1977–78 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
1977–78 season
Manager	Willie Fernie to October 1977 Davie Sneddon from October 1977
Scottish First Division	6th^[1]^[2]
Scottish Cup	QF^[3]^[2]
Scottish League Cup	R2^[4]^[2]
Top goalscorer	League: Donnie McDowell 13^[1]^[2] All: Donnie McDowell 15^[1]^[2]
Highest home attendance	5,154 (v Queen of the South, 2 January)^[1]^[2]
Lowest home attendance	1,328 (v East Fife, 29 April)^[1]^[2]
Average home league attendance	2,862^[5] (down 2,987)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 season was Kilmarnock’s 76th in Scottish League Competitions.

Scottish First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Dumbarton	39	16	17	6	65	48	+17	49
5	Stirling Albion	39	15	12	12	60	52	+8	42
6	Kilmarnock	39	14	12	13	52	46	+6	40
7	Hamilton Academical	39	12	12	15	54	56	−2	36
8	St Johnstone	39	15	6	18	52	64	−12	36

Source: RSSSF and statto^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Match results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Greenock Morton	H	0–3		3,642
2	20 August	Stirling Albion	A	1–2	Murdoch(19)	2,100
3	27 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	McDowell(44)	5,003
4	10 September	Queen of the South	A	0–1		2,563
5	14 September	Hamilton Academical	A	1–2	Arkison(88)	1,748
6	17 September	Arbroath	H	3–0	McGilivray(13), McDowell(60,86)	2,195
7	24 September	Airdrieonians	H	0–0		2,563
8	28 September	Montrose	A	0–0		989
9	1 October	Dundee	A	1–2	McCulloch(4)	4,719
10	8 October	Dumbarton	H	2–2	McCulloch(4), Stein(50)	3,186
11	15 October	Alloa Athletic	A	2–1	McCulloch(64). Murdoch(89)	1,382
12	19 October	St Johnstone	H	0–1		1,905
13	22 October	Greenock Morton	A	2–0	Maxwell(30), McDowell(53)	4,256
14	29 October	Stirling Albion	H	2–3	Stein(41), Maxwell(78 pen)	2,896
15	5 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	McDowell(67,83)	7,703
16	12 November	Queen of the South	H	1–1	Provan(44)	2,494
17	19 November	Arbroath	A	2–2	McDowell(20), Maxwell(70)	1,192
18	26 November	Airdrieonians	A	2–1	Stein(8), Provan(55)	1,636
19	3 December	Dundee	H	1–0	McDowell(24)	3,629
20	10 December	Dumbarton	A	2–2	McDowell(40), Maxwell(70)	2,174
21	17 December	Alloa Athletic	H	3–1	Stein(25,64), McDowell(59)	2,975
22	24 December	East Fife	A	3–2	Stein(2), Maxwell(25), Robertson(30)	1,391
23	31 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–3^[7]		13,063
24	2 January	Queen of the South	H	2–0^[8]	Maxwell(43pen), Stein(80)	5,154
25	7 January	Stirling Albion	A	0–0^[9]		2,137
26	14 January	Hamilton Academical	H	1–1^[10]	McDowell(30)	3,548
27	21 January	Airdrieonians	H	1–1^[11]	Stein(64)	3,370
28	11 February	Dumbarton	H	0–1^[12]		3,641
29	25 February	Alloa Athletic	H	4–0^[13]	Doherty(9), Maxwell(65), McDowell(75), Provan(81)	2,005
30	4 March	Greenock Morton	A	0–2^[14]		4,036
31	15 March	Montrose	H	5–1^[15]	McCulloch(22,47,81), Jardine(62), McDowell(63)	1,399
32	18 March	St Johnstone	A	0–2^[16]		1,584
33	22 March	Dundee	A	2–5	Maxwell(70), McCulloch(89)	5,295
34	25 March	St Johnstone	H	2–0^[17]	McCulloch(21), McDowell(55)	1,997
35	1 April	Arbroath	A	0–1^[18]		921
36	8 April	East Fife	A	0–0^[19]		741
37	15 April	Montrose	H	1–0^[20]	Maxwell(78pen)	1,337
38	22 April	Hamilton Academical	A	3–1^[21]	Doherty(29,68), Jardine(80)	1,337
39	29 April	East Fife	H	0–0^[22]		1,328

Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2 L1	31 August	St Mirren	H	0–0		5,119
R2 L2	3 September	St Mirren	A	1–2	Fallis(46)	9,458

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	6 February	St Mirren	A	2–1^[23]	Maxwell(17pen), McDowell(68)	10,010
R4	27 February	Celtic	A	1–1^[24]	McDowell(30)	16,000
R4R	27 February	Celtic	H	1–0^[25]	McDicken(83)	14,137
QF	11 March	Rangers	A	1–4^[26]	McCulloch(82)	28,000

References

General

Rollin, Jack (1978). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1978–79. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-354-09043-7.

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

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rollin (1978), pp. 546.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ross (2001), pp. 260.
^ Rollin (1978), pp. 583–84.
^ Rollin (1978), pp. 586–87.
^ "Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
^ "Scottish Division One 1977-1978 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
^ Bill McFarlan (6 January 1978). "Killie were 'hung,drawn and quartered'". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 27. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (6 January 1978). "...But It Was Back To The winning Way At Home". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 27. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (13 January 1978). "No sparkle from Killie". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 34. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (20 January 1978). "Killie Pay The Penalty". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 39. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (27 January 1978). "Killie have to settle for a draw". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 40. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (17 February 1978). "'Big boot' a failure". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 40. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (3 March 1978). "Lowly Alloa were no danger". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 36. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (10 March 1978). "Two points thrown away at Greenock". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 39. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (24 March 1978). "Hat-trick for Ian". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 48. Retrieved 6 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bill McFarlan (24 March 1978). "Killie Back To Earth". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 48. Retrieved 6 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (31 March 1978). "Killie get upper hand at home". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 32. Retrieved 6 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bill McFarlan (7 April 1978). "80 Painful Minutes At Arbroath". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 47. Retrieved 6 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bill McFarlan (14 April 1978). "Little Sweat Was Broken". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 39. Retrieved 6 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (21 April 1978). "Kilmarnock were far from impressive". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 48. Retrieved 6 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (28 April 1978). "Killie's best in weeks". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 41. Retrieved 6 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (5 May 1978). "What A Season That Was". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 35. Retrieved 6 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bill McFarlan (10 February 1978). "Look Out Celtic, Here We Come". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 39. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bill McFarlan (3 March 1978). "It's Rough Justice". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 36. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Alex Milligan (10 March 1978). "Steamrollered". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 39. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bill McFarlan (17 March 1978). "Killie Were Not Disgraced". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 47. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

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

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Related to national team	Results World Cup 1978 qualifying (Group 7) 1978 FIFA World Cup British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Clydebank Dundee United Hibernian Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Arbroath Dundee Dumbarton East Fife Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Queen of the South St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Second Division	Albion Rovers Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Raith Rovers Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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