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| Ayr United | ||
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| Full name | Ayr United Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Honest Men | |
| Founded | 1910 | |
| Ground | Somerset Park (Capacity: 10,185) | |
| Chairman | David Smith | |
| Manager |  Scott Brown
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| Current League | Scottish Championship | |
| 2023–24 | Scottish Championship, 10th | |
| Website | Club home page | |
  
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Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, that plays in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is The Honest Men, from a line in the Robert Burns poem "Tam o' Shanter". They play at Somerset Park.
The club have spent 34 seasons in Scotland's top division, the last being 1977–78, and have been the champions of the second tier of Scottish football on six occasions, and of the third tier on three occasions. The club's most successful manager, Ally MacLeod, went on to manage the Scottish national football team. In 2018, Ayr United secured promotion to the Scottish Championship as champions of League One.
In November 2015 an anonymous complaint was made to the Court of Lord Lyon who ruled that the club's crest contravened heraldic law, a criminal offence in Scotland. In 2017 they were told to remove the offending badge or face prosecution. Supporters were engaged to design a replacement which was introduced for the 2017-18 season. This did the trick as the Honest Men finished the season as League One champions.
External links[]
- Official website
- Ayr United Archive Site
- Complete pictorial history of Ayr United playing kit at Historical Football Kits
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