1986-87_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

Kilmarnock
1986–87 season
Chairman	Robert Lauchlan
Manager	Eddie Morrison
Scottish First Division	6th
Scottish Cup	3R
Scottish League Cup	2R
Top goalscorer	League: Jim McGuire 10; All: Jim McGuire 10
Highest home attendance	4,855 (v Dunfermline Athletic, 3 January)
Lowest home attendance	875 (v Brechin City, 25 April)
Average home league attendance	1,946 (down 39)
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

1986–87 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1986–87 football season

The 1986–87 season was Kilmarnock's 85th in Scottish League Competitions.

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Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	9 August	East Fife	A	4–1^[8]	Bryson(4,34pen), Cook(28), MacLeod(49)	949
2	13 August	Greenock Morton	H	2–2^[9]	McGuire(40), Cook(44)	2,468
3	16 August	Forfar Athletic	A	1–3^[10]	Bryson(28pen)	863
4	23 August	Montrose	H	3–0^[11]	Bryson(13pen), Martin(16), Cook(17)	1,447
5	30 August	Queen of the South	A	1–2^[12]	Cook(68)	2,588
6	6 September	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–2^[13]	Cook(44)	2,662
7	13 September	Airdrieonians	A	2–3^[14]	Bryson(43,69)	1,577
8	16 September	Dumbarton	H	2–1^[15]	Bryson(16), Clougherty o.g(78)	1,664
9	20 September	Brechin City	A	2–2^[16]	Cook(26,90)	572
10	27 September	Clyde	H	0–0^[17]		1,760
11	30 September	Partick Thistle	A	0–1^[18]		1,799
12	4 October	East Fife	H	1–1^[19]	Martin(42)	1,218
13	8 October	Greenock Morton	A	0–2^[20]		1,859
14	11 October	Montrose	A	2–0^[21]	Harkness(72), McLean(86)	496
15	18 October	Forfar Athletic	H	3–0^[22]	Harkness(63), Docherty(65), McGivern(83)	1,440
16	25 October	Airdrieonians	H	2–0^[23]	Harkness(36), MacLeod(74)	2,005
17	29 October	Dumbarton	A	0–2^[24]		925
18	1 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1^[25]		4,179
19	8 November	Queen of the South	H	3–2^[26]	McGivern(2), McGuire(50), MacLeod(89pen)	1,904
20	15 November	Brechin City	H	0–1^[27]		1,600
21	22 November	Clyde	A	0–0^[28]		1,524
22	29 November	Partick Thistle	H	3–2^[29]	Cuthbertson(40), R.Clark(52), McGuire(75)	2,502
23	6 December	East Fife	A	1–2^[30]	R.Clark(25pen)	1,372
24	13 December	Greenock Morton	H	2–0^[31]	Harkness(1), McGuire(73)	1,989
25	20 December	Montrose	H	1–0^[32]	Harkness(1)	1,620
26	27 December	Forfar Athletic	A	1–1^[33]	McGuire(14)	818
27	1 January	Queen of the South	A	2–1	Cook(17), McVeigh(67)	2,009
28	3 January	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2^[34]	McGuire(58), Reid(90)	4,855
29	24 January	Airdrieonians	H	0–0^[35]		1,983
30	27 January	Dumbarton	H	1–2^[36]	McVeigh(28)	2,209
31	7 February	Clyde	H	1–1^[37]	McLean(44)	1,769
32	17 February	Brechin City	A	0–1^[38]		513
33	28 February	East Fife	H	3–1^[39]	Reid(1,30), Harkness(43)	1,434
34	3 March	Partick Thistle	A	2–1^[40]	Bryson(30pen), McGuire(62)	1,383
35	11 March	Greenock Morton	A	1–2	Cuthbertson(46)	2,420
36	14 March	Montrose	A	1–1^[41]	Harkness(80)	417
37	21 March	Forfar Athletic	H	2–0^[42]	Reid(63), Bryson(85pen)	1,059
38	28 March	Queen of the South	H	2–2^[43]	Bryson(19), Reid(73)	1,675
39	4 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0^[44]	Harkness(5)	3,704
40	11 April	Dumbarton	A	2–3^[45]	Reid(11,16)	1,030
41	18 April	Airdrieonians	A	3–4^[46]	Cuthbertson(46), Reid(54), McVeigh(87)	1,028
42	25 April	Brechin City	H	0–1^[47]		875
43	2 May	Clyde	A	1–0^[48]	Reid(86)	638
44	9 May	Partick Thistle	H	1–0^[49]	McVeigh(60)	1,453

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	31 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0^[51]		15,227
R3R	4 February	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1^[52]	Bryson(44pen)	14,932
R3,2R	9 February	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–3^[53]	Martin(73)	14,150

1986-87_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

1986–87 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Squad

Scottish First Division

Table

Results

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

See also

References

External links

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1986–87 season
Chairman	Robert Lauchlan^[1]
Manager	Eddie Morrison^[2]
Scottish First Division	6th^[2]^[3]
Scottish Cup	3R^[4]^[3]
Scottish League Cup	2R^[5]^[3]
Top goalscorer	League: Jim McGuire 10^[2]^[3] All: Jim McGuire 10^[2]^[3]
Highest home attendance	4,855 (v Dunfermline Athletic, 3 January)^[2]^[3]
Lowest home attendance	875 (v Brechin City, 25 April)^[2]^[3]
Average home league attendance	1,946^[6] (down 39)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	East Fife	44	15	21	8	68	55	+13	51
5	Airdrieonians	44	20	11	13	58	46	+12	51
6	Kilmarnock	44	17	11	16	62	53	+9	45
7	Forfar Athletic	44	14	15	15	61	63	−2	43
8	Partick Thistle	44	12	15	17	49	54	−5	39