The Honest Men finished the season with 76 points from their 36 League One fixtures, scoring more league goals (92) than any other team in the Scottish Professional Football League.
“Great spirit from the players all season,” McCall said. “It’s our first season full-time, there’s been an awful lot of teething problems. No physiotherapist at times, no balls at times, no assistant manager or coaches at times.
“It’s a magnificent achievement and I’m so, so happy for Lachlan Cameron, the chairman. He’s done so, so much and there wouldn’t be a football club if it wasn’t for him.
“He gave me a chance when I’d been out of the game working in the media for three-and-a-half years – a lot of people wouldn’t have because of well-documented problems.
“But he saw something in me and hopefully I’ve repaid him.
“Commiserations to Raith Rovers, it was a great chase and a great season, but I don’t think anybody can say we weren’t the best footballing team in the league.”
It looked like Ayr’s chance to clinch automatic promotion may have passed them by when they suffered back-to-back league defeats in their previous two outings.
