# 2018–19 Ayr United F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Ayr United’s 109th season of competitive football and their first season back in the Scottish Championship following their promotion from League One in the 2017–18 season. Ayr also competed in the Scottish Cup, League Cup, and the Challenge Cup.

## Summary
### Season

In their first season back in the second–tier of Scottish football, Ayr United finished in fourth place and qualified for the Premiership play-offs, losing to Inverness CT in the quarter-final.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of 11 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Ross Doohan | 47 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Chris Higgins | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Daniel Harvie | 44 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Mark Kerr | 30 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Michael Rose | 44 | 1 | 34+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Andy Geggan | 28 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Michael Moffat | 44 | 10 | 29+5 | 5 | 4+2 | 4 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Robbie Crawford | 44 | 0 | 30+3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Craig Moore | 26 | 4 | 8+12 | 4 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Alan Forrest | 25 | 4 | 10+7 | 3 | 6+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Declan McDaid | 45 | 4 | 20+14 | 4 | 1+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Craig McGuffie | 16 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | David Ferguson | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Steven Bell | 33 | 2 | 21+5 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Jamie Adams | 19 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Lawrence Shankland | 41 | 34 | 29+2 | 24 | 6+0 | 9 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Andy Murdoch | 44 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | NZL | Ellis Hare-Reid | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | James Hilton | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Finn Ecrepont | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Ross Docherty | 23 | 1 | 9+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Luke McCowan | 9 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | SCO | Liam Smith | 39 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Nicky Cadden | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Calvin Miller | 14 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Aaron Muirhead | 11 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Dundee United | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 65 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Ayr United | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 54 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 46 | |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 43 | |

### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AYR | PAR | GMO | STE | ALB |
| 1 | Ayr United (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 12 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | 3–1 | 5–0 | — |
| 2 | Partick Thistle (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | | — | — | — | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | | — | 0–2 | — | — | 4–0 |
| 5 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | — | — |