2016–17 Ayr United F.C. season

Ayr United

2016–17 season

Manager

Ian McCall

Ground

Somerset Park
Ayr, Scotland
(Capacity: 10,185)

Scottish Championship

7th (current)
P12 W4 D2 L6 F11 A19

Scottish Cup

Third round vs Brechin City

Scottish League Cup

Second round Lost to Aberdeen

Top goalscorer

League: Alan Forrest (4)
All: Alan Forrest (7)

Highest home attendance

3,100 v Hibernian, Scottish Championship, 5 November 2016

Lowest home attendance

862 v Edinburgh City, League Cup, 23 July 2016

Average home league attendance

1,806

Home colours

Away colours

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All statistics correct as of 5 November 2016.

The 2016–17 Ayr United F.C. season will be the club's 107th season and the first in the Championship since their promotion last season. Ayr United will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Squad

First Team Squad

As of 28 October 2016

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Signed in	Apps.	Goals	Ref.
Goalkeepers
1	Greg Fleming	GK	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986	Stenhousemuir	16 July 2015	45	0	^[1]^[2]
19	Jordan Hart	GK	(1996-01-22) 22 January 1996	Annan Athletic		0	0	^[3]

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

Raydale Cup

10 July 2016 Semi-final	Ayr United	0–2	South Shields	Gretna
		Ayr United	Arca 39' Scroggins 41'	Stadium: Raydale Park

11 July 2016 3rd place play-off	Gretna 2008	0–8	Ayr United	Gretna
14:00		Ayr United	Thomas 14', 62' (pen.) McCreadie 60' McGuffie 65' Forrest 71', 90' Donald 79' Crawford 82'	Stadium: Raydale Park

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Championship

6 August 2016 1	Ayr United	0–2	Raith Rovers	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		SPFL Report	Callachan 19' Matthews 75'	Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Euan Anderson

13 August 2016 2	Queen of the South	4–1	Ayr United	Palmerston, Dumfries
15:00	Lyle 12', 53' Dobbie 44' Dykes 74'	SPFL Report	Nisbet 11'	Attendance: 1,982 Referee: Stephen Finnie

20 August 2016 3	Dundee United	3–0	Ayr United	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00	Murray 13' Robson 37' Flood 76'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 6,427 Referee: Greg Aitken

27 August 2016 4	Ayr United	1–1	St Mirren	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Adams 14'	SPFL Report	Walsh 89'	Attendance: 2,165 Referee: Crawford Allan

10 September 2016 5	Ayr United	2–1	Greenock Morton	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Cairney 47' Forrest 69'	SPFL Report	Forbes 86' Russell 74'	Attendance: 1,441 Referee: John McKendrick

17 September 2016 6	Hibernian	1–2	Ayr United	Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00	Cummings 50' Bartley 67'	SPFL Report	Balatoni 74' Gilmour 80'	Attendance: 15,056 Referee: Nick Walsh

24 September 2016 7	Falkirk	2–0	Ayr United	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Meggatt 78' (o.g.) Miller 90+4'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 4,345 Referee: Willie Collum

1 October 2016 8	Ayr United	0–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		SPFL Report		Attendance: 2,883 Referee: Don Robertson

15 October 2016 9	Dumbarton	0–3	Ayr United	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00		SPFL Report	Forrest 2', 50', 62' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,005 Referee: Don Robertson

22 October 2016 10	Ayr United	1–0	Queen of the South	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Cairney 52'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 1,842 Referee: John Beaton

29 October 2016 11	Greenock Morton	2–1	Ayr United	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00	O'Ware 73' Oliver 89'	SPFL Report	Nisbet 37'	Attendance: 1,859 Referee: Mat Northcroft

5 November 2016 12	Ayr United	0–3	Hibernian	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		SPFL Report	Boyle 28', 77' McGinn 84'

12 November 2016 13	Raith Rovers	P–P	Ayr United	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00

19 November 2016 14	Ayr United	v	Falkirk	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00

22 November 2016 13 ^rearranged	Raith Rovers	v	Ayr United	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
19:45

3 December 2016 15	Dunfermline Athletic	v	Ayr United	East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00

10 December 2016 16	Ayr United	v	Dundee United	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00

17 December 2016 17	St Mirren	v	Ayr United	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00

24 December 2016 18	Ayr United	v	Dumbarton	Somerset Park, Ayr
12:30

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Cup

26 November 2016 Third round	Brechin City	v	Ayr United	Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

Results

16 July 2016 Group G	Ayr United	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Forrest 2' (pen.) Crawford 49'	SPFL Report	Longridge 90+4'	Attendance: 994 Referee: Willie Collum

19 July 2016 Group G	St Mirren	1–0	Ayr United	St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45	Baird 90+3'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 2,098 Referee: John Beaton

23 July 2016 Group G	Ayr United	1–0	Edinburgh City	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Gilmour 11'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 862 Referee: Barry Cook

26 July 2016 Group G	Livingston	0–2	Ayr United	Almondvale, Livingston
19:45		SPFL Report	Murphy 19' McGuffie 78'	Attendance: 643 Referee: David Lowe

Group G table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hamilton Academical (Q)	4	3	1	10	5	+5	9	Qualification to Second Round
2	Ayr United (Q)	4	3	1	5	2	+3	9	Advances to Best Runners-up
3	St Mirren	4	3	1	7	5	+2	9
4	Livingston	4	1	3	6	7	−1	3
5	Edinburgh City	4	0	4	2	11	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC, Soccerway
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Knockout phase

10 August 2016 Second round	Ayr United	1–2	Aberdeen	Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45	Forrest 41'	SPFL Report	Meggatt 3' (o.g.) McGinn 30'	Attendance: 2,653 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup

4 September 2016 Third round	Ayr United	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Airdrieonians	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	McGuffie 35' Forrest 45' Balatoni 97'	SPFL Report	Conroy 14' Balatoni 49' (o.g.) Russell 113'	Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Barry Cook

7 October 2016 Fourth round	Ayr United	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Falkirk	Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45	Harkins 114'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 1,247 Referee: Alan Muir

13 November 2016 Quarter-final	St Mirren	v	Ayr United	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00

Club statistics

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Final position	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref.
Scottish Championship	6 August 2016			7001120000000000000♠12	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000600000000000000♠6	7001110000000000000♠11	7001190000000000000♠19	−8	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Scottish Cup	26 November 2016			5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Scottish League Cup	16 July 2016	10 August 2016	Second round	7000500000000000000♠5	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000600000000000000♠6	7000400000000000000♠4	+2	7001600000000000000♠60.00	^[4]
Scottish Challenge Cup	4 September 2016			7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	+2	7002100000000000000♠100.000
Total				7001190000000000000♠19	7000900000000000000♠9	7000200000000000000♠2	7000800000000000000♠8	7001210000000000000♠21	7001250000000000000♠25	−4	7001473700000000000♠47.37	—

As of 5 November 2016

League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Raith Rovers	14	6	5	3	19	14	+5	23
6	Queen of the South	14	5	3	6	16	21	−5	18
7	Ayr United	15	4	4	7	13	22	−9	16
8	Dumbarton	15	3	5	7	14	21	−7	14
9	Dunfermline Athletic	15	3	4	8	17	25	−8	13	Qualification to Championship play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L
Position	10	10	10	10	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	7

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	4	2	6	11	19	−8	14	2	2	2	4	7	−3	2	0	4	7	12	−5

Last updated: 26 October 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by opponent

Ayr United score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Dumbarton	3–0				3
Dundee United	0–3				0
Dunfermline Athletic	0–0				1
Falkirk	0–2				0
Greenock Morton	2–1	1–2			3
Hibernian	2–1	0–3			3
Queen of the South	1–4	1–0			3
Raith Rovers	0–2				0
St Mirren	1–1				1

Source: 2016–17 Scottish Championship Results Table

Attendances

Competition	Highest attendance	Lowest attendance	Total attendance	Average attendance
Championship	3,100 v Hibernian 5 November 2016	1,441 v Greenock Morton 10 September 2016	12,981 from six match	2,163
Scottish Cup
League Cup	2,653 v Aberdeen 10 August 2016	862 v Edinburgh City 23 July 2016	4,509 from three matches	1,503
Challenge Cup	1,247 v Falkirk 7 October 2016	1,135 v Airdrieonians 4 September 2016	2,382 from two matches	1,191
Totals	3,100 v Hibernian 5 November 2016	862 v Edinburgh City 23 July 2016	19,872 from 11 matches	1,806

Player statistics

Goalscorers

As of 5 November 2016^[5]

Place	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Championship	Scottish League Cup	Scottish Challenge Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Alan Forrest	4	2	1	7
2	DF	22	Conrad Balatoni	1	0	1	2
	MD	14	Paul Cairney	2	0	0	2
	MD	4	Brian Gilmour	1	1	0	2
	FW	21	Craig McGuffie	0	1	1	2
	FW	17	Kevin Nisbet	2	0	0	2
7	MD	16	Jamie Adams	1	0	0	1
	MD	8	Robbie Crawford	0	1	0	1
	FW	12	Gary Harkins	0	0	1	1
	DF	6	Peter Murphy	0	1	0	1
			TOTALS	11	6	4	21

References

↑ "Greg Fleming; Football Stats". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
↑ "Greg Fleming". ayrunitedfc.co.uk. Ayr United FC. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
↑ "Jordan Hart; Football Stats". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
↑ "Football Tables". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
↑ "2016–17 Ayr United scorers". espnfc.com. ESPN. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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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.

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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 SWPL 1 SWPL 2 Scottish Women's Football League North South

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European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17

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

Championship	Ayr United Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Livingston Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion

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