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1955/56
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tn_Morton (h) 2 Jan 56New manager Neil Mc Bain made the difference between a mid-league position and the second place which gained United promotion to the 1st division. 

Securing the signature of Peter Price from non-league Gloucester City was his piece of luck as Peter’s goalscoring prowess turned him into an Ayr United legend.

His tally of 45 goals in 1955/6 secured the clubs place back in the First Division

United had opened with eight wins out of ten. Wins over Dumbarton (5-1), East Stirling (8-1) and St Johnstone (4-3) helped Ayr to 27 points by the year end. Other highlights were a 7-0 over Montrose and 8-1 over Forfar Athletic and an Easter Saturday 4-0 win against East Stirling.

A 5-0 win over Arbroath and a 0-0 draw at Perth left Ayr 46 points from 32 games. 15,000 people saw United win 2-0 against Brechin City and achieve promotion.

Date

Opponents

H/A

Competition

Score (Ayr First)

Att

Programme Issued

Comments

13/8/55

St Johnstone

A

League Cup

1-5

 

Yes

 

17/8/55

Queens Park

H

League Cup

3-2

 

No

 

20/8/55

Stirling Albion

A

League Cup

1-3

 

Yes

 

24/8/55

Forfar Athletic

H

B' Division

3-1

 

Yes

 

27/8/55

St Johnstone

H

League Cup

3-2

 

Yes

 

31/8/55

Queens Park

A

League Cup

0-2

 

Yes

 

3/9/55

Stirling Albion

H

League Cup

2-2

 

Yes

 

7/9/55

Cowdenbeath

A

B' Division

0-4

 

Yes

 

10/9/55

Alloa Athletic

A

B' Division

2-1

 

N/known

 

14/9/55

Berwick Rangers

H

B' Division

4-1

 

N/known

 

17/9/55

Montrose

H

B' Division

7-0

 

Yes

 

21/9/55

Rangers

H

Friendly

3-0

 

No

Alec Beatie's Testimonial

24/9/55

Morton

A

B' Division

2-0

 

No

 

28/9/55

Berwick Rangers

A

B' Division

4-3

 

Yes

 

1/10/55

Third Lanark

H

B' Division

1-0

 

N/known

 

8/10/55

Albion Rovers

A

B' Division

2-4

 

Yes

 

15/10/55

Stranraer

H

B' Division

3-0

 

Yes

 

22/10/55

Queens Park

H

B' Division

1-2

 

N/known

 

25/10/55

Kilmarnock

A

Friendly

1-4

 

No

Jimmy Middlemas's Testimonial

5/11/55

Queens Park

A

B' Division

2-4

 

Yes

 

12/11/55

Dumbarton

H

B' Division

5-1

 

Yes

 

19/11/55

Dundee United

A

B' Division

3-3

 

Yes

 

26/11/55

East Stirlingshire

H

B' Division

8-1

 

Yes

 

3/12/55

Arbroath

A

B' Division

0-2

 

No

 

10/12/55

St. Johnstone

H

B' Division

4-3

 

Yes

 

17/12/55

Hamilton Academical

A

B' Division

2-1

 

Yes

 

24/12/55

Stenhousemuir

A

B' Division

1-4

 

No

 

31/12/55

Cowdenbeath

H

B' Division

4-1

 

Yes

 

2/1/56

Morton

H

B' Division

3-1

 

Yes

 

7/1/56

Montrose

A

B' Division

4-2

 

Yes

 

14/1/56

Alloa Athletic

H

B' Division

5-0

 

Yes

 

21/1/56

Third Lanark

A

B' Division

2-3

 

Yes

 

28/1/56

Albion Rovers

H

B' Division

3-2

 

N/known

 

4/2/56

Berwick Rangers

H

Scottish Cup 5th Rnd

5-2

 

Yes

 

11/2/56

Stranraer

A

B' Division

6-3

 

Yes

 

18/2/56

Celtic

H

Scottish Cup 6th Rnd

0-3

 

Yes

 

3/3/56

Brechin City

H

B' Division

2-0

 

No

 

10/3/56

Shettleston Juniors

H

Friendly

3-2

 

N/known

 

17/3/56

Dumbarton

A

B' Division

3-3

 

No

 

24/3/56

Dundee United

H

B' Division

1-0

 

Yes

 

31/3/56

East Stirlingshire

A

B' Division

4-0

 

No

 

7/4/56

Arbroath

H

B' Division

5-0

 

Yes

 

11/4/56

Kilmarnock

A

Ayrshire Cup Final - 1st Leg

0-4

 

No

 

18/4/56

St. Johnstone

A

B' Division

0-0

 

Yes

 

21/4/56

Hamilton Academical

H

B' Division

3-4

 

Yes

 

25/4/56

Stenhousemuir

H

B' Division

1-0

 

No

 

28/4/56

Forfar Athletic

A

B' Division

3-0

 

No

 

30/4/56

Brechin City

A

B' Division

0-1

 

No

 

5/5/56

Kilmarnock

H

Ayrshire Cup Final - 2nd Leg

0-3

 

No

 

11/5/56

Queen of the South

H

Friendly

1-3

 

No

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Ayr United manager, Neil McBain

Division 'B'

Pld

 

Home

 

 

 

 

Away

 

 

 

 

Overall

 

 

 

 

Pts

GA

1955/56

 

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

W

D

L

F

A

 

 

 

1

Queens Park

36

 

12

3

3

41

13

 

11

5

2

37

15

 

23

8

5

78

28

 

54

2.8

2

Ayr United

36

 

16

0

2

63

17

 

8

3

7

40

38

 

24

3

9

103

55

 

51

1.9

3

St. Johnstone

36

 

16

2

0

56

18

 

5

5

8

30

27

 

21

7

8

86

45

 

49

1.9

4

Dumbarton

36

 

12

2

4

47

29

 

9

3

6

36

33

 

21

5

10

83

62

 

47

1.3

5

Stenhousemuir

36

 

13

4

1

51

20

 

7

0

11

31

34

 

20

4

12

82

54

 

44

1.5

6

Brechin City

36

 

10

4

4

35

28

 

8

2

8

25

28

 

18

6

12

60

56

 

42

1.1

7

Cowdenbeath

36

 

11

5

2

42

29

 

5

2

11

38

56

 

16

7

13

80

85

 

39

0.9

8

Dundee United

36

 

10

8

0

55

28

 

2

6

10

23

37

 

12

14

10

78

65

 

38

1.2

9

Morton

36

 

12

3

3

50

25

 

3

3

12

21

44

 

15

6

15

71

69

 

36

1

10

Third Lanark

36

 

11

2

5

53

25

 

5

1

12

27

39

 

16

3

17

80

64

 

35

1.3

11

Hamilton Academical

36

 

10

4

4

53

24

 

3

3

12

33

60

 

13

7

16

86

84

 

33

1

12

Stranraer

36

 

10

3

5

44

36

 

4

2

12

33

56

 

14

5

17

77

92

 

33

0.8

13

Alloa Athletic

36

 

11

3

4

48

28

 

1

4

13

19

45

 

12

7

17

67

73

 

31

0.9

14

Berwick Rangers

36

 

8

4

6

32

31

 

3

5

10

20

46

 

11

9

16

52

77

 

31

0.7

15

Forfar Athletic

36

 

8

3

7

37

33

 

2

6

10

25

42

 

10

9

17

62

75

 

29

0.8

16

East Stirlingshire

36

 

7

5

6

37

38

 

2

5

11

29

56

 

9

10

17

66

94

 

28

0.7

17

Albion Rovers

36

 

8

4

6

36

30

 

0

7

11

22

52

 

8

11

17

58

82

 

27

0.7

18

Arbroath

36

 

7

4

7

24

25

 

3

2

13

23

42

 

10

6

20

47

67

 

26

0.7

19

Montrose

36

 

4

2

12

30

49

 

0

1

17

14

84

 

4

3

29

44

133

 

11

0.3