List of Ayr United F.C. seasons

Ayr United Football Club are a Scottish association football team based in Ayr, South Ayrshire. This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals F = Final

Champions

Runners-up

Semi Final

Quarter Final

Promoted

Relegated

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Manager	Division	Tier	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Name	Goals
		League													Top goalscorer
1910–11	Committee	Div 2 (Old)	2	22	12	3	7	54	36	27	2nd	-
1911–12	Committee	Div 2 (Old)	2	22	16	3	3	54	24	35	1st	R1
1912–13	Committee	Div 2 (Old)	2	26	13	8	5	45	19	34	1st	R2
1913–14	Committee	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	13	7	18	56	72	33	9th
1914–15	Herbert Dainty	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	20	8	10	55	40	48	4th
1915–16	Lawrence Gemson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	20	8	10	72	45	48	4th
1916–17	Lawrence Gemson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	12	7	19	47	59	31	15th
1917–18	Lawrence Gemson	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	5	9	20	32	61	19	18th
1918–19	John Cameron	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	15	8	11	62	53	38	5th
1919–20	James McDonald	Div 1 (Old)	1	42	15	10	17	72	69	40	10th	R3
1920–21	James McDonald	Div 1 (Old)	1	42	14	12	16	62	69	40	14th	R3
1921–22	James McDonald	Div 1 (Old)	1	42	13	12	17	55	63	38	14th	R2
1922–23	James McDonald	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	13	12	13	43	44	38	10th	R3
1923–24	Jimmy Richardson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	12	10	16	38	60	34	14th	R4
1924–25	Jimmy Hay	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	11	8	19	43	65	30	19th	R2
1925–26	Jimmy Hay	Div 2 (Old)	2	38	20	12	6	77	39	52	3rd	R1
1926–27	Archie Buchanan	Div 2 (Old)	2	38	13	15	10	67	68	41	8th
1927–28	Archie Buchanan	Div 2 (Old)	2	38	24	6	8	117	60	54	1st	R2
1928–29	Archie Buchanan	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	12	7	19	65	84	31	16th	R3
1929–30	Archie Buchanan	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	16	6	16	70	92	38	9th	R2
1930–31	Archie Buchanan	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	8	11	19	53	92	27	18th	R3
1931–32	Alex Gibson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	11	7	20	70	90	29	17th
1932–33	Alex Gibson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	13	4	21	62	95	30	16th	R2
1933–34	Alex Gibson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	16	10	12	87	92	42	8th	R2
1934–35	Alex Gibson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	12	5	21	61	112	29	18th	R2
1935–36	Frank Thompson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	11	3	24	53	98	25	20th
1936–37	Frank Thompson	Div 2 (Old)	2	34	25	4	5	122	49	54	1st
1937–38	Frank Thompson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	9	15	14	66	85	33	17th	R4
1938–39	Frank Thompson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	13	9	16	76	83	35	14th
1939–40	Frank Thompson	Div 1 (Old)	1	5	2	0	3	10	17	4	18th
1940–45[1]		Not held		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–				–	–
1946–47	Bob Ferrier	Div 2 (Old)	2	26	9	2	15	56	73	20	11th	R2	Group
1947–48	Bob Ferrier	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	9	9	12	59	61	27	10th		Group
1948–49		Div 2 (Old)	2	30	10	7	13	51	70	27	9th	Bob Ferrier	Group
1949–50	Archie Anderson	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	8	6	16	53	80	22	13th		Group
1950–51	Archie Anderson	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	15	6	9	64	40	36	3rd	R4	SF
1951–52	Archie Anderson	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	17	5	8	55	45	39	3rd		Group
1952–53	Archie Anderson	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	17	2	11	76	56	36	5th	R3	Group
1953–54	Reuben Bennett	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	11	8	11	50	56	30	9th	R2	QF
1954–55	Reuben Bennett	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	14	4	12	61	73	32	8th		QF
1955–56	Neil McBain	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	24	3	9	103	55	51	2nd		Group
1956–57	Jackie Cox	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	7	5	22	48	89	19	18th	R5	Group
1957–58	Jackie Cox	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	18	6	12	98	81	42	5th		Group
1958–59	Jackie Cox	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	28	4	4	115	48	60	1st	R3	QF
1959–60	Jackie Cox	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	14	6	14	65	73	34	8	R4	Group
1960–61	Bobby Flavell	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	5	12	17	51	81	22	18th	R2	Group
1961–62	Gerry Mays	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	15	8	13	71	63	38	9th		QF
1962–63	Neil McBain	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	13	8	15	68	77	34	13th	R2	Group
1963–64	Bobby Flavell	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	12	5	19	58	83	29	14th	R4	Group
1964–65	Tom McCreath	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	9	6	21	49	67	24	18th		Group
1965–66	Tom McCreath	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	22	9	5	78	37	53	1st		QF
1966–67	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	1	7	26	20	86	9	18th		QF
1967–68	Ally MacLeod	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	18	6	12	69	48	42	5th		QF
1968–69	Ally MacLeod	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	23	7	6	82	31	53	2nd	R2	QF
1969–70	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	12	6	16	37	52	30	14th		SF
1970–71	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	9	8	17	37	54	26	14th	R3	Group
1971–72	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	9	10	15	40	58	28	12th	R4	Group
1972–73	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	16	8	10	50	51	40	6th	SF	Group
1973–74	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	15	8	11	44	40	38	7th	R5	Group
1974–75	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	14	8	12	50	61	36	7th	R3	Group
1975–76	Alex Stuart	Prem	1	36	14	5	17	46	59	33	6th	R4	Group
1976–77	Alex Stuart	Prem	1	36	11	8	17	44	68	30	8th	R4	Group
1977–78	Alex Stuart	Prem	1	36	9	6	21	36	68	24	9th	R3	R3
1978–79	Willie McLean	Div 1	2	39	21	5	13	71	52	47	4th	R4	QF
1979–80	Willie McLean	Div 1	2	39	16	12	11	64	51	44	3rd	R4	R3
1980–81	Willie McLean	Div 1	2	39	17	11	11	59	42	45	6th	R3	SF
1981–82	Willie McLean	Div 1	2	39	15	12	12	56	50	42	6th	R3	Group
1982–83	Willie McLean	Div 1	2	39	12	8	19	45	61	32	12th	R3	Group
1983–84	George Caldwell	Div 1	2	39	10	12	17	56	70	32	12th	R3	R2
1984–85	George Caldwell	Div 1	2	39	15	9	15	57	52	39	7th	R4	R3
1985–86	Ally MacLeod	Div 1	2	39	10	11	18	41	60	31	13th	R4	R2
1986–87	Ally MacLeod	Div 2	3	39	22	8	9	70	49	52	4th	R3	R3
1987–88	Ally MacLeod	Div 2	3	39	27	7	5	95	31	61	1st	R3	R2
1988–89	Ally MacLeod	Div 1	2	39	13	9	17	56	72	35	11th	R3	R2
1989–90	Ally MacLeod	Div 1	2	39	11	13	15	41	62	35	10th	R3	R2
1990–91	George Burley	Div 1	2	39	10	12	17	47	59	32	12th	R5	R2	Runners-up
1991–92	George Burley	Div 1	2	44	18	11	15	63	55	47	6th	R3	QF	Runners-up
1992–93	George Burley	Div 1	2	44	14	18	12	49	44	46	7th	R4	R2	R2
1993–94	Simon Stainrod	Div 1	2	44	14	14	16	42	52	42	7th	R3	R2	SF
1994–95	Simon Stainrod	Div 1	2	36	6	11	19	31	58	29	9th	R3	R2	QF
1995–96	Gordon Dalziel	Div 2	3	36	11	12	13	40	40	45	6th	R2	R2	R1
1996–97	Gordon Dalziel	Div 2	3	36	23	8	5	61	33	77	1st	R2	R3	R2
1997–98	Gordon Dalziel	Div 1	2	36	10	10	16	40	56	40	7th	R5	R2	R2	Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson	13
1998–99	Gordon Dalziel	Div 1	2	36	19	5	12	66	42	62	3rd	R5	QF	n/a	Hurst, GlynnGlynn Hurst	20
1999–00	Gordon Dalziel	Div 1	2	36	10	8	18	42	52	38	7th	SF	R3	R1	Hurst, GlynnGlynn Hurst	14
2000–01	Gordon Dalziel	Div 1	2	36	19	12	5	73	41	69	2nd	R3	R1	R1	Annand, EddieEddie Annand	19
2001–02	Gordon Dalziel	Div 1	2	36	13	13	10	53	44	52	3rd	SF	Runners-up	R2	Annand, EddieEddie Annand	21
2002–03	Campbell Money	Div 1	2	36	12	9	15	34	44	45	6th	R4	R2	R2	Kean, StewartStewart Kean	7
2003–04	Campbell Money	Div 1	2	36	6	13	17	37	58	31	9th	R3	R1	R1	Kean, StewartStewart Kean	10
2004–05	Mark Shanks	Div 2	3	36	11	9	16	39	54	42	8th	R4	R1	R1	Kean, StewartStewart Kean	10
2005–06	Bobby Connor	Div 2	3	36	10	12	14	56	61	42	6th	R3	R3	R1
2006–07	Bobby Connor	Div 2	3	36	14	8	14	46	47	50	5th	R3	R2	QF	Vareille, JeromeJerome Vareille	8
2007–08	Brian Reid	Div 2	3	36	13	7	16	51	62	46	7th	R3	R1	SF	Williams, AlexAlex Williams	18
2008–09	Brian Reid	Div 2	3	36	22	8	6	71	38	74	2nd	R4	R2	R1	Prunty, BryanBryan Prunty	17
2009–10	Brian Reid	Div 1	2	36	7	10	19	29	60	31	10th	R5	R2	R1	Roberts, MarkMark Roberts	9
2010–11	Brian Reid	Div 2	3	36	18	5	13	62	55	59	2nd	R5	R1	QF	Roberts, MarkMark Roberts	26
2011–12	Brian Reid	Div 1	2	36	9	11	16	44	67	38	9th	QF	SF	QF	Roberts, MarkMark Roberts	11
2012–13	Mark Roberts	Div 2	3	36	12	5	19	53	65	41	7th	R4	R2	R1	Moffat, MichaelMichael Moffat	21
2013–14	Mark Roberts	L1	3	36	14	7	15	65	66	49	4th	R4	R1	R2	Moffat, MichaelMichael Moffat	25

The 2016–17 season is currently ongoing.

Notes and references

1. No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War