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Ayr United 2017–18 football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2017–18 season was Ayr United’s 108th season of competitive football and their first season back in League One following their relegation from the Championship in the 2016–17 season.[1] Ayr also competed in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Challenge Cup.
2017–18 season | |||
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Manager | Ian McCall | ||
Stadium | Somerset Park | ||
Scottish League One | 1st (champions) | ||
Scottish Cup | Fifth round | ||
League Cup | Second round | ||
Challenge Cup | Second round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Lawrence Shankland (26) All: Lawrence Shankland (29) | ||
Highest home attendance | 9,346 v Rangers, Scottish Cup, 11 February 2018 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 906 v Montrose, Challenge Cup, 29 August 2017 | ||
Average home league attendance | 1,532 | ||
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In their first season back in the third–tier of Scottish football, Ayr United finished in first place and were promoted as Champions back to the Scottish Championship after only one season in League One.[2]
Win Draw Loss Postponed
5 August 2017 1 | Albion Rovers | 1 – 5 | Ayr United | Cliftonhill, Coatbridge |
15:00 | Shields ![]() |
Report | McDaid ![]() Moffat ![]() Moore ![]() |
Attendance: 806 Referee: Graham Beaton |
12 August 2017 2 | Ayr United | 3 – 0 | Forfar Athletic | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Moore ![]() McDaid ![]() Crawford ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 1,399 Referee: David Lowe |
19 August 2017 3 | Stranraer | 3 – 4 | Ayr United | Stair Park, Stranraer |
15:00 | Wallace ![]() Thomson ![]() |
Report | McDaid ![]() Moore ![]() Moffat ![]() Boyle ![]() |
Attendance: 1,070 Referee: Craig Charleston |
26 August 2017 4 | Ayr United | 1 – 2 | Arbroath | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Higgins ![]() |
Report | Kader ![]() Whatley ![]() |
Attendance: 1,569 Referee: Mike Roncone |
9 September 2017 5 | Raith Rovers | 2 – 1 | Ayr United | Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy |
15:00 | Vaughan ![]() Thomson ![]() |
Report | Shankland ![]() Higgins ![]() |
Attendance: 2,286 Referee: Alan Muir |
16 September 2017 6 | Ayr United | 3 – 3 | Alloa Athletic | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Shankland ![]() Adams ![]() |
Report | Reid ![]() Cawley ![]() Taggart ![]() |
Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Euan Anderson |
23 September 2017 7 | Queen's Park | 0 – 2 | Ayr United | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
15:00 | Report | Adams ![]() Shankland ![]() |
Attendance: 1,051 Referee: Alan Muir |
30 September 2017 8 | Ayr United | 3 – 0 | East Fife | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Shankland ![]() Geggan ![]() Higgins ![]() |
Report | Page ![]() |
Attendance: 1,382 Referee: Barry Cook |
14 October 2017 9 | Ayr United | 2 – 2 | Airdrieonians | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Geggan ![]() |
Report | McGregor ![]() Furtado ![]() |
Attendance: 1,513 Referee: Steven Reid |
21 October 2017 10 | Forfar Athletic | 0 – 5 | Ayr United | Station Park, Forfar |
15:00 | Report | Moffat ![]() Shankland ![]() Moore ![]() |
Attendance: 664 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
28 October 2017 11 | Ayr United | 2 – 0 | Stranraer | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Moffat ![]() Shankland ![]() |
Report | Robertson ![]() Bell ![]() |
Attendance: 1,473 Referee: Mat Northcroft |
4 November 2017 12 | Arbroath | 1 – 4 | Ayr United | Gayfield Park, Arbroath |
15:00 | Swankie ![]() |
Report | Shankland ![]() Gold ![]() Moore ![]() |
Attendance: 922 Referee: Alan Muir |
14 November 2017 13 | Ayr United | 3 – 0 | Raith Rovers | Somerset Park, Ayr |
19:45 | Shankland ![]() Crawford ![]() Moore ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Barry Cook |
25 November 2017 14 | Alloa Athletic | 1 – 2 | Ayr United | Recreation Park, Alloa |
15:00 | Taggart ![]() |
Report | Moffat ![]() Moore ![]() |
Attendance: 854 Referee: David Munro |
2 December 2017 15 | Ayr United | 3 – 2 | Albion Rovers | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Moore ![]() Shankland ![]() C.Higgins ![]() |
Report | S.Higgins ![]() Trouten ![]() |
Attendance: 1,426 Referee: Craig Charleston |
9 December 2017 16 | Ayr United | 3 – 2 | Queen's Park | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Moore ![]() McDaid ![]() Forrest ![]() |
Report | McVey ![]() Reid ![]() |
Attendance: 1,320 Referee: Gavin Ross |
16 December 2017 17 | East Fife | 1 – 4 | Ayr United | Bayview Stadium, Methil |
15:00 | Duggan ![]() |
Report | Rose ![]() Moore ![]() Shankland ![]() |
Attendance: 637 Referee: John McKendrick |
23 December 2017 18 | Airdrieonians | 2 – 0 | Ayr United | Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie |
15:00 | Russell ![]() Brownlie ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 1,113 Referee: Scott Millar |
30 December 2017 19 | Ayr United | 2 – 3 | Forfar Athletic | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Moffat ![]() Shankland ![]() |
Report | Hornby ![]() Aitken ![]() |
Attendance: 1,477 Referee: Colin Steven |
2 January 2018 20 | Stranraer | 1 – 5 | Ayr United | Stair Park, Stranraer |
15:00 | Turner ![]() |
Report | Shankland ![]() Moffat ![]() Forrest ![]() |
Attendance: 1,143 Referee: Grant Irvine |
6 January 2018 21 | Ayr United | 1 – 2 | Arbroath | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Forrest ![]() |
Report | Wallace ![]() O'Brien ![]() McIntosh ![]() |
Attendance: 1,436 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
13 January 2018 22 | Raith Rovers | 1 – 1 | Ayr United | Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy |
15:00 | Spence ![]() |
Report | Shankland ![]() |
Attendance: 3,064 Referee: Barry Cook |
27 January 2018 23 | Queen's Park | 1 – 4 | Ayr United | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
15:00 | Cummins ![]() |
Report | Moore ![]() Forrest ![]() McGuffie ![]() |
Attendance: 1,233 Referee: Greg Aitken |
3 February 2018 24 | Ayr United | 1 – 2 | Alloa Athletic | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Shankland ![]() |
Report | McCart ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 1,139 Referee: Craig Napier |
17 February 2018 25 | Ayr United | 3 – 0 | East Fife | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | McDaid ![]() Shankland ![]() Forrest ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 1,170 Referee: David Lowe |
24 February 2018 26 | Ayr United | 3 – 0 | Airdrieonians | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Geggan ![]() Shankland ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 1,456 Referee: Alan Newlands |
10 March 2018 27 | Ayr United | 3 – 0 | Raith Rovers | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Shankland ![]() Adams ![]() Moffat ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 2,126 Referee: Gavin Ross |
14 March 2018 28 | Arbroath | 1 – 1 | Ayr United | Gayfield Park, Arbroath |
19:45 | Denholm ![]() |
Report | McGuffie ![]() |
Attendance: 653 Referee: Colin Steven |
17 March 2018 29 | Forfar Athletic | 0 – 2 | Ayr United | Station Park, Forfar |
15:00 | Munro ![]() |
Report | Moffat ![]() Moore ![]() |
Attendance: 629 Referee: Kevin Graham |
20 March 2018 30 | Albion Rovers | 2 – 3 | Ayr United | Cliftonhill, Coatbridge |
19:45 | Hester ![]() Trouten ![]() |
Report | Moore ![]() Adams ![]() Shankland ![]() |
Attendance: 652 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
24 March 2018 31 | Ayr United | 4 – 0 | Queen's Park | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Shankland ![]() Moore ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Barry Cook |
31 March 2018 32 | East Fife | 2 – 3 | Ayr United | Bayview Stadium, Methil |
15:00 | Duggan ![]() |
Report | Forrest ![]() Bell ![]() Moore ![]() |
Attendance: 759 Referee: David Lowe |
7 April 2018 33 | Airdrieonians | 1 – 2 | Ayr United | Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie |
15:00 | Carrick ![]() Watt ![]() |
Report | Crawford ![]() Shankland ![]() |
Attendance: 1,129 Referee: Colin Steven |
14 April 2018 34 | Ayr United | 1 – 2 | Stranraer | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Adams ![]() Shankland ![]() |
Report | Anderson ![]() Agnew ![]() |
Attendance: 2,323 Referee: Euan Anderson |
22 April 2018 35 | Alloa Athletic | 2 – 1 | Ayr United | Recreation Park, Alloa |
15:00 | Flannigan ![]() Crane ![]() |
Report | Moore ![]() |
Attendance: 1,749 Referee: Greg Aitken |
28 April 2018 36 | Ayr United | 2 – 0 | Albion Rovers | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Moore ![]() McDaid ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 2,441 Referee: Barry Cook |
14 July 2017 Group stage | Ayr United | 1 – 0 | Kilmarnock | Somerset Park, Ayr |
19:45 | Geggan ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 6,417 Referee: John Beaton |
18 July 2017 Group stage | Dumbarton | 1 – 3 | Ayr United | Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton |
15:00 | Nadé ![]() |
Report | Dowie ![]() McDaid ![]() Crawford ![]() |
Attendance: 615 Referee: Barry Cook |
8 August 2017 Second round | Hibernian | 5 – 0 | Ayr United | Easter Road, Edinburgh |
19:45 | Stokes ![]() Murray ![]() Ambrose ![]() Matulevičius ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 8,135 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
16 August 2017 Round 1 | East Stirlingshire | 1 – 5 | Ayr United | Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir |
19:45 | Report | Murphy ![]() Gilmour ![]() Moore ![]() Forrest ![]() McCowan ![]() |
Attendance: 274 Referee: David Munro |
18 November 2017 Round 3 | Banks O'Dee | 2 – 6 | Ayr United | Spain Park, Aberdeen |
15:00 | Watt ![]() Winton ![]() |
Report | Shankland ![]() McDaid ![]() Moore ![]() |
Attendance: 469 Referee: Craig Napier |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | League One | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Jordan Hart | 33 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
Chris Higgins | 26 | 3 | 19+0 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Patrick Boyle | 36 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
4 | MF | ![]() |
Brian Gilmour | 19 | 1 | 7+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Michael Rose | 40 | 3 | 33+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() |
Andy Geggan | 34 | 6 | 25+1 | 4 | 5+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
7 | FW | ![]() |
Michael Moffat | 45 | 13 | 30+5 | 11 | 5+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Robbie Crawford | 28 | 5 | 21+1 | 3 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Craig Moore | 41 | 27 | 15+16 | 19 | 5+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 3 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Alan Forrest | 34 | 9 | 16+13 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
11 | FW | ![]() |
Declan McDaid | 43 | 13 | 28+6 | 6 | 5+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 4 |
12 | MF | ![]() |
Craig McGuffie | 38 | 4 | 6+23 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() |
David Ferguson | 34 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
15 | MF | ![]() |
James Hilton | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() |
Jamie Adams | 30 | 5 | 21+4 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
17 | FW | ![]() |
Lawrence Shankland | 33 | 29 | 30+0 | 26 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 3 |
18 | MF | ![]() |
Stuart Faulds | 8 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
19 | GK | ![]() |
Ellis Hare-Reid | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
20 | GK | ![]() |
Lyle Avci | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
20 | GK | ![]() |
Jack Ruddy | 13 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
21 | DF | ![]() |
David Waite | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Kieran Balfour | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
23 | MF | ![]() |
Ross Docherty | 23 | 1 | 14+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
24 | MF | ![]() |
Leon Murphy | 11 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
25 | MF | ![]() |
Luke McCowan | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
26 | DF | ![]() |
Craig Reid | 29 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
27 | MF | ![]() |
Mark Kerr | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
28 | DF | ![]() |
Steven Bell | 15 | 1 | 15+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ayr United (C, P) | 36 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 92 | 42 | +50 | 76 | Promotion to the Championship |
2 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 68 | 32 | +36 | 75 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
3 | Alloa Athletic (O, P) | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 60 | |
4 | Arbroath | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 59 | |
5 | Stranraer | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 53 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AYR | KIL | CLY | ANN | DUM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ayr United (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 12 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | 1–0 | 5–1 | — | — | |
2 | Kilmarnock (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | — | — | 4–2 | — | 3–0 | ||
3 | Clyde | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
4 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 2 | 1–6 | 0–2 | — | — | — | ||
5 | Dumbarton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | 1–3 | — | — | 0–0p | — |
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