2002–03 Ayr United F.C. season

Ayr United
2002–03 season
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Manager	Campbell Money
Stadium	Somerset Park
Scottish First Division	6th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round (lost to Rangers)
League Cup	Second Round (lost to Falkirk)
Scottish Challenge Cup	Second Round (lost to Dumbarton)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season is the 93rd season of competitive football by Ayr United.

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Pre season

17 July 2002 Friendly

Dungannon Swifts

2 – 4

Ayr United

Stangmore Park, Dungannon

18 July 2002 Friendly

Glenavon

2 – 3

Ayr United

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

20 July 2002 Friendly

Glenatoran

1 – 0

Ayr United

The Oval, Belfast

23 July 2002 Friendly

Ayr United

1 – 3

Cardiff City

Somerset Park, Ayr

25 July 2002 Friendly

Ayr United

1 – 2

Wycombe Wanderers

Somerset Park, Ayr

27 July 2002 Friendly

Ayr United

2 – 4

Stranraer

Somerset Park, Ayr

30 July 2002 Friendly

Kilwinning Rangers

2 – 0

Ayr United

Abbey Park, Kilwinning

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: ayr-united.co.uk

Scottish First Division

matches

3 August 2002 match 1	Ayr United	1 – 3	Falkirk	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 3,030

10 August 2002 match 2	Clyde	1 – 0	Ayr United	Broadwood Stadium , Cumbernauld
15:00				Attendance: 1,077

17 August 2002 match 3	Ayr United	2 – 1	Ross County	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,692

24 August 2002 match 4	Queen of the South	1 – 2	Ayr United	Palmerston Park , Dumfries
15:00				Attendance: 2,803

31 August 2002 match 5	Ayr United	1 – 0	Arbroath	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,732

14 September 2002 match 6	Ayr United	0 – 0	St Johnstone	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,320

21 September 2002 match 7	Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Ayr United	Recreation Park , Alloa
15:00				Attendance: 619

28 September 2002 match 8	Ayr United	1 – 1	St Mirren	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,489

5 October 2002 match 9	Inverness CT	2 – 0	Ayr United	Caledonian Stadium , Inverness
15:00				Attendance: 1,803

19 October 2002 match 10	Falkirk	3 – 0	Ayr United	Brockville Park , Falkirk
15:00				Attendance: 3,441

26 October 2002 match 11	Ayr United	1 – 1	Clyde	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,989

5 November 2002 match 12	Arbroath	1 – 1	Ayr United	Gayfield Park , Arbroath
15:00

9 November 2002 match 13	Ayr United	0 – 1	Queen of the South	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,234

16 November 2002 match 14	St Johnstone	0 – 2	Ayr United	McDiarmid Park , Perth
15:00				Attendance: 2,003

23 November 2002 match 15	Ayr United	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,632

30 November 2002 match 16	St Mirren	1 – 0	Ayr United	Love Street, Paisley
15:00				Attendance: 1,638

7 December 2002 match 17	Ayr United	3 – 3	Inverness CT	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,663

14 December match 18	Ross County	1 – 0	Ayr United	Victoria Park , Dingwall
15:00				Attendance: 2,352

28 December 2002 match 19	Ayr United	4 – 0	Arbroath	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00

1 January 2003 match 20	Queen of the South	1 – 1	Ayr United	Palmerston Park , Dumfries
15:00

18 January 2003 match 21	Inverness CT	0 – 1	Ayr United	Caledonian Stadium , Inverness
15:00

1 February 2003 match 22	Ayr United	0 – 0	St Mirren	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 2,738

8 February 2003 match 23	Ayr United	1 – 1	Ross County	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,486

25 February 2003 match 24	Ayr United	1 – 0	Falkirk	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00

1 March 2003 match 25	Arbroath	1 – 2	Ayr United	Gayfield Park , Arbroath
				Attendance: 505

4 March 2003 match 26

Ayr United

0 – 1

St Johnstone

Somerset Park , Ayr

8 March 2003 match 27	Ayr United	0 – 1	Queen of the South	Somerset Park , Ayr
				Attendance: 1,730

15 March 2003 match 28	Ayr United	0 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Somerset Park , Ayr
				Attendance: 1,363

22 March 2003 match 29	Clyde	3 – 0	Ayr United	Broadwood Stadium , Cumbernauld
				Attendance: 1,015

25 March match 30	Alloa Athletic	2 – 3	Ayr United	Recreation Park , Alloa
				Attendance: 454

5 April 2003 match 31	St Johnstone	1 – 0	Ayr United	McDiarmid Park , Perth
15:00				Attendance: 2,132

12 April 2003 match 32	St Mirren	1 – 1	Ayr United	Love Street, Paisley
15:00				Attendance: 2,248

26 April 2003 match 33	Falkirk	3 – 0	Ayr United	Brockville Park , Falkirk
15:00				Attendance: 4,042

29 April 2003 match 34	Ayr United	1 – 0	Inverness CT	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,114

3 May 2003 match 35	Ayr United	0 – 3	Clyde	Somerset Park , Ayr
15:00				Attendance: 1,795

10 May 2003 match 36	Ross County	4 – 1	Ayr United	Victoria Park , Dingwall
15:00				Attendance: 3,449

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Statto.com

Scottish Challenge Cup

5 August 2002 Round 1

Stranraer

1 – 2

Ayr United

Stair Park , Stranraer

13 August 2002 Round 2

Dumbarton

3 – 0

Ayr United

Strathclyde Homes Stadium , Dumbarton

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Statto.com

Scottish League Cup

24 September 2002 Scottish league cup - Round 2

Ayr United

0 – 2

Falkirk

Somerset Park , Ayr

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Statto.com

Scottish Cup

25 January 2003 Scottish Cup - Round 3

Ayr United

2 – 0

Peterhead

Somerset Park , Ayr

22 February 2003 Scottish Cup - Round 4

Ayr United

0 – 1

Rangers

Somerset Park , Ayr

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Statto.com

Statistics

League Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Falkirk	36	25	6	5	80	32	48	81
2	Clyde	36	21	9	6	66	37	29	72
3	St Johnstone	36	20	7	9	49	29	20	67
4	Inverness CT	36	20	5	11	74	45	29	65
5	Queen of the South	36	12	12	12	45	48	-3	48
6	Ayr United	36	12	9	15	34	44	-10	45
7	St Mirren	36	9	10	17	42	71	-29	37
8	Ross County	36	9	8	19	42	46	-4	35
9	Alloa Athletic	36	9	8	19	39	72	-33	35	Relegated to Second Division 2003-04
10	Arbroath	36	3	6	27	30	77	-47	15	Relegated to Second Division 2003-04

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	12	9	15	34	44	−10	45	6	6	6	19	18	+1	6	3	9	15	26	−11

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

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References

v t e Ayr United Football Club
Players Managers
Club	History Honours Records and statistics Seasons
Stadia	Beresford Park Somerset Park
Rivalry	Ayrshire derby Ayrshire Cup
Notable matches	1990 Scottish Challenge Cup final 1991 Scottish Challenge Cup final 2002 Scottish League Cup final
Related articles	Ayr F.C. (Merger of Ayr Academicals F.C. and Ayr Thistle F.C.) Ayr Academicals F.C. (Merger of Ayr Academy F.C. and Ayr Eglinton F.C.) Ayr Parkhouse F.C.

v t e 2002–03 in Scottish football
« 2001–02 2003–04 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Final Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 2004 qualifying (Group 5)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers
First Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Clyde Falkirk Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Second Division	Airdrie United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Greenock Morton Gretna Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion