1984–85 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
1984–85 season
ChairmanTom Lauchlan until September 1984, Bob Lauchlan[1]
ManagerJim Clunie until September 1984[2] Eddie Morrison from October 1984[3]
Scottish First Division12th[4][5]
Scottish Cup3R[6][5]
Scottish League Cup3R[7][5]
Top goalscorerLeague: Blair Millar 12[4][5]
All: Blair Millar 12[4][5]
Highest home attendance2,042 (v Motherwell, 29 December)[4][5]
Lowest home attendance805 (v Hamilton Academical, 22 September)[4][5]
Average home league attendance1,351[8] (down 8)

The 1984–85 season was Kilmarnock's 83rd in Scottish League Competitions. Manager Jim Clunie resigned in September following a poor start to the season. Only 1 win was recorded out of the first 8 matches with 5 goals scored and 20 conceded.[9]

Legendary former striker Eddie Morrison was announced as his replacement the following month. The club received 32 applications for the job including former Partick Thistle manager Bertie Auld and former Motherwell and Hibernian striker Pat Quinn.[10]

Results improved immediately with 3 wins in his first 3 matches as manager. However. a poor sequence of results after Christmas saw the club in the relegation zone with only 1 win recorded in 11 matches. This period also included a humiliating 3–0 Scottish Cup defeat at the hands of Highland League side Inverness Thistle.[4][5]

5 wins in the last 8 matches meant that the club avoided relegation by 2 points.[4][5]

Scottish First Division

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
10 East Fife 39 12 12 15 55 56 −1 36
11 Partick Thistle 39 13 9 17 50 55 −5 35
12 Kilmarnock 39 12 10 17 42 61 −19 34
13 Meadowbank Thistle (R) 39 11 10 18 50 66 −16 32 Relegation to the Second Division
14 St Johnstone (R) 39 10 5 24 51 79 −28 25
Source: RSSSF[dead link] and statto[11]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Match results

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 August Motherwell A 0–2[12] 2,384
2 18 August Ayr United H 0–0[13] 2,013
3 25 August Clyde A 1–4[14] Cuthbertson(81) 749
4 1 September Brechin City H 1–1[15] McGivern(73) 855
5 8 September Forfar Athletic H 2–1[16] McEachran(59), McKinna(75) 809
6 15 September Clydebank A 0–5 837
7 22 September Hamilton Academical H 1–2[17] Bryson(52) 805
8 29 September Airdrieonians H 0–5[18] 1,115
9 6 October Meadowbank Thistle A 0–4 419
10 13 October Falkirk H 3–1[19] Robertson(46), Bryson(69), McKinna(73) 1,210
11 20 October East Fife A 1–0[20] Cuthbertson(65) 1,006
12 27 October St Johnstone A 1–0[21] Clarke(54) 1,513
13 3 November Partick Thistle H 0–0[22] 1,834
14 10 November Forfar Athletic A 1–4[23] McLean(71pen) 1,060
15 17 November Clydebank H 1–1[24] Clarke(89) 1,184
16 24 November Hamilton Academical A 0–1[25] 889
17 1 December Airdrieonians A 1–2[26] McGivern(84) 1,483
18 8 December Meadowbank Thistle H 2–1[27] McLean(58pen), Millar(86) 847
19 15 December Brechin City A 2–3[28] McGivern(12,83) 668
20 22 December Clyde H 2–0[29] Millar(17,43) 1,303
21 29 December Motherwell H 0–0 2,042
22 2 January Ayr United A 0–1 4,036
23 5 January East Fife H 1–1 McKinna(65) 1,296
24 14 January St Johnstone H 3–2 McKinna(27,35), Millar(56) 1,451
25 2 February Partick Thistle A 0–1 1,776
26 23 February Motherwell A 2–2 Millar(37), McKinna(83) 2288
27 26 February Clydebank H 0–0 1,336
28 2 March Brechin City A 1–2 Millar(77) 621
29 9 March Hamilton Academical H 1–1 Millar(18) 1,225
30 13 March Falkirk A 2–3 Cuthbertson(61), Millar(78) 1,532
31 16 March Meadowbank Thistle A 1–2 McGivern(25) 492
32 23 March Forfar Athletic H 1–0 Millar(82) 1,082
33 30 March Ayr United A 0–0 2,404
34 6 April Falkirk H 0–3 1,632
35 13 April Partick Thistle H 2–0 McKinna(22), Cuthbertson(32) 1,803
36 20 April East Fife A 2–0 Millar(1,38) 875
37 27 April St Johnstone A 4–2 Millar(19), Cormack(44), Cuthbertson(45), Pelosi(86) 781
38 4 May Clyde H 2–0 Cuthbertson(52), Clarke(76) 1,692
39 12 May Airdrieonians H 1–4 Bryson(29) 1,493

Scottish League Cup

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Round Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
R2 22 August Alloa Athletic H 1–1(AET Won 3–2 on pens) Cuthbertson(33) 849
R3 27 August Dundee A 1–1(AET Lost 2–3 on pens) McDicken(45) 3,367

Scottish Cup

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Round Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 9 February Inverness Thistle A 0–3 2,500

See also

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References

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General

Rollin, Jack (1985). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985–86. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-10872-4.

Ross, David (2001). Everygame-The New Official History of Kilmarnock Football Club. Kilmarnock Football Club. ISBN 0-9541653-0-6.

Specific

  1. ^ Alex Milligan (7 September 1984). "Changes on Killie board". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 63. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ Alex Milligan (5 October 1984). "Clunie bows out as roof caves in". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 63. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ Alex Milligan (19 October 1984). "The Man At The Top". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 64. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Rollin (1985), pp. 524.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ross (2001), pp. 267.
  6. ^ Rollin (1985), pp. 572.
  7. ^ Rollin (1985), pp. 563.
  8. ^ "Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  9. ^ Alex Milligan (5 October 1984). "Clunie bows out as roof caves in". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 63. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  10. ^ Alex Milligan (19 October 1984). "The Man At The Top". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 64. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  11. ^ "Scottish Division One 1984-1985 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  12. ^ Alex Milligan (17 August 1984). "The old problem persists". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 71. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  13. ^ Alex Milligan (24 August 1984). "Killie survive early shock". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 71. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  14. ^ Alex Milligan (31 August 1984). "Frye turns on heat". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 67. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  15. ^ Alex Milligan (7 September 1984). "Killie's effort came too late". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 63. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  16. ^ Alex Milligan (14 September 1984). "Kilmarnock 2 Forfar 1". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 70. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  17. ^ Alex Milligan (28 September 1984). "No luck". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 73. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  18. ^ Alex Milligan (5 October 1984). "The final misery". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 63. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  19. ^ Alex Milligan (19 October 1984). "Better effort leads to a win". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 62. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  20. ^ Alex Milligan (26 October 1984). "East Fife 0 Kilmarnock 1". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 79. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  21. ^ Alex Milligan (2 November 1984). "Third Win For Killie". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 79. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  22. ^ Alex Milligan (9 November 1984). "Better Play But No Goals". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 79. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  23. ^ Alex Milligan (16 November 1984). "Killie take a hammering". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 76. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  24. ^ Alex Milligan (23 November 1984). "A Last-Minute Goal For Killie". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 72. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  25. ^ Alex Milligan (30 November 1984). "Killie lose in last minutes". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 80. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  26. ^ Alex Milligan (7 December 1984). "Killie go down again". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 72. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  27. ^ Alex Milligan (14 December 1984). "First win in seven games". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 71. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  28. ^ Alex Milligan (21 December 1984). "Two Goals Are Not Enough". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 55. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  29. ^ Alex Milligan (28 December 1984). "Stirring play from Killie". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 34. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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