1990–91 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
1990–91 season
Chairman	Bobby Fleeting
Manager	Jim Fleeting (footballer)
Scottish First Division	5th
Scottish Cup	4R
Scottish League Cup	3R
Scottish Challenge Cup	SF
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Williamson 14; All: John Sludden 15
Highest home attendance	9,802 (v Ayr United, 13 October)
Lowest home attendance	3,224 (v Forfar Athletic, 22 December)
Average home league attendance	4,934 (up 2446)
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 season was Kilmarnock's 89th in Scottish League Competitions and marked their return to the Scottish First Division.^[13]

Scottish First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Dundee	39	22	8	9	59	33	+26	52
4	Partick Thistle	39	16	13	10	56	53	+3	45
5	Kilmarnock	39	15	13	11	58	48	+10	43
6	Hamilton Academical	39	16	10	13	50	41	+9	42
7	Raith Rovers	39	14	9	16	54	64	−10	37

Source: RSSSF and statto^[14]
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	25 August	Meadowbank Thistle	A	0–1^[15]		1,767
2	1 September	Airdrieonians	H	3–4^[16]	Burns(9), Stark(66), Sludden(83)	5,287
3	8 September	Hamilton Academical	A	1–3^[17]	Tait(6)	2,687
4	15 September	Falkirk	H	1–1^[18]	Spence(45)	4,629
5	18 September	Clydebank	A	3–1^[19]	Burns(9), Reilly(35), Sludden(36)	2,442
6	22 September	Greenock Morton	H	3–1^[20]	Stark(10), Watters(59), Sludden(86)	4,322
7	29 September	Dundee	A	1–1^[21]	Callaghan(58)	4,573
8	6 October	Brechin City	H	2–0^[22]	Callaghan(23), Sludden(61)	1,299
9	9 October	Raith Rovers	H	1–1^[23]	Watters(28)	3,953
10	13 October	Ayr United	H	3–1^[24]	Elliott (46), Callaghan(52), Burns(83)	9,802
11	20 October	Partick Thistle	A	0–2^[25]		4,600
12	27 October	Forfar Athletic	A	2–2^[26]	Sludden(25), Burns(43)	1,521
13	3 November	Clyde	H	2–1^[27]	Sludden(65), Tait(70)	3,973
14	10 November	Airdrieonians	A	0–2^[28]		4,400
15	17 November	Meadowbank Thistle	H	2–3^[29]	Reilly(25), Stark(38)	4,198
16	24 November	Raith Rovers	A	1–1^[30]	Burns(44)	2,260
17	1 December	Brechin City	H	2–1^[31]	Williamson(22), Sloan(80)	3,473
18	8 December	Dundee	H	2–1^[32]	Williamson(35), Tait(40)	4,558
19	15 December	Greenock Morton	A	0–3^[33]		2,724
20	22 December	Forfar Athletic	H	1–0^[34]	Williamson(90)	3,224
21	2 January	Ayr United	A	2–1^[35]	Burns(21), Sludden(44)	9,448
22	5 January	Partick Thistle	H	2–3^[36]	Flexney(14), Callaghan(40)	5,588
23	12 January	Hamilton Academical	H	1–0^[37]	Williamson(64)	4,767
24	19 January	Falkirk	A	1–1^[38]	Sludden(13)	6,749
25	2 February	Clydebank	H	3–0^[39]	Williamson(19,26,61)	4,169
26	16 February	Partick Thistle	H	1–0^[40]	Williamson(5)	6,073
27	26 February	Clyde	A	1–1^[41]	Williamson(16)	1,000
28	9 March	Greenock Morton	H	1–1^[42]	Williamson(41)	4,451
29	12 March	Forfar Athletic	A	1–1	Williamson(40)	977
30	16 March	Airdrieonians	A	0–2^[43]		5,000
31	23 March	Falkirk	H	1–1^[44]	Stark(12)	6,664
32	30 March	Hamilton Academical	H	1–0^[45]	Flexney(82)	4,449
33	6 April	Raith Rovers	A	2–1^[46]	Williamson(42), Campbell(58)	1,761
34	10 April	Meadowbank Thistle	A	8–1^[47]	Campbell(7,13), Stark(11), Williamson(20,26), Smith(42), Burns(52,89)	1,107
35	13 April	Brechin City	H	2–2^[48]	Stark(14), Campbell(77)	4,543
36	20 April	Clydebank	A	0–0^[49]		2,005
37	27 April	Clyde	A	1–2^[50]	Jenkins(65)	1,700
38	4 May	Dundee	H	0–0^[51]		5,712
39	11 May	Ayr United	A	0–1^[52]		5,884

Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	21 August	Clydebank	H	3–2^[53]	Spence(30), Stark(75), Callaghan(116)	4,777
R3	28 August	Rangers	A	0–1^[54]		32,671

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	26 January	Arbroath	H	3–2^[55]	Sludden(20,70), Burns(61)	2,941
R4	23 February	Dundee	A	0–2^[56]		7,195

Scottish Challenge Cup

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	2 October	Stirling Albion	H	4–1^[57]	Burns(16), Sludden(56,73,79)	2,612
R2	16 October	Arbroath	H	3–1^[58]	Sludden(30), Elliott (35), Stark(71)	3,437
QF	23 October	East Fife	A	2–1^[59]	Sludden(35), Watters(84)	2,102
SF	30 October	Dundee	H	0–2^[60]		7,933

References

General

Rollin, Jack (1991). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1991–92. Headline. ISBN 0-356-19198-2.

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

Thomson, David C. (1991). The B&Q Scottish Football League Review 1991-91. The Scottish Football League. ISBN 0-9516433-3-9.

Specific

External links

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

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