1947/48

tn_Leith Athletic (h) 27 Mar 48 Ayr United finished a very poor 10th in the league, a marginal improvement from the previous season.

It was a season of high scoring matches both for and against Ayr losing to the eventual champions, East Fife, by 5-0 early in the League Cup but improving to lose only 3-2 in the league later in the season. Best win was a 6-0 thrashing of Stenhousemuir in february and a 5-1 win against Leith Athletic in March as the Edinburgh side headed for relegation.

Th club also had unsuccessful cup runs losing out to Morton in the 1st round of the Scottish Cup and to Albion Rovers in the Supplementary Cup.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Competition	Score (Ayr First)	Att	Programme Issued	Comments
9/8/47	Kilmarnock	H	League Cup	2-2		N/Known
13/8/47	Albion Rovers	H	B' Division	0-2		Yes
16/8/47	Stirling Albion	A	League Cup	5-1		No
23/8/47	East Fife	H	League Cup	2-5		Yes
27/8/47	Stirling Albion	A	B' Division	1-4		No
30/8/47	Kilmarnock	A	League Cup	2-1		N/Known
6/9/47	Stirling Albion	H	League Cup	3-2		Yes
13/9/47	East Fife	A	League Cup	0-5		Yes
20/9/47	Kilmarnock	H	B' Division	2-3		Yes
27/9/47	Arbroath	A	B' Division	2-2		No
4/10/47	Alloa Athletic	H	B' Division	2-0		Yes
11/10/47	Cowdenbeath	A	B' Division	0-0		Yes
18/10/47	Arbroath	H	B' Division	1-0		Yes
25/10/47	Dumbarton	A	B' Division	1-3		No
1/11/47	Dunfermline Athletic	H	B' Division	6-2		Yes
8/11/47	Hamilton Academical	A	B' Division	0-5		Yes
15/11/47	St. Johnstone	A	B' Division	1-4		Yes
22/10/47	Raith Rovers	H	B' Division	2-4		Yes
29/11/47	Stenhousemuir	A	B' Division	3-0		No
6/12/47	Leith Athletic	A	B' Division	1-1		Yes
13/12/47	Dundee United	H	B' Division	3-3		Yes
20/12/47	Albion Rovers	A	B' Division	0-2		N/Known
24/12/47	East Fife	A	B' Division	2-3		Yes
27/12/47	Stirling Albion	H	B' Division	2-0		Yes
1/1/48	Kilmarnock	A	B' Division	4-4		Yes
3/1/48	East Fife	H	B' Division	3-3		N/Known
10/1/48	Alloa Athletic	A	B' Division	4-4		Yes
17/1/48	Cowdenbeath	H	B' Division	2-1		Yes
24/1/48	Morton	H	Scottish Cup 1st Rnd	1-2		Yes
7/2/48	Stenhousemuir	H	B' Division	6-0		Yes
14/2/47	Dumbarton	H	B' Division	1-1		Yes
21/2/48	Dunfermline Athletic	H	B' Division Supplementary Cup - 1st Rnd	4-2		Yes
28/2/48	Hamilton Academical	H	B' Division	0-0		N/Known
6/3/48	St. Johnstone	H	B' Division	2-1		Yes
13/3/48	Raith Rovers	A	B' Division	0-2		No
27/3/48	Leith Athletic	H	B' Division	5-1		Yes
3/4/48	Dundee United	A	B' Division	2-4		Yes
9/4/48	Albion Rovers	A	B' Division Supplementary Cup - 2nd Rnd	2-2		Yes
14/4/48	Albion Rovers	H	B' Division Supplementary Cup - 2nd Rnd - Replay	0-2		Yes
17/4/48	Dunfermline Athletic	A	B' Division	1-2		Yes

b		Pld	Home					Away					Overall					Pts	GA
1947/48			W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
1	East Fife	30	14	0	1	59	18	11	3	1	45	18	25	3	2	104	36	53	2.9
2	Albion Rovers	30	11	2	2	32	18	8	2	5	26	31	19	4	7	58	49	42	1.2
3	Hamilton Academical	30	10	2	3	45	20	7	4	4	30	25	17	6	7	75	45	40	1.7
4	Raith Rovers	30	9	1	5	48	29	5	5	5	35	37	14	6	10	83	66	34	1.3
5	Cowdenbeath	30	7	3	5	25	20	5	5	5	31	33	12	8	10	56	53	32	1.1
6	Kilmarnock	30	9	3	3	49	26	4	1	10	23	36	13	4	13	72	62	30	1.2
7	Dunfermline Athletic	30	10	1	4	49	32	3	2	10	23	39	13	3	14	72	71	29	1
8	Stirling Albion	30	6	4	5	39	28	5	2	8	26	38	11	6	13	65	66	28	1
9	St. Johnstone	30	6	3	6	32	28	5	2	8	37	36	11	5	14	69	64	27	1.1
10	Ayr United	30	8	4	3	37	21	1	5	9	22	40	9	9	12	59	61	27	1
11	Dumbarton	30	7	4	4	39	31	2	3	10	27	48	9	7	14	66	79	25	0.8
12	Alloa Athletic	30	8	3	4	41	34	2	3	10	15	43	10	6	14	56	77	24	0.7
13	Arbroath	30	7	2	6	33	30	3	1	11	22	32	10	3	17	55	62	23	0.9
14	Stenhousemuir	30	4	7	4	23	30	2	4	9	30	53	6	11	13	53	83	23	0.6
15	Dundee United	30	9	1	5	41	33	1	1	13	17	55	10	2	18	58	88	22	0.7
16	Leith Athletic	30	5	5	5	28	28	1	2	12	17	56	6	7	17	45	84	19	0.5

Ayr United manager, Bob Ferrier