awarded to Ayr). Mark Roberts scored all three, becoming the first ever Ayr United player to do so in the 100-year history of the club. The following week Ayr played host to Stenhousemuir
in which they were comfortable two-nil winners.
Average Home Attendance: 1,065
Total Average Attendance: 790

October

Opponent Venue Score Scorer(s) Date Att. Report
8
Livingston
Home
3–1
Roberts
(80, 83)		 02/10/2010
1,270
 BBC Sport
International Break
9
Forfar Athletic
Away
4–1
 Easton (89) 16/10/2010
544
 BBC Sport
10
Alloa Athletic
Home
2–1
Roberts (35), McLaughlin
(82)		 23/10/2010
1,176
BBC Sport
11
Peterhead
Away
2–4
Mark Roberts (33 p), Trouten (38), McCann (67), McKay
(82)
 30/10/2010
560
BBC Sport

October began on a high as the League Leaders

Mark Roberts, Alan Trouten, Ryan McCann and Daniel McKay
.
Average Home Attendance: 1,223
Total Average Attendance: 887

November

Opponent Venue Score Scorer(s) Date Att. Report
12
Airdrie United
Home
1–0
 McLaughlin (90+3) 06/11/2010
1,439
 BBC Sport
13
 Dumbarton
Away
3–2
Roberts (66), Rodgers
(90+1)		 13/11/2010
811
 BBC Sport

Ayr started the month victorious over rivals

Mark Roberts scored two and Andy Rodgers who also scored twice. Ayr fixture with East Fife that was due to take place on the 27/11/2010 but was postponed due to the Referee strike
.
Average Home Attendance: 1,439
Total Average Attendance: 1,125

December

None of Ayr United's fixtures scheduled to take place in December went ahead due to the

big freeze
.

January

Opponent Venue Score Scorer(s) Date Att. Report
14
 Dumbarton
Home
2–0
Roberts (11 p), McKay
(78)		 02/01/2011
1,224
 BBC Sport
15
 Alloa Athletic
Away
0–1
 Easton (64) 15/01/2011
527
 BBC Sport
16
 Peterhead
Home
2–2
Roberts (12 p, 28 p
)		 22/01/2011
1,226
 BBC Sport
17
 Stenhousemuir
Home
4–3
Roberts (6 p, 63), Lauchlan
(51), Robertson (54)		 29/01/2011
1,181
 BBC Sport

Average Home Attendance: 1,210
Total Average Attendance: 1,040

February

Opponent Venue Score Scorer(s) Date Att. Report
18
 Livingston
Home
0–3
 None 12/02/2011
1,614
 BBC Sport
19
 East Fife
Home
0–4
 None 23/02/2011
789
 BBC Sport
20
 Brechin City
Home
2–0
 Bannigan (45), McLaughlin (63) 26/02/2011
1,092
 BBC Sport

Average Home Attendance: 1,165
Total Average Attendance: 1,165

March

Opponent Venue Score Scorer(s) Date Att. Report
21
 Stenhousemuir
Away
3–1
 Bannigan (5) 01/03/2011
484
 BBC Sport
22
Airdrie United
Away
0–5
Roberts (62), Moffat (69), McLaughlin (82), Rodgers (87p
)		 05/03/2011
966
 BBC Sport
23
 Alloa Athletic
Home
1–0
 McCann (45) 12/03/2011
1,049
 BBC Sport
24
 Peterhead
Away
1–2
 Trouten (24), Moffat (68) 19/03/2011
536
 BBC Sport
25
 Forfar Athletic
Home
0–1
 None 23/03/2011
909
 BBC Sport
26
 Stenhousemuir
Away
2–1
Roberts
(90)		 26/03/2011
568
 BBC Sport
27
 East Fife
Away
3–2
 Moffat (39), (89) 29/03/2011
350
 BBC Sport

April

Opponent Venue Score Scorer(s) Date Att. Report
28
 East Fife
Home
1–1
 Trouten (16) 02/04/2011
976
 BBC Sport
29
 Forfar Athletic
Away
3–2
 Trouten (37), McLaughlin (71) 05/04/2011
341
 BBC Sport
30
 Forfar Athletic
Home
3–1
Roberts
(13)		 09/04/2011
851
 BBC Sport
31
 Brechin City
Away
0–3
Roberts
(35), Crawford (85)		 12/04/2011
394
 BBC Sport
32
 Livingston
Away
0–0
 None 16/04/2011
1,492
 BBC Sport
33
 Livingston
Away
3–2
Roberts (40 p
), Robertson (90)		 19/04/2011
904
 BBC Sport
34
 Dumbarton
Away
1–2
 Trouten (10), Moffat (16) 23/04/2011
830
 BBC Sport
35
Airdrie United
Home
3–1
 Rodgers (48, 60 p), Moffat (65) 30/04/2011
1,402
 BBC Sport

May

Opponent Venue Score Scorer(s) Date Att. Report
36
 Brechin City
Away
1–0
 None 07/05/2011
577
 BBC Sport

Play-offs

Round Leg Opponent Venue Score Scorer(s) Date Att. Report Agg.
Semi-Final
1st
Forfar Athletic
Away
1–4
 Moffat (2), Own Goal (35), McCann (52), Rodgers (87) 11/05/2011
924
BBC Sport
7–4
2nd
Home
3–3
 Moffat (12), McLaughlin (48), Trouten (90 p) 14/05/2011
1,198
BBC Sport
Final
1st
Brechin City
Home
1–1
 Moffat (31) 18/05/2011
2,020
BBC Sport
3–2
2nd
Away
1–2
Roberts (77), Moffat
(88)		 22/05/2011
2,404
BBC Sport

Final League Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C, P) 36 25 7 4 79 33 +46 82 Promotion to the First Division
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 18 5 13 62 55 +7 59 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic 36 17 8 11 50 48 +2 59
4 Brechin City 36 15 12 9 63 45 +18 57
5 East Fife 36 14 10 12 77 60 +17 52
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Changes to the squad

After relegation to the

Aaron Connelly (who joined Annan Athletic and later Girvan
on loan).

In

Name Previous Club Age Pos
David Crawford[7]
 ScotlandAlloa Athletic 24 GK
Alan Martin[8]
Leeds United
 22 GK
Ryan McWilliams ScotlandGreenock Morton 20 GK
Bobby Donnelly[9]
Airdrie United
 23 DF
Chris Smith[10]
 ScotlandDumbarton 21 DF
Eddie Malone[11] ScotlandDundee 25 DF
Jim Lauchlan Republic of IrelandSligo Rovers 33 DF
Alan Trouten[12][13]
Airdrie United
 24 MF
Scott McLaughlin[14]
Airdrie United
 26 MF
Ryan McCann[15]
Airdrie United
 29 MF
Stuart Bannigan[16] ScotlandPartick Thistle(Loan) 17 MF
Scott Taggart[17] ScotlandHibernian (Loan) 19 MF
Stephen McKeown[18] ScotlandPartick Thistle 28 MF
Andy Rodgers[19] ScotlandEast Stirlingshire 26 FW
Stephen Reynolds[17] ScotlandSt Johnstone (Loan) 18 FW
Danny McKay[20] ScotlandKilmarnock(Loan) 19 FW
Michael Moffat[21] ScotlandGirvan 25 FW

Out

Player Signed From Signed to Pos
Craig Samson[22] England Hereford United ScotlandSt Mirren GK
Stephen Grindlay[23] Scotland Queen of the South ScotlandDumbarton GK
David Mitchell[24] Scotland Youth Academy ScotlandStranraer GK
Andy Aitken[25]
 Scotland Queen of the South ScotlandAnnan Athletic DF
Kevin James[26] Scotland St Johnstone Released DF
Kenny Connolly[27] Scotland Motherwell Released MF
Scott Agnew[28] Scotland Alloa Athletic ScotlandStranraer MF
Junior Mendes[29] England Ilkeston Town Released FW
Kevin Cawley[30] Scotland Celtic ScotlandEast Stirlingshire FW
Tam McManus[31] Northern Ireland Derry City ScotlandFalkirk FW

Current squad

As of 3 June 2010 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 Scotland SCO
David Crawford
— GK Scotland SCO
Alan Martin
— GK Scotland SCO Ryan McWilliams
— GK Scotland SCO Darryl Jones
— DF Scotland SCO Martyn Campbell (Vice-Captain[32])
— DF Scotland SCO Bobby Donnelly
— DF Scotland SCO Iain Fisher
— DF Scotland SCO Jim Lauchlan
— DF Scotland SCO Eddie Malone
— DF Scotland SCO Ross Robertson
— DF Scotland SCO
Chris Smith
— MF Scotland SCO Stuart Bannigan (On loan from Partick Thistle)
— MF Scotland SCO David Crawford (On loan from Hibernian)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Scotland SCO William Easton
— MF Scotland SCO Dean Keenan
— MF Scotland SCO Ryan McCann
— MF Scotland SCO Scott McLaughlin
— MF Scotland SCO Jonathan Tiffoney
— MF Scotland SCO Alan Trouten
— MF Scotland SCO Alistair Woodburn
— MF Scotland SCO Paul Willis (On loan from Dunfermline Athletic)
— FW Scotland SCO
Aaron Connelly (On loan to Girvan
)
— FW Scotland SCO Michael Moffat
— FW Scotland SCO Roddy Paterson
— FW Scotland SCO
Mark Roberts (Club Captain[32]
)
— FW Scotland SCO Andy Rodgers

Appearances

These statistics include League, Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup for every player to have played for Ayr United during the 2010–11 season.

# Player P Yellow card Red card
GK
David Crawford
 25 0 0 1
GK Scotland Darryl Jones 0 0 0 0
GK
Alan Martin
 6 0 0 0
GK Scotland Ryan McWilliams 2 0 0 0
DF Scotland Martyn Campbell 32 1 5 0
DF Scotland Bobby Donnelly 3 0 0 0
DF Scotland Iain Fisher 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Jim Lauchlan 12 1 2 0
DF Scotland Eddie Malone 25 1 8 0
DF Scotland Ross Robertson 21 1 3 1
DF
Chris Smith
 30 1 3 0
MF Scotland Stuart Bannigan 16 3 0 0
MF
David Crawford
 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland William Easton 26 2 5 0
MF Scotland Dean Keenan 10 0 6 1
MF Scotland Ryan McCann 22 3 5 0
MF Scotland Stephen McKeown 6 1 2 0
MF Scotland Scott McLaughlin 35 4 1 0
MF Scotland Scott Taggart 7 0 1 0
MF Scotland Jonathan Tiffoney 30 0 6 3
MF Scotland Alan Trouten 30 4 6 1
MF Scotland Alistair Woodburn 8 0 1 0
MF Scotland Paul Willis 6 1 0 0
FW
Aaron Connelly
 5 1 1 0
FW Scotland Michael Moffat 14 4 1 0
FW Scotland Danny McKay 13 3 0 0
FW
Roddy Patterson
 4 0 0 0
FW Scotland Stephen Reynolds 9 0 0 0
FW
Mark Roberts
 35 23 2 1
FW Scotland Andy Rodgers 30 6 3 0

Non-Playing staff

  • Chairman- Lachlan Cameron
  • Vice Chairman- Alex Ingram
  • Manager- Brian Reid
  • Assistant manager- Scott MacKenzie
  • Physiotherapist- Kevin MacLellan
  • Fitness coach- David Johnston
  • Groundsman- David Harkness
  • Kit manager- Malcolm Boyle
  • Programme editor- Duncan Carmichael
  • Club photographer- David Sargent
  • Ayr World administrator- Willie Craig

References

  1. ^ Historical Football Kits site
  2. ^ "Alba Cup First Round Draw". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 27 May 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Co-operative Cup First Round Draw". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Alba Challenge Cup Second Round Draw". ScottishFootballLeague.com. 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
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  8. ^ "New Singing". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.[permanent dead link]
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  10. ^ "Chris Smith Signs". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 2 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
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  12. ^ "Alan Trouten Signs". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 2 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
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  14. ^ "Scott McLaughlin Signs". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 2 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
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  18. ^ "Another New Signing". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  19. ^ "Andy Rodgers Signs". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 10 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
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  23. ^ "Stephen Grindlay signs for Dumbarton". Dumbartonfootballclub.com. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
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  26. ^ "Kevin James Released". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  27. ^ "Kenny Connolly Released". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
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  29. ^ "Junior Mendes Released". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  30. ^ "Cawley Signs for East Stirlingshire". EastStirlingshirefc.org. 21 May 2010. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
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