1988–89_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

Kilmarnock
1988–89 season
Chairman	Bob Lauchlan
Manager	Eddie Morrison until November 1988 Jim Fleeting from November 1988
Scottish First Division	13th
Scottish Cup	3R
Scottish League Cup	3R
Top goalscorer	League: Willie Watters 12; All: Willie Watters 13
Highest home attendance	5,387 (v Ayr United, 27 August)
Lowest home attendance	1,584 (v Forfar Athletic, 18 March)
Average home league attendance	2,488 (up 642)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1988–89 football season

The 1988–89 season was Kilmarnock's 87th in Scottish League Competitions. After a poor run of results, manager Eddie Morrison was sacked in November 1988.^[8] Jim Clark initially took over as caretaker^[9] before the club hired Jim Fleeting for the rest of the season.^[10] Less than two months into the job, he sensationally sacked centre half Kenny Brannigan who was sent off for head butting former teammate Derek Cook three minutes into the league game with Queen of The South.^[11] Despite a 6–0 victory in their last game, the club was relegated to the third tier at the end of the season for the first time on a goal difference by just one goal.^[12]^[13]

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Off the field, the club were subject to two takeover bids during the season. In September, Largs businessman Hugh Scott offered £500,000 for a controlling interest in the club.^[14] A second bid was launched in January by a consortium led by the manager's brother Bobby Fleeting.^[15]

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Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Queen of the South	A	2–2^[17]	Gilmour(51), McGuire(70)	1,587
2	20 August	Partick Thistle	H	0–1^[18]		2,442
3	27 August	Ayr United	H	2–0^[19]	McGuire(39), Marshall(60)	5,387
4	3 September	Clydebank	A	2–2^[20]	McGuire(5), Cuthbertson(73)	1,418
5	10 September	Airdrieonians	A	1–5^[21]	Cook(70)	2,016
6	17 September	Clyde	H	1–2^[22]	McDonald(12)	1,745
7	24 September	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–3^[23]		5,379
8	1 October	Greenock Morton	H	3–4^[24]	Cook(4), Martin(60), McInnes(?)	1,865
9	8 October	Forfar Athletic	A	2–2^[25]	McGuire(22), Gilmour(50)	685
10	15 October	Meadowbank Thistle	A	2–0^[26]	Montgomerie(81), Cook(89)	1,185
11	22 October	Raith Rovers	H	1–1^[27]	Wylde(9)	1,965
12	29 October	St Johnstone	A	0–2^[28]		2,329
13	5 November	Falkirk	H	0–2^[29]		2,561
14	12 November	Airdrieonians	H	0–3^[30]		1,958
15	19 November	Clyde	A	2–0^[31]	McFarlane(31,45)	1,028
16	26 November	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2^[32]	Gilmour(57pen), Brannigan(65)	2,761
17	3 December	Partick Thistle	A	1–0^[33]	McFarlane(37)	2,624
18	10 December	St Johnstone	H	0–3^[34]		2,501
19	17 December	Raith Rovers	A	0–0^[35]		1,514
20	24 December	Meadowbank Thistle	H	1–0^[36]	Watters(28)	2,391
21	31 December	Clydebank	H	1–0^[37]	McLaughlin(5)	2,760
22	3 January	Ayr United	A	1–4^[38]	Faulds(46)	8,585
23	7 January	Falkirk	A	0–2^[39]		3,972
24	14 January	Queen of the South	H	2–1^[40]	Derek Walker(38), Watters(87)	2,264
25	21 January	Forfar Athletic	H	2–1^[41]	Watters(37,74)	1,813
26	18 February	Clyde	H	0–0^[42]		1,953
27	25 February	St Johnstone	A	2–2^[43]	Watters(49), Reilly(83)	2,393
28	1 March	Greenock Morton	A	2–2^[44]	Watters(75), Harkness(80)	1,807
29	4 March	Airdrieonians	H	1–1^[45]	McLaughlin(82)	2,376
30	11 March	Ayr United	A	1–2^[46]	Montgomerie(20)	5,476
31	18 March	Forfar Athletic	H	2–2^[47]	Harkness(8), Faulds(14)	1,586
32	25 March	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–0^[48]		5,906
33	1 April	Falkirk	H	0–0^[49]		3,870
34	8 April	Meadowbank Thistle	A	2–1^[50]	Harkness(36), Watters(79)	866
35	15 April	Raith Rovers	H	1–2^[51]	Harkness(16)	2,218
36	22 April	Greenock Morton	A	0–3^[52]		1,623
37	29 April	Partick Thistle	H	0–0^[53]		2,932
38	6 May	Clydebank	A	2–3^[54]	Harkness(1), Stewart(21)	1,811
39	13 May	Queen of the South	A	6–0^[55]	Watters(39,47,54,69,87), Reilly(61)	1,570

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	17 August	Forfar Athletic	H	1–0^[56]	Gilmour(55pen)	1,523
R3	23 August	Hibernian	A	0–1^[57]		10,000

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	28 January	Queen of the South	A	2–2^[58]	Watters(10), Speirs(90)	2,941
R3R	1 February	Queen of the South	H	0–1^[59]		5,623

1988–89_Kilmarnock_F.C._season

1988–89 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Scottish First Division

League table

Match results

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

See also

References

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1988–89 season
Chairman	Bob Lauchlan^[1]
Manager	Eddie Morrison until November 1988^[2] Jim Fleeting from November 1988^[3]
Scottish First Division	13th^[1]^[4]
Scottish Cup	3R^[5]^[4]
Scottish League Cup	3R^[6]^[4]
Top goalscorer	League: Willie Watters 12^[1]^[4] All: Willie Watters 13^[1]^[4]
Highest home attendance	5,387 (v Ayr United, 27 August)^[1]^[4]
Lowest home attendance	1,584 (v Forfar Athletic, 18 March)^[1]^[4]
Average home league attendance	2,488^[7] (up 642)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
10	Meadowbank Thistle	39	13	10	16	45	50	−5	36
11	Ayr United	39	13	9	17	56	72	−16	35
12	Clyde	39	9	16	14	40	52	−12	34
13	Kilmarnock (R)	39	10	14	15	47	60	−13	34	Relegation to the Second Division
14	Queen of the South (R)	39	2	8	29	38	99	−61	12	Relegation to the Second Division