Should Killie want to see Ayr United in the Premiership next season?

Kilmarnock's small county cousins are in the promotion hunt yet again in the Championship.

Should Kilmarnock want to see Ayr United promoted to the Scottish Premiership next season assuming their top-flight status is preserved?

It’s a question that has done the rounds on the KillieFC.com forums for quite a few years now.

This poser has recently been raised again, with Killie’s small county cousins in the promotion hunt in the Championship.

With 12 games to go, Scott Brown’s side sit second on 48 points - just two behind league leaders Falkirk.

It appears to be a three-horse race for the title as things stand, with Livingston just two points further back than Ayr.

If nothing else, for those who take a general interest in the Scottish game, it promises to be an entertaining last few months in the second tier, with a proper title race where no team can be regarded as firm favourites unlike in most previous years.