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 RelegatedCurrent Season
Seasons
+ Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonManagerDivisionTierPWDLFAPtsPosScottish CupLeagueCupChallengeCupNameGoalsLeagueTop goalscorer 1910–11Committee222 543627 - 1911–12Committee222 542435 R1 1912–13Committee226 451934 R2 1913–14Committee138 567233 1914–15 Herbert Dainty138 554048 1915–16 Lawrence Gemson138 724548 1916–17 Lawrence Gemson138 475931 1917–18 Lawrence Gemson134 326119 1918–19 John Cameron134 625338 1919–20 James McDonald142 726940 R3 1920–21 James McDonald142 626940 R3 1921–22 James McDonald142 556338 R2 1922–23 James McDonald138 434438 R3 1923–24 Jimmy Richardson138 386034 R4 1924–25 Jimmy Hay138 436530 R2 1925–26 Jimmy Hay238 773952 R1 1926–27 Archie Buchanan238 676841 1927–28 Archie Buchanan238 1176054 R2 1928–29 Archie Buchanan138 658431 R3 1929–30 Archie Buchanan138 709238 R2 1930–31 Archie Buchanan138 539227 R3 1931–32 Alex Gibson138 709029 1932–33 Alex Gibson138 629530 R2 1933–34 Alex Gibson138 879242 R2 1934–35 Alex Gibson138 6111229 R2 1935–36 Frank Thompson138 539825 1936–37 Frank Thompson234 1224954 1937–38 Frank Thompson138 668533 R4 1938–39 Frank Thompson138 768335 1939–40 Frank Thompson15 10174 1940–45No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War 1946–47 Bob Ferrier226 567320 R2 Group 1947–48 Bob Ferrier230 596127 Group 1948–49230 517027 Bob Ferrier Group 1949–50 Archie Anderson230 538022 Group 1950–51 Archie Anderson230 644036 R4 SF 1951–52 Archie Anderson230 554539 Group 1952–53 Archie Anderson230 765636 R3 Group 1953–54 Reuben Bennett230 505630 R2 QF 1954–55 Reuben Bennett230 617332 QF 1955–56 Neil McBain236 1035551 Group 1956–57 Jackie Cox134 488919 R5 Group 1957–58 Jackie Cox236 988142 Group 1958–59 Jackie Cox236 1154860 R3 QF 1959–60 Jackie Cox134 657334 R4 Group 1960–61 Jackie Cox134 518122 R2 Group 1961–62 Gerry Mays236 716338 QF 1962–63 Neil McBain236 687734 R2 Group 1963–64 Bobby Flavell236 588329 R4 Group 1964–65 Tom McCreath236 496724 Group 1965–66 Tom McCreath236 783753 QF 1966–67 Ally MacLeod134 20869 QF 1967–68 Ally MacLeod236 694842 QF 1968–69 Ally MacLeod236 823153 R2 QF 1969–70 Ally MacLeod134 375230 SF 1970–71 Ally MacLeod134 375426 R3 Group 1971–72 Ally MacLeod134 405828 R4 Group 1972–73 Ally MacLeod134 505140 SF Group 1973–74 Ally MacLeod134 444038 R5 Group 1974–75 Ally MacLeod134 506136 R3 Group 1975–76 Alex Stuart136 465933 R4 Group 1976–77 Alex Stuart136 446830 R4 Group 1977–78 Alex Stuart136 366824 R3 R3 1978–79 Willie McLean239 715247 R4 QF 1979–80 Willie McLean239 645144 R4 R3 1980–81 Willie McLean239 594245 R3 SF 1981–82 Willie McLean239 565042 R3 Group 1982–83 Willie McLean239 456132 R3 Group 1983–84 George Caldwell239 567032 R3 R2 1984–85 George Caldwell239 575239 R4 R3 1985–86 Ally MacLeod239 416031 R4 R2 1986–87 Ally MacLeod339 704952 R3 R3 1987–88 Ally MacLeod339 953161 R3 R2 1988–89 Ally MacLeod239 567235 R3 R2 1989–90 Ally MacLeod239 416235 R3 R2 1990–91 George Burley239 475932 R5 R2Runners-up 1991–92 George Burley244 635547 R3 QFRunners-up 1992–93 George Burley244 494446 R4 R2 R2 1993–94 Simon Stainrod244 425242 R3 R2 SF 1994–95 Simon Stainrod236 315829 R3 R2 QF 1995–96 Gordon Dalziel336 404045 R2 R2 R1 1996–97 Gordon Dalziel336 613377 R2 R3 R2 1997–98 Gordon Dalziel236 405640 R5 R2 R213 1998–99 Gordon Dalziel236 664262 R5 QF n/a20 1999–00 Gordon Dalziel236 425238 SF R3 R114 2000–01 Gordon Dalziel236 734169 R3 R1 R119 2001–02 Gordon Dalziel236 534452 SFRunners-up R221 2002–03 Campbell Money236 344445 R4 R2 R27 2003–04 Campbell Money236 375831 R3 R1 R110 2004–05 Mark Shanks336 395442 R4 R1 R110 2005–06 Bobby Connor336 566142 R3 R3 R1 2006–07 Bobby Connor336 464750 R3 R2 QF8 2007–08 Brian Reid336 516246 R3 R1 SF18 2008–09 Brian Reid336 713874 R4 R2 R117 2009–10 Brian Reid236 296031 R5 R2 R19 2010–11 Brian Reid336 625559 R5 R1 QF26 2011–12 Brian Reid236 446738 QF SF QF 11 2012–13 Mark Roberts336 536541 R4 R2 R1 21 2013–14 Mark Roberts336 656649 R4 R1 R2 25 2014–15 Mark Roberts Ian McCall336 456034 R3 R2 R1 9 2015–16 Ian McCall336 654761 R3 R2 R2 15 2016–17 Ian McCall236 336233 QF R2 QF 6 2017–18 Ian McCall336 924276 R5 R2 R2 26 2018–19 Ian McCall236 503854 R4 QF R1 24 2019–20 Ian McCall Mark Kerr227 383540 R5 Group R3 10 2020–21 Mark Kerr David Hopkin2 27 31 37 29 8th R3 R2 — 6 2021–22 David Hopkin Jim Duffy Lee Bullen2 36 39 52 39 8th R4 R2 R2 11 2022–23 Lee Bullen2 36 61 43 582nd QF Group R3 20 2023–24 Lee Bullen2 36 53 61 44 7th R5 R2 R3 13 2024–25 Scott Brown2 36 57 39 63 3rd R5 Group QF 13 2025–26 Scott Brown2
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