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Last Day Escape For Ayr

ayrunited_crest03Manager Alex Gibson struggled to maintain Ayr United's First Division status by Christmas 1934.  Such defeats as an 8-1 loss away to Falkirk in October and a 7-0 defeat by celtic in November had dented confidence.

Ayr had a disastrous 7-1 defeat at Queens’ Palmerston Park on 1st January despite being on top for the first 30 minutes, typical of a disastrous season.  A few days later first division survival began to look extremely fragile after an 8-0 defeat away to Albion Rovers.

The manager resigned on the following Monday.

Frank Thompson took over and United began to pick up points.  After a bad 7-0 loss to Aberdeen in February Ayr  had a successful March which included a 1-0 victory over Celtic, part of a six match unbeaten run which also included three wins where United scored three goals. 

With this run Thompson managed to salvage an 18th position, a mere two points away from relegation escaping on the last day of the season despite a 3-2 defeat by Airdrie.

Date

Opponents

H/A

Competition

Score (Ayr First)

Att

Programme Issued

Comments

11/8/34

Clyde

H

1st Division

2-3

 

No

 

18/8/34

Hamilton Academical

A

1st Division

2-3

 

No

 

22/8/34

Partick Thistle

H

1st Division

3-2

 

No

 

25/8/34

Albion Rovers

H

1st Division

0-1

 

No

 

1/9/34

Kilmarnock

A

1st Division

3-6

 

No

 

8/9/34

Queen of the South

H

1st Division

1-1

 

No

 

12/9/34

Dunfermline Athletic

A

1st Division

2-1

 

No

 

15/9/34

Rangers

A

1st Division

0-2

 

No

 

19/9/34

Manchester City

H

Friendly

1-4

 

No

Bob Hepburn's Testimonial

22/9/34

Queens Park

H

1st Division

5-1

 

No

 

26/9/34

Kilmarnock

A

Kilmarnock Charity Cup Final

3-2

 

No

 

29/9/34

Heart of Midlothian

A

1st Division

0-5

 

No

 

6/10/34

Aberdeen

H

1st Division

0-3

 

No

 

13/10/34

St. Johnstone

A

1st Division

0-4

 

No

 

20/10/34

Falkirk

A

1st Division

1-8

 

No

 

27/10/34

St. Mirren

H

1st Division

1-0

 

No

 

3/11/34

Celtic

A

1st Division

0-7

 

No

 

10/11/34

Dundee

A

1st Division

4-5

 

No

 

17/11/34

Hibernian

H

1st Division

1-1

 

No

 

24/11/34

Motherwell

H

1st Division

1-0

 

No

 

1/12/34

Airdrieonians

H

1st Division

2-1

 

No

 

8/12/34

Partick Thistle

A

1st Division

1-1

 

No

 

15/12/34

Dunfermline Athletic

H

1st Division

1-3

 

No

 

22/12/34

Clyde

A

1st Division

1-5

 

No

 

29/12/34

Hamilton Academical

H

1st Division

1-2

 

No

 

1/1/35

Queen of the South

A

1st Division

1-7

 

Yes

 

2/1/35

Kilmarnock

H

1st Division

2-1

 

No

 

5/1/35

Albion Rovers

A

1st Division

0-8

 

No

 

12/1/35

Rangers

H

1st Division

2-4

 

No

 

19/1/35

Queens Park

A

1st Division

4-5

 

No

 

26/1/35

Queen of the South

H

Scottish Cup 1st Rnd

3-1

 

No

 

2/2/35

Heart of Midlothian

H

1st Division

0-3

 

No

 

9/2/35

King's Park

H

Scottish Cup 2nd Rnd

1-1

 

No

 

13/2/35

King's Park

A

Scottish Cup 2nd Rnd (replay)

2-2 aet

 

No

 

16/2/35

Aberdeen

A

1st Division

1-7

 

No

 

18/2/35

King's Park

N

Scottish Cup 2nd Rnd (2nd replay)

4-4 aet

 

No

 

19/2/35

King's Park

N

Scottish Cup 2nd Rnd (3rd replay)

1-2

 

No

 

2/3/35

St. Johnstone

H

1st Division

3-0

 

No

 

9/3/35

Falkirk

H

1st Division

2-3

 

No

Game Later Declared Null and Void

16/3/35

St. Mirren

A

1st Division

3-3

 

No

 

23/3/35

Celtic

H

1st Division

1-0

 

No

 

30/3/35

Dundee

H

1st Division

3-2

 

No

 

10/4/35

Falkirk

H

1st Division

3-1

 

No

 

13/4/35

Hibernian

A

1st Division

1-1

 

No

 

20/4/35

Motherwell

A

1st Division

3-2

 

No

 

27/4/35

Airdrieonians

A

1st Division

2-3

 

No

 

30/4/35

Galston

H

Ayrshire Cup Semi Final

5-3

 

No

 
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Pld

 

Home

 

 

 

 

Away

 

 

 

 

Overall

 

 

 

 

Pts

GA

1934/35

 

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

 

 

1

Rangers

38

 

14

3

2

50

19

 

11

2

6

46

27

 

25

5

8

96

46

 

55

2.1

2

Celtic

38

 

15

2

2

61

19

 

9

2

8

31

26

 

24

4

10

92

45

 

52

2

3

Heart Of Midlothian

38

 

11

5

3

42

19

 

9

5

5

45

32

 

20

10

8

87

51

 

50

1.7

4

Hamilton Academical

38

 

14

4

1

58

24

 

5

6

8

29

43

 

19

10

9

87

67

 

48

1.3

5

St. Johnstone

38

 

13

4

2

45

14

 

5

6

8

21

32

 

18

10

10

66

46

 

46

1.4

6

Aberdeen

38

 

13

3

3

42

17

 

4

7

8

26

37

 

17

10

11

68

54

 

44

1.3

7

Motherwell

38

 

12

4

3

57

27

 

3

6

10

26

37

 

15

10

13

83

64

 

40

1.3

8

Dundee

38

 

10

4

5

35

27

 

6

4

9

28

36

 

16

8

14

63

63

 

40

1

9

Kilmarnock

38

 

10

3

6

43

30

 

6

3

10

33

38

 

16

6

16

76

68

 

38

1.1

10

Clyde

38

 

9

6

4

45

29

 

5

4

10

26

40

 

14

10

14

71

69

 

38

1

11

Hibernian

38

 

10

7

2

38

20

 

4

1

14

21

50

 

14

8

16

59

70

 

36

0.8

12

Queens Park

38

 

11

4

4

43

30

 

2

6

11

18

50

 

13

10

15

61

80

 

36

0.8

13

Partick Thistle

38

 

10

5

4

38

25

 

5

0

14

23

43

 

15

5

18

61

68

 

35

0.9

14

Airdrieonians

38

 

10

3

6

42

31

 

3

4

12

22

41

 

13

7

18

64

72

 

33

0.9

15

Dunfermline Athletic

38

 

8

4

7

35

39

 

5

1

13

21

57

 

13

5

20

56

96

 

31

0.6

16

Albion Rovers

38

 

8

4

7

38

30

 

2

5

12

24

47

 

10

9

19

62

77

 

29

0.8

17

Queen of the South

38

 

9

2

8

33

27

 

2

5

12

19

45

 

11

7

20

52

72

 

29

0.7

18

Ayr United

38

 

10

2

7

32

29

 

2

3

14

29

83

 

12

5

21

61

112

 

29

0.5

19

St Mirren

38

 

7

3

9

31

33

 

4

2

13

18

37

 

11

5

22

49

70

 

27

0.7

20

Falkirk

38

 

8

3

8

42

33

 

1

3

15

16

49

 

9

6

23

58

82

 

24

0.7