2009–10 Ayr United F.C. season

Cup form

The 2009–10 season saw Ayr United have almost the exact cup form as the previous season. Ayr were knocked out of the Challenge Cup by third division team Albion Rovers at home in the first round, again. Ayr shortly recovered from the home defeat by winning away at Forthbank Stadium against Stirling Albion 2–1 (aet) after going 1–0 down. Ayr were rewarded with a home tie against SPL Side St Mirren, but were defeated 2–0 by the Paisley club in only the second round, again. Ayr made the trip to Banff to face Highland League outfit Deveronvale; Ayr won the tie 1–0 with a Ryan Stevenson goal; last time the clubs met, Ayr united left Princess Royal Park with a 6–0 win. Ayr were brought a home tie against Second Division club Brechin City; Ayr took the lead early in the game and maintained it to book the place in the fifth round. The fifth round of the Scottish Cup saw Ayr head to Tayside to face Dundee. Ayr again took an early lead, but it wasn't to last with Dundee scoring two goals.

League form

After promotion to the second tier of Scottish football, Ayr United where relegated back to the Second Division.

After an eight-game unbeaten Run, Ayr United finished the season on bad form and ended up bottom of the league.

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Results by round

Last updated: 21 May.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

2009–10 playing squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Players in on loan

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Players out on loan

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Departed players

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Squad changes

Boss Brian Reid made many changes to the squad during the Close-Season, bringing in Kevin James from St Johnstone, Kevinfrom Celtic, Craig Samson from Hereford United, Andy Aitken from Queen of the South, Billy Gibson from Clyde and David O'Brien from Dundee (Who only played one game before joining Stirling Albion) and departing were Scott Walker to join Alloa Athletic, Murray Henderson who went to sign for Stranraer, Alex Williams moving to Irish Club Dundalk, Allan Dempsie re-joing Elgin City and goalkeeper Fraser Stewart. There were many changes to the squad throughout the course of the season bringing several loan signings such as Australian Ryan McGowan a defensive-midfielder from Hearts, Stephen Reynolds a 20-year-old striker from St Johnstone brought in for one month as an emergency loan signing, Rocky Visconte another Australian from Hearts, Chris Mitchell a Scotland Under-21 defender, Daniel McKay from local-rivals Kilmarnock and Daniel Lafferty from Celtic. Brian Reid also David Mitchell out on loan to Stranraer to the end of the season, another player to leave the club on a temporary basis was Scott Agnew who joined Alloa Athletic until January then signed for Stranraer for the duration of the season. Players leaving the club on a permanent basis were Bryan Prunty and David Gormley who both joined Alloa, Chris Aitken who re-joined previous club Stirling Albion, Neil McGowan who signed for Clyde and fans-favourite Ryan Stevenson who joined SPL club Hearts for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £10k. players joining the club included Steve Bowey from English side Bedlington Terriers, Tam McManus from Derry City and Montserrat international Junior Mendes.

Goalscorers

Players in Italics have now left the club