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Ayr United

Ayr United FC

Kit impression

Founded

1910

Years standing

116

Home ground

Somerset Park

Capacity

1,597 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

Scottish second tier (Division Two, Division B, First Division, Championship)
Winners (6): 1911–12, 1912–13, 1927–28, 1936–37, 1958–59, 1965–66
Runners-up (5): 1910–11, 1955–56, 1968–69, 2000–01, 2022–23
Scottish third tier (Second Division, League One)
Winners (3): 1987–88, 1996–97, 2017–18
Runners-up (3): 2008–09, 2010–11, 2015–16
Play-off winners (3): 2008–09, 2010–11, 2015–16
Scottish League Cup
Runners-up (1): 2001–02
Scottish Challenge Cup
Runners-up (2): 1990–91, 1991–92
Ayrshire Cup
Winners (26): 1911–12, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1996–97
Ayr Charity Cup
Winners (17): 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1918–19, 1920–21, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1951–52
Kilmarnock Charity Cup
Winners (4): 1930–31, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37

Nickname: The Honest Men

Why Ayr United

Here is the argument for Ayr United: Scotland, Scotland Championship, and a ground called Somerset Park. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

Easy weekend
Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) is about 4km from the ground, and Newton-on-Ayr railway station is 1km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.
The calendar you inherit
Scotland Championship is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. Scotland does not do easy neutrals.
Old enough to matter
1910 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.
Loaded cabinet
7 distinct honours on record, including Scottish second tier (Division Two, Division B, First Division, Championship). Adopt them and you inherit expectation, which is more fun than it sounds when the trophies keep coming.

Matchday Trip

Ground: Somerset Park. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK)

4 km / 2 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Newton-on-Ayr railway station

Walkable from the platform

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Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Things To Do Near Somerset Park

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to Somerset Park