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Airdrie Destroy Cup Dream

ayrunited_crest03Ayr United celebrated their 10th consecutive season in the First Division with a 14th place finish—the fifth season in a row that they finished either 10th or 14th place. They also had a new manager in Jimmy Richardson.

Their 14th finish this season, left them only a few points above relegation.

Ayr had been tipped as Cup winners and pulses raced when Ayr were drawn against rivals Kilmarnock when another record crowd was recorded at Somerset Park.  16,721 people paid to witness some early Killie pressure.  However United went on to win 1-0 with an 85th minute goal from Harry ‘Peerie’ Cunningham.

This Scottish Cup win gave Ayr a match against Clydebank in the 3rd round which was won by 3-2.  In the 4th round Ayr were paired with Lankashire club Airdrieonians.  A four match cup marathon against ensued, with the Lanarkshire club finally winning, going on to win the Cup.

Date

Opponents

H/A

Competition

Score (Ayr First)

Att

Programme Issued

Comments

18/8/23

Partick Thistle

A

1st Division

0-3

 

No

 

25/8/23

Kilmarnock

H

1st Division

0-0

 

No

 

1/9/23

Airdrieonians

A

1st Division

0-4

 

No

 

3/9/23

Irvine District

A

Friendly

3-2

 

No

Benefit Match

8/9/23

Aberdeen

H

1st Division

1-1

 

No

 

15/9/23

Falkirk

A

1st Division

0-2

 

No

 

22/9/23

Celtic

H

1st Division

4-2

 

No

 

29/9/23

Heart Of Midlothian

A

1st Division

3-2

 

No

 

6/10/23

Motherwell

H

1st Division

0-0

 

No

 

13/10/23

Rangers

A

1st Division

0-5

 

No

 

20/10/23

St. Mirren

H

1st Division

2-2

 

No

 

27/10/23

Raith Rovers

A

1st Division

1-4

 

No

 

3/11/23

Third Lanark

A

1st Division

0-3

 

No

 

10/11/23

Hibernian

H

1st Division

2-2

 

No

 

17/11/23

Morton

A

1st Division

0-4

 

No

 

24/11/23

Queens Park

H

1st Division

2-1

 

No

 

1/12/23

Hamilton Academical

H

1st Division

0-0

 

No

 

8/12/23

Clyde

A

1st Division

0-1

 

No

 

15/12/23

Dundee

H

1st Division

2-0

 

No

 

22/12/23

Clydebank

A

1st Division

0-1

 

No

 

29/12/23

Hamilton Academical

A

1st Division

0-0

 

No

 

1/1/24

Morton

H

1st Division

1-0

 

No

 

2/1/24

Kilmarnock

A

1st Division

1-1

 

No

 

3/1/24

Third Lanark

H

Friendly

3-2

 

No

Jimmy Hogg's Testimonial

5/1/24

Rangers

H

1st Division

2-1

 

No

 

12/1/24

Aberdeen

A

1st Division

0-1

 

No

 

19/1/24

Airdrieonians

H

1st Division

2-3

 

No

 

26/1/24

Albion Rovers

H

Scottish Cup 1st Rnd

3-1

 

No

 

2/2/24

Hibernian

A

1st Division

0-3

 

No

 

9/2/24

Kilmarnock

H

Scottish Cup 2nd Rnd

1-0

16,721

No

 

16/2/24

Partick Thistle

H

1st Division

1-1

 

No

 

20/2/24

Dundee

A

1st Division

1-2

 

No

 

23/2/24

Clydebank

A

Scottish Cup 3rd Rnd

3-2

 

No

 

27/2/24

Clyde

H

1st Division

2-1

 

No

 

1/3/24

Motherwell

A

1st Division

0-1

 

No

 

8/3/24

Airdrieonians

A

Scottish Cup 4th Rnd

1-1

 

No

 

12/3/24

Airdrieonians

H

Scottish Cup 4th Rnd - Replay

0-0 aet

 

No

 

15/3/24

Clydebank

H

1st Division

3-1

 

No

 

19/3/24

Airdrieonians

N

Scottish Cup 4th Rnd - 2nd Replay

1-1 aet

 

No

 

20/3/24

Airdrieonians

N

Scottish Cup 4th Rnd - 3rd Replay

0-1

 

No

 

22/3/24

Heart Of Midlothian

H

1st Division

2-1

 

No

 

29/3/24

Third Lanark

H

1st Division

3-0

 

No

 

2/4/24

Falkirk

H

1st Division

2-0

 

No

 

5/4/24

Celtic

A

1st Division

0-3

 

No

 

12/4/24

Raith Rovers

H

1st Division

1-0

 

No

 

19/4/24

St. Mirren

A

1st Division

0-4

 

No

 

26/4/24

Queens Park

A

1st Division

0-0

 

No

 

28/4/24

Rangers

H

Friendly

0-1

 

No

Phil McCloy's Testimonial

3/5/24

Queens Park

H

Ayr Charity Cup Final

2-1

 

No

 
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Ayr United manager, Jimmy Richardson

a

 

Pld

 

Home

 

 

 

 

Away

 

 

 

 

Overall

 

 

 

 

Pts

GA

1923/24

 

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

 

 

1

Rangers

38

 

14

4

1

38

7

 

11

5

3

34

15

 

25

9

4

72

22

 

59

3.3

2

Airdrieonians

38

 

13

6

0

48

17

 

7

4

8

24

29

 

20

10

8

72

46

 

50

1.6

3

Celtic

38

 

11

5

3

36

15

 

6

7

6

20

18

 

17

12

9

56

33

 

46

1.7

4

Raith Rovers

38

 

13

3

3

40

12

 

5

4

10

16

26

 

18

7

13

56

38

 

43

1.5

5

Dundee

38

 

12

6

1

48

22

 

3

7

9

22

35

 

15

13

10

70

57

 

43

1.2

6

St. Mirren

38

 

10

5

4

37

15

 

5

7

7

16

30

 

15

12

11

53

45

 

42

1.2

7

Hibernian

38

 

12

3

4

41

21

 

3

8

8

25

31

 

15

11

12

66

52

 

41

1.3

8

Partick Thistle

38

 

9

4

6

32

23

 

6

5

8

26

32

 

15

9

14

58

55

 

39

1.1

9

Heart Of Midlothian

38

 

12

4

3

43

17

 

2

6

11

18

33

 

14

10

14

61

50

 

38

1.2

10

Motherwell

38

 

11

4

4

36

26

 

4

3

12

22

37

 

15

7

16

58

63

 

37

0.9

11

Morton

38

 

12

3

4

31

16

 

4

2

13

17

38

 

16

5

17

48

54

 

37

0.9

12

Hamilton Academical

38

 

11

2

6

37

26

 

4

4

11

15

31

 

15

6

17

52

57

 

36

0.9

13

Aberdeen

38

 

11

5

3

27

14

 

2

5

12

10

27

 

13

10

15

37

41

 

36

0.9

14

Ayr United

38

 

11

7

1

32

16

 

1

3

15

6

44

 

12

10

16

38

60

 

34

0.6

15

Falkirk

38

 

10

4

5

28

15

 

3

2

14

18

38

 

13

6

19

46

53

 

32

0.9

16

Kilmarnock

38

 

9

4

6

28

25

 

3

4

12

20

40

 

12

8

18

48

65

 

32

0.7

17

Queens Park

38

 

7

7

5

22

21

 

4

2

13

21

39

 

11

9

18

43

60

 

31

0.7

18

Third Lanark

38

 

9

3

7

32

33

 

2

5

12

22

45

 

11

8

19

54

78

 

30

0.7

19

Clyde

38

 

8

6

5

26

21

 

2

3

14

14

49

 

10

9

19

40

70

 

29

0.6

20

Clydebank

38

 

8

3

8

21

25

 

2

2

15

21

46

 

10

5

23

42

71

 

25

0.6