1977–78 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
1977–78 season
Manager	Willie Fernie to October 1977 Davie Sneddon from October 1977
Scottish First Division	6th
Scottish Cup	QF
Scottish League Cup	R2
Top goalscorer	League: Donnie McDowell 13; All: Donnie McDowell 15
Highest home attendance	5,154 (v Queen of the South, 2 January)
Lowest home attendance	1,328 (v East Fife, 29 April)
Average home league attendance	2,862 (down 2,987)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 season was Kilmarnock's 76th in Scottish League Competitions.

ManagerWillie Fernie to October 1977 Davie Sneddon from October 1977

Scottish First Division6th^[1]^[2]

Scottish CupQF^[3]^[2]

Scottish League CupR2^[4]^[2]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Dumbarton	39	16	17	6	65	48	+17	49
5	Stirling Albion	39	15	12	12	60	52	+8	42
6	Kilmarnock	39	14	12	13	52	46	+6	40
7	Hamilton Academical	39	12	12	15	54	56	−2	36
8	St Johnstone	39	15	6	18	52	64	−12	36

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Greenock Morton	H	0–3		3,642
2	20 August	Stirling Albion	A	1–2	Murdoch 19'	2,100
3	27 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	McDowell 44'	5,003
4	10 September	Queen of the South	A	0–1		2,563
5	14 September	Hamilton Academical	A	1–2	Arkison 88'	1,748
6	17 September	Arbroath	H	3–0	McGilivray 13', McDowell 60', 86'	2,195
7	24 September	Airdrieonians	H	0–0		2,563
8	28 September	Montrose	A	0–0		989
9	1 October	Dundee	A	1–2	McCulloch 4'	4,719
10	8 October	Dumbarton	H	2–2	McCulloch 4', Stein 50'	3,186
11	15 October	Alloa Athletic	A	2–1	McCulloch 64'. Murdoch 89'	1,382
12	19 October	St Johnstone	H	0–1		1,905
13	22 October	Greenock Morton	A	2–0	Maxwell 30', McDowell 53'	4,256
14	29 October	Stirling Albion	H	2–3	Stein 41', Maxwell 78' pen.	2,896
15	5 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	McDowell 67', 83'	7,703
16	12 November	Queen of the South	H	1–1	Provan 44'	2,494
17	19 November	Arbroath	A	2–2	McDowell 20', Maxwell 70'	1,192
18	26 November	Airdrieonians	A	2–1	Stein 8', Provan 55'	1,636
19	3 December	Dundee	H	1–0	McDowell 24'	3,629
20	10 December	Dumbarton	A	2–2	McDowell 40', Maxwell 70'	2,174
21	17 December	Alloa Athletic	H	3–1	Stein 25', 64', McDowell 59'	2,975
22	24 December	East Fife	A	3–2	Stein 2', Maxwell 25', Robertson 30'	1,391
23	31 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–3^[8]		13,063
24	2 January	Queen of the South	H	2–0^[9]	Maxwell 43' pen., Stein 80'	5,154
25	7 January	Stirling Albion	A	0–0^[10]		2,137
26	14 January	Hamilton Academical	H	1–1^[11]	McDowell 30'	3,548
27	21 January	Airdrieonians	H	1–1^[12]	Stein 64'	3,370
28	11 February	Dumbarton	H	0–1^[13]		3,641
29	25 February	Alloa Athletic	H	4–0^[14]	Doherty 9', Maxwell 65', McDowell 75', Provan 81'	2,005
30	4 March	Greenock Morton	A	0–2^[15]		4,036
31	15 March	Montrose	H	5–1^[16]	McCulloch 22', 47', 81', Jardine 62', McDowell 63'	1,399
32	18 March	St Johnstone	A	0–2^[17]		1,584
33	22 March	Dundee	A	2–5	Maxwell 70', McCulloch 89'	5,295
34	25 March	St Johnstone	H	2–0^[18]	McCulloch 21', McDowell 55'	1,997
35	1 April	Arbroath	A	0–1^[19]		921
36	8 April	East Fife	A	0–0^[20]		741
37	15 April	Montrose	H	1–0^[21]	Maxwell 78' pen.	1,337
38	22 April	Hamilton Academical	A	3–1^[22]	Doherty 29', 68', Jardine 80'	1,337
39	29 April	East Fife	H	0–0^[23]		1,328

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock scorer(s)	Attendance
R2 L1	31 August	St Mirren	H	0–0		5,119
R2 L2	3 September	St Mirren	A	1–2	Fallis 46'	9,458

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	6 February	St Mirren	A	2–1^[24]	Maxwell 17' pen., McDowell 68'	10,010
R4	27 February	Celtic	A	1–1^[25]	McDowell 30'	16,000
R4R	27 February	Celtic	H	1–0^[26]	McDicken 83'	14,137
QF	11 March	Rangers	A	1–4^[27]	McCulloch 82'	28,000

1977–78 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Squad

Scottish First Division

League table

Match results

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

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