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.<\/P>
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.<\/P>","B850B84A81F37F05F4386A810BC6107CF078F37712465C6A":"1910","4406E48704A97D6900ACBB46602769C2":"0","5A3E8B25A329ABB4785C62D37B63DE94":"","2EBB7B469EDB7E39":"Lee Bullen","E6C7E9F1C9CF42CA43917444E7095BC4":"2022-1-7","622EB7B4B85B2C76":"","2775A0F6CDE5FA9FEBFF51A9CD3C0BB9":"Sheffield Wed,Sheffield Wed(U21)","8A2C437DD6BF07ECBF73DA968D3B75C4":"Lee Bullen","55ED8B411B9B6085":"","66B628A331EE3B62":"23.77","7E5D3E774B9EC62B":"Ayr","FBAF2B9B8402EC60":"13462","D1518711AEB23972F2EDEC88D48D85B0":"","4DFD3563356F21B8":"1","E0F6EEE10E22199909912E9167EBFDA2":"Ayr United FC","DE0C7E7350A48DF5A65F90F776C48D66":"Sheffield Wed","63D5A09C1F729528628C60E02F0396E1":"
Scottish second tier (Division Two, Division B, First Division, Championship) Scottish third tier (Second Division, League One) Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup
<\/STRONG>Winners (6): 1911–12, 1912–13, 1927–28, 1936–37, 1958–59, 1965–66
Runners Up (4): 1910–11, 1955–56, 1968–69, 2000–01<\/P>
<\/STRONG>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<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Runners Up (1): 2001–02<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Runners Up (2): 1990–91, 1991–92<\/P>","2134628892B06B90":"Ayr United FC","4406E48704A97D69D6728A5D009266729A239ADB920A5D02":"1","C08EDA0A226BF5BFC211B6FCDAE25C17":"Somerset Park, Tryfield Place, Ayr. KA8 9NB.","5FF2086A93BB2EE023D0558B503D08D2":"Scotland","E1D5C635E9B8B544CDBA4735F8E03DC0":"185cm","E45C1F715A41C4086A1A5DFF72C29C40":"10,185","C0939111B6B9B2A43FCCB75CD7645021":"Scotland","D94224B0718FDBA6500EEB9BC8E208DC":"1971-3-29","e_index":9};