# 2024–25 Ayr United F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is Ayr United's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Championship after being promoted from League One in the 2017–18 season. Ayr are also competing in the Scottish Cup, League Cup, and Challenge Cup.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

    As of 15 March 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Robbie Mutch | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Nick McAllister | 26 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Patrick Reading | 32 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ZAM | Frankie Musonda | 17 | 1 | 9+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Mikey Devlin | 12 | 1 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Anton Dowds | 11 | 9 | 6+0 | 5 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ben Dempsey | 36 | 3 | 28+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | George Oakley | 39 | 16 | 28+1 | 13 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Connor McLennan | 23 | 2 | 19+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NZL | George Stanger | 37 | 3 | 28+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Jamie Murphy | 24 | 3 | 10+9 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Jake Hastie | 27 | 2 | 2+17 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Jay Henderson | 39 | 14 | 27+2 | 7 | 4+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 3 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Ethan Walker | 16 | 2 | 2+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Mark McKenzie | 33 | 3 | 8+17 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ROU | Marco Rus | 30 | 5 | 17+5 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Kenzie Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Lenny Agbaire | 10 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | David Craig | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Curtis Main | 8 | 4 | 4+3 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Harry Stone | 21 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SCO | Dylan Watret | 23 | 3 | 11+6 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Scott McMann | 31 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO | Cole McKinnon | 11 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | SCO | Liam Russell | 12 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 61 | GK | ENG | Jack McIntyre | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2024–25 season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SCO | Andy Murdoch | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | IRL | Aiden McGeady | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Fraser Bryden | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Jamie Hislop | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | SCO | Ollie Ecrepont | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ALB | Roy Syla | 12 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Scott Tomlinson | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | WAL | Ryan Howley | 13 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Connor McAvoy | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Max Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Lucas McRoberts | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | SCO | Alfie Bavidge | 15 | 2 | 3+11 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Falkirk (X) | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 63 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Livingston | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 55 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Ayr United | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 54 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 37 | |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAL | DUN | AYR | STE | BUC |
| 1 | Falkirk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | — |
| 2 | Dundee United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | — |
| 3 | Ayr United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | | 1–0 | — | — | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | — | — | 1–4 | — | 4–0 |
| 5 | Buckie Thistle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 0 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | — | — | — |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 24 May 2024 | FW | George Oakley | Greenock Morton | Free transfer |
| 25 May 2024 | FW | Anton Dowds | Partick Thistle | Free transfer |
| 15 June 2024 | MF | Marco Rus | Coventry City | Undisclosed |
| 16 June 2024 | DF | Scott McMann | Dundee United | Free transfer |
| 19 June 2024 | MF | Ethan Walker | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 9 July 2024 | MF | Jake Hastie | Hartlepool United | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2024 | GK | Liam Russell | Queen's Park | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2024 | DF | Mikey Devlin | Livingston | Free transfer |
| 6 September 2024 | DF | Jamie Hamilton | Hamilton Academical | Free transfer |
| 6 September 2024 | GK | Jack McIntyre | Accrington Stanley | Free transfer |
| 11 October 2024 | MF | Connor McLennan | Salford City | Free transfer |
| 25 January 2025 | FW | Curtis Main | Dundee | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 6 May 2024 | GK | Charlie Albinson | Hamilton Academical | Free transfer |
| 6 May 2024 | DF | Nathan McGinley | Spennymoor Town | Free transfer |
| 6 May 2024 | MF | Carter Jenkins | University of Stirling | Free transfer |
| 6 May 2024 | MF | Paul Smith | Annan Athletic | Free transfer |
| 6 May 2024 | MF | Dario Viviani | Troon | Free transfer |
| 24 May 2024 | FW | Franny Amartey | Weymouth | Free transfer |
| 24 May 2024 | FW | Ahkeem Rose | Hereford | Free transfer |
| 16 June 2024 | DF | Sean McGinty | Hamilton Academical | Free transfer |
| 1 October 2024 | MF | Aiden McGeady | Retired | Retired |
| 16 January 2025 | DF | Jamie Hamilton | East Kilbride | Free transfer |
| 16 January 2025 | MF | Roy Syla | | Free transfer |
| 7 February 2025 | MF | Andy Murdoch | Clyde | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 31 May 2024 | GK | Harry Stone | Heart of Midlothian | 31 May 2025 |
| 1 June 2024 | MF | Jay Henderson | Ross County | 31 May 2025 |
| 28 August 2024 | MF | Ryan Howley | Coventry City | 1 January 2025 |
| 30 August 2024 | DF | Connor McAvoy | Fulham | 1 January 2025 |
| 31 August 2024 | FW | Alfie Bavidge | Aberdeen | 1 January 2025 |
| 8 January 2025 | MF | Cole McKinnon | Rangers | 31 May 2025 |
| 9 January 2025 | DF | Lenny Agbaire | Celtic | 31 May 2025 |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 19 July 2024 | GK | Ollie Ecrepont | East Stirlingshire | 31 May 2025 |
| 3 August 2024 | MF | Andy Murdoch | Clyde | 1 January 2025 |
| 23 August 2024 | FW | Frase Bryden | Queen of the South | 31 May 2025 |
| 31 August 2024 | FW | Max Guthrie | Stranraer | 31 May 2025 |
| 6 September 2024 | FW | Lucas McRoberts | Bonnyrigg Rose | 31 May 2025 |
| 6 September 2024 | DF | Jamie Hamilton | East Kilbride | 1 January 2025 |
| 24 September 2024 | MF | Scott Tomlinson | Stenhousemuir | 31 May 2025 |
| 30 September 2024 | GK | Robbie Mutch | Stranraer | 1 January 2025 |
| 27 January 2025 | MF | Jamie Hislop | Cumnock Juniors | 31 May 2025 |