Ayrshire Cup

The Ayrshire Cup is won of the most handsome trophy in football anywhere and was first competed for in 1877/78 with early winners being Mauchline, Beith, Portland and Kilmarnock Athletic.  The first clubs to grace the competition were the likes of Afton Lads, Maybole, Vale of Ayr, Coylton Coila, Kilmaurs Floors, Ayr Rovers and Ayr Athole who were but a few.  Ayr United first won the trophy one year after being formed in 1911/12.

Ayr United Winners

(The cup was suspended between 1913/14 and 1924/25 and at regular intervals after that)

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.

Kilmarnock Charity Cup

Ayr United Winners

1930/31, 1932/33, 1935/36, 1936/37

The magnificent Ayrshire Cup Trophy

Ayrshire League

Ayr United won the 1910/11 Ayshire league with a 1-0 win over Kilmarnock

South Western Counties Cup

Ayr United Winners

1933/34

Anecdotes

In April/May 1936 Ayr United defeated Kilmarnock 7-0 in the Ayr Charity Cup Final only two weeks after Kilmarnock had beaten United 8-0 in the Ayrshire Cup Final (1934/35 final).