Alongside Job Centre Plus, Ayr United Football Academy have begun running a Support Employment programme. Set up with the vision of getting the young people in Ayrshire back into work, it also aims to help them with fitness, their own training and to achieve football coaching badges.

Early on the game was tight, with most of the game being played in midfield. Prestwick had a couple of opportunities to take the lead early on however a combination of good defending and poor finishing kept the score at 0-0. Eventually Prestwick’s persistence paid off and they went in

The Academy is once again running football camps in South Ayrshire across the whole of the summer. The camps which are run every summer are always very popular with the youngsters of the area and give them something to do with their time during the long school holidays. Our AUFA coach