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 →

1977–78 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1977–78 football season

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

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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

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

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

1977–78_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

1977–78 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Scottish First Division

League table

Match results

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

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References

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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