1985–86_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

Kilmarnock
1985–86 season
Manager	Eddie Morrison
Scottish First Division	3rd
Scottish Cup	4R
Scottish League Cup	2R
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Bryson 14; All: Ian Bryson 15
Highest home attendance	4,119 (v Ayr United, 1 January)
Lowest home attendance	1,260 (v Alloa Athletic, 15 March)
Average home league attendance	1,985 (up 634)
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1985–86 football season

The 1985–86 season was Kilmarnock's 84th in Scottish League Competitions.

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Killie made a very impressive start to the league campaign in Eddie Morrison's first full season in charge. They were top of the table after 18 matches of the back of 4 consecutive victories and only 3 defeats. However, an inexplicable collapse followed in December. The club lost the next 3 matches all by the margin of 4–1 and then a home defeat by local rivals Ayr United.^[1]^[2]

Despite a less than impressive run of 4 wins in the next 10 matches, Killie were still firmly in the hunt for promotion. However, 3 defeats in the last 7 matches meant the club missed promotion by a point. ^[1]^[2]

The first of these defeats saw Killie lose 2 late goals to Brechin City and lost the game 2–1. ^[6]

Killie missed a retaken penalty seven minutes from time against Forfar Athletic and lost 1–0^[7] then missed another penalty in the penultimate league game against Partick Thistle in the 62 minute with the score at 0–0.^[8]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hamilton Academical (C, P)	39	24	8	7	77	44	+33	56	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Falkirk (P)	39	17	11	11	57	39	+18	45	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Kilmarnock	39	18	8	13	62	49	+13	44
4	Forfar Athletic	39	17	10	12	51	43	+8	44
5	East Fife	39	14	15	10	54	46	+8	43

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 August	Alloa Athletic	H	3–0	McLean(50), Millar(51), McGivern(68)	1,439
2	17 August	Forfar Athletic	A	0–0		967
3	24 August	Hamilton Academical	H	1–0	Millar(52)	1,752
4	31 August	Ayr United	A	0–3		2,749
5	7 September	Partick Thistle	H	5–0	Bryson(6), Cuthbertson(21), McLean(29pen), McGivern(44), Clarke(78)	1,944
6	14 September	Greenock Morton	A	0–3		1,434
7	21 September	Clyde	H	1–1	Millar(2)	2,005
8	28 September	Brechin City	A	4–2	Neilson o.g(34), Bryson(60), Sarwar(72), McKinna(86)	662
9	5 October	Falkirk	H	1–0	McLean(26pen)	1,937
10	12 October	Montrose	H	0–0		1,498
11	19 October	Dumbarton	A	0–1		1,559
12	26 October	Airdrieonians	A	2–1	Clarke(69,88)	1,513
13	2 November	East Fife	H	2–2	Cuthbertson(26,88)	1,425
14	9 November	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	Bryson(49pen)	2,391
15	16 November	Greenock Morton	H	3–0	Cockburn(4), Martin(44), Cuthbertson(62)	1,837
16	23 November	Clyde	A	3–1	McGivern(20,78), Clarke(64)	1,102
17	30 November	Brechin City	H	3–1	Bryson(13), Millar(48), Cuthbertson(82)	2,787
18	7 December	Falkirk	A	1–0	McGivern(62)	2,542
19	14 December	Montrose	A	1–4	McKinna(87)	616
20	21 December	Dumbarton	H	1–4	Bryson(15)	2,311
21	28 December	Hamilton Academical	A	1–4^[10]	Bryson(62)	3,271
22	1 January	Ayr United	H	1–2^[11]	Bryson(88pen)	4,119
23	4 January	Forfar Athletic	H	1–0^[12]	Millar(37)	1,296
24	11 January	Alloa Athletic	A	4–1^[13]	McGivern(25), Millar(74,88), Cuthbertson(80)	672
25	18 January	Airdrieonians	H	0–2^[14]		1,711
26	1 February	East Fife	A	2–2^[15]	Bryson(7,58)	1,182
27	8 February	Greenock Morton	H	1–1^[16]	Clarke(59)	2,252
28	1 March	Montrose	H	3–0^[17]	McNab(5), Bryson(8), McGuire(37)	1,502
29	8 March	Hamilton Academical	A	2–3^[18]	McGivern(17,74)	2,345
30	15 March	Alloa Athletic	H	2–0^[19]	McCafferty(14), McNab(54)	1,260
31	22 March	Airdrieonians	A	0–1^[20]		1,409
32	25 March	Falkirk	A	1–1	McNab(29)	1,759
33	29 March	Brechin City	H	1–2^[21]	Bryson(22)	1,511
34	5 April	Clyde	A	3–1^[22]	Bryson(34), McGivern(47,51)	820
35	9 April	East Fife	H	2–0^[23]	McGivern(9), McGuire(73)	1,320
36	12 April	Forfar Athletic	A	0–1^[24]		874
37	19 April	Dumbarton	H	3–0^[25]	Bryson(20), Clarke(83), McGuire(89)	2,321
38	26 April	Partick Thistle	A	0–2^[26]		2,835
39	3 May	Ayr United	H	3–2^[27]	Bryson(29), McGuire(28,70)	2,369

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	25 January	Stirling Albion	H	1–0^[28]	McCafferty(33)	2,139
R4	15 February	Dundee United	A	1–1^[29]	Bryson(75)	6,610
R4R	19 February	Dundee United	H	0–1^[30]		9,054

1985–86_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

1985–86 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Scottish First Division

League table

Match results

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

See also

References

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1985–86 season
Manager	Eddie Morrison^[1]
Scottish First Division	3rd^[1]^[2]
Scottish Cup	4R^[3]^[2]
Scottish League Cup	2R^[4]^[2]
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Bryson 14^[1]^[2] All: Ian Bryson 15^[1]^[2]
Highest home attendance	4,119 (v Ayr United, 1 January)^[1]^[2]
Lowest home attendance	1,260 (v Alloa Athletic, 15 March)^[1]^[2]
Average home league attendance	1,985^[5] (up 634)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →