Ayr United Football Academy is incorporated as a not for profit Company Limited by guarantee. Its members are Ayr United Football Club, The Ayr United Community Initiative (The Honest Men Trust), NHS Ayrshire and Arran (Community Health Partnership), Ayrshire College and South Ayrshire Council, each of which is represented by a board director. In addition there are three independent directors and an independent chairperson.
Directors Name RoleAllan GunningChairmanBrian ConnollyDirectorJohn CrawfordDirectorStuart MillarDirectorElizabeth MooreDirectorAlan MurrayDirectorGraham PeterkinDirectorLorraine StobieDirectorPhil WhiteDirector
Players
Under 18's squad
Staff Position NameHead of Academy David White
List of academy graduates Below is a list of players that have come through the club's academy set-up who made a competitive first-team appearance for Ayr United F.C. since 2006 to the present day.
Players in bold are currently at the club or out on loan. First-team graduates#Name and nationalityDate of debutOppositionHome or AwayAppsGoals 1 Alastair Woodburn PeterheadAway 35 0 2 Lloyd Kinnaird Queen's ParkAway 1 0 3 Iain Fisher PeterheadAway 1 0 4 Aaron Connolly Brechin CityHome 8 1 5 Roddy Paterson AirdrieoniansAway 9 1 6 Ross Robertson AirdrieoniansAway 76 5 7 Jonathan Tiffoney AirdrieoniansAway 87 2 8 Shaun Kelly SunnybankHome 1 0 9 Mark Shankland Brechin CityAway 34 2 10 Gareth Armstrong Brechin CityAway 8 0 11 Steven Hutchinson DundeeHome 2 0 12 Jackson Longridge DundeeHome 11 0 13 Aaron Wyllie FalkirkAway 12 0 14 Darren McGill FalkirkAway 4 0 15 Robbie Crawford FalkirkAway 225 12 16 Ryan Nisbet ArbroathHome 15 0 17 Michael Wardrope ArbroathHome 24 2 18 Alan Forrest Queen's ParkAway 245 55 19 Peter McGill ClydeAway 10 0 20 Andrew Muir East StirlingAway 12 0 21 Sean McKenzie Greenock MortonHome 11 0 22 Craig McCracken Alloa AthleticAway 7 0 23 Craig McGuffie Albion RoversHome 110 10 24 Andy Johnstone Hamilton AcciesHome 2 0 25 Luke McCowan DumbartonAway 77 19 26 Leon Murphy ClydeHome 10 1 27 David Waite East StirlingAway 1 0 28 Stuart Faulds East StirlingAway 4 0 29 James Hilton East StirlingAway 2 0 30 Finn Ecrepont Dundee UnitedAway 20 0 31 Ellis Hare-Reid WrexhamAway 1 0 32 Mark McKenzie WrexhamAway 175 15 33 Michael Hewitt Albion RoversAway 32 0 34 Paul Smith Albion RoversAway 54 0 35 Kinlay Bilham Rangers BAway 3 0 36 Alex Jeanes Rangers BAway 1 0 37 Fraser Bryden ArbroathAway 72 9 38 Dylan Watret Raith RoversAway 21 2 39 Scott Tomlinson Elgin CityAway 23 0 40 Oliver Ecrepont Alloa AthleticAway 1 0 41 Max Guthrie RangersAway 1 0 42 Lucas McRoberts AirdrieoniansAway 5 1 43 Jamie Hislop Queen's ParkAway 3 0 44 David Craig FalkirkAway 1 0
Notable former players Below are the notable former players who have played for the academy but left before making a first team appearance.
Aaron Muirhead Kyle McAusland James Maxwell Siriki Dembele Ben Doak
Notes 1.Returned to the club in 2019 and made his debut at the age of 28 having left in 2008 without making an appearance. 2.Had two loan spells at the club during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons 3.Played for the club on loan during the 2021-22 season
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