1981–82_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

Kilmarnock
1981–82 season
Chairman	Tom Lauchlan
Manager	Jim Clunie
Scottish First Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	QF
Scottish League Cup	GS
Top goalscorer	League: John Bourke 14; All: John Bourke 19
Highest home attendance	9,997 (v Heart of Midlothian, 8 May)
Lowest home attendance	1,308 (v Clydebank, 21 April)
Average home league attendance	2,643 (down 1,864)
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1981–82 football season

The 1981–82 season was Kilmarnock's 80th in Scottish League Competitions. They finished in 2nd place after a very impressive run of only 1 defeat in the last 20 league matches(to eventual champions Motherwell) and were promoted at the end of the season to the Premier Division.^[2]^[3]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Motherwell (C, P)	39	26	9	4	92	36	+56	61	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Kilmarnock (P)	39	17	17	5	60	29	+31	51	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Heart of Midlothian	39	21	8	10	65	37	+28	50
4	Clydebank	39	19	8	12	61	53	+8	46
5	St Johnstone	39	17	8	14	69	60	+9	42

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	29 August	Motherwell	H	2–0^[7]	Carson o.g.(10), Gallacher(86)	2,694
2	5 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0^[8]	Robertson(6)	4,796
3	8 September	Clydebank	A	0–0		1,012
4	12 September	Ayr United	H	1–1^[9]	Gallacher(76)	5,477
5	16 September	Queen of the South	A	1–1	Clarke(37)	1,722
6	19 September	Queen's Park	H	0–0^[10]		2,337
7	23 September	St Johnstone	A	2–0	Bourke(35), Clark(45)	1,734
8	29 September	East Stirlingshire	A	1–2^[11]	McCready(19)	707
9	3 October	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–1^[12]		2,137
10	10 October	Falkirk	H	2–2^[13]	Eadie(33,54)	1,423
11	17 October	Hamilton Academical	A	2–1^[14]	Gallacher(68), Bourke(87)	1,747
12	24 October	Dumbarton	A	2–0^[15]	Mauchlen(67), Clark(77)	799
13	31 October	Raith Rovers	H	1–1^[16]	Gallacher(27)	1,859
14	7 November	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0^[17]		3,348
15	14 November	Motherwell	A	0–2^[18]		5,068
16	21 November	Queen of the South	H	0–0^[19]		1,591
17	28 November	East Stirlingshire	H	2–0^[20]	Eadie(25), Gallacher(59)	1,391
18	5 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1^[21]	McBride(14), McDicken(23)	1,665
19	12 December	St Johnstone	H	0–2^[22]		1,811
20	16 January	Hamilton Academical	H	2–2^[23]	Mauchlen(13), Bryson(32pen)	1,480
21	30 January	Dumbarton	H	0–0^[24]		1,346
22	17 February	Falkirk	A	2–2	Bourke(7,19)	1,115
23	20 February	Queen's Park	A	2–0^[25]	Clarke(44), Gallacher(71)	1,253
24	27 February	Ayr United	H	1–1^[26]	McGivern(49)	4,041
25	10 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–0	Bryson(77pen), Bourke(89)	1,356
26	13 March	Raith Rovers	A	3–0^[27]	Mauchlen(25), Bourke(61), McDicken(89)	1,220
27	17 March	Ayr United	A	1–1	McDicken(90)	3,663
28	20 March	Falkirk	H	4–1^[28]	MacLeod(34), Bourke(52), Armstrong(54), McDicken(80)	1,905
29	27 March	Motherwell	A	0–1^[29]		4,816
30	30 March	Queen's Park	A	3–2^[30]	McDicken(33), Gallacher(67,85)	1,197
31	3 April	Clydebank	H	0–0^[31]		2,087
32	6 April	Raith Rovers	A	3–3^[32]	Bryson(1), Clarke(45), Bourke(76)	1,401
33	10 April	St Johnstone	A	3–1^[33]	Mauchlen(75), Clarke(76), Bourke(82)	2,209
34	17 April	Hamilton Academical	H	0–0^[34]		1,878
35	21 April	Clydebank	H	2–0	Bourke(23,52)	1,308
36	24 April	Dumbarton	A	2–0^[35]	McDicken(62,82)	715
37	1 May	East Stirlingshire	A	5–1	Bourke(8,88), Robertson(14), McLean(18pen), McGivern(28)	482
38	8 May	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0^[36]		9,997
39	15 May	Queen of the South	H	6–0^[37]	Gallacher(6,8), Robertson o.g(26), Armstrong(38), McDicken(44), Bourke(60)	2,363

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	8 August	Aberdeen	A	0–3		8,094
G3	12 August	Airdrieonians	H	1–1	Bourke(80)	1,901
G3	15 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1^[38]	Wilson(81pen)	7,746
G3	19 August	Airdrieonians	A	1–0	Bourke(11)	1,380
G3	22 August	Aberdeen	H	0–3^[39]		3,118
G3	26 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0	Clark(3), McLean(16pen)	1,388

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen	6	4	1	1	12	1	11	9
2	Kilmarnock	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	6
3	Heart of Midlothian	6	2	1	3	5	9	−4	5
4	Airdrieonians	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	4

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	6 February	Montrose	H	1–0^[40]	Bourke(85)	1,441
R4	13 February	St Johnstone	H	3–1^[41]	McGivern(25), Bourke(59,87)	2,693
QF	6 March	Aberdeen	A	2–4^[42]	McGivern(1), Gallacher(36)	9,000

1981–82_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

1981–82 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Scottish First Division

League table

Match results

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Group 3 final table

Scottish Cup

See also

References

External links

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1981–82 season
Chairman	Tom Lauchlan^[1]
Manager	Jim Clunie^[2]
Scottish First Division	2nd^[2]^[3]
Scottish Cup	QF^[4]^[3]
Scottish League Cup	GS^[5]^[3]
Top goalscorer	League: John Bourke 14^[2]^[3] All: John Bourke 19^[2]^[3]
Highest home attendance	9,997 (v Heart of Midlothian, 8 May)^[2]^[3]
Lowest home attendance	1,308 (v Clydebank, 21 April)^[2]^[3]
Average home league attendance	2,643^[6] (down 1,864)
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