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
Scottish Cup	QF
Scottish League Cup	R2
Top goalscorer	League: Donnie McDowell 13; All: Donnie McDowell 15
Highest home attendance	5,154 (v Queen of the South, 2 January)
Lowest home attendance	1,328 (v East Fife, 29 April)
Average home league attendance	2,862 (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

External links

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

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