Division 2 – 6th Place Steadies Ayr
The 2005/06 season was the 109th season of competitive football in Scotland
Robert Conner managed to find some better results from the players and with very limited resources sought to maximise what hetn_Partick Thistle (h) 10 Sep 05 had.
Despite this the team were not playing well and squandered a number of valuable points with careless performances which left them 15 points off the play off places. Positive performances saw a 6-0 victory in October at Dumbarton and 4-0 away win at Alloa Athletic.
United also secured an exhilarating 5-4 win at Dumbarton late on in the season but before that was a devastating loss of five goals at Stirling.
The season was also the one and only season where Ayr United and Gretna played league football together.
Their dilemma was emphasised starkly by being by passed by Gretna for promotion, a team in only their second season in the league and already on its second successive promotion, although subsequent seasons showed how costly this was for Gretna.
|
Date |
Opponents |
H/A |
Competition |
Score – Ayr First |
Comments |
Att |
Programme Issued |
|
09/07/2005 |
Annan Athletic |
A |
Friendly |
2-0 |
|
|
No Issue |
|
14/07/2005 |
Stenhousemuir |
A |
Friendly |
3-5 |
|
|
Yes |
|
16/07/2005 |
Hibernian |
H |
Friendly |
1-1 |
Ayr ‘800’ Trophy (Ayr win 4-2 on penalties) |
Yes |
|
|
19/07/2005 |
St. Mirren |
H |
Friendly |
0-1 |
|
|
No Issue |
|
23/07/2005 |
Kilmarnock |
A |
West Sound Trophy (Ayrshire Cup) |
0-4 |
|
|
Yes |
|
30/07/2005 |
Stirling Albion |
H |
Challenge Cup – 1st Rnd |
0-1 aet |
|
|
Yes |
|
06/08/2005 |
Dumbarton |
H |
2nd Division |
2-0 |
|
|
Yes |
|
09/08/2005 |
Morton |
A |
Scottish League Cup – 1st Rnd |
2-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
13/08/2005 |
Forfar Athletic |
A |
2nd Division |
2-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
20/08/2005 |
Peterhead |
H |
2nd Division |
1-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
23/08/2005 |
Ross County |
A |
Scottish League Cup – 2nd Round |
2-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
27/08/2005 |
Gretna |
A |
2nd Division |
2-2 |
|
|
Yes |
|
10/09/2005 |
Partick Thistle |
H |
2nd Division |
2-2 |
|
|
Yes |
|
17/09/2005 |
Raith Rovers |
A |
2nd Division |
3-3 |
|
|
Yes |
|
21/09/2005 |
Hibernian |
H |
Scottish League Cup – 3rd Rnd |
1-2 |
|
|
Yes |
|
24/09/2005 |
Morton |
H |
2nd Division |
0-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
01/10/2005 |
Stirling Albion |
A |
2nd Division |
3-3 |
|
|
Yes |
|
08/10/2005 |
Peterhead |
A |
2nd Division |
3-3 |
|
|
Yes |
|
09/10/2005 |
Auchinleck Talbot |
A |
Friendly |
6-2 |
|
|
No Issue |
|
15/10/2005 |
Alloa Athletic |
H |
2nd Division |
1-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
22/10/2005 |
Dumbarton |
A |
2nd Division |
0-6 |
|
|
Yes |
|
29/10/2005 |
Partick thistle |
A |
2nd Division |
0-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
05/11/2005 |
Gretna |
H |
2nd Division |
1-3 |
|
|
Yes |
|
22/11/2005 |
Raith Rovers |
H |
2nd Division |
2-1 |
Programme from 11th November used |
Yes |
|
|
03/12/2005 |
Alloa Athletic |
A |
2nd Division |
4-0 |
|
|
Yes |
|
06/12/2005 |
Morton |
A |
2nd Division |
1-2 |
|
|
Yes |
|
10/12/2005 |
Morton |
H |
Scottish Cup – 3rd Rnd |
3-2 |
|
|
Yes |
|
13/12/2005 |
Forfar Athletic |
H |
2nd Division |
2-1 |
Programme dated 19th November used |
No Issue |
|
|
17/12/2005 |
Stirling Albion |
H |
2nd Division |
2-5 |
|
|
Yes |
|
26/12/2005 |
Dumbarton |
H |
2nd Division |
2-0 |
|
|
Yes |
|
02/01/2006 |
Gretna |
A |
2nd Division |
0-3 |
|
|
Yes |
|
07/01/2006 |
Inverness C T |
A |
Scottish Cup – 4th Rnd |
1-1 |
|
2,126 |
Yes |
|
14/01/2006 |
Partick Thistle |
H |
2nd Division |
1-2 |
|
|
Yes |
|
16/01/2006 |
Inverness C T |
H |
Scottish Cup – 4th Rnd Replay |
0-2 |
|
2,774 |
Yes |
|
21/01/2006 |
Raith Rovers |
A |
2nd Division |
1-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
28/01/2006 |
Morton |
H |
2nd Division |
1-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
04/02/2006 |
Stirling Albion |
A |
2nd Division |
0-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
11/02/2006 |
Alloa Athletic |
H |
2nd Division |
0-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
18/02/2006 |
Forfar Athletic |
A |
2nd Division |
0-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
25/02/2006 |
Peterhead |
H |
2nd Division |
1-2 |
|
|
Yes |
|
11/03/2006 |
Partick Thistle |
A |
2nd Division |
2-2 |
|
|
Yes |
|
18/03/2006 |
Raith Rovers |
H |
2nd Division |
0-0 |
|
|
Yes |
|
21/03/2006 |
Gretna |
H |
2nd Division |
2-4 |
Programme dated 4 March used |
|
No Issue |
|
25/03/2006 |
Morton |
A |
2nd Division |
4-0 |
|
|
Yes |
|
01/04/2006 |
Stirling Albion |
H |
2nd Division |
3-0 |
|
|
Yes |
|
08/04/2006 |
Alloa Athletic |
A |
2nd Division |
1-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
15/04/2006 |
Dumbarton |
A |
2nd Division |
5-4 |
|
|
Yes |
|
22/04/2006 |
Forfar Athletic |
H |
2nd Division |
0-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
29/04/2006 |
Peterhead |
A |
2nd Division |
2-1 |
|
|
Yes |
|
2nd |
|
Pld |
|
Home |
|
|
|
|
Away |
|
|
|
|
Overall |
|
|
|
|
Pts |
GD |
|||
|
|
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
|
|
||
|
1 |
Gretna |
36 |
|
14 |
2 |
2 |
53 |
15 |
|
14 |
2 |
2 |
44 |
15 |
|
28 |
4 |
4 |
97 |
30 |
|
88 |
67 |
|
2 |
Greenock Morton |
36 |
|
13 |
2 |
3 |
36 |
16 |
|
8 |
5 |
5 |
22 |
17 |
|
21 |
7 |
8 |
58 |
33 |
|
70 |
25 |
|
3 |
Peterhead |
36 |
|
9 |
4 |
5 |
29 |
22 |
|
8 |
2 |
8 |
24 |
25 |
|
17 |
6 |
13 |
53 |
47 |
|
57 |
6 |
|
4 |
Partick Thistle |
36 |
|
8 |
4 |
6 |
25 |
27 |
|
8 |
5 |
5 |
32 |
29 |
|
16 |
9 |
11 |
57 |
56 |
|
57 |
1 |
|
5 |
Stirling Albion |
36 |
|
8 |
4 |
6 |
28 |
28 |
|
7 |
2 |
9 |
26 |
35 |
|
15 |
6 |
15 |
54 |
63 |
|
51 |
-9 |
|
6 |
Ayr United |
36 |
|
5 |
5 |
8 |
23 |
26 |
|
5 |
7 |
6 |
33 |
35 |
|
10 |
12 |
14 |
56 |
61 |
|
42 |
-5 |
|
7 |
Raith Rovers |
36 |
|
5 |
5 |
8 |
25 |
28 |
|
6 |
4 |
8 |
19 |
26 |
|
11 |
9 |
16 |
44 |
54 |
|
42 |
-10 |
|
8 |
Forfar Athletic |
36 |
|
8 |
1 |
9 |
29 |
25 |
|
4 |
3 |
11 |
15 |
30 |
|
12 |
4 |
20 |
44 |
55 |
|
40 |
-11 |
|
9 |
Alloa Athletic |
36 |
|
3 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
37 |
|
5 |
3 |
10 |
21 |
40 |
|
8 |
8 |
20 |
36 |
77 |
|
32 |
-41 |
|
10 |
Dumbarton |
36 |
|
5 |
3 |
10 |
26 |
26 |
|
2 |
2 |
14 |
14 |
37 |
|
7 |
5 |
24 |
40 |
63 |
|
26 |
-23 |
