1980β81 season | |
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Chairman | Tom Lauchlan [1] |
Manager | Davie Sneddon until January 1981 [2] Jim Clunie from January 1981 [3] |
Scottish Football League Premier Division | 9th [4] |
Scottish Cup | R4R [4] |
Scottish League Cup | R3 [4] |
Top goalscorer | League: John Bourke 5
[4] All: John Bourke, Gordon Cramond 7 [4] |
Highest home attendance | 15,021 (v Rangers, 20 September) [4] |
Lowest home attendance | 973 (v Greenock Morton, 15 April) [4] |
Average home league attendance | 4,507 [5] (down 2,467) |
The 1980β81 season was Kilmarnockβs 79th in Scottish League Competitions.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 30 | |
7 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 29 | |
8 | Morton | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 28 | |
9 | Kilmarnock (R) | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 65 | −42 | 19 | Relegation to the 1981β82 Scottish First Division |
10 | Heart of Midlothian (R) | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 71 | −44 | 18 |
Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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1 | 9 August | Dundee United | A | 2β2 [6] | Street(49), Mauchlen(67) | 5,788 |
2 | 16 August | Celtic | H | 0β3 [7] | 13,810 | |
3 | 23 August | Partick Thistle | A | 1β0 [8] | McBride(70) | 3,197 |
4 | 6 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0β1 [9] | 3,995 | |
5 | 13 September | Greenock Morton | A | 0β2 [10] | 3,049 | |
6 | 20 September | Rangers | H | 1β8 [11] | Bourke(14) | 15,023 |
7 | 27 September | Airdrieonians | A | 0β1 [12] | 2,736 | |
8 | 4 October | St Mirren | H | 1β6 [13] | Cramond(66) | 3,897 |
9 | 11 October | Aberdeen | A | 0β2 [14] | 11,164 | |
10 | 18 October | Dundee United | H | 0β1 [15] | 2,719 | |
11 | 25 October | Celtic | A | 1β4 [16] | Cramond(13) | 16,537 |
12 | 1 November | Partick Thistle | H | 0β1 [17] | 2,417 | |
13 | 8 November | Airdrieonians | H | 1β1 [18] | Houston(25) | 2,230 |
14 | 15 November | Rangers | A | 0β2 [19] | 15,791 | |
15 | 22 November | Aberdeen | H | 1β1 [20] | Street(35) | 3,319 |
16 | 29 November | St Mirren | A | 0β2 [21] | 5,300 | |
17 | 6 December | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0β2 [22] | 5,183 | |
18 | 13 December | Greenock Morton | H | 3β3 [23] | Armstrong(16), Bourke(19), Hughes(70) | 2,483 |
19 | 20 December | Rangers | H | 1β1 [24] | Bourke(23) | 9,172 |
20 | 1 January | Celtic | H | 1β2 [25] | Hughes(2) | 7,625 |
21 | 3 January | Dundee United | A | 0β7 [26] | 6,474 | |
22 | 10 January | St Mirren | H | 2β0 [27] | Mauchlen(39), Doherty(77) | 4,385 |
23 | 31 January | Greenock Morton | A | 0β1 [28] | 3,497 | |
24 | 21 February | Partick Thistle | A | 1β1 | Bourke(43) | 1,601 |
25 | 28 February | Dundee United | H | 0β1 [29] | 2,102 | |
26 | 7 March | St Mirren | A | 1β1 [30] | Bourke(89) | 4,203 |
27 | 11 March | Airdrieonians | A | 0β3 | 2,084 | |
28 | 14 March | Aberdeen | H | 1β0 [31] | Doherty(59) | 2,415 |
29 | 21 March | Rangers | A | 0β2 [32] | 8,488 | |
30 | 24 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2β0 [33] | Mauchlen(44), McLean(80) | 1,445 |
31 | 28 March | Airdrieonians | H | 0β1 [34] | 1,849 | |
32 | 4 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0β1 [35] | 1,866 | |
33 | 15 April | Greenock Morton | H | 0β0 | 973 | |
34 | 18 April | Partick Thistle | H | 0β1 [36] | 1,262 | |
35 | 25 April | Celtic | A | 1β1 | Eadie(63) | 23,050 |
36 | 2 May | Aberdeen | A | 2β0 | McDicken(53), McCready(56) | 7,002 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 L1 | 13 August | Airdrieonians | H | 1β0 [37] | Cramond(41) | 2,986 |
R1 L2 | 20 August | Airdrieonians | A | 1β0 [38] | Cramond(59) | 2,983 |
R2 L1 | 27 August | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0β0 [39] | 2,273 | |
R2 L2 | 30 August | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2β1 [40] | Clarke(10), McBride(74) | 3,084 |
R3 L1 | 3 September | Dundee | A | 0β0 | 4,388 | |
R3 L2 | 24 September | Dundee | H | 0β0(AET, lost 3β5 on pens) [41] | 2,401 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R3 | 24 January | Ayr United | H | 2β1 [42] | McDicken(2), Hughes(70) | 8,185 |
R4 | 14 February | Clydebank | H | 0β0 | 3,741 | |
R4R | 17 February | Clydebank | A | 1β1(AET) [43] | Bourke(34) | 3,400 |
R42R | 23 February | Clydebank | N | 0β1 [44] | 2,340 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 L1 | 30 July | East Stirlingshire | H | 1β3 | Mauchlen(85) | 1,563 |
R1 L2 | 6 August | East Stirlingshire | A | 3β0 [45] | McDicken(60), Cairney(64), Houston(74) | 1,000 |
QF L1 | 9 September | Blackpool | A | 1β2 [46] | Cramond(80) | 4,904 |
QF L2 | 14 September | Blackpool | H | 4β2 [47] | Cramond(5,27), Bourke(20), Maxwell(45) | 2,656 |
SF L1 | 4 November | Notts County | H | 1β2 [48] | McBride(14) | 2,865 |
SF L2 | 18 November | Notts County | A | 2β5 [49] | Street(60), McBride(79) | 4,314 |
General
Rollin, Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1981β82. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-02046-9.
Ross, David (2001). Everygame-The New Official History of Kilmarnock Football Club. Kilmarnock Football Club. ISBN 0-9541653-0-6.
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