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2024–25 Ayr United F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is Ayr United's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Championship after being promoted from League One in the 2017–18 season. Ayr are also competing in the Scottish Cup, League Cup, and Challenge Cup.

Ayr United
2024–25 season
ChairmanDavid Smith
ManagerScott Brown
StadiumSomerset Park
Scottish Championship3rd
Scottish CupThird round
Scottish League CupGroup stage
Scottish Challenge CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Anton Dowds (5)
All: Anton Dowds (9)
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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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27 June 2024 John Sludden Trophy East Stirlingshire 2–4 Ayr United Falkirk
19:30   52'   67' Bryden   5', 25'
McKenzie   11'
Ben Dempsey   27'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
2 July 2024 East Kilbride 2–4 Ayr United East Kilbride
19:30 Watson   42'
Robertson   49'		 Dowds   8'
Oakley   23'
Rus   58'
Bryden   90+1'		 Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
5 July 2024 Ayr United 1–1 Celtic Ayr
19:45 Dowds   34 pen.' Report Furuhashi   24 pen.' Stadium: Somerset Park
11 July 2024 Ayrshire Derby Ayr United 3–2 Kilmarnock Ayr
19:45 Stanger   25'
Rus   34'
Dowds   65 pen.'		 Lyons   43'
Deas   72'		 Stadium: Somerset Park

Scottish Championship

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3 August 2024 1 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Ayr United Hamilton
15:00 Martin   68' Report Stanger   18'
Dowds   72'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,468
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
9 August 2024 2 Ayr United 5–0 Airdrieonians Ayr
19:45 Henderson   7', 49'
Oakley   24'
Dowds   56', 77 pen.'		 Report Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,857
17 August 2024 3 Ayr United 3–2 Hamilton Academical Ayr
15:00 Murphy   8'
Rus   51'
Oakley   66'		 Report Shaw   27'
Barjonas   38'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,846
24 August 2024 4 Ayr United 2–0 Raith Rovers Ayr
15:00 Dowds   40 pen.'
Walker   90'		 Report Byrne   38' Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,928
31 August 2024 5 Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Ayr United Dunfermline
15:00 Otoo   15' Report Watret   22' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,921
Referee: Ross Hardie
14 September 2024 6 Ayr United 1–1 Partick Thistle Ayr
15:00 Dowds   25 pen.' Report Milne   74' Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 3,118
Referee: Ross Hardie
21 September 2024 7 Queen's Park 1–1 Ayr United Glasgow
15:00 Kerr   35' Report Dempsey   57' Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 1,635
Referee: Iain Snedden
28 September 2024 8 Ayr United 1–0 Greenock Morton Ayr
15:00 Henderson   66 pen.' Report Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,846
Referee: Colin Steven
5 October 2024 9 Falkirk 2–0 Ayr United Falkirk
15:00 Ross   8', 51' Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 6,753
Referee: Nick Walsh
19 October 2024 10 Ayr United 1–2 Livingston Ayr
15:00 McLennan   42' Report Muirhead   8'
Pittman   38'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,470
Referee: Don Robertson
26 October 2024 11 Airdrieonians 0–1 Ayr United Airdrie
15:00 Report Watret   70' Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 1,747
Referee: Grant Irvine
1 November 2024 12 Raith Rovers 2–0 Ayr United Kirkcaldy
19:45 Jamieson   19', 43' Report Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 3,427
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
8 November 2024 13 Greenock Morton 1–1 Ayr United Greenock
19:45 Wilson   37' Report Oakley   50' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,697
Referee: Peter Stuart
16 November 2024 14 Ayr United 3–2 Queen's Park Ayr
15:00 Henderson   31 pen.'
McKenzie   39'
Oakley   76'		 Report Hinds   81'
Turner   83'
Hickey-Fugaccia   90+3'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,012
Referee: Calum Scott
23 November 2024 15 Ayr United 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Ayr
15:15 Henderson   67' Report Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,701
Referee: Craig Napier

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup group stage § Group B
16 July 2024 1 Ayr United 1–0 Falkirk Ayr
19:45 Dowds   5' Report Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Calum Scott
20 July 2024 2 Dundee United 2–1 Ayr United Dundee
15:00 Babunski   17'
Forbes   68'		 Report Rus   55' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 2,157
Referee: Kevin Clancy
23 July 2024 3 Stenhousemuir 1–4 Ayr United Stenhousemuir
19:45 Taylor   6' Report Oakley   8'
Musonda   26'
Dowds   56'
Henderson   65'		 Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 629
Referee: Gavin Duncan
27 July 2024 4 Ayr United 3–2 Buckie Thistle Ayr
15:00 Henderson   30', 43'
Hastie   67'		 Report Peters   45'
McLeod   57'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,415
Referee: Colin Steven

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Challenge Cup
8 September 2024 Third round Ayr United 3–2 Raith Rovers Ayr
13:00 Dowds   49 pen.', 69'
Oakley   70'		 Report Smith   11'
Easton   15'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,750
Referee: Graham Grainger
12 October 2024 Fourth round Ayr United 2–1 Peterhead Ayr
15:00 Murphy   34'
Walker   53'		 Report Smith   62' Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,698
Referee: George Calder
12 November 2024 Quarter-finals East Kilbride 3–2 Ayr United East Kilbride
19:40 Robertson   1'
Baldé   12'
Elliott   67'		 Report Henderson   58'
Rus   64'		 Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
Attendance: 605
Referee: Ryan Lee

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Cup
30 November 2024 Third round Ayr United v Greenock Morton Ayr
15:00 Stadium: Somerset Park

Squad statistics

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Appearances

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As of 23 November 2024[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   SCO Nick McAllister 12 0 6+2 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   SCO Patrick Reading 18 0 12+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF   ZAM Frankie Musonda 13 1 8+3 0 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   SCO Mikey Devlin 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW   SCO Anton Dowds 11 9 6+0 5 4+0 2 1+0 2 0+0 0
8 MF   ENG Ben Dempsey 21 1 15+0 1 3+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   ENG George Oakley 22 6 14+1 4 4+0 1 3+0 1 0+0 0
10 MF   SCO Connor McLennan 8 1 6+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF   NZL George Stanger 22 1 15+0 1 4+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW   SCO Jamie Murphy 12 2 4+6 1 1+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
16 FW   SCO Jake Hastie 18 1 2+9 0 1+3 1 0+3 0 0+0 0
17 MF   SCO Jay Henderson 22 9 14+1 5 4+0 3 3+0 1 0+0 0
18 MF   SCO Jamie Hislop 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 MF   ALB Roy Syla 12 0 2+7 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   ENG Ethan Walker 12 2 2+7 1 0+1 0 0+2 1 0+0 0
22 FW   SCO Mark McKenzie 20 1 6+8 1 3+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
23 MF   ROU Marco Rus 19 3 12+1 1 3+0 1 2+1 1 0+0 0
25 MF   WAL Ryan Howley 9 0 3+3 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
26 DF   SCO Connor McAvoy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK   SCO Harry Stone 12 0 5+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF   SCO Dylan Watret 14 2 7+3 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF   SCO Scott McMann 15 0 9+1 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
36 FW   SCO Alfie Bavidge 10 0 3+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 GK   SCO Liam Russell 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
61 GK   ENG Jack McIntyre 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2024–25 season
1 GK   SCO Robbie Mutch 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF   SCO Andy Murdoch 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF   IRL Aiden McGeady 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW   SCO Fraser Bryden 3 0 0+0 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 GK   SCO Ollie Ecrepont 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF   SCO Scott Tomlinson 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW   SCO Max Guthrie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW   SCO Lucas McRoberts 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Falkirk 15 11 2 2 28 9 +19 35 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Livingston 14 8 5 1 19 10 +9 29 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Ayr United 15 8 4 3 23 14 +9 28 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Partick Thistle 14 6 5 3 17 9 +8 23
5 Queen's Park 15 6 4 5 16 16 0 22
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2024. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[3]

League Cup table

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Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAL DUN AYR STE BUC
1 Falkirk 4 3 0 0 1 11 2 +9 9 Qualification for the second round — 2–0 — 4–0 —
2 Dundee United 4 3 0 0 1 10 5 +5 9 — — 2–1 3–0 —
3 Ayr United 4 3 0 0 1 9 5 +4 9 1–0 — — — 3–2
4 Stenhousemuir 4 1 0 0 3 5 11 −6 3 — — 1–4 — 4–0
5 Buckie Thistle 4 0 0 0 4 5 17 −12 0 1–5 2–5 — — —
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Name From Fee Ref.
24 May 2024 FW   George Oakley Greenock Morton Free transfer [6]
25 May 2024 Anton Dowds Partick Thistle [7]
15 June 2024 MF   Marco Rus   Coventry City Undisclosed [8]
16 June 2024 DF Scott McMann Dundee United Free transfer [9]
19 June 2024 MF   Ethan Walker   Blackburn Rovers [10]
9 July 2024 MF Jake Hastie   Hartlepool United [11]
16 July 2024 GK Liam Russell Queen's Park [12]
19 July 2024 DF Mikey Devlin Livingston [13]
6 September 2024 Jamie Hamilton Hamilton Academical [14]
GK   Jack McIntyre   Accrington Stanley [15]
11 October 2024 MF Connor McLennan   Salford City [16]

Transfers out

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Date Position Name To Fee Ref.
6 May 2024 GK   Charlie Albinson Hamilton Academical Free transfer [17][18]
DF   Nathan McGinley   Spennymoor Town [19][20]
MF Carter Jenkins University of Stirling [19]
Paul Smith Annan Athletic [19][21]
Dario Viviani Troon [19][22]
24 May 2024 FW   Franny Amartey   Weymouth [23][24]
  Ahkeem Rose   Hereford [23][25]
16 June 2024 DF   Sean McGinty Hamilton Academical [26][27]
1 October 2024 MF   Aiden McGeady Retired [28][29]

Loans in

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Date Position Name From End date Ref.
31 May 2024 GK Harry Stone Heart of Midlothian 31 May 2025 [30]
1 June 2024 MF Jay Henderson Ross County [31]
28 August 2024   Ryan Howley   Coventry City [32]
30 August 2024 DF Connor McAvoy   Fulham [33]
31 August 2024 FW Alfie Bavidge Aberdeen [34]

Loans out

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Date Position Name From End date Ref.
19 July 2024 GK Ollie Ecrepont East Stirlingshire 31 May 2025 [35]
3 August 2024 MF Andy Murdoch Clyde 1 January 2025 [36]
23 August 2024 FW Frase Bryden Queen of the South 31 May 2025 [37]
31 August 2024 Max Guthrie Stranraer [38]
6 September 2024 Lucas McRoberts Bonnyrigg Rose [39]
DF Jamie Hamilton East Kilbride 1 January 2025 [14]
24 September 2024 MF Scott Tomlinson Stenhousemuir 31 May 2025 [40]
30 September 2024 GK Robbie Mutch Stranraer 1 January 2025 [41]

References

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  2. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
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  8. ^ Turner, Andy (15 June 2024). "Coventry City complete first outward transfer as midfielder moves for 'undisclosed' fee - CoventryLive". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
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