BarryLFC

June/July

I figured we had to be looking to return to the First Division this season, though the board and fans were less optimistic. Some tough negotiation saw Ludo Roy, Steve Ferguson, Marc Smyth, Dougie Ramsay and Scott Chaplain take significant paycuts, whilst we added keeper Myles Hogarth from Stirling and a host of young players released by SPL and First Division sides.

Stuart McGrady suffered a bad injury after the season ended and won't play until September, but with Graeme Brown reaching double figures last season and Ludo Roy being named on the bench for the team of the year, McGrady's election as player of the year by the supporters was surprising. The only disappointment of the close season was a slipped disc suffered by Martin Cameron in the days before he was due to join, causing him to fail a medical and not join the squad. We were set to give it a go, last seasons's start forgotten.

shannon2007

To paraphrase Paul Daniels: Now That's Realism :p

Raptor

We expect better research in FM2005 :p

BarryLFC

Season 2004-05

The new players didn't settle in as well as we had hoped, and some sloppy results meant we were once again facing a struggle of a season by the time winter approached. On the other hand, we did lift the Challenge Cup, the club's first major trophy, and that delighted the board and the supporters. On the 20th November, with Ayr sitting bottom of the Second Division, with only eight points from thirteen games, I was dismissed by the board.

The end

retired_embartl

Oops May well have underrated those players a bit too much :p

shannon2007

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brian of Nazareth:
Oops May well have underrated those players a bit too much :p<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nah they were realistic. That was the problem :p