1980–81_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

Kilmarnock
1980–81 season
Chairman	Tom Lauchlan
Manager	Davie Sneddon until January 1981 Jim Clunie from January 1981
Scottish Football League Premier Division	9th
Scottish Cup	R4R
Scottish League Cup	R3
Top goalscorer	League: John Bourke 5; All: John Bourke, Gordon Cramond 7
Highest home attendance	15,021 (v Rangers, 20 September)
Lowest home attendance	973 (v Greenock Morton, 15 April)
Average home league attendance	4,507 (down 2,467)
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1980–81 football season

The 1980–81 season was Kilmarnock’s 79th in Scottish League Competitions.

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Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	9 August	Dundee United	A	2–2^[6]	Street(49), Mauchlen(67)	5,788
2	16 August	Celtic	H	0–3^[7]		13,810
3	23 August	Partick Thistle	A	1–0^[8]	McBride(70)	3,197
4	6 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1^[9]		3,995
5	13 September	Greenock Morton	A	0–2^[10]		3,049
6	20 September	Rangers	H	1–8^[11]	Bourke(14)	15,023
7	27 September	Airdrieonians	A	0–1^[12]		2,736
8	4 October	St Mirren	H	1–6^[13]	Cramond(66)	3,897
9	11 October	Aberdeen	A	0–2^[14]		11,164
10	18 October	Dundee United	H	0–1^[15]		2,719
11	25 October	Celtic	A	1–4^[16]	Cramond(13)	16,537
12	1 November	Partick Thistle	H	0–1^[17]		2,417
13	8 November	Airdrieonians	H	1–1^[18]	Houston(25)	2,230
14	15 November	Rangers	A	0–2^[19]		15,791
15	22 November	Aberdeen	H	1–1^[20]	Street(35)	3,319
16	29 November	St Mirren	A	0–2^[21]		5,300
17	6 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2^[22]		5,183
18	13 December	Greenock Morton	H	3–3^[23]	Armstrong(16), Bourke(19), Hughes(70)	2,483
19	20 December	Rangers	H	1–1^[24]	Bourke(23)	9,172
20	1 January	Celtic	H	1–2^[25]	Hughes(2)	7,625
21	3 January	Dundee United	A	0–7^[26]		6,474
22	10 January	St Mirren	H	2–0^[27]	Mauchlen(39), Doherty(77)	4,385
23	31 January	Greenock Morton	A	0–1^[28]		3,497
24	21 February	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	Bourke(43)	1,601
25	28 February	Dundee United	H	0–1^[29]		2,102
26	7 March	St Mirren	A	1–1^[30]	Bourke(89)	4,203
27	11 March	Airdrieonians	A	0–3		2,084
28	14 March	Aberdeen	H	1–0^[31]	Doherty(59)	2,415
29	21 March	Rangers	A	0–2^[32]		8,488
30	24 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0^[33]	Mauchlen(44), McLean(80)	1,445
31	28 March	Airdrieonians	H	0–1^[34]		1,849
32	4 April	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1^[35]		1,866
33	15 April	Greenock Morton	H	0–0		973
34	18 April	Partick Thistle	H	0–1^[36]		1,262
35	25 April	Celtic	A	1–1	Eadie(63)	23,050
36	2 May	Aberdeen	A	2–0	McDicken(53), McCready(56)	7,002

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	13 August	Airdrieonians	H	1–0^[37]	Cramond(41)	2,986
R1 L2	20 August	Airdrieonians	A	1–0^[38]	Cramond(59)	2,983
R2 L1	27 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–0^[39]		2,273
R2 L2	30 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1^[40]	Clarke(10), McBride(74)	3,084
R3 L1	3 September	Dundee	A	0–0		4,388
R3 L2	24 September	Dundee	H	0–0(AET, lost 3–5 on pens)^[41]		2,401

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	24 January	Ayr United	H	2–1^[42]	McDicken(2), Hughes(70)	8,185
R4	14 February	Clydebank	H	0–0		3,741
R4R	17 February	Clydebank	A	1–1(AET)^[43]	Bourke(34)	3,400
R42R	23 February	Clydebank	N	0–1^[44]		2,340

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	30 July	East Stirlingshire	H	1–3	Mauchlen(85)	1,563
R1 L2	6 August	East Stirlingshire	A	3–0^[45]	McDicken(60), Cairney(64), Houston(74)	1,000
QF L1	9 September	Blackpool	A	1–2^[46]	Cramond(80)	4,904
QF L2	14 September	Blackpool	H	4–2^[47]	Cramond(5,27), Bourke(20), Maxwell(45)	2,656
SF L1	4 November	Notts County	H	1–2^[48]	McBride(14)	2,865
SF L2	18 November	Notts County	A	2–5^[49]	Street(60), McBride(79)	4,314

1980–81_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

1980–81 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Scottish Premier Division

League table

Match results

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Anglo-Scottish Cup

See also

References

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1980–81 season
Chairman	Tom Lauchlan^[1]
Manager	Davie Sneddon until January 1981^[2] Jim Clunie from January 1981^[3]
Scottish Football League Premier Division	9th^[4]
Scottish Cup	R4R^[4]
Scottish League Cup	R3^[4]
Top goalscorer	League: John Bourke 5^[4] All: John Bourke, Gordon Cramond 7^[4]
Highest home attendance	15,021 (v Rangers, 20 September)^[4]
Lowest home attendance	973 (v Greenock Morton, 15 April)^[4]
Average home league attendance	4,507^[5] (down 2,467)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Partick Thistle	36	10	10	16	32	48	−16	30
7	Airdrieonians	36	10	9	17	36	55	−19	29
8	Morton	36	10	8	18	36	58	−22	28
9	Kilmarnock (R)	36	5	9	22	23	65	−42	19	Relegation to the 1981–82 Scottish First Division
10	Heart of Midlothian (R)	36	6	6	24	27	71	−44	18	Relegation to the 1981–82 Scottish First Division