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1936/37
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A Season of Records

tn_St Bernards (a) 28 Nov 36Ayr United bounced back from the previous season’s disappointment with an emphatic 2nd division championship winning performance with the help of another of Ayr’s goalscoring legends -  Terry McGibbon

Winning the championship aside, United created a number of records during the season.  High scoring matches were common this season and record number one was that Ayr scored eight goals at home on three occasions in the season, the first time ever that they had done this.  These wins were 8-1 over Brechin City in October, 8-3 win over Stenhousemuir in November and 8-1 win over Montrose on Boxing day.

Record number 2 was twelve league victories in a row starting with a 4-0 win over Alloa on 24th October and finishing with that 7-2 over East Stirling on 2nd January, the day after a 5-0 win over Forfar Athletic. Ayr scored 64 times on this run.

Record number 3 was an unbeaten home campaign with season ticket holders witnessing seventeen matches undefeated.

Record number 4 was the scoring of 122 league goals, beating the previous record of 117 scored in season 1927/28.  ‘Terrier’ McGibbon had the honour of scoring the 118th goal in a 5-0 thrashing of King’s Park on 27th March 1937.  McGibbon had another disctinction that season as he also scored Ayr’s 50th league goal, which turned out also to be his own 25th of the season.
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Ayr United manager, Frank Thompson
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Date

Opponents

H/A

Competition

Score (Ayr First)

Att

Programme Issued

Comments

8/8/36

Leith Athletic

H

2nd Division

2-1

 

N/Known

 

15/8/36

Montrose

A

2nd Division

3-2

 

N/Known

 

19/8/36

Stranraer

A

Friendly

3-4

 

N/Known

 

22/8/36

Edinburgh City

H

2nd Division

3-2

 

N/Known

 

29/8/36

East Stirlingshire

A

2nd Division

0-2

 

N/Known

 

2/9/36

Kilmarnock

A

Friendly

4-3

 

N/Known

Kilmarnock Charity Cup Final (1935/36)

5/9/36

Forfar Athletic

H

2nd Division

6-1

 

N/Known

 

12/9/36

Cowdenbeath

A

2nd Division

1-2

 

N/Known

 

19/9/36

Dundee United

H

2nd Division

4-1

 

N/Known

 

26/9/36

Stenhousemuir

A

2nd Division

1-1

 

N/Known

 

3/10/36

East Fife

H

2nd Division

4-1

 

N/Known

 

10/10/36

Morton

A

2nd Division

2-3

 

N/Known

 

17/10/36

Airdrieonians

A

2nd Division

1-1

 

N/Known

 

24/10/36

Alloa Athletic

H

2nd Division

4-0

 

N/Known

 

31/10/36

Brechin City

H

2nd Division

8-1

 

N/Known

 

7/11/36

Dumbarton

A

2nd Division

3-1

 

N/Known

 

14/11/36

Edinburgh City

A

2nd Division

4-1

 

N/Known

 

21/11/36

Stenhousemuir

H

2nd Division

8-3

 

N/Known

 

28/11/36

St. Bernards

A

2nd Division

5-2

 

Yes

 

5/12/36

Kings Park

A

2nd Division

6-2

 

N/Known

 

12/12/36

Dumbarton

H

2nd Division

4-1

 

N/Known

 

19/12/36

Dundee United

A

2nd Division

2-1

 

N/Known

 

26/12/36

Montrose

H

2nd Division

8-1

 

N/Known

 

1/1/37

Forfar Athletic

A

2nd Division

5-0

 

N/Known

 

2/1/37

East Stirlingshire

H

2nd Division

7-2

 

N/Known

 

9/1/37

Leith Athletic

A

2nd Division

2-3

 

N/Known

 

16/1/37

Raith Rovers

H

2nd Division

1-0

 

N/Known

 

23/1/37

Brechin City

A

2nd Division

3-2

 

N/Known

 

30/1/37

Partick Thistle

H

Scottish Cup 1st Rnd

0-2

 

N/Known

 

6/2/37

Cowdenbeath

H

2nd Division

2-0

 

N/Known

 

13/2/37

St. Bernards

H

2nd Division

5-2

 

N/Known

 

20/2/37

Airdrieonians

H

2nd Division

5-2

 

N/Known

 

6/3/37

Alloa Athletic

A

2nd Division

4-1

 

N/Known

 

20/3/37

Morton

H

2nd Division

1-1

 

N/Known

 

27/3/37

Kings Park

H

2nd Division

5-0

 

N/Known

 

3/4/37

Raith Rovers

A

2nd Division

2-2

 

N/Known

 

16/4/37

East Fife

A

2nd Division

1-4

 

N/Known

 

19/4/37

Kilmarnock

H

Friendly

2-2

 

N/Known

Ayrshire Cup Final (1935/36)

26/4/37

Kilmarnock

H

Friendly

3-2

 

N/Known

Ayrshire Cup Final (1935/36) replay

30/4/37

Wigtownshire Select

A

Friendly

3-2

 

N/Known

Benefit Match

1/5/37

Kilmarnock

A

Friendly

1-0

 

N/Known

Kilmarnock Charity Cup Final (1936/37)

b

 

Pld

 

Home

 

 

 

 

Away

 

 

 

 

Overall

 

 

 

 

Pts

GA

1936/37

 

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

 

 

1

Ayr United

34

 

16

1

0

77

19

 

9

3

5

45

30

 

25

4

5

122

49

 

54

2.5

2

Morton

34

 

16

0

1

76

19

 

7

5

5

34

23

 

23

5

6

110

42

 

51

2.6

3

St. Bernards

34

 

15

1

1

63

18

 

7

3

7

37

33

 

22

4

8

100

51

 

48

2

4

Airdrieonians

34

 

12

4

1

59

26

 

6

4

7

26

34

 

18

8

8

85

60

 

44

1.4

5

East Fife

34

 

10

3

4

48

22

 

5

5

7

28

29

 

15

8

11

76

51

 

38

1.5

6

Cowdenbeath

34

 

11

5

1

43

17

 

3

5

9

32

42

 

14

10

10

75

59

 

38

1.3

7

East Stirlingshire

34

 

12

2

3

50

28

 

6

0

11

31

50

 

18

2

14

81

78

 

38

1

8

Raith Rovers

34

 

9

3

5

38

26

 

7

1

9

34

40

 

16

4

14

72

66

 

36

1.1

9

Alloa Athletic

34

 

9

3

5

32

26

 

4

4

9

32

39

 

13

7

14

64

65

 

33

1

10

Stenhousemuir

34

 

8

3

6

49

33

 

6

1

10

33

53

 

14

4

16

82

86

 

32

1

11

Leith Athletic

34

 

10

3

4

39

27

 

3

2

12

23

38

 

13

5

16

62

65

 

31

1

12

Forfar Athletic

34

 

8

5

4

51

39

 

3

3

11

22

50

 

11

8

15

73

89

 

30

0.8

13

Montrose

34

 

9

1

7

34

29

 

2

5

10

31

69

 

11

6

17

65

98

 

28

0.7

14

Dundee United

34

 

5

6

6

37

36

 

4

3

10

35

61

 

9

9

16

72

97

 

27

0.7

15

Dumbarton

34

 

8

3

6

37

36

 

3

2

12

20

47

 

11

5

18

57

83

 

27

0.7

16

Brechin City

34

 

6

6

5

30

29

 

2

3

12

34

69

 

8

9

17

64

98

 

25

0.7

17

Kings Park

34

 

8

2

7

42

47

 

3

1

13

19

59

 

11

3

20

61

106

 

25

0.6

18

Edinburgh City

34

 

2

1

14

23

58

 

0

2

15

19

62

 

2

3

29

42

120

 

7

0.4