2016–17 Ayr United F.C. season

Ayr United
2016–17 season
Manager	Ian McCall
Stadium	Somerset Park
Scottish Championship	Tenth Place (Relegated)
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Second round
Challenge Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Forrest (6); All: Alan Forrest (9)
Highest home attendance	3,100 v Hibernian, Championship, 5 November 2016
Lowest home attendance	862 v Edinburgh City, League Cup, 23 July 2016
Average home league attendance	1,854
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Ayr United's 107th season of competitive football and their first season back in the second tier of Scottish football, now known as the Championship.^[1] Ayr also competed in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Summary

Season

In their first season back in the second tier of Scottish football, Ayr United finished in tenth place and were relegated back to League One after only one season in the Scottish Championship. Their relegation was confirmed on the final day of the season with a 2–1 away defeat to Raith Rovers.^[2]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

2 July 2016	Stenhousemuir	0 – 2	Ayr United	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
14:00		Report

Raydale Cup

10 July 2016 Semi-final	Ayr United	0 – 2	South Shields	Raydale Park, Gretna
		Ayr United	Arca 39' Scroggins 41'

11 July 2016 3rd place play-off	Gretna 2008	0 – 8	Ayr United	Raydale Park, Gretna
14:00		Ayr United	Thomas 14', 62' (pen.) McCreadie 60' McGuffie 65' Forrest 71', 90' Donald 79' Crawford 82'

Scottish Championship

6 August 2016 1	Ayr United	0 – 2	Raith Rovers	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		Report	Callachan 19' Matthews 75'	Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Euan Anderson

13 August 2016 2	Queen of the South	4 – 1	Ayr United	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Lyle 12', 53' Dobbie 44' Dykes 74'	Report	Nisbet 61'	Attendance: 1,982 Referee: Stephen Finnie

20 August 2016 3	Dundee United	3 – 0	Ayr United	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00	Murray 13' Robson 37' Flood 76'	Report		Attendance: 6,427 Referee: Greg Aitken

27 August 2016 4	Ayr United	1 – 1	St Mirren	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Adams 14'	Report	Walsh 89'	Attendance: 2,165 Referee: Crawford Allan

10 September 2016 5	Ayr United	2 – 1	Greenock Morton	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Cairney 47' Forrest 69'	Report	Forbes 86'	Attendance: 1,441 Referee: John McKendrick

17 September 2016 6	Hibernian	1 – 2	Ayr United	Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00	Cummings 50' Bartley 67'	Report	Balatoni 74' Gilmour 80'	Attendance: 15,056 Referee: Nick Walsh

24 September 2016 7	Falkirk	2 – 0	Ayr United	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Meggatt 78' (o.g.) Miller 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 4,345 Referee: Willie Collum

1 October 2016 8	Ayr United	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		Report		Attendance: 2,883 Referee: Don Robertson

15 October 2016 9	Dumbarton	0 – 3	Ayr United	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00		Report	Forrest 2', 50', 62 pen.'	Attendance: 1,005 Referee: Gavin Duncan

22 October 2016 10	Ayr United	1 – 0	Queen of the South	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Cairney 52'	Report		Attendance: 1,842 Referee: John Beaton

29 October 2016 11	Greenock Morton	2 – 1	Ayr United	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00	O'Ware 73' Oliver 89'	Report	Nisbet 37'	Attendance: 1,859 Referee: Mat Northcroft

5 November 2016 12	Ayr United	0 – 3	Hibernian	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		Report	Boyle 28', 77' McGinn 84'	Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Kevin Clancy

19 November 2016 13	Ayr United	0 – 1	Falkirk	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		Report	Craigen 15'	Attendance: 1,414 Referee: Gavin Duncan

22 November 2016 14	Raith Rovers	1 – 1	Ayr United	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
19:45	Coustrain 17' Benedictus 36'	Report	Cairney 57' Harkins 88'	Attendance: 1,241 Referee: Craig Charleston

3 December 2016 15	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	Ayr United	East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00	Clark 30' Martin 48'	Report	Forrest 50', pen.'	Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Barry Cook

10 December 2016 16	Ayr United	0 – 1	Dundee United	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		Report	Obadeyi 6'	Attendance: 2,049 Referee: Willie Collum

17 December 2016 17	St Mirren	1 – 1	Ayr United	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00	Sutton 81'	Report	Cairney 63' Adams 77'	Attendance: 3,124 Referee: Greg Aitken

24 December 2016 18	Ayr United	4 – 4	Dumbarton	Somerset Park, Ayr
12:30	McKenna 31' Harkins 43' Forest 74' (pen.) Cairney 85'	Report	R. Thomson 45+2' Harvie 52' Stirling 73' J. Thomson 84' Stevenson 88'	Attendance: 1,441 Referee: Craig Charleston

31 December 2016 19	Queen of the South	0 – 0	Ayr United	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
14:00		Report		Attendance: 1,594 Referee: Steven Kirkland

7 January 2017 20	Ayr United	0 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		Report	Clark 26' Geggan 33'	Attendance: 2,261 Referee: Craig Thomson

14 January 2017 21	Falkirk	1 – 1	Ayr United	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Grant 45+2'	Report	Harkins 24'	Attendance: 5,038 Referee: Bobby Madden

28 January 2017 22	Ayr United	1 – 4	Greenock Morton	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Adams 36'	Report	Forbes 11', 19' Oliver 31', 65'	Attendance: 1,576 Referee: Don Robertson

4 February 2017 23	Hibernian	1 – 1	Ayr United	Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00	Cummings 74'	Report	Crawford 4'	Attendance: 14,349 Referee: Crawford Allan

18 February 2017 24	Dumbarton	2 – 2	Ayr United	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00	Stanton 62', 75'	Report	Docherty 27' Rose 90+1' Moore 90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,198 Referee: John McKendrick

25 February 2017 25	Ayr United	0 – 2	St Mirren	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		Report	Sutton 51' Morgan 82'	Attendance: 2,712 Referee: Craig Thomson

28 February 2017 26	Ayr United	1 – 0	Raith Rovers	Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45	El Alagui 62'	Report		Attendance: 1,103 Referee: Willie Collum

11 March 2017 27	Ayr United	1 – 4	Falkirk	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Harkins 64'	Report	Austin 8', 63' Sibbald 90' Aird 90+2'	Attendance: 1,614 Referee: Steven McLean

18 March 2017 28	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 1	Ayr United	East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00		Report	Docherty 49'	Attendance: 3,276 Referee: Bobby Madden

25 March 2017 29	Ayr United	2 – 1	Dumbarton	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	El Alagui 45+1' Crawford 51'	Report	R. Thomson 21' Fleming 71'	Attendance: 1,608 Referee: Craig Charleston

28 March 2017 30	Dundee United	2 – 1	Ayr United	Tannadice Park, Dundee
19:45	Murray 23' Durnan 78'	Report	Harkins 51' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,661 Referee: Barry Cook

1 April 2017 31	St Mirren	6 – 2	Ayr United	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00	Mallan 5' MacKenzie 20' McGinn 23' Magennis 36' Morgan 52' Smith 88'	Report	Cairney 74' El Alagu 87'	Attendance: 4,620 Referee: Gavin Duncan

8 April 2017 32	Ayr United	0 – 2	Queen of the South	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		Report	Dobbie 71', 76'	Attendance: 1,476 Referee: Alan Newlands

15 April 2017 33	Ayr United	0 – 0	Dundee United	Somerset Park, Ayr
17:15		Report		Attendance: 1,205 Referee: Crawford Allan

22 April 2017 34	Greenock Morton	1 – 1	Ayr United	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00	Shankland 38'	Report	Moore 45+1'	Attendance: 2,390 Referee: Steven Kirkland

29 April 2017 35	Ayr United	0 – 4	Hibernian	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		Report	Cummings 27', 72' Boyle 30' Keatings 66'	Attendance: 2,152 Referee: Stephen Finnie

6 May 2017 36	Raith Rovers	2 – 1	Ayr United	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00	Penska 4' Court 37' McManus 90'	Report	Docherty 70'	Attendance: 3,064 Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Results

16 July 2016 Group G	Ayr United	2 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Forrest 2' (pen.) Crawford 49'	Report	Longridge 90+4'	Attendance: 994 Referee: Willie Collum

19 July 2016 Group G	St Mirren	1 – 0	Ayr United	St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45	Baird 90+3'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 2,098 Referee: John Beaton

23 July 2016 Group G	Ayr United	1 – 0	Edinburgh City	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Gilmour 11'	Report		Attendance: 862 Referee: Barry Cook

26 July 2016 Group G	Livingston	0 – 2	Ayr United	Almondvale, Livingston
19:45		Report	Murphy 19' McGuffie 78'	Attendance: 643 Referee: David Lowe

Knockout phase

10 August 2016 Second round	Ayr United	1 – 2	Aberdeen	Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45	Forrest 41'	Report	Meggatt 3' (o.g.) McGinn 30'	Attendance: 2,653 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Challenge Cup

4 September 2016 Third round	Ayr United	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Airdrieonians	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	McGuffie 35' Forrest 45' Balatoni 97'	Report	Conroy 14' Balatoni 49' (o.g.) Russell 113'	Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Barry Cook

7 October 2016 Fourth round	Ayr United	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Falkirk	Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45	Harkins 114'	Report		Attendance: 1,247 Referee: Alan Muir

13 November 2016 Quarter-final	St Mirren	2 – 1	Ayr United	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00	Sutton 83', 85'	Report	O'Connell 68'	Attendance: 2,199 Referee: Crawford Allan

Scottish Cup

29 November 2016 Third round	Brechin City	0 – 1	Ayr United	Glebe Park, Brechin
19:45		Report	O'Connell 70'	Attendance: 308 Referee: Alan Muir

21 January 2017 Fourth round	Ayr United	0 – 0	Queen's Park	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00		Report		Attendance: 1,326 Referee: Barry Cook

24 January 2017 Fourth round reply	Queen's Park	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Ayr United	Hampden Park
19:45	Woods 4' Bryan Wharton 32' Burns 97'	Report	Moore 26' Cairney Balatoni 83'	Attendance: 1,026 Referee: Barry Cook

11 February 2017 Fifth round	Ayr United	1 – 1	Clyde	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Cairney 70'	Report	Gormley 55'	Attendance: 1,554 Referee: Stephen Finnie

14 February 2017 Fifth round replay	Clyde	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Ayr United	Broadwood Stadium
19:45	Gormley 88'	Report	McDaid 11' Wardrope 117'	Attendance: 965 Referee: Stephen Finnie

4 March 2017 Quarter-final	Hibernian	3 – 1	Ayr United	Easter Road Stadium
15:00	McGinn 7' Cummings 12' (pen.) Keatings 79'	Report	McGuffie 33' McKenna 45'	Attendance: 13,602 Referee: Nick Walsh

Player statistics

As of 6 May 2017^[3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Greg Fleming	49	0	36	0	4	0	3	0	6	0
2	DF	SCO	Nicky Devlin	48	0	34	0	5	0	3	0	6	0
3	DF	SCO	Patrick Boyle	41	0	26+3	0	5	0	2	0	5	0
4	DF	SCO	Brian Gilmour	37	2	19+6	1	2+2	1	2	0	4+2	0
5	DF	SCO	Michael Rose	24	1	10+10	1	0	0	0	0	0+4	0
6	DF	IRL	Peter Murphy	39	1	29+1	0	5	1	1	0	2+1	0
8	DF	SCO	Robbie Crawford	37	3	24+3	2	5	1	1+1	0	3	0
9	DF	SCO	Craig Moore	17	3	9+4	2	1	0	0	0	3	1
10	MF	SCO	Alan Forrest	45	9	24+10	6	2	2	3	1	1+5	0
11	MF	SCO	Declan McDaid	9	1	2+5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
12	MF	SCO	Gary Harkins	40	6	30+2	5	0	0	2	1	6	0
14	MF	SCO	Paul Cairney	42	6	27+3	5	4+1	0	2+1	0	3+1	1
15	FW	FRA	Farid El Alagui	11	3	8+3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Jamie Adams	25	2	16+2	2	4	0	0	0	2+1	0
17	FW	SCO	Kevin Nisbet	20	2	11+9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	SCO	Daryll Meggatt	43	0	31	0	5	0	2+1	0	4	0
19	GK	SCO	Jordan Hart	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	SCO	Michael Wardrope	11	1	2+3	0	0+3	0	1	0	0+2	1
21	MF	SCO	Craig McGuffie	40	3	6+20	0	2+3	1	3	1	3+3	1
22	DF	ENG	Conrad Balatoni	39	3	30	1	0	0	3	1	6	1
23	MF	SCO	Ross Docherty	42	2	29	2	4	0	3	0	6	0
26	DF	SCO	Scott McKenna	14	1	11	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
7	FW	WAL	Jamie Thomas	7	0	0+3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	SCO	Michael Donald	13	0	1+5	0	2+1	0	0+3	0	1	0
15	MF	IRL	Andy O'Connell	15	2	1+7	0	1+2	0	0+3	1	1	1
17	FW	SCO	Sean McKenzie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	DF	SCO	Craig McCracken	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	SCO	Andy Johnston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Queen of the South	36	11	10	15	46	52	−6	43
7	St Mirren	36	9	12	15	52	56	−4	39
8	Dumbarton	36	9	12	15	46	56	−10	39
9	Raith Rovers (R)	36	10	9	17	35	52	−17	39	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Ayr United (R)	36	7	12	17	33	62	−29	33	Relegation to League One

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L
Position	10	10	10	10	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: ^[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HAM	AYR	STM	LIV	EDI
1	Hamilton Academical (Q)	4	3	1	10	5	+5	9	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	3–0	2–1	—
2	Ayr United (Q)	4	3	1	5	2	+3	9	Qualification for the Second Round	2–1	—	—	—	1–0
3	St Mirren	4	3	1	7	5	+2	9		—	1–0	—	—	3–0
4	Livingston	4	1	3	6	7	−1	3		—	0–2	2–3	—	—
5	Edinburgh City	4	0	4	2	11	−9	0		2–4	—	—	0–3	—

Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Paul Cairney	Stranraer	Free^[5]
Michael Rose	Aberdeen	Free^[6]
Daryll Meggatt	Dundee	Free^[7]
Andy O’Connell	Cork City	Free
Jordan Hart	Annan Athletic	Free^[8]
Jamie Thomas	Burnley	Loan^[9]
Craig Moore	Motherwell	Loan^[10]
Kevin Nisbet	Partick Thistle	Loan^[11]
Gary Harkins	Dundee	Free^[12]
Conrad Balatoni	Kilmarnock	Free^[13]
Scott McKenna	Aberdeen	Loan^[14]
Declan McDaid	Partick Thistle	Free^[15]
Farid El Alagui	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[16]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Andy Graham	Alloa Athletic	Free^[17]
Ryan Stevenson	Dumbarton	Free^[18]
Alan Trouten	Brechin City	Free^[19]
Gerry McLauchlan	Cowdenbeath	Free^[20]
Jordan Preston	Guiseley	Free^[21]
Craig McCracken	Auchinleck Talbot	Free
Scott McKenzie	Cumnock Juniors	Free
Andy O’Connell	Free Agent	Free
Andy Johnston	Stranraer	Free
Michael Donald	Stranraer	Free

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[2] "Ayr United are relegated from the Championship after last day defeat to Raith Rovers". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

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[18] "Stevenson switches to Sons from Ayr United". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton F.C. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[19] "Players released". Brechin Advertiser. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

[20] "Gerry Signs For Cowden". cowdenbeathfc.com. Cowdenbeath F.C. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

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