1984–85 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock

1984–85 season
Chairman	Tom Lauchlan until September 1984, Bob Lauchlan[1]
Manager	Jim Clunie until September 1984[2] Eddie Morrison from October 1984[3]
Scottish First Division	12th[4][5]
Scottish Cup	3R[6][5]
Scottish League Cup	3R[7][5]
Top goalscorer	League: Blair Millar 12[4][5] All: Blair Millar 12[4][5]
Highest home attendance	2,042 (v Motherwell, 29 December)[4][5]
Lowest home attendance	805 (v Hamilton Academical, 22 September)[4][5]
Average home league attendance	1,351[8] (down 8)

The 1984–85 season was Kilmarnock's 83rd in Scottish League Competitions. Manager Jim Clunie resigned in September following a poor start to the season. Only 1 win was recorded out of the first 8 matches with 5 goals scored and 20 conceded.[9]

Legendary former striker Eddie Morrison was announced as his replacement the following month. The club received 32 applications for the job including former Partick Thistle manager Bertie Auld and former Motherwell and Hibernian striker Pat Quinn.[10]

Results improved immediately with 3 wins in his first 3 matches as manager. However. a poor sequence of results after Christmas saw the club in the relegation zone with only 1 win recorded in 11 matches. This period also included a humiliating 3–0 Scottish Cup defeat at the hands of Highland League side Inverness Thistle.[4][5]

5 wins in the last 8 matches meant that the club avoided relegation by 2 points.[4][5]

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
10	East Fife	39	12	12	15	55	56	−1	36
11	Partick Thistle	39	13	9	17	50	55	−5	35
12	Kilmarnock	39	12	10	17	42	61	−19	34
13	Meadowbank Thistle (R)	39	11	10	18	50	66	−16	32	Relegation to the Second Division
14	St Johnstone (R)	39	10	5	24	51	79	−28	25

Source: RSSSF^[dead link‍] and statto[11]
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	11 August	Motherwell	A	0–2[12]		2,384
2	18 August	Ayr United	H	0–0[13]		2,013
3	25 August	Clyde	A	1–4[14]	Cuthbertson(81)	749
4	1 September	Brechin City	H	1–1[15]	McGivern(73)	855
5	8 September	Forfar Athletic	H	2–1[16]	McEachran(59), McKinna(75)	809
6	15 September	Clydebank	A	0–5		837
7	22 September	Hamilton Academical	H	1–2[17]	Bryson(52)	805
8	29 September	Airdrieonians	H	0–5[18]		1,115
9	6 October	Meadowbank Thistle	A	0–4		419
10	13 October	Falkirk	H	3–1[19]	Robertson(46), Bryson(69), McKinna(73)	1,210
11	20 October	East Fife	A	1–0[20]	Cuthbertson(65)	1,006
12	27 October	St Johnstone	A	1–0[21]	Clarke(54)	1,513
13	3 November	Partick Thistle	H	0–0[22]		1,834
14	10 November	Forfar Athletic	A	1–4[23]	McLean(71pen)	1,060
15	17 November	Clydebank	H	1–1[24]	Clarke(89)	1,184
16	24 November	Hamilton Academical	A	0–1[25]		889
17	1 December	Airdrieonians	A	1–2[26]	McGivern(84)	1,483
18	8 December	Meadowbank Thistle	H	2–1[27]	McLean(58pen), Millar(86)	847
19	15 December	Brechin City	A	2–3[28]	McGivern(12,83)	668
20	22 December	Clyde	H	2–0[29]	Millar(17,43)	1,303
21	29 December	Motherwell	H	0–0		2,042
22	2 January	Ayr United	A	0–1		4,036
23	5 January	East Fife	H	1–1	McKinna(65)	1,296
24	14 January	St Johnstone	H	3–2	McKinna(27,35), Millar(56)	1,451
25	2 February	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		1,776
26	23 February	Motherwell	A	2–2	Millar(37), McKinna(83)	2288
27	26 February	Clydebank	H	0–0		1,336
28	2 March	Brechin City	A	1–2	Millar(77)	621
29	9 March	Hamilton Academical	H	1–1	Millar(18)	1,225
30	13 March	Falkirk	A	2–3	Cuthbertson(61), Millar(78)	1,532
31	16 March	Meadowbank Thistle	A	1–2	McGivern(25)	492
32	23 March	Forfar Athletic	H	1–0	Millar(82)	1,082
33	30 March	Ayr United	A	0–0		2,404
34	6 April	Falkirk	H	0–3		1,632
35	13 April	Partick Thistle	H	2–0	McKinna(22), Cuthbertson(32)	1,803
36	20 April	East Fife	A	2–0	Millar(1,38)	875
37	27 April	St Johnstone	A	4–2	Millar(19), Cormack(44), Cuthbertson(45), Pelosi(86)	781
38	4 May	Clyde	H	2–0	Cuthbertson(52), Clarke(76)	1,692
39	12 May	Airdrieonians	H	1–4	Bryson(29)	1,493

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1984-85 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	22 August	Alloa Athletic	H	1–1(AET Won 3–2 on pens)	Cuthbertson(33)	849
R3	27 August	Dundee	A	1–1(AET Lost 2–3 on pens)	McDicken(45)	3,367

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	9 February	Inverness Thistle	A	0–3		2,500

See also

• List of Kilmarnock F.C. seasons

References

General

Rollin, Jack (1985). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985–86. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-10872-4.

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

Specific

1. Alex Milligan (7 September 1984). "Changes on Killie board". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 63. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Alex Milligan (5 October 1984). "Clunie bows out as roof caves in". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 63. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Alex Milligan (19 October 1984). "The Man At The Top". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 64. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Rollin (1985), pp. 524.
5. Ross (2001), pp. 267.
6. Rollin (1985), pp. 572.
7. Rollin (1985), pp. 563.
8. "Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
9. Alex Milligan (5 October 1984). "Clunie bows out as roof caves in". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 63. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Alex Milligan (19 October 1984). "The Man At The Top". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 64. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Scottish Division One 1984-1985 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
12. Alex Milligan (17 August 1984). "The old problem persists". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 71. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Alex Milligan (24 August 1984). "Killie survive early shock". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 71. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
14. Alex Milligan (31 August 1984). "Frye turns on heat". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 67. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
15. Alex Milligan (7 September 1984). "Killie's effort came too late". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 63. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
16. Alex Milligan (14 September 1984). "Kilmarnock 2 Forfar 1". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 70. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
17. Alex Milligan (28 September 1984). "No luck". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 73. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
18. Alex Milligan (5 October 1984). "The final misery". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 63. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
19. Alex Milligan (19 October 1984). "Better effort leads to a win". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 62. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
20. Alex Milligan (26 October 1984). "East Fife 0 Kilmarnock 1". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 79. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
21. Alex Milligan (2 November 1984). "Third Win For Killie". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 79. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
22. Alex Milligan (9 November 1984). "Better Play But No Goals". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 79. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
23. Alex Milligan (16 November 1984). "Killie take a hammering". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 76. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
24. Alex Milligan (23 November 1984). "A Last-Minute Goal For Killie". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 72. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
25. Alex Milligan (30 November 1984). "Killie lose in last minutes". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 80. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
26. Alex Milligan (7 December 1984). "Killie go down again". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 72. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
27. Alex Milligan (14 December 1984). "First win in seven games". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 71. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
28. Alex Milligan (21 December 1984). "Two Goals Are Not Enough". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 55. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
29. Alex Milligan (28 December 1984). "Stirring play from Killie". Kilmarnock Standard. p. 34. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

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