# 2020–21 Ayr United F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Ayr United's 3rd consecutive season in the Scottish Championship after being promoted from league one in the 2017–18 season. Ayr also competed in the, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. On 2 October 2020, the SPFL confirmed that the Scottish Challenge Cup had been cancelled for the upcoming season.

## Summary
### Season

Ayr began the season on 6 October in the League Cup group stages with the Scottish Championship season set to begin on 17th October. Club chairman Lachlan Cameron stepped down from his position in January 2021 after 13 years in the role with local businessman David Smith being appointed in his place.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

Results

#### Knockout round
### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of 30 April 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | P. J. Morrison | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | SCO | Jordan Houston | 23 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Patrick Reading | 24 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Aaron Muirhead | 29 | 4 | 24+0 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Sam Roscoe | 21 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Andy Murdoch | 28 | 1 | 21+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Michael Moffat | 32 | 4 | 16+9 | 1 | 5+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Michael Miller | 27 | 4 | 16+5 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Andre Wright | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Tom Walsh | 21 | 4 | 10+8 | 3 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Luke McCowan | 33 | 9 | 26+0 | 5 | 5+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Josh Todd | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IRL | Corrie Ndaba | 14 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Joe Chalmers | 31 | 1 | 21+3 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | CAN | Dario Zanatta | 18 | 1 | 3+10 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Michael Hewitt | 8 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | NZL | Ellis Hare-Reid | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Mark McKenzie | 27 | 2 | 6+14 | 2 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Brett McGavin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Liam Miller | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Jamie Barjonas | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | SVK | Peter Urminský | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Jack Baird | 34 | 1 | 27+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SCO | Paul Smith | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Ross Love | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2020–21 season ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FIN | Viljami Sinisalo | 29 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Bruce Anderson | 12 | 2 | 7+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Cammy Smith | 21 | 6 | 19+1 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Innes Cameron | 6 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Finn Ecrepont | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Mark Kerr | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 32 | |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 30 | |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 29 | |
| 9 | Greenock Morton (O) | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 29 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic (R) | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 22 | Relegation to League One |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AYR | ANN | STR | HAM | ALB |
| 1 | Ayr United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 1–0 | p1–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | | — | — | 1–1p | 3–1 | — |
| 3 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–2p |
| 4 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | | 2–1 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 2 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | — | — | — |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 21 July 2020 | DF | Patrick Reading | Stevenage | Free transfer |
| 21 July 2020 | MF | Dario Zanatta | Partick Thistle | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2020 | DF | Michael Miller | Raith Rovers | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2020 | MF | Tom Walsh | Inverness CT | Free transfer |
| 4 September 2020 | DF | Jack Baird | St Mirren | Free transfer |
| 15 September 2020 | DF | Joe Chalmers | Ross County | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2021 | FW | Cammy Smith | Dundee United | Free transfer |
| 25 January 2021 | FW | Andre Wright | Bohemian | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 June 2020 | MF | Ross Docherty | Partick Thistle | Free transfer |
| 1 June 2020 | MF | Alan Forrest | Livingston | Free transfer |
| 27 July 2020 | DF | Daniel Harvie | MK Dons | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2020 | MF | Grant Gillespie | Queen's Park | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2020 | MF | Andy Geggan | BSC Glasgow | Free transfer |
| 5 October 2020 | DF | Steven Bell | East Kilbride | Free transfer |
| 1 April 2021 | FW | Cammy Smith | Indy Eleven | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 26 September 2020 | GK | Viljami Sinisalo | Aston Villa | 8 April 2021 |
| 5 October 2020 | FW | Bruce Anderson | Aberdeen | 4 January 2021 |
| 22 October 2020 | FW | Cammy Smith | Dundee United | 20 January 2021 |
| 23 October 2020 | FW | Innes Cameron | Kilmarnock | 15 January 2021 |
| 7 January 2021 | DF | Corrie Ndaba | Ipswich Town | 31 May 2021 |
| 1 February 2021 | MF | Brett McGavin | Ipswich Town | 31 May 2021 |
| 27 February 2021 | GK | Peter Urminský | St Mirren | 31 May 2021 |
| 18 March 2021 | MF | Jamie Barjonas | Rangers | 31 May 2021 |
| 9 April 2021 | GK | P. J. Morrison | Motherwell | 31 May 2021 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 31 August 2020 | MF | Finn Ecrepont | Albion Rovers | 31 May 2021 | |
| 31 August 2020 | FW | Gabe Skeoch | Albion Rovers | 31 May 2021 | |