1971–72 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1971–72 football season

Kilmarnock
1971–72 season
Manager	Walter McCrae
Scottish First Division	11th
Scottish Cup	SF
Scottish League Cup	GS
Top goalscorer	League: Ross Mathie 15 All: Ross Mathie 18
Highest home attendance	14,707 (v Rangers, 4 March)
Lowest home attendance	2,625 (v Dundee, 22 April)
Average home league attendance	5,693 (down 240)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 season was Kilmarnock's 70th in Scottish League Competitions.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1971–72 Scottish First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Dundee United	34	12	7	15	55	70	−15	31
10	Motherwell	34	11	7	16	49	69	−20	29
11	Kilmarnock	34	11	6	17	49	64	−15	28
12	Ayr United	34	9	10	15	40	58	−18	28
13	Morton	34	10	7	17	46	52	−6	27

Source: Soccerbase and League Tables

Match results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	4 September	Falkirk	A	1–3	Gilmour(85)	5,897
2	11 September	Ayr United	H	1–2	Cook(28)	7,774
3	18 September	Motherwell	A	0–3		3,774
4	25 September	Dundee United	H	2–0	Cook(28), McSherry(89)	3,012
5	2 October	Partick Thistle	A	2–2	Cook(2), Maxwell(86pen)	7,491
6	9 October	Aberdeen	H	0–3		5,963
7	16 October	East Fife	A	0–2		3,495
8	23 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	Mathie(15), Morrison(50)	25,442
9	30 October	Rangers	A	1–3	Mathie(3)	3,743
10	6 November	Clyde	H	2–1	Maxwell(53), Mathie(60)	3,714
11	13 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	Morrison(79)	4,344
12	20 November	Airdrieonians	H	5–2	Mathie(40,68), Morrison(53), Maxwell(58), Cook(65)	3,095
13	27 November	Hibernian	A	2–3	Mathie(24), Maxwell(34pen)	7,950
14	4 December	Celtic	A	1–5	Mathie(57)	26,824
15	11 December	St Johnstone	H	2–0	Cook(14), Maxwell(87pen)	3,634
16	18 December	Dundee	A	0–2		4,646
17	25 December	Morton	H	4–2	Gilmour(14), Mathie(23), Cook(52,87)	4,093
18	1 January	Falkirk	H	2–0	Cook(67), Mathie(74)	5,860
19	3 January	Ayr United	A	0–0		15,265
20	8 January	Motherwell	H	1–0	Mathie(64)	5,017
21	15 January	Dundee United	A	2–1	Mathie(7), Morrison(56)	3,255
22	22 January	Partick Thistle	H	1–4	Mathie(14)	7,056
23	29 January	Aberdeen	A	2–4	Fleming(35), Cook(64)	13,823
24	12 February	East Fife	H	2–3	Maxwell(6,15pen)	3,414
25	19 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	Morrison(37)	8,503
26	4 March	Rangers	H	1–2	Mathie(55)	14,707
27	11 March	Clyde	A	3–0	Morrison(7,83), Mathie(26)	1,987
28	21 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–0		3,944
29	25 March	Airdrieonians	A	4–0	Morrison(24), Cook(45), Mathie(75), Gilmour(85)	4,065
30	3 April	Hibernian	H	1–1	Gordon o.g(73)	6,118
31	8 April	Celtic	H	1–3	Morrison(50)	12,620
32	15 April	St Johnstone	A	1–5	Maxwell(55pen)	2,290
33	22 April	Dundee	H	0–3		2,625
34	29 April	Morton	A	1–1	Morrison(50)	2,692

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1971–72 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
G1	14 August	Dundee United	A	0–1		6,223
G1	18 August	Motherwell	H	2–1	Morrison(6), McCulloch(82)	5,138
G1	21 August	Hibernian	A	1–3	Beattie(81)	12,515
G1	25 August	Motherwell	A	0–2		3,284
G1	28 August	Dundee United	H	4–2	Gilmour(11), McCulloch(17), McSherry(60,63)	3,053
G1	1 September	Hibernian	H	0–0		4,168

Group 1 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	6	5	1	0	14	3	11	11
2	Kilmarnock	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	5
3	Dundee United	6	2	1	3	9	13	−4	5
4	Motherwell	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	3

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1971–72 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	5 February	Alloa Athletic	H	5–1	Mathie(7,24), Maxwell(41), Morrison(70), Cook(83)	4,415
R2	26 February	Elgin City	A	4–1	Gerrard(43 o.g), Maxwell(44), Mathie(65), Cook(78)	6,840
QF	18 March	Raith Rovers	A	3–1	Dickson(60), Gilmour(80)	10,815
SF	12 April	Celtic	N	1–3	Cook(47)	48,398

References

^ Rollin (1972), pp. 654.
^ Ross (2001), pp. 254.
Rollin (1972), pp. 683–65.
Rollin (1972), pp. 686.
"Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

Rollin, Jack (1972). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1972–73. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-00107-3.

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 Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Final UEFA 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 Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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