1976–77 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock 1976–77 football season

Kilmarnock
1976–77 season
Manager	Willie Fernie
Scottish Football League Premier Division	10th
Scottish Cup	R3
Scottish League Cup	GS
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Fallis 10 All: Ian Fallis 14
Highest home attendance	14,717 (v Rangers, 13 November)
Lowest home attendance	1,543 (v Partick Thistle, 20 April)
Average home league attendance	5,849 (up 1,559)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 season was Kilmarnock's 75th in Scottish League Competitions. They finished bottom of the table and were relegated at the end of the season.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1976–77 Scottish Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Hibernian	36	8	18	10	34	35	−1	34
7	Motherwell	36	10	12	14	57	60	−3	32
8	Ayr United	36	11	8	17	44	68	−24	30
9	Heart of Midlothian (R)	36	7	13	16	49	66	−17	27	Relegation to the 1977–78 Scottish First Division
10	Kilmarnock (R)	36	4	9	23	32	71	−39	17	Relegation to the 1977–78 Scottish First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Match results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	4 September	Motherwell	H	1–1	Clarke(11)	5,163
2	11 September	Rangers	A	0–0		24,800
3	18 September	Aberdeen	A	0–2		9,566
4	25 September	Celtic	H	0–4		14,615
5	2 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	McCulloch(21), McDicken(26)	9,333
6	23 October	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	Fallis(80)	4,749
7	26 October	Hibernian	H	1–1	Smith(40)	4,202
8	30 October	Ayr United	H	6–1	Sheed(12), McDicken(14), Fallis(29,34,53), Murdoch(89)	6,422
9	3 November	Dundee United	A	0–3		4,886
10	6 November	Motherwell	A	4–5	Fallis(5,13), Maxwell(67), Smith(68)	4,754
11	13 November	Rangers	H	0–4		14,717
12	20 November	Aberdeen	H	1–2	Smith(42pen)	4,212
13	27 November	Celtic	A	1–2	McCulloch(5)	20,337
14	18 December	Dundee United	H	1–0	Fallis(75)	3,519
15	27 December	Partick Thistle	H	0–0		5,018
16	1 January	Ayr United	A	1–3	Smith(33)	7,938
17	3 January	Motherwell	H	2–2	Fallis(38), Maxwell(80)	6,299
18	8 January	Rangers	A	0–3		18,189
19	22 January	Celtic	H	1–3	Fallis(28)	14,363
20	5 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–4		7,226
21	7 February	Aberdeen	A	0–2		8,477
22	12 February	Hibernian	H	0–1		3,397
23	15 February	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	Robertson(12), McDicken(87)	3,812
24	19 February	Dundee United	A	0–4		5,096
25	5 March	Partick Thistle	A	1–3	Smith(27pen)	3,147
26	9 March	Hibernian	A	0–2		3,158
27	12 March	Ayr United	H	0–1		4,124
28	19 March	Motherwell	A	0–2		4,080
29	26 March	Rangers	H	1–0	Robertson(59)	8,037
30	2 April	Aberdeen	H	1–2	McCulloch(10)	8,037
31	9 April	Celtic	A	0–1		18,759
32	13 April	Ayr United	A	1–1	Smith(89pen)	5,046
33	16 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	McDicken(4), Smith(45pen)	2,471
34	20 April	Partick Thistle	H	1–3	Provan(80)	1,543
35	23 April	Hibernian	A	0–0		3,547
36	23 April	Dundee United	H	1–2	Fallis(27)	1,643

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1976-77 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	14 August	Aberdeen	A	0–2		11,758
G2	18 August	Ayr United	H	2–0	Provan(60), Murdoch(80)	6,908
G2	21 August	St Mirren	H	1–1	Fallis(49)	4,242
G2	25 August	Ayr United	A	1–3	McCulloch(25)	5,173
G2	28 August	St Mirren	A	0–1		3,712
G2	1 September	Aberdeen	H	2–1	Smith(40), Welsh(80)	2,536

Group 2 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen	6	4	1	1	12	5	7	9
2	Ayr United	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	6
3	Kilmarnock	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	5
4	St Mirren	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	4

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	24 January	Motherwell	A	0–3		8,335

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	7 August	Motherwell	A	1–1	Smith(36)	4,706
R1 L2	11 August	Motherwell	H	4–0	Fallis(9), Clarke(33), McDicken(78), Stevens o.g(85)	5,216
QF L1	14 September	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	Smith(60 pen)	8,911
QF L2	28 September	Nottingham Forest	H	2–2	Fallis(43,49)	4,503

References

^ Rollin (1977), pp. 556.
^ Ross (2001), pp. 259.
Rollin (1977), pp. 598.
Rollin (1977), pp. 601–7.
"Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-354-09018-6.

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

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Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
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Related to national team	Results World Cup 1978 qualifying (Group 7) British Home Championship
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Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers
First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Clydebank Dundee Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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