1975–76 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1975–76 football season

Kilmarnock
1975–76 season
Manager	Willie Fernie^[1]
Scottish Second Division	2nd^[1]^[2]
Scottish Cup	QF^[3]^[2]
Scottish League Cup	GS^[4]^[2]
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Fallis 10^[1]^[2] All: Ian Fallis 12^[1]^[2]
Highest home attendance	6,375 (v Partick Thistle, 13 September)^[1]^[2]
Lowest home attendance	3,577 (v St Mirren, 4 October)^[1]^[2]
Average home league attendance	4,290^[5] (down 2,781)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 season was Kilmarnock's 74th in Scottish League Competitions. They finished runners up in the Scottish First Division and were promoted to the Premier Division.

Scottish First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Partick Thistle (C, P)	26	17	7	2	47	19	+28	41	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Kilmarnock (P)	26	16	3	7	44	29	+15	35	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Montrose	26	12	6	8	53	43	+10	30
4	Dumbarton	26	12	4	10	53	46	+7	28
5	Arbroath	26	11	4	11	41	39	+2	26

Source: RSSSF and statto^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Match results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	30 August	Hamilton Academical	H	4–2	Provan(28), Smith(30pen), Fallis(33), Morrison(38),	3,917
2	6 September	Airdrieonians	A	4–3	Morrison(11,14), Fallis(47), Smith(65)	3,683
3	13 September	Partick Thistle	H	0–1		6,375
4	20 September	East Fife	A	4–2	Fallis(6), Smith(45pen,89), Fleming(83)	2,607
5	27 September	Clyde	H	3–0	Fleming(36,63), Morrison(70)	3,610
6	4 October	St Mirren	H	3–1	Morrison(15,45), McLean(36)	3,577
7	11 October	Montrose	A	0–2		1,724
8	18 October	Arbroath	H	2–1	Smith(1), Fallis(71)	3,801
9	25 October	Morton	A	3–1	Fleming(33,75), Smith(44pen)	2,137
10	1 November	Falkirk	A	1–0	Smith(84)	3,862
11	8 November	Queen of the South	H	2–0	Fallis(55), Provan(58)	4,345
12	15 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1		2,673
13	22 November	Dumbarton	H	1–0	Fallis(14)	2,730
14	29 November	Clyde	A	2–0	McDicken(2), Fallis(49)	2,662
15	6 December	St Mirren	A	0–0		5,800
16	13 December	Montrose	H	1–1	McLean(77)	3,992
17	20 December	Arbroath	A	0–2		1,838
18	27 December	Greenock Morton	H	3–2	Morrison(7), Fallis(21) Smith(33)	4,344
19	1 January	Airdrieonians	H	2–1	Provan(46), Smith(62)	5,030
20	3 January	Partick Thistle	A	0–2		11,507
21	10 January	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–0	Adair o.g(15), Fallis(20), Scott o.g.(35), Sheed(85)	3,831
22	17 January	Dumbarton	A	0–3		2,611
23	31 January	East Fife	H	2–1	Clarke(32), McCulloch(62)	4,003
24	7 February	Hamilton Academical	A	1–1	Rodman(84)	3,000
25	21 February	Falkirk	H	1–0	Fallis(6)	3,773
26	28 February	Queen of the South	A	1–2	Rodman(49)	4,557

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
G4	9 August	Partick Thistle	H	1–3	Sheed(38)	4,724
G4	13 August	St Johnstone	A	1–2	Fleming(28)	2,293
G4	16 August	Dundee United	A	0–2		4,050
G4	20 August	St Johnstone	H	1–0	McCulloch(58)	2,383
G4	23 August	Dundee United	H	1–0	Fallis(69)	2,795
G4	27 August	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	Morrison(48)	5,211

Group 4 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Partick Thistle	6	6	0	17	6	11	12
2	Dundee United	6	3	3	8	8	0	6
3	Kilmarnock	6	2	4	5	9	−4	4
4	St Johnstone	6	1	5	6	13	−7	2

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	24 January	Stenhousemuir	A	1–1	Sheed(12)	1,870
R3 R	28 January	Stenhousemuir	H	1–0	Smith(72)	4,926
R4	14 February	Falkirk	H	3–1	McDicken(32,69), Holt o.g.(83)	6,454
QF	14 February	Dumbarton	A	1–2	Fallis(64)	7,796

Spring Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	10 March	Berwick Rangers	A	0–0		345
G2	13 March	Alloa Athletic	H	0–0		2,568
G2	20 March	Falkirk	H	0–1		2,072
G2	27 March	Alloa Athletic	A	2–2	Maxwell(10), C.Fleming(50)	928
G2	3 April	Berwick Rangers	H	3–1	Smith(12), Murdoch(29,74)	1,445
G2	10 April	Falkirk	A	0–2		2,257

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rollin (1976), pp. 562.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ross (2001), pp. 258.
^ Rollin (1976), pp. 599–600.
^ Rollin (1976), pp. 601–7.
^ "Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
^ "Scottish Division One 1975-1976 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

Rollin, Jack (1976). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1976–77. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-00259-2.

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

External links

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Spring Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1976 qualifying (Group 4) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone
First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Clyde Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Partick Thistle Queen of the South St. Mirren
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer