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1937/38
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Devastating Cup Defeat

ayrunited_crest031 point separated the seven teams between 13th and 19th place, Dundee being the unlucky side in the relegation slot. 

Ayr finished in 17th place ahead of rivals Kilmarnock. 

It was also a season of Scottish Cup replays with no less than three rounds being settled by a replay.  Queens Park and Morton had already been dispatched in that way when Ayr met Kilmarnock in the quarter final.  With strong winds blowing down Rugby Park this became a game of two halves.  A Thompson 25 yarder on 30 minutes put Killie 1-0 ahead at half time.  A wind assisted equaliser came in 51 minutes from a Taylor 30 yarder

 The replay at Somerset Park was a devastating defeat for Ayr.  The 5-0 score in front of 23,785 could have been much bigger if not for stout Ayr defending. 

However Ayr could have been level at half time after McAvoy’s opener in 20 minutes. Ayr’s Currie however missed a crucial penalty.  Killie’s Thompson scored twice from penalty’s in the second half with Collins and McGrogen completing the rout.

Date

Opponents

H/A

Competition

Score (Ayr First)

Att

Programme Issued

Comments

14/8/37

Kilmarnock

A

1st Division

1-2

 

 

 

21/8/37

Queens Park

H

1st Division

6-2

 

 

 

25/8/37

Kilmarnock

H

1st Division

4-2

 

 

 

28/8/37

Arbroath

A

1st Division

0-4

 

 

 

4/9/37

Clyde

H

1st Division

3-3

 

 

 

8/9/37

Galston

H

Ayrshire Cup Semi Final

4-2

 

 

 

11/9/37

Queen of the South

A

1st Division

1-0

 

 

 

14/9/37

Queens Park

A

1st Division

1-1

 

 

 

18/9/37

Rangers

H

1st Division

1-1

 

 

 

25/9/37

Morton

A

1st Division

3-7

 

 

 

29/9/37

Kilmarnock

H

Ayr Charity Cup Final

0-3

 

 

 

2/10/37

Hamilton Academical

H

1st Division

2-3

 

 

 

9/10/37

Heart of Midlothian

A

1st Division

0-7

 

 

 

16/10/37

Aberdeen

H

1st Division

4-1

 

 

 

23/10/37

St. Mirren

H

1st Division

1-1

 

 

 

30/10/37

Third Lanark

H

1st Division

1-1

 

 

 

6/11/37

Hibernian

A

1st Division

0-3

 

 

 

13/11/37

Partick Thistle

A

1st Division

2-6

 

 

 

20/11/37

Celtic

H

1st Division

1-1

 

 

 

27/11/37

Motherwell

H

1st Division

3-3

 

 

 

11/12/37

Falkirk

H

1st Division

2-3

 

 

 

18/12/37

Dundee

A

1st Division

1-3

 

 

Match abandoned after 71 minutes.

25/12/37

Arbroath

H

1st Division

0-1

 

 

 

31/12/37

Clyde

A

1st Division

0-0

 

 

 

1/1/38

Queen of the South

H

1st Division

1-0

 

 

 

3/1/38

Aberdeen

A

1st Division

0-4

 

 

 

8/1/38

Rangers

A

1st Division

2-2

 

 

 

15/1/38

Morton

H

1st Division

6-2

 

 

 

22/1/38

East Stirlingshire

H

Scottish Cup 1st Rnd

4-1

 

 

 

29/1/38

Hamilton Academical

A

1st Division

3-0

 

 

 

5/2/38

Heart of Midlothian

H

1st Division

2-4

 

 

 

12/2/38

Queen's Park

H

Scottish Cup 2nd Rnd

1-1

 

 

 

16/2/38

Queen's Park

A

Scottish Cup 2nd Rnd (replay)

2-1

 

 

 

19/2/38

St. Mirren

A

1st Division

2-1

 

 

 

26/2/38

Third Lanark

A

1st Division

2-2

 

 

 

5/3/38

Morton

A

Scottish Cup 3rd Rnd

1-1

 

 

 

9/3/38

Morton

H

Scottish Cup 3rd Rnd (replay)

4-1

 

 

 

12/3/38

Hibernian

H

1st Division

1-1

 

 

 

19/3/38

Kilmarnock

A

Scottish Cup Quarter Final

1-1

28,595

 

 

23/3/38

Kilmarnock

H

Scottish Cup Quarter Final (replay)

0-5

23,785

 

 

26/3/38

Celtic

A

1st Division

1-1

 

 

 

2/4/38

Motherwell

A

1st Division

3-4

 

 

 

9/4/38

St. Johnstone

H

1st Division

3-1

 

 

 

11/4/38

Dundee

A

1st Division

1-5

 

 

 

16/4/38

Falkirk

A

1st Division

1-1

 

 

 

20/4/38

St. Johnstone

A

1st Division

1-4

 

 

 

27/4/38

Partick Thistle

H

1st Division

1-1

 

 

 

30/4/38

Dundee

H

1st Division

0-0

 

 

 

7/5/38

Kilmarnock

H

Ayr Charity Cup Final

4-0

 

 

 
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Ayr United manager, Frank Thompson

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Pld

 

Home

 

 

 

 

Away

 

 

 

 

Overall

 

 

 

 

Pts

GA

1937/38

 

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

 

 

1

Celtic

38

 

16

3

0

70

15

 

11

4

4

44

27

 

27

7

4

114

42

 

61

2.7

2

Heart Of Midlothian

38

 

16

2

1

48

16

 

10

4

5

42

34

 

26

6

6

90

50

 

58

1.8

3

Rangers

38

 

11

5

3

44

23

 

7

8

4

31

26

 

18

13

7

75

49

 

49

1.5

4

Falkirk

38

 

9

4

6

43

27

 

10

5

4

39

25

 

19

9

10

82

52

 

47

1.6

5

Motherwell

38

 

12

5

2

49

28

 

5

5

9

29

41

 

17

10

11

78

69

 

44

1.1

6

Aberdeen

38

 

12

3

4

47

18

 

3

6

10

27

41

 

15

9

14

74

59

 

39

1.3

7

Partick Thistle

38

 

12

2

5

45

32

 

3

7

9

23

38

 

15

9

14

68

70

 

39

1

8

St. Johnstone

38

 

11

4

4

47

29

 

5

3

11

31

52

 

16

7

15

78

81

 

39

1

9

Third Lanark

38

 

7

8

4

34

30

 

4

5

10

34

43

 

11

13

14

68

73

 

35

0.9

10

Hibernian

38

 

8

8

3

38

27

 

3

5

11

19

38

 

11

13

14

57

65

 

35

0.9

11

Arbroath

38

 

8

7

4

37

30

 

3

6

10

21

49

 

11

13

14

58

79

 

35

0.7

12

Queens Park

38

 

6

8

5

33

32

 

5

4

10

26

42

 

11

12

15

59

74

 

34

0.8

13

Hamilton Academical

38

 

9

3

7

48

30

 

4

4

11

33

46

 

13

7

18

81

76

 

33

1.1

14

St. Mirren

38

 

11

2

6

42

25

 

3

3

13

16

41

 

14

5

19

58

66

 

33

0.9

15

Clyde

38

 

6

9

4

41

31

 

4

4

11

27

47

 

10

13

15

68

78

 

33

0.9

16

Queen of the South

38

 

6

4

9

26

32

 

5

7

7

32

39

 

11

11

16

58

71

 

33

0.8

17

Ayr United

38

 

6

9

4

42

31

 

3

6

10

24

54

 

9

15

14

66

85

 

33

0.8

18

Kilmarnock

38

 

9

5

5

35

33

 

3

4

12

30

58

 

12

9

17

65

91

 

33

0.7

19

Dundee

38

 

10

3

6

47

27

 

3

3

13

23

47

 

13

6

19

70

74

 

32

1

20

Morton

38

 

5

1

13

44

55

 

1

2

16

20

72

 

6

3

29

64

127

 

15

0.5