1970–71 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1970–71 football season

Kilmarnock
1970–71 season
Manager	Walter McCrae^[1]
Scottish First Division	13th^[1]^[2]
Scottish Cup	QF^[3]^[2]
Scottish League Cup	GS^[4]^[2]
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1^[5]^[2]
Top goalscorer	League: Tommy McLean 10^[1]^[2] All: Tommy McLean 14^[1]^[2]
Highest home attendance	17,075 (v Celtic, 20 March)^[1]^[2]
Lowest home attendance	3,003 (v Dundee, 9 March)^[1]^[2]
Average home league attendance	5,933^[6] (down 791)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 season was Kilmarnock’s 69th in Scottish League Competitions.

Scottish First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Heart of Midlothian	34	13	7	14	41	40	+1	33
12	Hibernian	34	10	10	14	47	53	−6	30
13	Kilmarnock	34	10	8	16	43	67	−24	28
14	Ayr United	34	9	8	17	37	54	−17	26
15	Clyde	34	8	10	16	33	59	−26	26

Source: Soccerbase and League Tables

Match results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	29 August	Motherwell	A	1–4	Cook(75)	5,661
2	5 September	St Mirren	H	1–2	Mathie(53)	4,256
3	12 September	Ayr United	A	1–1	McLean(44)	8,488
4	19 September	Aberdeen	H	0–4		5,056
5	26 September	Cowdenbeath	A	2–1	Morrison(3), Gilmour(35)	3,148
6	3 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	McLean(10), Cook(19), Dickson(65)	5,365
7	10 October	Falkirk	A	0–3		4,018
8	17 October	Dundee United	H	2–1	McCulloch(44), Mathie(46)	3,644
9	24 October	Morton	H	2–2	Mathie(60), Cook(65)	3,743
10	31 October	Dundee	A	0–3		3,578
11	7 November	St Johnstone	H	2–4	McLean(70), Mathie(89)	3,910
12	14 November	Celtic	A	0–3		24,410
13	21 November	Hibernian	A	0–1		6,364
14	28 November	Airdrieonians	H	2–3	Graham(2), McLean(9)	3,912
15	5 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	Gilmour(72)	4,164
16	12 December	Clyde	H	1–1	Morrison(37)	3,805
17	19 December	Rangers	A	2–4	McLean(70), Maxwell(72)	19,450
18	26 December	Motherwell	H	0–0		5,323
19	1 January	St Mirren	A	3–2	T.McLean(35pen,74), Mathie(57)	5,934
20	2 January	Ayr United	H	1–1	McLean(36)	15,240
21	9 January	Aberdeen	A	0–3		19,032
22	16 January	Cowdenbeath	H	2–1	Gilmour(27), Waddell(52)	4,015
23	30 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2		8,823
24	6 February	Falkirk	H	3–2	McCulloch(14), Morrison(18), Rennie o.g(87)	4,712
25	20 February	Dundee United	A	2–3	McCulloch(8), Cook(68)	3,852
26	27 February	Morton	A	0–3		2,324
27	9 March	Dundee	H	1–1	McLean(75pen)	3,003
28	13 March	St Johnstone	A	3–2	Rennie o.g(9), McCulloch(25), Morrison(88)	8,513
29	20 March	Celtic	H	1–4	Morrison(2)	17,075
30	27 March	Hibernian	H	4–1	McCulloch(1), Gilmour(14), McLean(16pen), Cook(55)	4,209
31	10 April	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–0		5,050
32	14 April	Airdrieonians	A	1–1	Cook(5)	2,064
33	17 April	Clyde	A	1–0	Waddell(74)	1,537
34	24 April	Rangers	H	1–4	McCulloch(11)	8,544

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	8 August	Ayr United	H	1–0	Mathie(89)	7,073
G3	12 August	St Mirren	A	3–1	Gilmour(6), Cook(36), Mathie(50)	4,488
G3	15 August	Dundee	A	0–2		7,644
G3	20 August	St Mirren	H	2–0	McLean(2,85pen)	4,931
G3	22 August	Ayr United	A	0–0		7,911
G3	26 August	Dundee	H	2–1	McLean(30 pen), Mathie(44)	3,280

Group 3 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee	6	5	0	1	12	4	8	10
2	Kilmarnock	6	4	1	1	8	4	4	9
3	Ayr United	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	4
4	St Mirren	6	0	1	5	4	12	−8	1

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	23 January	Queen’s Park	A	1–0	Waddell(17)	5,923
R2	13 February	Morton	A	2–1	McCulloch(45), Waddell(76)	6,840
QF	6 March	Airdrieonians	H	2–3	Dickson(60), Gilmour(80)	11,572

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	15 September	Coleraine F.C.	A	1–1	Mathie(55)	5,000
R1 L2	29 September	Coleraine F.C.	H	2–3	McLean (16), Morrison(22)	5,911

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Williams (1971), pp. 568.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ross (2001), pp. 253.
^ Williams (1971), pp. 537–39.
^ Williams (1971), pp. 542.
^ Williams (1971), pp. 812–13.
^ "Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

Williams, Tony (1971). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-00094-8.

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

External links

https://www.fitbastats.com/kilmarnock/team_results_season.php

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Cowdenbeath Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer