Ayrshire Football Combination
1893-1897
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See
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The Ayrshire League was formed
by ten clubs in 1891. When it had increased to sixteen by 1893 some clubs
didn’t like the idea of a 30-game schedule playing in front of poor crowds.
This prompted a breakaway and the Ayrshire Football
Combination was formed along with Kilmarnock had already left for the
Scottish Football League in 1895, and when |
Champions
1893-94 Annbank 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 |
Membership
Annbank Beith Galston Hurlford Kilbirnie Kilwinning Monkcastle Saltcoats Stevenston Thistle |
Seasons
1893-95 1893-97 1893-97 1895-97 1896-97 1893-97 1895-97 1893-94 1893-95 1894-96 1894-97 1894-95 1893-97 |
Came from
Ayrshire League Ayrshire League Ayrshire League Ayrshire League Ayrshire League Ayrshire League Scottish Ayrshire League Ayrshire League Ayrshire League Ayrshire League |
Left for
Scottish
League Ayrshire League Scottish
League |
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1893-94 |
Ann |
Ayr |
AP |
Hurl |
Kilb |
Kilm |
Stev |
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Annbank |
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10 Feb 3-0 |
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Ayr |
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19 Aug 4-0 |
17 Feb 2-1 |
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Ayr Parkhouse |
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13 Jan 1-2 |
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25 Nov 3-1 |
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Hurlford |
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7 Apr 1-1 |
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3 Feb 3-1 |
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Kilbirnie |
31
Mar 0-2 |
10 Mar 0-4 |
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12 Aug 0-8 |
30 Dec 3-2 |
14 Oct 9-2 |
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Kilmarnock |
7 Apr 2-0 |
26 Aug 4-2 |
17 Feb 3-4 |
5 May 1-1 |
27 Jan 4-0 |
16 Sep 6-0 |
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Stevenston Thistle |
9 Sep 2-3 |
30 Sep 2-2 |
10 Mar 0-3 |
20 Jan 10-1 |
23 Dec 3-2 |
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1893-94 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
Annbank Ayr Hurlford Ayr Parkhouse Kilmarnock Kilbirnie Stevenston Thistle |
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
8 8 9 9 5 3 2 |
0 0 3 2 1 0 2 |
4 4 3 4 6 9 8 |
34 28 40 32 34 17 25 |
20 22 18 34 24 46 42 |
16 16 15 14 11 6 6 |
Play off for Championship - Annbank 4 Ayr
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1894-95 |
Ann |
Ayr |
AP |
Hur |
Kil |
Kil A |
Kil M |
Salt |
Stev |
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Annbank |
X |
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Ayr |
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X |
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17 Nov 2-1 |
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Ayr Parkhouse |
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20 Oct 4-1 |
X |
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Hurlford |
X |
22 Dec 1-4 |
11 Aug 1-5 |
8 Sep 2-2 |
30 Mar 3-0 |
23 Mar 5-3 |
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Kilmarnock |
8 Sep 3-1 |
25 Aug 1-2 |
11 May 3-0 |
19 Jan 2-1 |
X |
27 Oct 6-2 |
4 May 5-0 |
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3 Nov 2-2 |
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Kilmarnock Athletic |
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4 May 2-0 |
2 Mar 3-2 |
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X |
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20 Oct 5-0 |
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Kilwinning Monkcastle |
3 Nov 3-5 |
20 Oct 1-2 |
22 Dec 1-6 |
X |
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8 Dec 1-6 |
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Saltcoats Victoria |
20 Oct 1-4 |
24 Nov 0-2 |
8 Sep 8-2 |
29 Sep 1-4 |
8 Dec 4-7 |
25 Aug 1-4 |
15 Dec 4-3 |
X |
2 Mar 4-11 |
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Stevenston Thistle |
10 Nov 2-1 |
4 May 1-2 |
13 Apr 4-1 |
27 Oct 6-2 |
20 May 1-3 |
9 Mar 4-2 |
19 Jan 4-3 |
19 Jan 4-0 |
X |
20 Oct Saltcoats v Annbank at Warner
Park, Stevenston
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1894-95 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
Ayr Kilmarnock
Athletic Kilmarnock Stevenston Thistle Annbank Ayr Parkhouse Hurlford Saltcoats Victoria Kilwinning Monkcastle |
16 |
12 |
0 |
4 |
39 |
23 |
24 21 21 20 18 16 14 4 1 |
Hurlford - 2 points deducted
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1895-96 |
Ayr |
AP |
Bei |
Hurl |
Irv |
Kil A |
Kil M |
Stev |
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Ayr |
X |
19 Oct 2-1 |
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9 Nov 2-1 |
23 Nov 3-0 |
29 Feb 4-0 |
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Ayr Parkhouse |
7 Mar 1-5 |
X |
16 Nov 3-3 |
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28 Mar 6-0 |
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Beith |
25 Apr 1-2 |
18 Apr 2-1 |
X |
12 Oct 7-2 |
23 Nov 6-2 |
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24 Aug 2-2 |
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Hurlford |
X |
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Irvine |
16 Nov 5-3 |
17 Aug 1-4 |
X |
25 Jan 3-2 |
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12 Oct 0-5 |
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Kilmarnock Athletic |
14 Mar 1-2 |
18 Jan 2-4 |
21 Dec 1-3 |
16 Nov 3-2 |
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X |
29 Feb 3-2 |
18 Apr 5-0 |
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Kilwinning Monkcastle |
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14 Mar 5-1 |
17 Aug 2-0 |
7 Mar 4-2 |
22 Feb 4-3 |
12 Oct 7-1 |
X |
16 Nov 3-4 |
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Stevenston Thistle |
9 Nov 0-1 |
7 Mar 3-1 |
14 Sep 2-0 |
7 Dec 3-1 |
2 Nov 4-3 |
25 Jan 5-3 |
X |
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1895-96 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
Ayr Kilwinning Monkcastle Ayr Parkhouse Stevenston Thistle Beith Kilmarnock
Athletic Irvine Hurlford |
12 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 |
8 7 7 7 4 6 5 2 |
2 2 1 1 6 1 2 1 |
2 5 6 6 4 7 6 10 |
35 46 29 41 37 40 27 26 |
15 34 34 35 28 41 47 47 |
18 16 15 15 14 13 12 5 |
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1896-97 |
Ayr |
Beit |
Gals |
Hurl |
Irv |
Kil M |
Stev |
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Ayr |
X |
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7 Nov 5-0 |
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21 Nov 4-2 |
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Beith |
22 Aug 1-2 |
X |
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17 Oct 3-3 |
21 Nov 3-2 |
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Galston |
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X |
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Hurlford |
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X |
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Irvine |
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7 Nov 4-0 |
21 Nov 4-3 |
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X |
27 Feb 0-4 |
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Kilwinning Monkcastle |
28 Nov 4-3 |
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14 Nov 4-0 |
X |
10 Apr 3-1 |
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Stevenston Thistle |
14 Nov 2-3 |
24 Apr 1-1 |
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20 Mar 3-2 |
9 Jan 3-1 |
X |
7 Nov Stevenston v Monkcastle
3-1 unfinished due to darkness
26 Dec Irvine v Stevenston 1-0 stopped after 30mins due to a storm
Benefit match in
aid of league funds
17
Apr North Ayrshire v South Ayrshire
5-1 (at Stevenston)
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1896-97 |
P |
W |
D |
L
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F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
Ayr Hurlford Kilwinning Monkcastle Stevenston Thistle Galston Beith Irvine |
11 11 12 12 12 12 12 |
7 7 5 6 5 5 3 |
1 2 4 0 1 2 0 |
3 2 3 6 6 5 9 |
27 34 30 28 32 17 15 |
22 18 19 26 29 21 39 |
17 16 14 12 11 10 6 |
Ayr were awarded 2 points, and the
championship, when Hurlford failed to play them when
ordered.
Sources : Forbes Brown, Tom Cockburn, Stewart Davidson