Division 1 – 3rd Place and a Swedish Tour Does Ayr
A pre-season tour of Sweden got the season off to a nice start although United one only one of their four matches.
However the competitive season was one that was dominated in the league by newly relegated Hibernian and meant that Ayr United were playing for a second place at best. Highlight was a 7-1 win over Stranraer at Ayr in September and a 5-0 victory against Hamilton Academical in December.
Two 2-1 defeats against top of the table rivals Falkirk and Clydebank in quick succession in April meant that Ayr had to settle for third place four points behind Falkirk.
A League Cup quarter final defeat by Rangers in September left centre stage to the Scottish Cup.
What a centre stage that was with Ayr knocking local rivals Kilmarnock out of the cup for the second successive season, this time by a staggering 3-0. Eventually Ayr secumbed to premier league Dundee United, but only after a second match and after United having missed a penalty in the later stages of the match at Somerset Park.
|
Date |
Opponents |
H/A |
Competition |
Score – AyrFirst |
Att |
Programme Issued |
Comments |
|
15/7/98 |
Vasalunds |
A |
Friendly |
2-1 |
|
No |
|
|
17/7/98 |
Djurgarden |
A |
Friendly |
0-4 |
|
Yes |
|
|
19/7/98 |
Cafe Opera |
A |
Friendly |
0-0 |
|
No |
|
|
23/7/98 |
Gelfe IF |
A |
Friendly |
1-2 |
2,700 |
Yes |
|
|
25/7/98 |
Walsall |
H |
Friendly |
1-0 |
|
Yes |
|
|
1/8/98 |
Queens Park |
A |
League Cup 2nd Rd |
3-1 |
1, 016 |
Yes |
|
|
4/8/98 |
Falkirk |
A |
1st Division |
0-1 |
3, 052 |
Yes |
|
|
8/8/98 |
St.Mirren |
A |
League Cup 3rd Rd |
3-1 |
2, 556 |
Yes |
|
|
15/8/98 |
Morton |
H |
1st Division |
1-0 |
2, 329 |
Yes |
|
|
18/8/98 |
Motherwell |
A |
League Cup 4th Rd |
2-0 |
4, 893 |
Yes |
|
|
22/8/98 |
Raith Rovers |
A |
1st Division |
0-0 |
2, 022 |
Yes |
|
|
29/8/98 |
Hibernian |
A |
1st Division |
2-4 |
9, 222 |
Yes |
|
|
5/9/98 |
Hamilton Academical |
H |
1st Division |
2-3 |
1, 917 |
Yes |
|
|
8/9/98 |
Rangers |
H |
League Cup Quarter Final |
0-2 |
11, 198 |
Yes |
|
|
12/9/98 |
Clydebank |
A |
1st Division |
1-0 |
569 |
Yes |
|
|
19/9/98 |
Stranraer |
H |
1st Division |
7-1 |
1, 917 |
Yes |
|
|
26/9/98 |
Airdrieonians |
H |
1st Division |
1-2 |
2, 392 |
Yes |
|
|
3/10/98 |
St.Mirren |
A |
1st Division |
2-0 |
2, 673 |
Yes |
|
|
11/10/98 |
Morton |
A |
1st Division |
2-1 |
2, 156 |
Yes |
|
|
17/10/98 |
Falkirk |
H |
1st Division |
42 |
2, 731 |
Yes |
|
|
24/10/98 |
Hibernian |
H |
1st Division |
3-3 |
4, 684 |
Yes |
|
|
31/10/98 |
Hamilton Academical |
A |
1st Division |
3-1 |
1, 267 |
Yes |
|
|
7/11/98 |
Stranraer |
A |
1st Division |
1-0 |
1, 102 |
Yes |
|
|
14/11/98 |
Clydebank |
H |
1st Division |
4-1 |
2, 450 |
Yes |
|
|
21/11/98 |
Airdrieonians |
A |
1st Division |
2-0 |
2, 632 |
Yes |
|
|
28/11/98 |
St.Mirren |
H |
1st Division |
1-1 |
3, 640 |
Yes |
|
|
5/12/98 |
Falkirk |
A |
1st Division |
0-3 |
4, 010 |
Yes |
|
|
12/12/98 |
Raith Rovers |
H |
1st Division |
0-2 |
2, 245 |
Yes |
|
|
19/12/98 |
Hamilton Academical |
H |
1st Division |
5-0 |
2, 102 |
Yes |
|
|
26/12/98 |
Hibernian |
A |
1st Division |
0-3 |
14, 106 |
Yes |
|
|
2/1/99 |
Stranraer |
H |
1st Division |
4-0 |
2, 722 |
Yes |
|
|
16/1/99 |
Airdrieonians |
H |
1st Division |
0-1 |
2, 387 |
Yes |
|
|
23/1/99 |
Kilmarnock |
H |
Scottish Cup 3rd Round |
3-0 |
10, 153 |
Yes |
|
|
30/1/99 |
St.Mirren |
A |
1st Division |
0-1 |
2, 670 |
Yes |
|
|
6/2/99 |
Morton |
H |
1st Division |
1-0 |
2, 222 |
Yes |
|
|
13/2/99 |
Albion Rovers |
H |
Scottish Cup 4th Rd |
1-0 |
3,229 |
Yes |
|
|
20/2/99 |
Raith Rovers |
A |
1st Division |
4-2 |
1,888 |
Yes |
|
|
27/2/99 |
Hibernian |
H |
1st Division |
1-3 |
5,010 |
Yes |
|
|
13/3/99 |
Dundee United |
H |
Scottish Cup 5th Rd |
0-0 |
5,508 |
Yes |
|
|
16/3/99 |
Dundee United |
A |
Scottish Cup 5th Rd Replay |
1-2 |
7,313 |
Yes |
|
|
20/3/99 |
St.Mirren |
H |
1st Division |
2-2 |
2,436 |
Yes |
|
|
24/3/99 |
Hamilton Academical |
A |
1st Division |
2-0 |
749 |
Yes |
|
|
3/4/99 |
Airdrieonians |
A |
1st Division |
2-0 |
1,800 |
Yes |
|
|
10/4/99 |
Stranraer |
A |
1st Division |
2-0 |
610 |
Yes |
|
|
18/4/99 |
Clydebank |
H |
1st Division |
0-0 |
2,113 |
Yes |
|
|
24/4/99 |
Falkirk |
H |
1st Division |
1-2 |
2,496 |
Yes |
|
|
27/4/99 |
Clydebank |
A |
1st Division |
1-2 |
197 |
Yes |
|
|
1/5/99 |
Morton |
A |
1st Division |
4-1 |
2,337 |
Yes |
|
|
8/5/99 |
Raith Rovers |
H |
1st Division |
1-0 |
1,886 |
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reserves |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/4/99 |
Livingston (N) |
N |
Reserve League Cup Final |
0-1 |
735 |
Yes |
|
|
1st |
|
Pld |
|
Home |
|
|
|
|
Away |
|
|
|
|
Overall |
|
|
|
|
Pts |
GD |
|||
|
1998/99 |
|
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Hibernian |
36 |
|
16 |
1 |
1 |
45 |
13 |
|
12 |
4 |
2 |
39 |
20 |
|
28 |
5 |
3 |
84 |
33 |
|
89 |
51 |
|
2 |
Falkirk |
36 |
|
9 |
5 |
4 |
28 |
18 |
|
11 |
1 |
6 |
32 |
20 |
|
20 |
6 |
10 |
60 |
38 |
|
66 |
22 |
|
3 |
Ayr United |
36 |
|
8 |
4 |
6 |
38 |
23 |
|
11 |
1 |
6 |
28 |
19 |
|
19 |
5 |
12 |
66 |
42 |
|
62 |
24 |
|
4 |
Airdrieonians |
36 |
|
6 |
2 |
10 |
17 |
29 |
|
12 |
3 |
3 |
25 |
14 |
|
18 |
5 |
13 |
42 |
43 |
|
59 |
-1 |
|
5 |
St. Mirren |
36 |
|
10 |
2 |
6 |
26 |
25 |
|
4 |
8 |
6 |
16 |
18 |
|
14 |
10 |
12 |
42 |
43 |
|
52 |
-1 |
|
6 |
Greenock Morton |
36 |
|
5 |
5 |
8 |
20 |
24 |
|
9 |
2 |
7 |
25 |
17 |
|
14 |
7 |
15 |
45 |
41 |
|
49 |
4 |
|
7 |
Clydebank |
36 |
|
5 |
6 |
7 |
17 |
18 |
|
6 |
7 |
5 |
19 |
20 |
|
11 |
13 |
12 |
36 |
38 |
|
46 |
-2 |
|
8 |
Raith Rovers |
36 |
|
5 |
5 |
8 |
19 |
27 |
|
3 |
6 |
9 |
18 |
30 |
|
8 |
11 |
17 |
37 |
57 |
|
35 |
-20 |
|
9 |
Hamilton Academical |
36 |
|
3 |
5 |
10 |
13 |
26 |
|
3 |
5 |
10 |
17 |
36 |
|
6 |
10 |
20 |
30 |
62 |
|
28 |
-32 |
|
10 |
Stranraer |
36 |
|
2 |
2 |
14 |
14 |
31 |
|
3 |
0 |
15 |
15 |
43 |
|
5 |
2 |
29 |
29 |
74 |
|
17 |
-45 |
