https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/12/07/scotland/first-division/partick-thistle-fc/ayr-united-fc/4382064/
Ayr remain 3rd but they are now 10 pts behind Falkirk (1st) in the sole automatic promotion spot.
Ayr still 7 pts behind Falkirk, but this win gives them some hope they can still grab that sole automatic promotion spot.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/12/21/scotland/first-division/livingston-fc/ayr-united-fc/4382103/
Aussies Ryan McGowan and Tete Yengi both full games for Livingston.
Stanger one of 5 Ayr players who got a yellow.
Unfortunately Falkirk (1st) won, so they stay 7 pts ahead of Ayr (3rd)
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2025/01/14/scotland/first-division/dunfermline-athletic-fc/ayr-united-fc/4382151/
After a slump around Nov-Dec, Ayr now in a good run of form, and still a chance to challenge Falkirk (1st) for that automatic promotion spot to the SPL.
Ayr United defender George Stanger is a target for a number of League One clubs in England after impressing this season. The 6f,3in centre-back has helped Ayr keep five clean sheets in a row with the New Zealand international in the final six months of his contract. #Ayr pic.twitter.com/Cd5zW8EZlm
— Pete O'Rourke (@SportsPeteO) January 15, 2025
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2025/01/18/scotland/scottish-cup/broxburn-athletic/ayr-united-fc/4562145/
Stanger only has six months left on his contract and English League One clubs are poking their head around the corner. Exeter City and Lincoln City are the two that have been specifically rumoured, though whether that’s based on real information or just fans connecting dots is another matter.
Full game Stanger.
Ayr (2nd) close within 2 points of Falkirk (1st - with a game in hand).
Ayr's fans will be gutted if Stanger leaves in this window, with them now a real promotion chance. From memory it's a long long time since their small club was in the SPL.
He must be tempted to stay with Ayr, they are a chance of promotion to the SPL.
Him & McGarry both leave this window, suddenly no Kiwis in the top 2 Scottish tiers.
Gillingham are lining up a move for Ayr United and New Zealand international defender George Stanger before the close of the transfer window. #Gills #WeAreUnited pic.twitter.com/q9Fww6AUq7
— Pete O'Rourke (@SportsPeteO) January 30, 2025
If Ayr can get up, he’ll be a local hero and also he’s a better shot at a recall to the All Whites from the SPL surely?
Still, there’s no guarantee of they will get up and the money is better in League two?
Ayr in a great run of form, and genuine SPL promotion contenders.
Tough decision for Stanger to stay, or head south of the border.
I reckon he'll stay at Ayr, to see if they earn promotion.....unless Ayr want to raise funds before he leaves on a Bosman
Ayr in the yellow. Stanger's goal a scrappy corner poke in (6 mins into the highlioghts video), but he looks very happy to score in front of Ayr's travelling faithful. Not the emotion of someone about to leave.
From Wiki. So there will be some excitement around their small club at the moment
.......club have spent 34 seasons in Scotland's top division, the last being 1977–78
The best of the action from today's match.#WeAreUnited pic.twitter.com/KNjQIpzCVu
— Ayr United (@AyrUnitedFC) February 1, 2025
Big rumours that George Stanger could be about to leave Ayr United… if so he’s just signed off perfectly with a goal in a win against Hamilton Academical, the club where he began his pro career #FlyingKiwis pic.twitter.com/X47V852ngZ
— The Niche Cache (@thenichecache) February 2, 2025
Our NL wouldn't even be 6th tier in Scotland
Nothing ended up happening with George Stanger on Deadline Day. Gillingham signed a different CB and the League One rumours never solidified so he's seemingly staying at Ayr United for the promotion drive
— The Niche Cache (@thenichecache) February 4, 2025
As it stands, his contract expires at the end of the season #FlyingKiwis https://t.co/NCw42ygMHk
💬 “Getting that win is huge for us.”
— Kenny Crawford (@KennyCrawford_) February 1, 2025
🗣️ @AyrUnitedFC defender @george__Stanger chats to @BBCSportScot after his goal helped the Honest Men beat Hamilton Accies…
🔝 summit of the Championship!
3️⃣ grinding out the points
⚽️ 2nd of season
🏉 Tony Stanger in the crowd! pic.twitter.com/mFhVJzfmKl
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2025/02/07/scotland/scottish-cup/ayr-united-fc/hibernian-football-club/4600791/
Iredale subbed oiff at 90 mins for Hibs, who also had Socceroos Triantis & Boyle.
Lewis Miller an unused sub.