Ayr United F.C. is a football club which plays in Scotland . Ayr United F.C. are an association football team based in Ayr , South Ayrshire , who play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League , having been relegated in the 2009 â `` 10 season . Formed in 1910 after the merger of former clubs Ayr Parkhouse F.C. and Ayr F.C. ( the latter being a prior merger of Ayr Thistle and Ayr Academical in 1879 ) , their nickname is `` The Honest Men '' , taken from a line in the poem `` Tam o ' Shanter '' by Scotland 's national poet , Robert Burns .