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National Cups
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Cup Success

Ayr United have never faired so well in national cup competitions, having been the nearly men so many time through history. A run of cup semi-final defeats in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup can be found in their past results. 

For Ayr United, however, the world turned in February 2002 when, as a 1st division team, they beat Premier league Hibernian 1-0 at Hampden Park in the semi-final of the CIS insurance Cup to earn themselves the right to play Rangers in the Scottish League Cup Final on 17th March 2002. United also managed a Scottish Cup semi-final place that season.

Cup Final day ended in a 4-0 win for the Glasgow team, a score that was always the likely outcome, but the day belonged to United and the 12,000 supporters who followed them to the match.

The players were given a superb send off at full time by the Somerset Park faithful (picture below).
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Right - The statue of Robert Burns in Burns’ Statue Square, Ayr sporting his Ayr United scarf in the weeks leading to the League Cup final in 2002.

Scottish League Cup

Apart from their Cup Final appearance is season 2001/02 Ayr also achieved the League Semi-Final place in;

1969/70, 1980/81
Rangers (n) SLC Final 17th Mar 02
Celtic (n) 8 Oct 69 LC SF
Celtic (n) 13 Oct 69 LC SF Rep
Rangers (n) 4 Apr 73 SC SF

Record Cup Win

Ayr United’s record win in the Scottish Cup was a first round tie on 10th January 1931 when they beat Clackmannan 11-2 at Somerset Park.
Rangers (n) 8 Apr 00 SC SF
Celtic (n) 23rd Mar 02 SC SF

Scottish Cup

Ayr have also achieved the Scottish Cup Semi-Final places on three occassions;

1972/73, 1999/00, 2001/02

Scottish 2nd Eleven Cup Victory

Ayr United can always claim to have one the Scottish Cup. In season 1939/40 clubs played their first teams in the Scottish 2nd 11 Cup. Ayr beat Kilmarnock, and Celtic in the competition before lining up againt Aberdeen in a 2 leg final. United drew 1-1 in the first match winning 2-1 at Somerset park on 1st June 1940 and thereby winning the trophy.

Lower Divisions Cup

Dundee (n) 11 Nov 90 CC FinalEven the newly created Lower Divisions Cup promised so much with two successive cup final appearances, but alas no silverware at the end of it.

In season 1990/91 United reached the final of the inaugeral lower divisions cup (The B&Q Cup). The match was held at Fir Park, Motherwell where Ayr lost to Dundee in extra time.

The following season Ayr again reached this same final, (now called the League Challenge Cup), but were beaten by Hamilton at the same venue.
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Dundee (a) 19 Nov 80 LC SF 2L
Dundee (h) 5 Nov 80 LC SF 1L
Hamilton Acad (n) 8 Dec 91 BQ Final