1980–81 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 1980–81 season was Kilmarnock’s 79th in Scottish League Competitions.

Kilmarnock
1980–81 season
ChairmanTom Lauchlan
ManagerDavie Sneddon until January 1981 Jim Clunie from January 1981
Scottish Football League Premier Division9th
Scottish CupR4R
Scottish League CupR3
Top goalscorerLeague: John Bourke 5
All: John Bourke, Gordon Cramond 7
Highest home attendance15,021 (v Rangers, 20 September)
Lowest home attendance973 (v Greenock Morton, 15 April)
Average home league attendance4,507[1] (down 2,467)

Scottish Premier Division
Main article: 1980–81 Scottish Premier Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
1 9 August Dundee United A 2-2 Street(49), Mauchlen(67) 5,788
2 16 August Celtic H 0-3 13,810
3 23 August Partick Thistle A 1-0 McBride(70) 3,197
4 6 September Heart of Midlothian H 0-1 3,995
5 13 September Greenock Morton A 0-2 3,049
6 20 September Rangers H 1-8 Bourke(14) 15,023
7 27 September Airdrieonians A 0-1 2,736
8 4 October St Mirren H 1-6 Cramond(66) 3,897
9 11 October Aberdeen A 0-2 11,164
10 18 October Dundee United H 0-1 2,719
11 25 October Celtic A 1-4 Cramond(13) 16,537
12 1 November Partick Thistle H 0-1 2,417
13 8 November Airdrieonians H 1-1 Houston(25) 2,230
14 15 November Rangers A 0-2 15,791
15 22 November Aberdeen H 1-1 Street(35) 3,319
16 29 November St Mirren A 0-2 5,300
17 6 December Heart of Midlothian A 0-2 5,183
18 13 December Greenock Morton H 3-3 Armstrong(16), Bourke(19), Hughes(70) 2,483
19 20 December Rangers H 1-1 Bourke(23) 9,172
20 1 January Celtic H 1-2 Hughes(2) 7,625
21 3 January Dundee United A 0-7 6,474
22 10 January St Mirren H 2-0 Mauchlen(39), Doherty(77) 4,385
23 31 January Greenock Morton A 0-1 3,497
24 21 February Partick Thistle A 1-1 Bourke(43) 1,601
25 28 February Dundee United H 0-1 2,102
26 7 March St Mirren A 1-1 Bourke(?) 4,203
27 11 March Airdrieonians A 0-3 2,084
28 14 March Aberdeen H 1-0 Doherty(59) 2,415
29 21 March Rangers A 0-2 8,488
30 24 March Heart of Midlothian H 2-0 Mauchlen(44), McLean(80) 1,445
31 28 March Airdrieonians H 0-1 1,849
32 4 April Heart of Midlothian A 0-1 1,866
33 15 April Greenock Morton H 0-0 973
34 18 April Partick Thistle H 0-1 1,262
35 25 April Celtic A 1-1 Eadie(63) 23,050
36 2 May Aberdeen A 2-0 McDicken(53), McCready(56) 7,002

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 1980-81 Scottish League Cup


Round Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 13 August Airdrieonians H 1-0 Cramond(41) 2,986
R1 L2 20 August Airdrieonians A 1-0 Cramond(59) 2,983
R2 L1 27 August Dunfermline Athletic H 0-0 2,273
R2 L2 30 August Dunfermline Athletic A 2-1 Clarke(?), McBride(74) 3,084
R3 L1 3 September Dundee A 0-0 4,388
R3 L2 24 September Dundee H 0-0(AET, lost 3-5 on pens) 2,401

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1980–81 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 24 January Ayr United H 2-1 McDicken(2), Hughes(70) 8,185
R4 14 February Clydebank H 0-0 3,741
R4R 17 February Clydebank A 0-0 3,400
R42R 23 February Clydebank N 0-1 2,340

Anglo-Scottish Cup
Main article: 1980–81 Anglo-Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Kilmarnock Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 30 July East Stirlingshire H 1-3 Mauchlen(85) 1,563
R1 L2 6 August East Stirlingshire A 3-0 McDicken(60), Cairney(64), Houston(74) 1,000
QF L1 9 September Blackpool A 1-2 Cramond(80) 4,904
QF L2 14 September Blackpool H 4-2 Cramond(5,27), Bourke(20), Maxwell(45) 2,656
SF L1 4 November Notts County H 1-2 McBride(14) 2,865
SF L2 18 November Notts County A 2-5 Street(60), McBride(?) 4,314

See also

References
  1. "Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  • Ross, David (2001). Everygame-The New Official History of Kilmarnock Football Club.
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