Championship – Ayr Make Premiership Play Offs
The 2018-19 season saw Ayr United compete in the Ladbrokes Championship after promotion as Champions of League 1 on the final2019-20 Ayr Utd Retro Season day of the 2017-18 season.
During this season, Ayr also competed in the William Hill Scottish Cup, losing to Auchinleck Talbot in the Fourth Round, the Betfred Cup, going out in the Quarter Finals at Ibrox to Rangers and the IRN-BRU Cup at Hampden Park against Queen’s Park in the First Round
Following promotion to the Championship, Ayr boss, Ian McCall had retained much of the League winning side of the previous season, while adding a few new faces to the squad in the form of Daniel Harvie from Aberdeen, Andy Murdoch from Greenock Morton and Liam Smith from Hearts as well as Goalkeeper, Ross Doohan on loan from Celtic.
Ross Docherty was selected as Club Captain for the second season, but missed the start of the season through an injury that kept him out of the end of the previous one.
|
Date |
Opponents |
H/A |
Competition |
Score – Ayr First |
Crowd |
Programme Issued |
Comments |
|
30/06/2018 |
Forfar Athletic |
A |
Friendly |
0-1 |
|
No Issue |
|
|
03/07/2018 |
Stranraer |
A |
Friendly |
3-1 |
|
No Issue |
|
|
07/07/2018 |
AFC Fylde |
H |
Friendly |
2-1 |
|
No Issue |
Inverclyde, Largs |
|
14/07/2018 |
Morton |
H |
Scottish League Cup – Group E |
3-1 |
1,586 |
Yes |
|
|
21/07/2018 |
Albion Rovers |
A |
Scottish League Cup – Group E |
2-0 |
519 |
No Issue |
|
|
24/07/2018 |
Stenhousemuir |
H |
Scottish League Cup – Group E |
5-0 |
1,227 |
Yes |
|
|
28/07/2018 |
Partick Thistle |
A |
Scottish League Cup – Group E |
2-0 |
2,871 |
Yes |
|
|
04/08/2018 |
Partick Thistle |
H |
Championship |
2-0 |
3,249 |
Yes |
|
|
11/08/2018 |
Inverness C T |
A |
Championship |
0-0 |
2,376 |
Yes |
|
|
14/08/2018 |
Queens Park |
A |
Irn Bru Challenge Cup |
0-0 |
834 |
Yes |
Ayr lose 4-2 on penalties |
|
19/08/2018 |
Dundee |
A |
Scottish League Cup – 2nd Round |
3-0 |
3,151 |
Yes |
|
|
25/08/2018 |
Dunfermline Athletic |
H |
Championship |
4-1 |
2,597 |
Yes |
|
|
01/09/2018 |
Queen of the South |
A |
Championship |
0-5 |
2,498 |
Yes |
|
|
15/09/2018 |
Falkirk |
H |
Championship |
3-2 |
2,250 |
Yes |
|
|
22/09/2018 |
Alloa Athletic |
A |
Championship |
2-0 |
949 |
Yes |
|
|
26/09/2018 |
Rangers |
A |
Scottish League Cup – Quarter Final |
4-0 |
35,042 |
Yes |
|
|
29/09/2018 |
Morton |
A |
Championship |
5-1 |
2,273 |
Yes |
|
|
06/10/2018 |
Dundee United |
H |
Championship |
2-0 |
2,621 |
Yes |
|
|
20/10/2018 |
Ross County |
A |
Championship |
1-2 |
3,140 |
Yes |
|
|
27/10/2018 |
Partick Thistle |
A |
Championship |
1-0 |
3,491 |
Yes |
|
|
30/10/2018 |
Alloa Athletic |
H |
Championship |
3-0 |
1,742 |
Yes |
|
|
03/11/2018 |
Falkirk |
A |
Championship |
1-0 |
4,310 |
Yes |
|
|
10/11/2018 |
Queen of the South |
H |
Championship |
1-1 |
2,539 |
Yes |
|
|
17/11/2018 |
Morton |
H |
Championship |
0-0 |
2,346 |
Yes |
|
|
4/10/2018 |
Beith Juniors |
A |
Scottish Cup – 3rd Round |
3-0 |
1,780 |
Yes |
|
|
30/11/2018 |
Dundee United |
A |
Championship |
5-0 |
6,097 |
Yes |
|
|
07/12/2018 |
Inverness C T |
H |
Championship |
Postponed |
|
|
|
|
15/12/2018 |
Ross County |
H |
Championship |
3-3 |
2,030 |
Yes |
|
|
22/12/2018 |
Dunfermline Athletic |
A |
Championship |
0-0 |
4,916 |
Yes |
|
|
29/12/2018 |
Queen of the South |
A |
Championship |
1-1 |
2,349 |
Yes |
|
|
05/01/2019 |
Falkirk |
H |
Championship |
0-1 |
2,729 |
Yes |
|
|
12/01/2019 |
Inverness C T |
A |
Championship |
0-1 |
2,283 |
Yes |
|
|
19/01/2019 |
Auchinleck Talbot |
A |
Scottish Cup – 4th Round |
0-1 |
3,100 |
Yes |
|
|
25/01/2019 |
Dundee United |
H |
Championship |
1-0 |
2,232 |
Yes |
|
|
29/01/2018 |
Inverness C T |
H |
Championship |
2-3 |
1,559 |
No Issue |
Programme for 7th December used |
|
02/02/2019 |
Alloa Athletic |
A |
Championship |
3-1 |
957 |
Yes |
|
|
16/02/2019 |
Morton |
A |
Championship |
0-0 |
2,335 |
Yes |
|
|
23/02/2019 |
Dunfermline Athletic |
H |
Championship |
0-1 |
2,202 |
Yes |
|
|
26/02/2019 |
Ross County |
A |
Championship |
2-3 |
3,489 |
Yes |
|
|
02/03/2019 |
Partick Thistle |
H |
Championship |
Postponed |
|
|
|
|
08/03/2019 |
Falkirk |
A |
Championship |
0-2 |
4,344 |
Yes |
|
|
16/03/2019 |
Queen of the South |
H |
Championship |
Postponed |
|
|
|
|
23/03/2019 |
Morton |
H |
Championship |
Postponed |
|
|
|
|
29/03/2019 |
Dunfermline Athletic |
A |
Championship |
1-0 |
4,671 |
Yes |
|
|
02/04/2019 |
Morton |
H |
Championship |
1-1 |
1,802 |
Yes |
|
|
06/04/2019 |
Inverness C T |
H |
Championship |
0-1 |
1,566 |
Yes |
|
|
09/04/2019 |
Queen of the South |
H |
Championship |
1-0 |
1,582 |
Yes |
|
|
12/04/2019 |
Dundee United |
A |
Championship |
1-2 |
4,392 |
Yes |
|
|
19/04/2019 |
Ross County |
H |
Championship |
1-3 |
3,489 |
Yes |
Combined Programme |
|
23/04/2019 |
Partick Thistle |
H |
Championship |
0-1 |
2,429 |
Yes |
|
|
27/04/2019 |
Partick Thistle |
A |
Championship |
2-1 |
3,855 |
Yes |
|
|
04/05/2019 |
Alloa Athletic |
H |
Championship |
1-1 |
1,665 |
Yes |
|
|
07/05/2019 |
Inverness C T |
H |
Premiership Play Off Quarter Final – 1st Leg |
1-3 |
2,171 |
Yes |
|
|
11/05/2019 |
Inverness C T |
A |
Premiership Play Off Quarter Final – 2nd Leg |
1-1 |
2,323 |
Yes |
|
|
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
GA |
Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|
1 |
Ross County |
36 |
21 |
8 |
7 |
63 |
34 |
71 |
0.9 |
Promotion to Premiership |
|
2 |
Dundee United |
36 |
19 |
8 |
9 |
49 |
40 |
65 |
0.8 |
Qualification to Championship play-offs |
|
3 |
Inverness Caledonian Th |
36 |
14 |
14 |
8 |
48 |
40 |
56 |
0.9 |
|
|
4 |
Ayr United |
36 |
15 |
9 |
12 |
50 |
38 |
54 |
0.9 |
|
|
5 |
Morton |
36 |
11 |
13 |
12 |
36 |
45 |
46 |
0.8 |
|
|
6 |
Partick Thistle |
36 |
12 |
7 |
17 |
43 |
52 |
43 |
1.0 |
|
|
7 |
Dunfermline Athletic |
36 |
11 |
8 |
17 |
33 |
40 |
41 |
0.8 |
|
|
8 |
Alloa Athletic |
36 |
10 |
9 |
17 |
39 |
53 |
39 |
1.0 |
|
|
9 |
Queen of the South |
36 |
9 |
11 |
16 |
41 |
48 |
38 |
1.1 |
Qualification for League 1 play-offs |
|
10 |
Falkirk |
36 |
9 |
11 |
16 |
37 |
49 |
38 |
1.0 |
Relegation to League 1 |
