2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season

December 2021 Ayr United 2009–10 Brian Reid Lachlan Cameron First Division Tenth place (Relegated) Scottish Cup Fifth round, lost to Dundee League Cup Second round, lost to St Mirren Challenge Cup First round, lost to Albion Rovers Mark Roberts (9) Mark Roberts (8) 2008–09 2010–11 _black_hoops _black_hoops _black_hoops FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF ffffff FFFFFF _amber_sleeve_seams DC143C DC143C DC143C 003F87 003F87 The 2009–10 season was the 100th season of competitive football by Ayr United. Summary Season In the 2009–10 season, Ayr United celebrated their centennial year by gaining promotion to The First Division after the play-off victory at The Excelsior Stadium against Airdrie United. Ayr were promoted after a five-year stint in the Second Division. Airdrie United were later rewarded First Division status after Livingston were double-relegated to the Fourth Tier of Scottish football for financial reasons. Ayr were promoted along with Fife side Raith Rovers; the other club joining the First Division after being absent for half a decade are Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who were relegated from the SPL at the end of the 2008–09 season. Ayr United were relegated at the end of the season when they finished bottom of the league. Competitions #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Pre-season Friendly 11 July 2009 SV Wacker Burghausen 0–3 Ayr United Bischofshofen, Austria 0 W Friendly 15 July 2009 Ayr United 1–2 Unirea Urziceni Somerset Park, Ayr 970 L Friendly 18 July 2009 Ayr United 0–1 St Mirren Somerset Park, Ayr 1,183 L Friendly 20 July 2009 Ayr United 0–2 St Johnstone Somerset Park, Ayr 581 L Scottish First Division 2009–10 Scottish First Division Match 1 8 August 2009 15:00 Ayr United 1–1 Partick Thistle Mark Roberts Somerset Park, Ayr 3,078 D Match 2 15 August 2009 15:00 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–0 Ayr United Caledonian Stadium, Inverness 3,297 D Match 3 22 August 2009 15:00 Ayr United 0–2 Greenock Morton Somerset Park, Ayr 2,304 L Match 4 29 August 2009 15:00 Queen of the South 0–2 Ayr United Palmerston Park, Dumfries 3,034 L Match 5 12 September 2009 15:00 Ayr United 1–1 Airdrie United Mark Roberts Somerset Park, Ayr 1,718 D Match 6 19 September 2009 15:00 Ross County 2–1 Ayr United Mark Roberts Victoria Park, Dingwall 1,885 L Match 7 26 September 2009 15:00 Ayr United 1–0 Raith Rovers Kenny Connolly Somerset Park, Ayr 1,783 W Match 8 10 October 2009 15:00 Dunfermline 3–1 Ayr United Chris Aitken East End Park, Dunfermline 2,460 L Match 9 14 October 2009 15:00 Ayr United 2–2 Dundee Ryan McGowan Ryan Stevenson Somerset Park, Ayr 1,710 D Match 10 17 October 2009 15:00 Partick Thistle 2–0 Ayr United Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 3,055 L Match 11 24 October 2009 15:00 Ayr United 1–5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Mark Roberts Somerset Park, Ayr 1,609 L Match 12 31 October 2009 15:00 Airdrie United 3–1 Ayr United Airdrie Own Goal Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 1,184 L Match 13 7 November 2009 15:00 Ayr United 0–1 Queen of the South Somerset Park, Ayr 2,453 L Match 14 14 November 2009 15:00 Ayr United 1–1 Ross County Mark Roberts Somerset Park, Ayr 1,236 D Match 15 21 November 2009 15:00 Raith Rovers 0–0 Ayr United Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy 1,460 D Match 16 5 December 2009 15:00 Ayr United 1–0 Dunfermline Ryan Stevenson Somerset Park, Ayr 1,625 W Match 17 12 December 2009 15:00 Dundee 3–1 Ayr United Stephen Reynolds Dens Park, Dundee 4,323 L Match 18 23 January 2010 15:00 Ross County 1–0 Ayr United Victoria Park, Dingwall 1,935 L Match 19 16 February 2010 15:00 Queen of the South 3–0 Ayr United Palmerston Park, Dumfries 1,721 L Match 20 20 February 2010 15:00 Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 Ayr United Tam McManus East End Park, Dunfermline 2,429 W Match 21 27 February 2010 15:00 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–3 Ayr United Aitken Mark Roberts Tam McManus Caledonian Stadium, Inverness 2,843 D Match 22 6 March 2010 15:00 Ayr United 2–0 Greenock Morton Mark Roberts Tam McManus Somerset Park, Ayr 2,145 W Match 23 11 March 2010 15:00 Ayr United 1–0 Partick Thistle Steve Bowey Somerset Park, Ayr 1,505 W Match 24 13 March 2010 15:00 Airdrie United 1–1 Ayr United Daniel McKay Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 1,122 D Match 25 17 March 2010 15:00 Ayr United 1–1 Dundee Daniel Lafferty Somerset Park, Ayr 1,375 D Match 26 20 March 2010 15:00 Ayr United 3–0 20 March 2010 Queen of the South Tam McManusDaniel McKay Mark Roberts Somerset Park, Ayr 2,139 W Match 27 27 March 2010 15:00 Raith Rovers 1–1 Ayr United Chris Mitchell Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy 1,872 D Match 28 30 March 2010 15:00 Greenock Morton 1–0 Ayr United Cappielow, Greenock 1,289 L Match 29 3 April 2010 15:00 Dundee 3–0 Ayr United Dens Park, Dundee 4,270 L Match 30 7 April 2010 15:00 Ayr United 0–2 Raith Rovers Somerset Park, Ayr 1,376 L Match 31 10 April 2010 15:00 Ayr United 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic Tam McManus Somerset Park, Ayr 1,367 L Match 32 17 April 2010 15:00 Partick Thistle 0–1 Ayr United Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 1,877 W Match 33 21 April 2010 15:00 Ayr United 1–4 Airdrie United Dean Keenan Somerset Park, Ayr 1,781 L Match 34 24 April 2010 15:00 Ayr United 0–7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Somerset Park, Ayr 1,804 L Match 35 28 April 2010 15:00 Ayr United 0–1 Ross County Somerset Park, Ayr 1,032 L Match 36 1 May 2010 15:00 Greenock Morton 2–1 Ayr United McKay Cappielow, Greenock 3,771 L Scottish Challenge Cup 2009–10 Scottish Challenge Cup Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 25 July 2009 15:00 Ayr United 0–2 Albion Rovers Somerset Park, Ayr 979 L Scottish League Cup 2009–10 Scottish League Cup Matches Scottish League Cup round 1 1 August 2009 15:00 Stirling Albion 1–2 Ayr United William Easton Aitken Forthbank Stadium, Stirling 802 W Scottish League Cup round 2 26 August 2009 15:00 Ayr United 0–2 St Mirren Somerset Park, Ayr 1,652 L Scottish Cup 2009–10 Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup round 3 28 November 2009 15:00 Deveronvale 0–1 Ayr United Ryan Stevenson Princess Royal Park, Banff 192 W Scottish League Cup round 4 18 January 2010 15:00 Ayr United 1–0 Brechin City Roberts Somerset Park, Ayr 1,139 W Scottish League Cup round 5 6 February 2010 15:00 Dundee 2–1 Ayr United McManus Dens Park, Dundee 2,852 L 2009–10 playing squad SCO Stephen Grindlay GK SCO Craig Samson GK SCO Andy Aitken DF SCO Martyn Campbell DF SCO Billy Gibson DF SCO Kevin James DF SCO Ryan Borris MF ENG Steve Bowey MF SCO Kenny Connolly MF SCO William Easton MF SCO Dean Keenan MF SCO Alistair Woodburn MF SCO Tam McManus FW MSR Junior Mendes FW SCO Mark Roberts FW Management and staff Name Occupation USA Lachlan Cameron Chairman Scotland Brian Reid Manager Scotland Scott MacKenzie Assistant Manager Scotland Kevin MacLellan Physio Scotland David Johnstone Fitness Coach Scotland Dr. Kirk Russell Club Doctor Scotland Davie Harkness Groundsman Sponsorship Kit Maker Shirt sponsor(Front) Shirt sponsor(Back) Short sponsor Surridge Sports Paligap Network Solutions Legal Service Scotland Giles Insurance Brokers Goalscorers Name Apps Goals Scotland Mark Roberts 26 9 FW Scotland Tam McManus 8 5 FW Scotland Ryan Stevenson 21 3 MF Scotland Daniel McKay 6 2 FW Scotland Andy Aitken 19 2 DF Scotland Chris Aitken 18 1 MF Australia Ryan McGowan 18 1 MF Scotland Kenny Connolly 23 1 MF Scotland Willie Easton 18 1 MF Northern Ireland Daniel Lafferty 4 1 DF England Steve Bowey 6 1 MF Scotland Stephen Reynolds 4 1 FW Players in Italics have now left the club Players in on loan NIR DF Daniel Lafferty on loan from Celtic AUS DF Ryan McGowan on loan from Hearts SCO DF Chris Mitchell on loan from Falkirk AUS MF Rocky Visconte on loan from Hearts SCO Daniel McKay FW on loan from Kilmarnock SCO Stephen Reynolds FW on loan from St Johnstone Players out on loan SCO David Mitchell GK On Loan to Stranraer SCO Scott Agnew MF On Loan to Stranraer SCO Kevin Cawley FW On Loan to Stranraer Departed players SCO Neil McGowan DF Now At Clyde SCO David O'Brien MF Now At Stirling Albion SCO Chris Aitken MF Now At Stirling Albion SCO Ryan Stevenson MF Now At Hearts SCO Bryan Prunty FW Now At Alloa Athletic SCO David Gormley FW Now At Alloa Athletic Squad changes Boss Brian Reid made many changes to the squad during the Close-Season, bringing in Kevin James from St Johnstone, Kevin Cawley from Celtic, Craig Samson from Hereford United, Andy Aitken from Queen of the South, Billy Gibson from Clyde and David O'Brien from Dundee (Who only played one game before joining Stirling Albion) and departing were Scott Walker to join Alloa Athletic, Murray Henderson who went to sign for Stranraer, Alex Williams moving to Irish Club Dundalk, Allan Dempsie re-joining Elgin City and goalkeeper Fraser Stewart. There were many changes to the squad throughout the course of the season bringing several loan signings such as Australian Ryan McGowan a defensive-midfielder from Hearts, Stephen Reynolds a 20-year-old striker from St Johnstone brought in for one month as an emergency loan signing, Rocky Visconte another Australian from Hearts, Chris Mitchell a Scotland Under-21 defender, Daniel McKay from local-rivals Kilmarnock and Daniel Lafferty from Celtic. Brian Reid also David Mitchell out on loan to Stranraer to the end of the season, another player to leave the club on a temporary basis was Scott Agnew who joined Alloa Athletic until January then signed for Stranraer for the duration of the season. Players leaving the club on a permanent basis were Bryan Prunty and David Gormley who both joined Alloa, Chris Aitken who re-joined previous club Stirling Albion, Neil McGowan who signed for Clyde and fans-favourite Ryan Stevenson who joined SPL club Hearts for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £10k. players joining the club included Steve Bowey from English side Bedlington Terriers, Tam McManus from Derry City and Montserrat international Junior Mendes. Final League Table AYR Scottish First Division 2009–10 Scottish First Division Results summary 5 5 8 17 30 2 5 11 12 30 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A Result D/D/L/L/D/L/W/L/D/L/L/L/L/D/D/W/L/L/L/W/D/W/W/D/D/W/D/L/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/L Position 4/7/9/10/9/9/7/8/9/9/9/10/10/9/9/9/9/8/9/9/10/10/10/9/9/9/9/9/9/9/9/10/10/10/10/10 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st red1 2 May 2020 May 2020 External links Official Website https://web.archive.org/web/20010404083442/http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/ 4 April 2001 Archive Site Unofficial Site and Fans Forum Ayr United Category:Ayr United F.C. seasons