# 2015–16 Ayr United F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Ayr United's third season in League One and their 4th consecutive season in the third-tier of Scottish football. Ayr also competed in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Challenge Cup.

## Results and fixtures
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

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

    As of 15 May 2016
| No. | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| | | Greg Fleming | 45 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | | Shaun Newman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| | | Patrick Boyle | 37 | 1 | 27 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| | | Martyn Campbell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Nicky Devlin | 42 | 3 | 33 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | | Gerry McLauchlan | 29 | 3 | 21 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | | Craig McCracken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| | | Ross McCrorie | 15 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Andy Graham | 28 | 2 | 22 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| | | Adam Hodge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Andrew Muir | 4 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| | | Peter Murphy | 36 | 0 | 29 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | | Jamie Adams | 26 | 2 | 17 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Robbie Crawford | 35 | 3 | 15 (12) | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 | 5 (1) | 2 |
| | | Ross Docherty | 35 | 1 | 25 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | | Michael Donald | 40 | 3 | 16 (15) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 (1) | 1 |
| | | Alan Forrest | 39 | 5 | 22 (12) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| | | Brian Gilmour | 31 | 2 | 19 (4) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 |
| | | Alan Trouten | 39 | 7 | 25 (6) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) | 1 |
| | | Michael Wardrope | 10 | 1 | 4 (6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| | | Ross Caldwell | 22 | 5 | 6 (11) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | | Sean McKenzie | 5 | 0 | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Craig Moore | 30 | 14 | 23 (2) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Jordan Preston | 40 | 15 | 28 (6) | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | | Ryan Nisbet | 4 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| | | Ryan Stevenson | 22 | 6 | 16 (2) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |

## Club statistics
### Final League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 83 | 30 | +53 | 79 | Promotion to Scottish Championship |
| 2 | Ayr United (O, P) | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 61 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Peterhead | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 59 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Stranraer | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 51 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 49 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Ayr United play each other team in the Scottish League One four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 36 games.
Win  Draw  Loss
First half of the season :
| Opposition | Home score | Away score |
| Airdrieonians | 3 – 0 | 1 – 2 |
| Albion Rovers | 1 – 0 | 3 – 0 |
| Brechin City | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 |
| Cowdenbeath | 5 – 0 | 4 – 2 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1 – 2 | 0 – 2 |
| Forfar Athletic | 2 – 2 | 2 – 2 |
| Peterhead | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 |
| Stenhousemuir | 5 – 2 | 0 – 1 |
| Stranraer | 3 – 1 | 1 – 2 |
Second half of season :
| Opposition | Home score | Away score |
| Airdrieonians | 0 – 3 | 0 – 1 |
| Albion Rovers | 0 – 1 | 1 – 3 |
| Brechin City | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 |
| Cowdenbeath | 4 – 1 | 1 – 0 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 0 – 2 | 3 – 2 |
| Forfar Athletic | 2 – 1 | 3 – 1 |
| Peterhead | 1 – 2 | 0 – 4 |
| Stenhousemuir | 4 – 1 | 0 – 4 |
| Stranraer | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 |

### Home attendances

Win  Draw  Loss
| Comp | Date | Score | Opponent | Attendance |
| Challenge Cup | 25 July 2015 | 3 – 1 | Albion Rovers | 1,003 |
| League Cup | 1 August 2015 | 2 – 0 | Brechin City | 976 |
| League One | 15 August 2015 | 2 – 1 | Brechin City | 1,074 |
| Challenge Cup | 19 August 2015 | 0 – 2 | Rangers | 7,468 |
| League One | 29 August 2015 | 2 – 2 | Forfar Athletic | 1,243 |
| League One | 1 September 2015 | 5 – 2 | Stenhousemuir | 1,046 |
| League One | 26 September 2015 | 1 – 1 | Peterhead | 1,304 |
| League One | 3 October 2015 | 5 – 0 | Cowdenbeath | 1,171 |
| League One | 31 October 2015 | 3 – 1 | Stranraer | 1,415 |
| League One | 14 November 2015 | 1 – 0 | Albion Rovers | 1,389 |
| League One | 21 November 2015 | 3 – 0 | Airdrieonians | 1,403 |
| Scottish Cup | 28 November 2015 | 0 – 1 | Dunfermline | 1,576 |
| League One | 12 December 2015 | 1 – 2 | Dunfermline | 2,076 |
| League One | 26 December 2015 | 2 – 1 | Brechin City | 1,485 |
| League One | 6 February 2016 | 1 – 2 | Peterhead | 1,155 |
| League One | 20 February 2016 | 2 – 1 | Forfar Athletic | 763 |
| League One | 1 March 2016 | 4 – 1 | Cowdenbeath | 856 |
| League One | 8 March 2016 | 4 – 1 | Stenhousemuir | 889 |
| League One | 12 March 2016 | 0 – 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2,190 |
| League One | 26 March 2016 | 2 – 1 | Stranraer | 1,244 |
| League One | 9 April 2016 | 0 – 1 | Albion Rovers | 1,044 |
| League One | 30 April 2016 | 0 – 3 | Airdrieonians | 1,594 |
| Play-off | 7 May 2016 | 2 – 1 | Peterhead | 1,848 |
| Play-off | 15 May 2016 | 0 – 0 (3-1p) | Stranraer | 4,581 |
| | | | Total attendance: | 40,793 |
| | | | Average total attendance: | 1,670 |
| | | | Total league attendance: | 24,317 |
| | | | Average league attendance: | 1,296 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016 Source: Match reports in Results