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1980–81 Kilmarnock F.C. season

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Kilmarnock
1980–81 season
ChairmanTom Lauchlan[1]
ManagerDavie Sneddon until January 1981[2] Jim Clunie from January 1981[3]
Scottish Football League Premier Division9th[4]
Scottish CupR4R[4]
Scottish League CupR3[4]
Top goalscorerLeague: John Bourke 5[4]
All: John Bourke, Gordon Cramond 7[4]
Highest home attendance15,021 (v Rangers, 20 September)[4]
Lowest home attendance973 (v Greenock Morton, 15 April)[4]
Average home league attendance4,507[5] (down 2,467)

The 1980–81 season was Kilmarnock’s 79th in Scottish League Competitions.

Scottish Premier Division[edit]

Main article: 1980–81 Scottish Premier Division

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Partick Thistle 36 10 10 16 32 48 −16 30
7 Airdrieonians 36 10 9 17 36 55 −19 29
8 Morton 36 10 8 18 36 58 −22 28
9 Kilmarnock (R) 36 5 9 22 23 65 −42 19 Relegation to the 1981–82 Scottish First Division
10 Heart of Midlothian (R) 36 6 6 24 27 71 −44 18
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Match results[edit]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
1 9 August Dundee United A 2–2[6] Street(49), Mauchlen(67) 5,788
2 16 August Celtic H 0–3[7] 13,810
3 23 August Partick Thistle A 1–0[8] McBride(70) 3,197
4 6 September Heart of Midlothian H 0–1[9] 3,995
5 13 September Greenock Morton A 0–2[10] 3,049
6 20 September Rangers H 1–8[11] Bourke(14) 15,023
7 27 September Airdrieonians A 0–1[12] 2,736
8 4 October St Mirren H 1–6[13] Cramond(66) 3,897
9 11 October Aberdeen A 0–2[14] 11,164
10 18 October Dundee United H 0–1[15] 2,719
11 25 October Celtic A 1–4[16] Cramond(13) 16,537
12 1 November Partick Thistle H 0–1[17] 2,417
13 8 November Airdrieonians H 1–1[18] Houston(25) 2,230
14 15 November Rangers A 0–2[19] 15,791
15 22 November Aberdeen H 1–1[20] Street(35) 3,319
16 29 November St Mirren A 0–2[21] 5,300
17 6 December Heart of Midlothian A 0–2[22] 5,183
18 13 December Greenock Morton H 3–3[23] Armstrong(16), Bourke(19), Hughes(70) 2,483
19 20 December Rangers H 1–1[24] Bourke(23) 9,172
20 1 January Celtic H 1–2[25] Hughes(2) 7,625
21 3 January Dundee United A 0–7[26] 6,474
22 10 January St Mirren H 2–0[27] Mauchlen(39), Doherty(77) 4,385
23 31 January Greenock Morton A 0–1[28] 3,497
24 21 February Partick Thistle A 1–1 Bourke(43) 1,601
25 28 February Dundee United H 0–1[29] 2,102
26 7 March St Mirren A 1–1[30] Bourke(89) 4,203
27 11 March Airdrieonians A 0–3 2,084
28 14 March Aberdeen H 1–0[31] Doherty(59) 2,415
29 21 March Rangers A 0–2[32] 8,488
30 24 March Heart of Midlothian H 2–0[33] Mauchlen(44), McLean(80) 1,445
31 28 March Airdrieonians H 0–1[34] 1,849
32 4 April Heart of Midlothian A 0–1[35] 1,866
33 15 April Greenock Morton H 0–0 973
34 18 April Partick Thistle H 0–1[36] 1,262
35 25 April Celtic A 1–1 Eadie(63) 23,050
36 2 May Aberdeen A 2–0 McDicken(53), McCready(56) 7,002

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Main article: 1980-81 Scottish League Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 13 August Airdrieonians H 1–0[37] Cramond(41) 2,986
R1 L2 20 August Airdrieonians A 1–0[38] Cramond(59) 2,983
R2 L1 27 August Dunfermline Athletic H 0–0[39] 2,273
R2 L2 30 August Dunfermline Athletic A 2–1[40] Clarke(10), McBride(74) 3,084
R3 L1 3 September Dundee A 0–0 4,388
R3 L2 24 September Dundee H 0–0(AET, lost 3–5 on pens)[41] 2,401

Scottish Cup[edit]

Main article: 1980–81 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 24 January Ayr United H 2–1[42] McDicken(2), Hughes(70) 8,185
R4 14 February Clydebank H 0–0 3,741
R4R 17 February Clydebank A 1–1(AET)[43] Bourke(34) 3,400
R42R 23 February Clydebank N 0–1[44] 2,340

Anglo-Scottish Cup[edit]

Main article: 1980–81 Anglo-Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 30 July East Stirlingshire H 1–3 Mauchlen(85) 1,563
R1 L2 6 August East Stirlingshire A 3–0[45] McDicken(60), Cairney(64), Houston(74) 1,000
QF L1 9 September Blackpool A 1–2[46] Cramond(80) 4,904
QF L2 14 September Blackpool H 4–2[47] Cramond(5,27), Bourke(20), Maxwell(45) 2,656
SF L1 4 November Notts County H 1–2[48] McBride(14) 2,865
SF L2 18 November Notts County A 2–5[49] Street(60), McBride(79) 4,314

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References[edit]

General

Rollin, Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1981–82. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-02046-9.

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

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