Victories at Douglas Park, Hamilton have not always been easy run of the mill events. Early results provided the home team with victories and a fair sprinkling of draws made up most of the rest.
The first ever match at Hamilton was on 13th September 1913 when United suffered a 4-0 defeat. t wasn't until 4th February 1916 that a 3-2 result gave Ayr their first win at Douglas Park. This was followed closely b a 3-0 win there on 5th January 1918.
There wee few further wins before the war for United.
Season 1950/51 saw Ayr's first post war win. A high scoring match was on 29th March 1958 when United won by 5-4.
Ayr United achieved a win on 7th December 1963 in a 2nd division match ending in a 4-2 win for Ayr.
United had a few good wins later in the 60's but few matches took place in the 70's
Season 1984/85 brought another good 4-1 victory for Ayr at Douglas Park with the programme for this match being an unusual open book cover design in a landscape format. The landscape format is a feature of Hamilton's home programmes during this era.
On 22nd October 1994 Ayr had another win, this time by 2-0, the match, however, played at Firhill Park, Glasgow.
Firhill was stlll the venue in 1998/99 when United produced a good 2-0 in the 2nd Division.
10th August 2004 was the only match at Hamilton since then with Accies winning the League Cup match by 4-1 .
United's home win by 5-0 on 19th December 1998 was a rare high win over Accies in a seris of results that have not favoured Ayr.
Current form would suggest that not much will change on Tuesday night.