2015–16 Ayr United F.C. season

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Ayr United
2015–16 season
Manager Ian McCall
Stadium Somerset Park
League One Third (ongoing)
Challenge Cup Second Round, Lost to Rangers
League Cup Second Round, Lost to Ross County
Scottish Cup Third Round, Lost to Dunfermline
Top goalscorer League: Preston (5)[1]
All: Preston (5)
Highest home attendance League: 1,415[2] vs. Stranraer, 31 October 2015
Cup: 7,468 vs. Rangers, 19 August 2015
Lowest home attendance League: 1,046[2] vs. Stenhousemuir, 1 September 2015
Cup: 976 vs. Brechin City, 1 August 2015
Average home league attendance 1,208[2]
Home colours
Away colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 9 September 2015.

The 2015–16 season is Ayr United's 106th in existence and the club's third season in the Scottish League One. Ayr United will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season overview

May

  • 19 May 2015: Nicky Devlin signs a new one-year deal with Ayr United and is made the new club captain for the 2015-16 season.[3] He will be Ayr United's youngest captain for 102 years.[4]
  • 29 May 2015: Ayr United manager Ian McCall agrees a one-year extension to his contract, until the end of the 2016/2017 season.[5]

July

October

January

  • 5 January 2016: Craig Moore extends his loan from Motherwell until the end of the season.[13]
  • 6 January 2016: Ayr United release striker Ross Caldwell and centre-half Martyn Campbell from their contracts.[14]
  • 23 January 2016: Ryan Stevenson signs a contract to play for Ayr United until at least the end of the current 2015/2016 season, after being released from his Partick Thistle contract by mutual consent. Jordan Preston also extended his loan from Blackburn Rovers until the end of this season.[15]

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / First Sponsor: Bodog

Home
Away

Results & fixtures

Review

Competition Started round Current Position Final Position First match Last match
Scottish League One Matchday 1 Matchday 34 — 8 August 2015 —
Scottish Challenge Cup 1st Round Eliminated 2nd Round 25 July 2015 19 August 2015
Scottish Cup 3rd Round Eliminated 3rd Round 28 November 2015 28 November 2015
League Cup 1st Round Eliminated 2nd Round 1 August 2015 25 August 2015

Last Updated: 23 January 2016

Pre-season

      Win       Draw       Loss

Scottish League One

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Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League One

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Player statistics

Squad, appearance and goals

As of match played 12 September 2015[16][17]
No. Nat Player Total League Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
Scotland Greg Fleming 10 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Scotland Shaun Newman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
Scotland Patrick Boyle 10 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 2 0
Scotland Martyn Campbell 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Scotland Nicky Devlin 9 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 1
Scotland Gerry McLauchlan 8 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 0
Scotland Craig McCracken 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0
Scotland Andy Graham 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Andrew Muir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
Republic of Ireland Peter Murphy 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland Jamie Adams 7 0 5 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Scotland Robbie Crawford 8 0 4 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (1) 0
Scotland Ross Docherty 9 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Scotland Michael Donald 10 0 1 (5) 0 0 0 2 0 1 (1) 0
Scotland Alan Forrest 9 3 5 (1) 3 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0
Scotland Brian Gilmour 10 0 5 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Scotland Alan Trouten 8 3 2 (2) 2 0 0 2 0 2 1
Scotland Michael Wardrope 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
Scotland Ross Caldwell 8 2 1 (3) 1 0 0 2 0 2 1
Scotland Sean McKenzie 1 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Craig Moore 7 3 5 3 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 0
Scotland Jordan Preston 5 3 4 3 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
Scotland Ryan Nisbet 4 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0

Clean sheets

As of match played 23 January 2016
Pos Nat Name Total Scottish League One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup
GK Scotland Greg Fleming 6 5 0 1 0
Totals 6 5 0 1 0

Last updated: 30 January 2016'
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Goal scorers

As of match played 12 September 2015[1][16]
No. Pos. Nation Name Scottish League One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup Total
FW Scotland Craig Moore 3 0 0 0 3
MF Scotland Alan Trouten 2 0 0 1 3
FW Scotland Jordan Preston 3 0 0 0 3
MF Scotland Alan Forrest 3 0 0 0 3
FW Scotland Ross Caldwell 1 0 0 1 2
DF Scotland Gerry McLauchlan 0 0 1 0 1
DF Scotland Nicky Devlin 0 0 0 1 1
DF Scotland Patrick Boyle 0 0 1 0 1
# Own goals 1 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 11 0 2 3 16

Last updated: 12 September 2015'
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

As of match played 25 July 2015[17]
Position Nation Name Total Scottish League One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Club statistics

League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) 36 24 7 5 83 30 +53 79 Promotion to Scottish Championship
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 19 4 13 65 47 +18 61 Qualification to Championship play-offs
3 Peterhead (Q) 36 16 11 9 72 47 +25 59
4 Stranraer (Q) 36 15 6 15 43 49 −6 51
5 Airdrieonians 36 14 7 15 48 50 −2 49
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Ground A H A H H A A H H A A H   H H H   H   A A H   H   H   H H   H   H      
Result L W W D W W W D W D W W D W W L L W L L W L L W W W L W L L W L L W    
Position 9 6 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3    

Source: BBC Sport

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
21 12 4 5 40 27  +13 40 7 2 1 25 10  +15 5 2 4 15 17  −2

Last updated: 23 Jan 2016.
Source: SPFL

Ayr United play each other team in the Scottish League One four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 36 games.

      Win       Draw       Loss

Home attendances

      Win       Draw       Loss

Comp Date Score Opponent Attendance Ref.
Challenge Cup 25 July 2015 3 – 1 Albion Rovers 1,003 [18]
League Cup 1 August 2015 2 – 0 Brechin City 976
League One 15 August 2015 2 – 1 Brechin City 1,074
Challenge Cup 19 August 2015 0 – 2 Rangers 7,468
League One 29 August 2015 2 – 2 Forfar Athletic 1,243
League One 1 September 2015 5 – 2 Stenhousemuir 1,046
League One 26 September 2015 1 – 1 Peterhead 1,304
League One 3 October 2015 5 – 0 Cowdenbeath 1,171
League One 31 October 2015 3 – 1 Stranraer 1,415
League One 14 November 2015 1 – 0 Albion Rovers 1,389 [19]
League One 21 November 2015 3 – 0 Airdrieonians 1,403 [20]
Scottish Cup 28 November 2015 0 – 1 Dunfermline 1,576 [21]
League One 12 December 2015 1 – 2 Dunfermline 2,076 [22]
League One 26 December 2015 2 – 1 Brechin City 1,485 [23]
Total attendance: 24,629
Average total attendance: 1,759
Total league attendance: 13,606 [2]
Average league attendance: 1,361 [2]

Last updated: 23 January 2016
Source: Match reports in Results

Awards

Scottish League One Player of the Month award

Month Player
September Scotland Nicky Devlin

Scottish League One Manager of the Month award

Month Manager
September Scotland Ian McCall

Transfers

Players in

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Ref.
– GK Scotland Greg Fleming 28 EU Scotland Stenhousemuir Transfer Summer – Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– MF Scotland Jamie Adams 27 EU Scotland Wigtown & Bladnoch Transfer Summer Jan 2016 Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– FW Scotland Ross Caldwell 21 EU Scotland Greenock Morton Transfer Summer Jan 2016 Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– DF Scotland Patrick Boyle 28 EU Scotland Airdrieonians Transfer Summer 2017 Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– DF Scotland Gerry McLauchlan 26 EU Scotland Brechin City Transfer Summer – Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– MF Scotland Alan Trouten 29 EU Scotland Brechin City Transfer Summer 2017 Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– MF Scotland Ross Docherty 22 EU Scotland Airdrieonians Transfer Summer 2017 Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– FW Scotland Craig Moore 20 EU Scotland Motherwell Loan Summer Jan 2016 Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– FW Scotland Jordan Preston – EU England Blackburn Rovers Loan Summer Jan 2016 Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– DF Scotland Andy Graham 31 EU Scotland Dumbarton Transfer Summer 2016 Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk

Players out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
– FW Scotland Craig Beattie 31 EU Scotland Stirling Albion End of contract Summer Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– GK Scotland David Hutton 30 EU Scotland Dunfermline Athletic End of contract Summer Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– FW Scotland David Robertson 28 EU Free agent End of contract Summer Released ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– MF Scotland JP McGovern 34 EU Free agent End of contract Summer Released ayrunitedfc.co.uk
– FW Scotland Dale Shirkie 20 EU Scotland Troon End of contract Summer Free ayrunitedfc.co.uk

Notes

References

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