2024–25 Ayr United F.C. season

Ayr United
2024–25 season
ChairmanDavid Smith
ManagerScott Brown
StadiumSomerset Park
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The 2024–25 season is Ayr United's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Championship after being promoted from League One in the 2017–18 season. Ayr will also compete in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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27 June 2024 John Sludden Trophy East Stirlingshire 2–4 Ayr United Falkirk
19:30 52' 67' Bryden 5', 25'
McKenzie 11'
Ben Dempsey 27'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
2 July 2024 East Kilbride 2–4 Ayr United East Kilbride
19:30 Watson 42'
Robertson 49'		 Dowds 8'
Oakley 23'
Rus 58'
Bryden 90+1'		 Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
5 July 2024 Ayr United 1–1 Celtic Ayr
19:45 Dowds 34 pen.' Report Furuhashi 24 pen.' Stadium: Somerset Park
11 July 2024 Ayrshire Derby Ayr United 3–2 Kilmarnock Ayr
19:45 Stanger 25'
Rus 34'
Dowds 65 pen.'		 Lyons 43'
Deas 72'		 Stadium: Somerset Park

Scottish Championship

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3 August 2024 1 Hamilton Academical v Ayr United Hamilton
15:00 Stadium: New Douglas Park
9 August 2024 2 Ayr United v Airdrieonians Ayr
19:45 Stadium: Somerset Park
24 August 2024 3 Ayr United v Raith Rovers Ayr
15:00 Stadium: Somerset Park
31 August 2024 4 Dunfermline Athletic v Ayr United Dunfermline
15:00 Stadium: East End Park

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2023–24 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup group stage § Group B
16 July 2024 1 Ayr United 1–0 Falkirk Ayr
19:45 Dowds 5' Report Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Calum Scott
20 July 2024 2 Dundee United 2–1 Ayr United Dundee
15:00 Babunski 17'
Forbes 68'		 Report Rus 55' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 2,157
Referee: Kevin Clancy
23 July 2024 3 Stenhousemuir 1–4 Ayr United Stenhousemuir
19:45 Taylor 6' Report Oakley 8'
Musonda 26'
Dowds 56'
Henderson 65'		 Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 629
Referee: Gavin Duncan
27 July 2024 4 Ayr United 3–2 Buckie Thistle Ayr
15:00 Henderson 30', 43'
Hastie 67'		 Report Peters 45'
McLeod 57'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,415
Referee: Colin Steven

Squad statistics

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Appearances

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As of 27 July 2024[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Scotland SCO Nick McAllister 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Patrick Reading 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Zambia ZAM Frankie Musonda 2 1 0+0 0 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Andy Murdoch 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Anton Dowds 4 2 0+0 0 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Ben Dempsey 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG George Oakley 4 1 0+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aiden McGeady 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW Scotland SCO Fraser Bryden 3 0 0+0 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF New Zealand NZL George Stanger 4 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Jamie Murphy 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Jake Hastie 4 1 0+0 0 1+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Jay Henderson 4 3 0+0 0 4+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 GK Scotland SCO Ollie Ecrepont 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF Albania ALB Roy Syla 2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England ENG Ethan Walker 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW Scotland SCO Mark McKenzie 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF Romania ROU Marco Rus 3 1 0+0 0 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Scott Tomlinson 2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Max Guthrie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW Scotland SCO Lucas McRoberts 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK Scotland SCO Harry Stone 4 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF Scotland SCO Dylan Watret 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Scott McMann 4 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 GK Scotland SCO Liam Russell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Robbie Mutch 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2024–25 season

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Airdrieonians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 2 August 2024. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[3]

League Cup table

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Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAL DUN AYR STE BUC
1 Falkirk 4 3 0 0 1 11 2 +9 9 Qualification for the second round — 2–0 — 4–0 —
2 Dundee United 4 3 0 0 1 10 5 +5 9 — — 2–1 3–0 —
3 Ayr United 4 3 0 0 1 9 5 +4 9 1–0 — — — 3–2
4 Stenhousemuir 4 1 0 0 3 5 11 −6 3 — — 1–4 — 4–0
5 Buckie Thistle 4 0 0 0 4 5 17 −12 0 1–5 2–5 — — —
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Name From Fee Ref.
24 May 2024 FW England George Oakley Greenock Morton Free transfer [6]
25 May 2024 Anton Dowds Partick Thistle [7]
15 June 2024 MF Romania Marco Rus England Coventry City Undisclosed [8]
16 June 2024 DF Scott McMann Dundee United Free transfer [9]
19 June 2024 MF England Ethan Walker England Blackburn Rovers [10]
9 July 2024 MF Jake Hastie England Hartlepool United [11]
16 July 2024 GK Liam Russell Queen's Park [12]
19 July 2024 DF Mikey Devlin Livingston [13]

Transfers out

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Date Position Name To Fee Ref.
6 May 2024 GK England Charlie Albinson Hamilton Academical Free transfer [14][15]
DF England Nathan McGinley England Spennymoor Town [16][17]
MF Carter Jenkins [16]
Paul Smith Annan Athletic [16][18]
Dario Viviani Troon [16][19]
24 May 2024 FW England Franny Amartey England Weymouth [20][21]
Jamaica Ahkeem Rose [20]
16 June 2024 DF Republic of Ireland Sean McGinty Hamilton Academical [22][23]

Loans in

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Date Position Name From End date Ref.
31 May 2024 GK Harry Stone Heart of Midlothian 31 May 2025 [24]
1 June 2024 MF Jay Henderson Ross County [25]

Loans out

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Date Position Name From End date Ref.
19 July 2024 GK Ollie Ecrepont East Stirlingshire 31 May 2025 [26]

References

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  1. ^ "Ayr United FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Ayr United: George Oakley signs pre-contract agreement". Ayr Advertiser. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Anton Dowds signs for season 2024/25". Ayr United FC. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  8. ^ Turner, Andy (15 June 2024). "Coventry City complete first outward transfer as midfielder moves for 'undisclosed' fee - CoventryLive". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Scott McMann joins the Honest Men". Ayr United FC. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  10. ^ Barnes, Dan (19 June 2024). "Ethan Walker joins Ayr United after Blackburn Rovers release". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  11. ^ Barnes, Dan (19 June 2024). "Former Hartlepool United winger Jake Hastie signs for Scottish Championship side Ayr United". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Liam Russell Signs". x.com. Ayr United FC. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Mikey Devlin joins Ayr United". Ayr United FC. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Charlie Albinson Departs". Ayr United FC. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Charlie Albinson becomes our first summer signing". Hamilton Academical FC. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  16. ^ a b c d "End of Season Squad Update". Ayr United FC. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Nathan McGinley Signs For Spennymoor". Speenymoor Town FC. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  18. ^ "New Signing: Paul Smith". Annan Athletic FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  19. ^ "New Signing – Welcome Back Dario Viviani!". Troon FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Ahkeem Rose & Franny Amartey To Depart". Ayr United FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Francis Amartey joins Weymouth after Ayr United exit". Dorset Echo. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  22. ^ "Sean McGinty to depart". Ayr United FC. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Sean McGinty makes it four summer signings". Hamilton Academical FC. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Harry Stone joins the Honest Men". Ayr United FC. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Jay Henderson departs on loan". Ross County FC. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Welcome Back Ollie!". East Stirlingshire FC. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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