# 2012–13 Ayr United F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Ayr United's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, after being relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2011–12 season after their two legged semi final play-off defeat to Airdrie United. Ayr also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Ayr United finished Seventh in the Scottish Second Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

Ayr will be managed by Mark Roberts for the 2012–13 season, following the departure of Brian Reid whose contract with the club had expired.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated 12 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Second Division | Second Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Alistair Brown | 24 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Darren Martin | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Willie Muir | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gareth Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Darren Brownlie | 20 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Martyn Campbell | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Michael Donald | 20 | 4 | 19+1 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Adam Hunter | 29 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jackson Longridge | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Cameron MacDonald | 1 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Anthony Marenghi | 16 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Austin McCann | 35 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kyle McAusland | 26 | 3 | 24+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Neil McGregor | 14 | 1 | 14+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ross Robertson | 17 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Robertson | 23 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chris Smith | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Marc Twaddle | 20 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Robbie Crawford | 38 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Steven Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Darren McGill | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | NIR | Michael McGowan | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott McLaughlin | 8 | 1 | 8+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | NIR | Ryan McStay | 22 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David Sinclair | 31 | 10 | 26+1 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Jonathan Tiffoney | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Michael Wardrobe | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Aaron Wyllie | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Liam Buchanan | 14 | 6 | 14+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Darian MacKinnon | 8 | 3 | 8+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Michael Moffat | 39 | 21 | 34+0 | 16 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Ryan Nisbet | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Roddy Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Mark Roberts | 18 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Mark Shankland | 18 | 1 | 5+9 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Winters | 36 | 6 | 15+17 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 12 May 2013
| Position | Name | Second Division | Second Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Alistair Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Darren Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Willie Muir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Graeme Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Gareth Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Darren Brownlie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DF | Martyn Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Michael Donald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Adam Hunter | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| DF | Jackson Longridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Cameron MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Anthony Marenghi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Austin McCann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DF | Kyle McAusland | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | Neil McGregor | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| DF | Ross Robertson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | John Robertson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Chris Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DF | Marc Twaddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Robbie Crawford | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | Steven Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Darren McGill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Michael McGowan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Scott McLaughlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Ryan McStay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| MF | David Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jonathan Tiffoney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Michael Wardrobe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Aaron Wyllie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Liam Buchanan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | Darian MacKinnon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Michael Moffat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | Ryan Nisbet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Roddy Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Mark Roberts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Mark Shankland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | David Winters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Arbroath | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 52 | |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 49 | |
| 7 | Ayr United | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 41 | |
| 8 | Stranraer | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 37 | |
| 9 | East Fife (O) | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 32 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |

### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Mark Roberts |
| Assistant First Team Manager | David White |
| First Team Fitness Coach | David Johnston |
| Groundsman | David Harkness |
Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Ayr United

### Other information

| Chairman | Lachlan Cameron |
| Vice Chairman | Alex Ingram |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Somerset Park (10,185 / 100x66 metres) |
Updated to match played 13 May 2012 Source: