1978–79 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock

1978–79 season
Chairman	Tom Lauchlan
Manager	Davie Sneddon
Scottish First Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	R4
Scottish League Cup	R3
Top goalscorer	League: John Bourke 21 All: John Bourke 23
Highest home attendance	5,946 (v Ayr United, 4 November)
Lowest home attendance	1,906 (v Montrose, 20 January)
Average home league attendance	3,033 (up 171)

The 1978–79 season was Kilmarnock's 77th in Scottish League Competitions. They finished in 2nd place and were promoted at the end of the season to the Premier Division.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1978–79 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	12 August	Clydebank	A	1-2	Cairney(60)	1,854
2	19 August	Airdrieonians	H	2-0	Maxwell(53), Cairney(63)	2,707
3	26 August	Ayr United	A	0-0		4,974
4	6 September	Dumbarton	H	0-0		2,420
5	9 September	Dundee	H	1-1	Cairney(23)	3,113
6	13 September	St Johnstone	A	0-0		1,292
7	16 September	Stirling Albion	A	4-1	McDicken(32), Provan(33), Doherty(49), Maxwell(65)	1,434
8	23 September	Montrose	H	2-2	Maxwell(37), Street(60)	2,447
9	27 September	Clyde	A	1-1	McDowell(86)	1,301
10	30 September	Queen of the South	A	1-2	Street(54)	1,423
11	7 October	Arbroath	H	3-1	McDowell(8), Maxwell(28pen), Jardine(64)	2,556
12	14 October	Raith Rovers	H	3-0	Cairney(28), Hughes(29), Bourke(71)	2,621
13	21 October	Hamilton Academical	A	3-2	Cairney(55), Maxwell(80pen), Bourke(86)	2,601
14	28 October	Airdrieonians	A	1-4	Bourke(84)	2,505
15	4 November	Ayr United	H	1-2	Hughes(70)	5,946
16	11 November	Dundee	A	0-0		5,620
17	19 November	Stirling Albion	H	5-0	Bourke(35,89), Gibson(52), Doherty(76), Maxwell(80)	2,780
18	25 November	Montrose	A	4-0	Maxwell(8,39), Hughes(40), Jardine(86)	874
19	2 December	Queen of the South	H	0-0		2,791
20	9 December	Arbroath	A	2-3	Street(81), Clark(85)	880
21	16 December	Raith Rovers	A	3-1	Bourke(6,87), Maxwell(65)	1,843
22	23 December	Hamilton Academical	H	4-0	Bourke(19,66,76), Gibson(59)	2,850
23	20 January	Montrose	H	4-1	Clarke(30), Gibson(35,84), Bourke(39)	1,906
24	3 February	St Johnstone	H	3-2	Bourke(14), Hamilton o.g.(19), Clark(42)	3,200
25	10 February	Arbroath	A	1-0	Gibson(74)	1,284
26	24 February	Raith Rovers	H	2-1	Maxwell(64), Street(65)	3,267
27	3 March	Clydebank	H	0-0		3,518
28	7 March	Ayr United	A	1-2	Clark(52)	5,693
29	13 March	Dumbarton	A	3-0	Cairney(23), Bourke(29), Maxwell(49pen)	1,345
30	17 March	St Johnstone	H	3-1	Cairney(21), Gibson(70,77)	2,315
31	24 March	Clyde	H	2-1	Bourke(19,24)	2,417
32	31 March	Clydebank	A	2-1	Gibson(12), Bourke(16)	2,519
33	4 April	Stirling Albion	A	0-0		1,352
34	7 April	Clyde	A	1-0	Bourke(2)	2,509
35	11 April	Airdrieonians	H	1-0	Bourke(54)	2,665
36	14 April	Queen of the South	H	3-1	Street(28), Bourke(38), Cairney(87)	2,978
37	21 April	Hamilton Academical	A	0-1		2,897
38	25 April	Dundee	H	2-1	McDicken(59), Bourke(61)	5,072
39	28 April	Dumbarton	A	3-1	Cairney(14), Gibson(51), Bourke(78)	2,278

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1978–79 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2 L1	30 August	Alloa Athletic	H	2-0	McDowell(5), Street(32)	2,080
R2 L2	2 September	Alloa Athletic	A	1-1	Cairney(41)	1,301
R3 L1	4 October	Greenock Morton	H	2-0	Cairney(1), Maxwell(35)	3,967
R3 L2	11 October	Greenock Morton	A	2-5	McDicken(8), Welsh(?)	5,623

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1978–79 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	31 January	Clyde	A	5-1	Gibson(1), Bourke(47,82), Street(61,76)	2,509
R4	21 February	Rangers	A	1-1	McDicken(72)	17,500
R4R	26 February	Rangers	H	0-1		19,493

See also

• List of Kilmarnock F.C. seasons

References

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

External links

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