# 2014–15 Ayr United F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Ayr United's 2nd season in League One and their 3rd consecutive season in the third-tier of Scottish football. Ayr also competed in the Scottish Cup, League Cup and the Challenge Cup.

## Summary
### Management

Ayr began the season under the management of Mark Roberts, who continued to operate in a player-manager role. On 15 December, Roberts was removed from his position as manager after a poor run of form, with his assistant Andy Millen placed in temporary charge. On 5 January 2015, Ian McCall was appointed as Ayr United's new manager.

## Pre season

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad, appearance and goals

    As of 2 May 2015
| No. | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| | | David Hutton | 41 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Shaun Newman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| | | Adam Blakeman | 14 | 2 | 12 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Martyn Campbell | 16 | 0 | 11 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Adam Cummins | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Nicky Devlin | 41 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Josh McArthur | 2 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | John McArthur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Craig McCracken | 4 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Scott McKenna | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Kevin McKinlay | 17 | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| | | Andrew Muir | 9 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Morgyn Neill | 7 | 1 | 6 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| | | Peter Murphy | 29 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Robbie Crawford | 23 | 1 | 18 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Michael Donald | 37 | 0 | 33 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Alan Forrest | 36 | 9 | 23 (8) | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Brian Gilmour | 36 | 3 | 24 (7) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Dale Keenan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Peter McGill | 10 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Jon-Paul McGovern | 41 | 5 | 35 (1) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Scott McLaughlin | 27 | 8 | 21 (1) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Craig Murray | 14 | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Michael Wardrope | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | David Robertson | 12 | 1 | 9 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| | | Craig Beattie | 30 | 6 | 14 (14) | 6 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Ryan Donnelly | 29 | 5 | 19 (5) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Sean McKenzie | 5 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Ryan Nisbet | 10 | 0 | 0 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Jordan Preston | 14 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Mark Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Dale Shirkie | 18 | 0 | 1 (14) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Paul Slane | 13 | 0 | 7 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 6 | Peterhead | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 51 | |
| 7 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 48 | |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 34 | |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir (O) | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 29 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 10 | Stirling Albion (R) | 36 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 35 | 84 | −49 | 20 | Relegation to League Two |

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current Position | Final Position | First match | Last match |
| Scottish League One | Matchday 1 | Matchday 36 | 8th | 9 August 2014 | 2 May 2015 |
| Scottish Challenge Cup | 1st Round | Eliminated | 1st Round | 25 July 2014 | 25 July 2014 |
| Scottish Cup | 3rd Round | Eliminated | 3rd Round | 1 November 2014 | 11 November 2014 |
| League Cup | 1st Round | Eliminated | 2nd Round | 2 August 2014 | 26 August 2014 |
Last Updated: 3 September 2015

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 Sept 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |