1968–69 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
1968–69 season
Manager	Walter McCrae
Scottish Division One	4th^[1]
Scottish Cup	QF^[1]
Scottish League Cup	GS^[1]
Top goalscorer	League: Eddie Morrison & Brien McIlroy, 13^[1] All: Eddie Morrison 16^[1]
Highest home attendance	32,893 (v Rangers, 4 January)^[1]
Lowest home attendance	4,069 (v Airdrieonians, 29 March)^[1]
Average home league attendance	8,294^[2] (up 2,600)
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 season was Kilmarnock’s 67th in Scottish League Competitions.

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Scottish Division One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Rangers	34	21	7	6	81	32	+49	49
3	Dunfermline Athletic	34	19	7	8	63	45	+18	45
4	Kilmarnock	34	15	14	5	50	32	+18	44
5	Dundee United	34	17	9	8	61	49	+12	43
6	St Johnstone	34	16	5	13	66	59	+7	37

Source: "1968-1969 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Match results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	7 September	St Mirren	A	1–1	Queen(18)	5,204
2	14 September	Morton	H	1–0	Morrison(70)	5,812
3	21 September	Rangers	A	3–3	Morrison(30,58), Queen(85 pen)	39,407
4	28 September	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–1		6,507
5	5 October	Arbroath	A	2–1	J.McLean(42,49)	3,015
6	12 October	Dundee United	H	3–0	Morrison(5), T.McLean(8), J.McLean(40)	5,151
7	19 October	Hibernian	A	0–1		8,653
8	26 October	Raith Rovers	H	4–4	T.McLean(58pen,89), Morrison(67), McIlroy(84)	4,565
9	2 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	T.McLean(87)	6,943
10	9 November	Falkirk	H	5–1	J.McLean(45), McIlroy(46,52,83), Morrison(87)	4,340
11	16 November	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	McIlroy(53), Queen(78)	4,400
12	23 November	Dundee	H	1–0	Morrison(20)	6,594
13	30 November	Clyde	A	1–2	Morrison(2)	3,824
14	7 December	Airdrieonians	A	2–0	Morrison(46), McIlroy(49)	2,759
15	14 December	St Johnstone	H	2–0	Morrison(10), J.McLean(63)	5,154
16	21 December	Celtic	A	1–1	McIlroy(60)	37,321
17	28 December	Aberdeen	H	2–1	McIlroy(10), Morrison(51)	7,128
18	1 January	St Mirren	H	0–0		12,082
19	2 January	Morton	A	2–3	McIlroy(45,64)	7,300
20	4 January	Rangers	H	3–3	Dickson(15), T.McLean(45 pen), McIlroy(74)	32,893
21	11 January	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	W.Callaghan(38 o.g)	8,662
22	18 January	Arbroath	H	1–0	J.McLean(62)	5,544
23	1 February	Dundee United	A	2–2	Queen(3), Morrison(51)	5,076
24	19 February	Hibernian	H	2–1	McIlroy(28), Queen(60)	5,673
25	22 February	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	McIlroy(81)	7,025
26	26 February	Raith Rovers	A	0–0		2,246
27	8 March	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	McFadzean(59)	4,541
28	12 March	Falkirk	A	1–1	Dickson(34)	2,838
29	15 March	Dundee	A	0–0		4,345
30	22 March	Clyde	H	0–0		5,042
31	29 March	Airdrieonians	H	2–1	Gilmour(2), McKellar(88)	4,069
32	5 April	St Johnstone	A	0–1		3,748
33	19 April	Aberdeen	A	1–0	Cook(38)	7,502
34	21 April	Celtic	H	2–2	Morrison(9), Queen(31)	18,873

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	10 August	Dundee	A	0–4		7,648
G2	14 August	Airdrieonians	H	0–3		5,446
G2	17 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–3	Queen(11,16 pen), Cook(35)	7,213
G2	24 August	Dundee	H	2–2	Morrison(61), T.McLean(81)	5,435
G2	28 August	Airdrieonians	A	0–2		3,692
G2	31 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0		6,283

Group 3 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee	6	3	2	1	15	5	10	8
2	Airdrieonians	6	3	1	2	10	7	3	7
3	Heart of Midlothian	6	2	2	2	8	12	−4	6
4	Kilmarnock	6	0	3	3	5	14	−9	3

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	27 January	Glasgow University	H	6–0	Queen(1,53,85), McIlroy(33,76), Hope o.g(69)	7,771
R2	8 February	Montrose	A	1–1	Morrison(60)	2,600
R2	8 February	Montrose	H	4–1	T.McLean(16,45,90), Morrison(34)	7,385
QF	1 March	Aberdeen	A	0–0		22,601
QF	1 March	Aberdeen	H	0–3		18,128

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ross (2001), pp. 251.
^ "Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

Ross, David (2001). Everygame-The New Official History of Kilmarnock Football Club. Kilmarnock Football Club. ISBN 0-9541653-0-6.

External links

https://www.fitbastats.com/kilmarnock/team_results_season.php

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1970 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Motherwell Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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