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Old Lady Somerset is a fiercely stubborn old bird. In her lifetime she has successfully resisted five attempts at eviction. Within living memory there are two aborted attempts to relocate to Heathfield. Outwith living memory there are failed attempts to move to Carrick Street Oval (1894) and Dam Park (1914 and again in 1919). The lessons of history have been learned. It is not required to have the gift of prophecy to know that there will be no...

Old Lady Somerset is a fiercely stubborn old bird. In her lifetime she has successfully resisted five attempts at eviction. Within living memory there are two aborted attempts to relocate to Heathfield. Outwith living memory there are failed attempts to move to Carrick Street Oval (1894) and Dam Park (1914 and again in 1919). The lessons of history have been learned. It is not required to have the gift of prophecy to know that there will be no...

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Football has evolved on a massive scale. Transfer fees have reached the hundreds of millions and if the growth remains unchecked the sport will reach imponderable heights. The global pandemic of 2020 provided a stark illustration of the game's sense of priority. Mounting death rates failed to stifle the rapidly convened debates about the practicalities of getting football back up and running. Yet for all the game's burgeoning development and i...

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There are lies, damned lies and statistics." In the world of football the concept of argument is woven into the fabric of the game and Duncan Carmichael views this as a positive. After all, the game cannot die for as long as it is being discussed. Why? Who? Where? When? How many? Statistics have the power to solve an argument or to fuel it further. Here the aim is to provide authoritative solutions to Ayr United-related arguments. For every qu...

Mad, but true, stories from the more eccentric side of the beautiful game.

Second Division Champions, 1911/12, Second Division Champions, 1912/13, Second Division Champions, 1927/28, Second Division Champions, 1936/37, Second Division Champions, 1958/59, Second Division Champions, 1965/66, Second Division Champions, 1987/88, Second Division Champions, 1996/97, League One Champions, 2017/18. That says it all.

From the moment we are born, ageing is an inevitable part of life. And yet most people fear ageing and its effects on the body and mind.But what if we could make changes now that would slow the negative effects of ageing, keeping us active and happy? What if we could approach old age knowing we had given ourselves the best chance to be free from illness? And what if we could stay mentally and physically healthy until the end?The good news is t...

Did you know that a former Ayr United great was the first Briton to be a football manager in Argentina? Did you know that he wasn't the only Ayr United manager to have been contracted to a South American club? Did you know that a former Ayr United manager gave first team debuts to such luminaries as Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott? There are facts aplenty here but the overall purpose of this compilation is the study of the managerial evolution at...

A history of Ayr United Football Club

This book is part of the Classic Matches series, in which long-term followers of various sporting clubs and teams look back on some of their finest moments. This book looks at fifty of Ayr United Football Club's best matches.

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Where were you on Sunday 15 May 2016, when the final whistle blew at the Championship play-off? Where were Ayr United playing when Willie Japp's miskick won the game? Think about Norway 1928, Sweden 1928, 1998 and 2000, Canada 1973 and 1975, France 1973, Nigeria 1976, the Irish Republic 1994 and Austria 2009. Were you there? Wherever and whenever Ayr United have played, the spirit of the club has remained alive. You don't need to have an o...

A history of Ayr United Football Club