Ayrshire Football League is a defunct soccer league in Scotland. Formed in 1891 by Annbank, Ayr Parkhouse, Beith, Galston, Irvine, Kilwinning Monkcastle, Mauchline, Newmilns, Saltcoats Victoria and Stevenston Thistle F.C. By 1893 the Ayrshire Football League had increased to 16 clubs. For some, this was too many and the likelihood of playing to small crowds was irksome. So 7 clubs broke away to form the

Ayrshire Football Combination The Ayrshire Football Combination was formed in 1893 as a breakaway from the Ayrshire Football League.

. The Ayrshire Football League continued with a less powerful membership but finally disbanded in 1895. ;Champions *1891–92 Annbank F.C. *1892–93 Annbank F.C. *1893–94 Saltcoats Victoria F.C. *1894–95 Dalry F.C. ;Membership (1891-1895) *

Annbank F.C. Annbank Football Club was a football club that existed from 1879 to 1920, from the village of Annbank, Ayrshire, Scotland. History The club was founded in 1879. In 1880, the club played its first competitive matches in the Ayrshire Cup, goin ...

1891–1893 * Ayr Parkhouse 1891–1893 *

Beith F.C. Beith Football Club were a football club based at Bellsdale Park in Beith, Scotland. The club were members of the Scottish Football League from 1923 to 1926. History The club was initially formed in 1875 and were founder members of the Ayrshire ...

1891–1895 * Dalry F.C. 1893–1895 * Galston 1891–1895 *

Hurlford F.C. Hurlford Football Club was a football club that existed from 1875 to 1924, from the village of Hurlford, Ayrshire, Scotland. History The club was founded in 1875. The club was one of the strongest in Ayrshire in the pre-professional period, ...

1892–1893 * Irvine F.C. 1891-95 *

Kilbirnie F.C. Kilbirnie Football Club was a football club from the village of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland. History The club was founded in 1874, although it claimed a foundation date of 1865, probably referring to the foundation date a cricket club which ...

1892–1893, 1894–1895 *

Kilmarnock Athletic F.C. Kilmarnock Athletic Football Club was an association football club from Ayrshire in Scotland. History On 5 May 1877, the Kilmarnock Cricket Club hosted a charity match between an Ayrshire select and a Glasgow select, in order to raise funds f ...

1892–1894 *

Kilwinning Eglinton F.C. Kilwinning Eglinton Football Club was a Association football, football club which existed before World War 2, from the town of Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. History There is one record of an Eglinton club from Kilwinning dating from 1884, bu ...

1893–1895 *

Kilwinning Monkcastle F.C. Kilwinning (, sco, Kilwinnin; gd, Cill D’Fhinnein) is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is on the River Garnock, north of Irvine, about southwest of Glasgow. It is known as "The Crossroads of Ayrshire". Kilwinning was also a Civil Par ...

1891–1894 *

Mauchline F.C. Mauchline Football Club was a senior football team based in the small town of Mauchline in East Ayrshire. History The club was founded in 1873. Its first match against another side was in February 1874, against Ayr Academy F.C., Ayr Academy. ...

1891–1892 *

Newmilns F.C. Newmilns Football Club was a football club from the village of Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland. History The club was originally the footballing branch of the 2nd Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers, a company in the Volunteer movement of the British Army, ...

1891–1894 *

Saltcoats Victoria F.C. Saltcoats Victoria Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Saltcoats, North Ayrshire. Nicknamed ''the Seasiders'', the club were originally formed in 1889 and play at Campbell Park. They currently compete in the . Salt ...

1891–1894 *

Stevenston Thistle F.C. Stevenston Thistle Football Club was a football club from the town of Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland. History The club was founded in 1885. The club's first reported matches are from 1886 and it started to play competitive football from 18 ...

1891–1893 ;Membership (1900-1901) The league was briefly revived in 1900–01 by Ayr Parkhouse, Beith, Galston, Kilwinning Eglinton, Maybole, and Stevenston Thistle F.C.

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