1979–80_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

Kilmarnock
1979–80 season
Chairman	Tom Lauchlan
Manager	Davie Sneddon
Scottish Football League Premier Division	8th
Scottish Cup	R3
Scottish League Cup	QF
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Street 9; All: Bobby Street 12
Highest home attendance	16,918 (v Celtic, 3 November)
Lowest home attendance	3,533 (v Aberdeen, 19 April)
Average home league attendance	6,973 (up 3,940)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1979–80 football season

The 1979–80 season was Kilmarnock’s 78th in Scottish League Competitions.

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Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	11 August	St Mirren	A	2–2^[6]	Doherty(71), Clarke(88)	7,449
2	18 August	Dundee United	H	1–0^[7]	Street(57)	5,882
3	25 August	Celtic	A	0–5^[8]		24,584
4	8 September	Hibernian	H	1–0^[9]	Jardine(88)	4,654
5	15 September	Partick Thistle	A	0–0^[10]		5,078
6	22 September	Greenock Morton	A	1–3^[11]	Gibson(44)	6,618
7	29 September	Rangers	H	2–1^[12]	Clark(8), Cairney(79)	15,479
8	6 October	Dundee	H	3–1^[13]	Bourke(39), Maxwell(41,53)	4,674
9	13 October	Aberdeen	A	1–3^[14]	Houston(11)	12,791
10	20 October	St Mirren	H	1–1^[15]	Houston(16)	6,377
11	27 October	Dundee United	A	0–4^[16]		6,403
12	3 November	Celtic	H	2–0^[17]	Street(11), Gibson(59)	16,918
13	10 November	Hibernian	A	1–1^[18]	Maxwell(78)	5,269
14	17 November	Partick Thistle	H	0–1^[19]		4,951
15	1 December	Rangers	A	1–2^[20]	Houston(34)	16,557
16	15 December	Dundee	A	1–3	Glennie o.g.(27)	6,016
17	29 December	Dundee United	H	0–0^[21]		4,515
18	5 January	Hibernian	H	3–1^[22]	Street(20,25,57)	6,092
19	12 January	Partick Thistle	A	1–1^[23]	Street(72)	4,543
20	19 January	Greenock Morton	A	2–1^[24]	Clarke(56), Cramond(84)	5,352
21	9 February	Dundee	H	1–1^[25]	Houston(10)	4,432
22	23 February	Aberdeen	A	2–1^[26]	Street(4), Garner o.g.(42)	9,567
23	1 March	St Mirren	H	1–1^[27]	Mauchlen(76)	6,800
24	8 March	Dundee United	A	0–0^[28]		6,497
25	12 March	Greenock Morton	H	1–1^[29]	Mauchlen(47)	4,905
26	15 March	Celtic	H	1–1^[30]	Street(1)	14,965
27	29 March	Partick Thistle	H	0–1^[31]		3,814
28	1 April	Aberdeen	H	0–4^[32]		5,020
29	5 April	Greenock Morton	H	0–2^[33]		4,309
30	12 April	St Mirren	A	1–3^[34]	Clarke(25)	6,740
31	16 April	Celtic	A	0–2^[35]		16,695
32	19 April	Aberdeen	H	1–3^[36]	Gibson(14pen)	3,533
33	21 April	Hibernian	A	2–1^[37]	Houston(6,70)	2,659
34	23 April	Rangers	H	1–0^[38]	Street(11)	8,504
35	26 April	Dundee	A	2–0^[39]	McDicken(51), Cairney(60)	2,665
36	30 April	Rangers	A	0–1^[40]		7,655

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	15 August	Alloa Athletic	H	2–0	Jardine(32), Doherty(69)	2,491
R1 L2	22 August	Alloa Athletic	A	1–1(aet)	Doherty(106)	1,696
R2 L1	29 August	Forfar Athletic	H	2–0^[41]	Clarke(47), Gibson(65)	2,220
R2 L2	1 September	Forfar Athletic	A	1–1^[42]	Maxwell(6)	1,565
R3 L1	26 September	Hibernian	A	2–1	Cairney(23), Bourke(60)	2,659
18	10 October	Hibernian	H	2–1^[43]	Maxwell(27), Bourke(71)	5,353
QF L1	31 October	Greenock Morton	A	2–3^[44]	McLean(28), Street(70)	7,046
QF L2	24 November	Greenock Morton	H	3–2(aet, lost 3–5 on penalties)^[45]	Clarke(70), Cairney(92), Gibson(115)	8,407

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF	28 July	Aberdeen	H	1–0^[47]	Street(66)	4,548
SF	1 August	Rangers	H	0–2		10,035

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	6 August	Dundee	A	1–1	Clarke(41)	3,832
R1 L2	8 August	Dundee	H	3–3(lost on away goals)	Street(36,67), Gibson(38)	3,719

1979–80_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

1979–80 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Scottish Premier Division

League table

Match results

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Drybrough Cup

Anglo-Scottish Cup

See also

References

External links

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Morton	36	14	8	14	51	46	+5	36
7	Partick Thistle	36	11	14	11	43	47	−4	36
8	Kilmarnock	36	11	11	14	36	52	−16	33
9	Dundee (R)	36	10	6	20	47	73	−26	26	Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division
10	Hibernian (R)	36	6	6	24	29	67	−38	18	Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division