2013–14 Ayr United F.C. season

Ayr United 2013–14 Lachlan Cameron Mark Roberts Somerset Park League One Fourth place Challenge Cup Second round League Cup First round Scottish Cup Fourth round Michael Moffat (25) Michael Moffat (26) 8,968 vs Rangers, League One, 6 October 2013 643 vs Dunfermline Athletic, League One, 14 December 2013 _thickblackhoop _blackstripeonright ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 000000 _white_hoops _whitestripeonright ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ffffff ff0000 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 season is the 104th season of competitive football by Ayr United, their first season in the newly formed Scottish League One and their second consecutive season in the third tier of Scottish football. Ayr also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup Ayr finished in fourth place in League One and qualified for the Scottish Championship play-offs, losing 5-2 on aggregate to Cowdenbeath. Ayr also reached the Second round of the Challenge Cup, the First round of the League Cup and the Fourth round of the Scottish Cup. Results and fixtures #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #cccccc Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Pre–season 5 July 2013 18:00 SVK Oțelul Galați 2 – 0 Report Ayr United Băjenaru 15 Paraschiv 74 Leigh Sports Village, Leigh 0 Mark Halsey L 1 7 July 2013 18:00 ROM Dinamo București 1 – 1 Report Ayr United Abdoulaye 65 Malcolm 59 Leigh Sports Village, Leigh 0 D 1 9 July 2013 19:30 Queen's Park 0 – 3 Ayr United Malcolm 10Shankland 60Wardrope 90 Lesser Hampden, Glasgow 0 W 1 13 July 2013 15:00 Ayr United 1 – 4 ReportRotherham United Report ENG Rotherham United Moffat86 pen. Revell 52 58Rose68Pringle89 Somerset Park, Ayr 664 L 1 21 July 2013 12:00 Cumnock Juniors 0 – 5 Ayr United Donald 24 Forrest 30 Moffat 75 pen. Marenghi 77 McGowan 90 Townhead Park, Cumnock W 1 29 July 2013 19:30 Ayr United 0 – 2 CYP AEL Limassol Sá 10 Targino 23 Somerset Park, Ayr 461 L 1 Scottish League One 2013–14 Scottish League One 1 10 August 2013 15:00 Arbroath 0 – 3 Report Ayr United Moffat 13 17Forrest 62 Gayfield Park, Arbroath 775 John McKendrick W 1 2 17 August 2013 15:00 Ayr United 2 – 0 Report Forfar Athletic Malcolm 41 Moffat 75 pen. Somerset Park, Ayr 1,056 Matt Northcroft W 1 3 24 August 2013 15:00 Stranraer 1 – 1 Report Ayr United Longworth 8 McGowan 37 Stair Park, Stranraer 845 Des Roache D 1 4 31 August 2013 15:00 Ayr United 2 – 2 Report Airdrieonians Moffat 12 17 Boyle 4Blockley 37 Somerset Park, Ayr 1,339 Andrew Dallas D 1 5 14 September 2013 15:00 Stenhousemuir 1 – 1 Report Ayr United Roberts 42 Smith 71 Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir 657 Iain Brines D 1 6 21 September 2013 15:00 Ayr United 2 – 2 Report Brechin City Moffat 43 McGowan 45 Trouten 68 McLean 90 Somerset Park, Ayr 987 Don Robertson D 1 7 21 September 2013 15:00 Dunfermline Athletic 5 – 1 Report Ayr United Wallace 21 pen. 65 Whittle 31 Geggan 39 Falkingham 41 Moffat 3 East End Park, Dunfermline 2,743 George Salmond L 1 8 6 October 2013 15:00 Ayr United 0 – 2 Report Rangers Mohsni 56 MacLeod 59 Somerset Park, Ayr 8,968 Bobby Madden L 1 9 12 October 2013 15:00 East Fife 1 – 4 Report Ayr United Buchanan 43 pen. Donald 29 90 Moffat 36 McLaughlin 53 Bayview Stadium, Methil 753 Iain Brines W 1 10 19 October 2013 15:00 Ayr United 2 – 0 Report Arbroath Kyle 45 Hunter 74 Somerset Park, Ayr 990 Stevie O'Reilly W 1 11 26 October 2013 15:00 Airdrieonians 0 – 1 Report Ayr United Marenghi 53 Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 1,012 Kevin Graham W 1 12 12 November 2013 19:45 Ayr United 3 – 6 Report Stranraer Moffat 15 17 57 pen. Longworth 11 24 41 Aitken 48 pen. 86 pen. McKenna 77 Somerset Park, Ayr 986 Andrew Dallas L 1 13 16 November 2013 15:00 Brechin City 1 – 1 Report Ayr United Jackson 75 Marenghi 44 Glebe Park, Brechin 518 Alan Muir D 1 14 23 November 2013 15:00 Ayr United 4 – 3 Report Stenhousemuir Moffat 5 pen. 72 pen. Donald 33 Kyle 85 Gemmell 14 pen. Dickson 19 McNeil 59 Somerset Park, Ayr 986 Calum Murray W 1 15 7 December 2013 15:00 Rangers 3 – 0 Report Ayr United Daly 12 Aird 23 Mohsni 86 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 45,227 Euan Anderson L 1 16 14 December 2013 15:00 Ayr United 2 – 4 Report Dunfermline Athletic Gilmour 17 Moffat 27 Husband 44 Wallace 60 pen. 69 Moore 90 Somerset Park, Ayr 643 Stevie O'Reilly L 1 17 21 December 2013 15:00 Forfar Athletic 0 – 1 Report Ayr United Kyle 62 Station Park, Forfar 473 Don Robertson W 1 18 28 December 2013 15:00 Ayr United 2 – 0 Report East Fife Moffat 32 68 Somerset Park, Ayr 1,059 Des Roache W 1 19 4 January 2014 15:00 Stranraer 4 – 0 Report Ayr United Winter 14 Grehan 33 pen. 47 Stirling 49 Stair Park, Stranraer 1,097 Crawford Allan L 1 20 11 January 2014 15:00 Ayr United 3 – 0 Report Airdrieonians Gilmour 40Kyle 59Moffat 76Forrest 79 Somerset Park, Ayr 1,037 Euan Anderson W 1 21 18 January 2014 15:00 Ayr United 1 – 3 Report Brechin City Pope 79Moffat 88 McLauchlan 12McAusland 33 o.g.Hay 90+2 pen. Somerset Park, Ayr 1,018 Alan Muir L 1 22 25 January 2014 15:00 Stenhousemuir 1 – 1 Report Ayr United McNeil 89 Malcolm 27Donald 72 Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir 467 John McKendrick D 1 23 1 February 2014 15:00 Arbroath 2 – 3 Report Ayr United Paul Sheerin 7Linn 63Chisholm 65McIntosh 79 Moffat 4 29Donald 18Malcolm 23 Gayfield Park, Arbroath 605 Matt Northcroft W 1 24 15 February 2014 15:00 Ayr United 0 – 2 Report Rangers Law 46Daly 59 Somerset Park, Ayr 8,449 John McKendrick L 1 25 22 February 2014 15:00 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0 Report Ayr United Forbes 8Shankland 45+1 78 East End Park, Dunfermline 2,773 George Salmond L 1 26 1 March 2014 15:00 Airdrieonians 3 – 0 Report Ayr United Barr 30Watt 69Parker 75 pen. Hunter 0 41McAusland 0 74 Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 880 David Somers L 1 27 4 March 2014 15:00 Ayr United 2 – 3 Report Forfar Athletic Malcolm 34Campbell 62 Swankie 13 67Templeman 45 Somerset Park, Ayr 656 Craig Charleston L 1 28 8 March 2014 15:00 Ayr United 5 – 0 Report Stranraer Moffat 8 pen. 59Malcolm 20Donald 30Forrest 76 McKeown 0 61 Somerset Park, Ayr 1,141 Brian Colvin W 1 29 15 March 2014 15:00 East Fife 0 – 5 Report Ayr United Moffat 36 pen. 39Kyle 45+1Donald 51Forrest 90+1 Bayview Stadium, Methil 647 Euan Norris W 1 30 22 March 2014 15:00 Ayr United 2 – 1 Report Arbroath Malcolm 4Donald 0 22Moffat 40 Deuchar 38 Somerset Park, Ayr 766 Greg Aitken W 1 31 29 March 2014 15:00 Ayr United 2 – 3 Report Stenhousemuir Moffat 66Forrest 68 Greenhalgh 20Higgins 87 pen. 90+1 Somerset Park, Ayr 766 Greg Aitken L 1 32 5 April 2014 15:00 Brechin City 2 – 1 Report Ayr United Thomson 6Molloy 67 Forrest 75 Glebe Park, Brechin 507 Brian Colvin L 1 33 19 April 2014 15:00 Ayr United 1 – 1 Report Dunfermline Athletic Forrest 55 Thomson 50 Somerset Park, Ayr 1,272 Stephen Finnie D 1 34 22 April 2014 15:00 Rangers 2 – 1 Report Ayr United Mohsni 54 82 Forrest 69 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 40,651 Iain Brines L 1 35 26 April 2014 15:00 Forfar Athletic 4 – 2 Report Ayr United McLuskey 2Hilson 25 73Kader 52 Moffat 60 pen.Gilmour 90+2 Station Park, Forfar 532 Euan Anderson L 1 36 3 May 2014 15:00 Ayr United 4 – 1 Report East Fife Malcolm 42 53 63Gilmour 75 Buchanan 82 Somerset Park, Ayr 1,952 Crawford Allan W 1 Championship play-off 2013–14 Scottish Championship Semi-Final 1st Leg 7 May 2014 Ayr United 1 – 2 Report Cowdenbeath Pope 79 Stewart 15 37 Somerset Park, Ayr 1,495 Don Robertson L 1 Semi-Final 2nd Leg 10 May 2014 Cowdenbeath 3 – 1 5 – 2 Report Ayr United Stewart 1 30O'Brien 52 Donald 35 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 933 John Beaton L 1 Scottish Challenge Cup 2013–14 Scottish Challenge Cup First Round 27 July 2013 15:00 Queens Park 1 – 2 Report Ayr United Quinn 28 pen. Moffat 53Forrest 89 Hampden Park, Glasgow 887 Paul Robertson W 1 Second Round 20 August 2013 19:45 Ayr United 1 – 2 yes Falkirk Malcolm 39 Loy 63 Shepherd 110 Somerset Park, Ayr 1,050 Craig Charleston L 1 Scottish League Cup 2013–14 Scottish League Cup First Round 6 August 2013 19:45 Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Report Ayr United O'Donnell 12 Balatoni 75 Shankland89 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 2,145 Iain Brines L 1 Scottish Cup 2013–14 Scottish Cup Third Round 3 November 2013 15:00 Ayr United 3 – 2 Report Queen's Park Marenghi 39 Lithgow 50 Malcolm 60 Brough 27 Spittal 67 Somerset Park, Ayr 879 Euan Anderson W 1 Fourth Round 30 November 2013 15:00 Ayr United 1 – 1 Report Dunfermline Athletic Donald 59 Geggan 14 Somerset Park, Ayr 1,391 Stephen Finnie D 1 Fourth Round Replay 4 December 2013 19:45 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Report Ayr United Thomson 60 East End Park, Dunfermline 1,932 Stephen Finnie L 1 Player statistics Squad, appearance and goals As of 3 May 2014http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=172 Ayr United Stats soccerbase.com Soccerbase 30 June 2020 No. Number Nat Nationality Player Total League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Apps Appearances Goals Goals Apps Appearances Goals Goals Apps Appearances Goals Goals Apps Appearances Goals Goals Apps Appearances Goals Goals Goalkeepers SCO David Hutton 43 0 36 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 SCO William Muir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SCO Shaun Newman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Defenders SCO Martyn Campbell 21 (1) 1 18 (1) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 SCO Adam Hunter 36 1 28 (1) 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 SCO Alan Lithgow 41 1 34 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 SCO Jackson Longridge 4 0 2 (2) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 SCO Josh McArthur 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 SCO Kyle McAusland 19 0 12 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 SCO Gordon Pope 39 2 32 1 3 0 1 0 3 1 Midfielders SCO Robbie Crawford 19 0 12 (3) 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 SCO Michael Donald 40 8 34 6 3 1 1 0 2 1 SCO Alan Forrest 32 9 11 (16) 8 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 1 SCO Brian Gilmour 28 3 21 (1) 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 SCO Anthony Marenghi 26 3 16 (5) 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 SCO Michael McGowan 28 2 17 (7) 2 0 (1) 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 SCO Scott McLaughlin 42 1 35 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 SCO Michael Wardrope 1 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forwards SCO Kevin Kyle 29 5 22 (2) 5 2 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 SCO Craig Malcolm 39 9 28 (5) 8 1 (1) 1 1 0 3 0 SCO Michael Moffat 37 26 32 25 3 0 1 0 3 1 SCO Mark Roberts 8 0 5 (2) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Club statistics League table AYR Transfers Players In PlayerFromFeeSCO Craig MalcolmSCO StranraerFreehttp://www.ayrshirepost.net/ayrshire-sport/ayrshire-football/ayr-utd-fc/2013/07/12/craig-malcolm-makes-flying-start-for-ayr-united-against-dinamo-bucharest-102545-33591519/ Craig Malcolm Makes Flying Start For Ayr United Against Dinamo Bucharest Ayrshire Post.net 12 July 2013 22 July 2013SCO Alan LithgowSCO DumbartonFreehttp://www.ayrshirepost.net/ayrshire-sport/ayrshire-football/ayr-utd-fc/2013/06/14/lithgow-in-as-ayr-eye-more-102545-33462992/ Ayrshire Post.net 14 June 2013 Lithgow In As Ayr Eye More 27 July 2013SCO Gordon PopeSCO Auchinleck TalbotUndisclosedCup Winner Pope signs for Ayr http://www.ayradvertiser.com/sport/ayrunited/articles/2013/06/27/462019-cup-winner-pope-signs-for-ayr/ ayrunitedfc.co.uk Ayr United F.C. 27 June 2013 22 July 2013 https://archive.today/20130722175022/http://www.ayradvertiser.com/sport/ayrunited/articles/2013/06/27/462019-cup-winner-pope-signs-for-ayr/ 22 July 2013 dead dmy-all SCO Scott McLaughlinSCO PeterheadFreeMcLaughlin Set To Lead Ayr Next Term http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/mclaughlin-set-to-lead-ayr-next-term/ ayrunitedfc.co.uk Ayr United F.C. 3 July 2013 22 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130712155716/http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/mclaughlin-set-to-lead-ayr-next-term/ 12 July 2013 dead dmy-all SCO David HuttonSCO Greenock MortonFreehttp://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/ayr-utd-add-hutton-to-squad/ https://archive.today/20130713095027/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/ayr-utd-add-hutton-to-squad/ dead 13 July 2013 Ayr Utd add Hutton to squad Scottish Football League ScottishFootballLeague.com 12 July 2013 2 July 2013 SCO Josh McArthurSCO St MirrenFreeSCO Kevin KyleSCO RangersFreehttp://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/kyle-signs-up/ 10 March 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131003160324/http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/kyle-signs-up/ 3 October 2013 Kyle Signs UpSCO Kyle McAuslandSCO RangersLoanhttp://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/mcausland-returns/ McAusland Returns AyrUnitedFC.co.uk 18 October 2013 24 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203081907/http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/mcausland-returns/ 3 December 2013 dead dmy-all SCO Brian GilmourISL KAFreehttp://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/ayr-united-3-6-stranraer/ Ayr United 3-6 Stranraer AyrUnitedFC.co.uk 13 November 2013 24 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131114001701/http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/ayr-united-3-6-stranraer/ 2013-11-14 dead Players out PlayerToFeeSCO Austin McCannSCO Clydebankhttp://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/sport/roundup/articles/2013/06/07/459781-sfl-defender-austin-mccann-signs-for-clydebank/ SFL defender Austin McCann signs for Clydebank Clydebank Post 7 June 2013 22 July 2013FreeSCO Alistair BrownFree AgentReleasedSCO Marc TwaddleSCO Irvine MeadowFreeSCO John RobertsonRetiredSCO David WintersSCO Queen's ParkFreeSCO Ryan McStayNIR PortadownFreeSCO Liam Buchanan SCO East Fife FreeSCO Ross RobertsonSCO Glenafton Athletic Freehttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/sjfa/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1747&newsCategoryID=28&newsID=12066 Glenafton keep hold of Robertson Scottish Junior Football Association 20 June 2013 22 July 2013SCO Darren BrownlieSCO Partick ThistleFreehttp://spfl.co.uk/news/article/brownlie-settles-in-at-thistle/ Brownlie settles in at Thistle Scottish Professional Football League spfl.co.uk 15 August 2013 15 August 2013 6 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160206093917/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/brownlie-settles-in-at-thistle/ dead SCO David SinclairSCO Airdrieonians Freehttp://airdriefc.com/news/2013/07/davidsinclair.html David Sinclair signs airdriefc.com 4 July 2013 22 July 2013 21 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140121025530/http://airdriefc.com/news/2013/07/davidsinclair.html dead SCO Graeme SmithSCO Brechin City Freehttp://www.brechincity.com/bcfc/servlet/BCFCFrontControllerServlet?action=News&page_id=1343&category=2 brechincity.com 3 July 2013 Brechin City Football Club 27 July 2013SCO Darren McGillSCO Cumnock Loanhttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1957&newsCategoryID=28&newsID=12336 ScottishFA.co.uk 15 August 2013 McGill joins Cumnock 29 November 2013SCO Aaron WyllieSCO TroonMutual ConsentSCO Mark ShanklandSCO Albion Rovers Loanhttp://albionroversfc.com/?p=4245 AlbionRoversFC.com 8 November 2013 Albion Rovers v Annan Athletic Preview dead 29 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131204201547/http://albionroversfc.com/?p=4245 4 December 2013 References 32em Category:Ayr 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