| Clubname: | Ayr United Football Academy |
| Fullname: | Ayr United Football Academy |
| Nickname: | The Honest Men |
| Ground: | Somerset Park |
| Chairman: | Allan Gunning |
| Mgrtitle: | Head of Academy |
| Manager: | David White |
| League: | SPFL Reserve League 2, Club Academy Scotland, Scottish Women's Football |
| Website: | http://www.aufa.org.uk/ |
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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.[1]
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Allan Gunning | Chairman | |
| Brian Connolly | Director | |
| John Crawford | Director | |
| Stuart Millar | Director | |
| Elizabeth Moore | Director | |
| Alan Murray | Director | |
| Graham Peterkin | Director | |
| Lorraine Stobie | Director | |
| Phil White | Director |
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 nationality | Date of debut | Opposition | Home or Away | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1 | Alastair Woodburn | Peterhead | Away | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Lloyd Kinnaird | Queen's Park | Away | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Iain Fisher | Peterhead | Away | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Brechin City | Home | 8 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Airdrieonians | Away | 9 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Airdrieonians | Away | 76 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Airdrieonians | Away | 87 | 2 | |||
| 8 | Shaun Kelly | Sunnybank | Home | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Brechin City | Away | 34 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Gareth Armstrong | Brechin City | Away | 8 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Steven Hutchinson | Dundee | Home | 2 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Dundee | Home | 11 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Aaron Wyllie | Falkirk | Away | 12 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Darren McGill | Falkirk | Away | 4 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Falkirk | Away | 225 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Ryan Nisbet | Arbroath | Home | 15 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Arbroath | Home | 24 | 2 | |||
| 18 | Queen's Park | Away | 245 | 55 | |||
| 19 | Josh McArthur | Partick Thistle | Away | 5 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Peter McGill | Clyde | Away | 10 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Andrew Muir | East Stirling | Away | 12 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Sean McKenzie | Greenock Morton | Home | 11 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Craig McCracken | Alloa Athletic | Away | 7 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Albion Rovers | Home | 110 | 10 | |||
| 25 | Andy Johnstone | Hamilton Accies | Home | 2 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Dumbarton | Away | 77 | 19 | |||
| 27 | Leon Murphy | Clyde | Home | 10 | 1 | ||
| 28 | David Waite | East Stirling | Away | 1 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Stuart Faulds | East Stirling | Away | 4 | 0 | ||
| 30 | James Hilton | East Stirling | Away | 2 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Dundee United | Away | 20 | 0 | |||
| 32 |  Ellis Hare-Reid | Wrexham | Away | 1 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Mark McKenzie | Wrexham | Away | 158 | 14 | ||
| 34 | Michael Hewitt | Albion Rovers | Away | 32 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Paul Smith | Albion Rovers | Away | 54 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Kinlay Bilham | Rangers B | Away | 3 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Alex Jeanes | Rangers B | Away | 1 | 0 | ||
| 38 | Fraser Bryden | Arbroath | Away | 71 | 9 | ||
| 39 | Dylan Watret | Raith Rovers | Away | 5 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Scott Tomlinson | Elgin City | Away | 21 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Oliver Ecrepont | Alloa Athletic | Away | 1 | 0 | ||
| 42 | Max Guthrie | Rangers | Away | 1 | 0 | ||
| 43 | Lucas McRoberts | Airdrieonians | Away | 5 | 1 | ||
Below are the notable former players who have played for the academy but left before making a first team appearance.
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