The Ayrshire Amateur Football Association is a
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
league competition, primarily for amateur clubs in the
Ayrshire region of
Scotland
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. The association was founded in 1935, making it one of the oldest in the country. The association is affiliated to the
Scottish Amateur Football Association
The Scottish Amateur Football Association (SAFA) is the organising body for amateur football across Scotland. An affiliate of the Scottish Football Association, the SAFA has in turn 50 regional associations affiliated to it and some 67 diff ...
.
Member Clubs
As of season 2018-19, the Ayrshire AFA had 44 member clubs, listed hereafter in their respective leagues :
Premier League
*Ardeer West Recreation
*Ardrossan CR
*Cumnock AFC
*Dirrans Ath
*Galston Utd
*Glenburn MW
*Hurlford AFC
*Hurlford Thistle
*Kilbride Thistle
*Shortlees AFC
*Stewarton Utd
*Tarbolton AFC
First Division
*Catrine AFC
*Craigie AFC
*Crosshill Thistle
*Crosshouse Waverley
*Dailly AFC
*Glenmuir Thistle
*Irvine Meadow AFC
*Mauchline Utd
*Mossblown Boswell
*New Farm Loch AFC
*Troon Dundonald
*West Kilbride
Division 2A
*Broomlands AFC
*Dalry AFC
*Darvel Victoria
*Dean Fenwick Thistle
*Drongan Utd
*Heathside AFC
*Kilmarnock AFC
*Kilmarnock Utd
*Symington Caledonian
*Winlinton Wolves AFC
Division 2B
*Auchinleck Boswell
*Beith AFC
*Bellfield AFC
*Bellsdale AFC
*Irvine Meadow
*Largs Thistle AFC
*Minishant AFC
*Ochiltree Comm FC
*Onthank AFC
*Whitletts Victoria AFC
League Structure
The Ayrshire AFA is split into four single tiers - a Premier Division at the summit with three divisions below, each on a separate level. Each tier has two promotion/relegation positions between divisions.
The league setup:
External links
Website of the Ayrshire AFA
{{Football in Scotland
Football leagues in Scotland
Amateur association football in Scotland
1935 establishments in Scotland
Sports organizations established in 1935
Football in North Ayrshire
Football in East Ayrshire
Football in South Ayrshire