Ayr United chairman spoke yesterday of his pride in….

the project progress, with a raft of familiar faces working on the £3 million development which is due for completion this summer.

Charlie Johnston, the plumbing guru, says that being involved in Somerset’s new north stand is a dream come true. Having followed United for 60 years, the Ayr diehard is one of the most recognisable Honest Men on the terraces, and his firm, Johnston & Graham, is among the local contractors contributing to the new look.

 

Speaking yesterday, Chairman David Smith expressed his satisfaction in seeing the £3 million development—which is expected to be finished this summer—commit to work. A number of well-known figures are involved in the project.

“To be working on this is a real privilege – watching it come along is incredible,” Charlie, 69, said in an interview with the Ayrshire Post. It was fantastic to be here during Ally MacLeod’s first stint, during which the team was ranked in the top 10. However, this goes one step farther because it is permanent. The club will benefit financially from it for many years to come.

“I’ve been coming here since I was five years old and it goes without saying this is the most exciting thing to happen at the club in my lifetime. The atmosphere will be brilliant when you have fans in there bouncing off those in the Somerset Road End. It’s just amazing and all credit to the chairman for putting his money where his mouth is and delivering for the fans and the

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