1969–70 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 1969–70 season was Kilmarnock's 68th in Scottish League Competitions.

Kilmarnock

1969–70 season
Manager	Walter McCrae[1]
Scottish First Division	6th[2][3]
Scottish Cup	SF[4][3]
Scottish League Cup	GS[3]
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R3[5][3]
Top goalscorer	League: Ross Mathie 21[1][3] All: Ross Mathie 30[3]
Highest home attendance	23,821 (v Celtic, 3 September)[3]
Lowest home attendance	2,223 (v Airdrieonians, 11 April)[3]
Average home league attendance	6,724[6] (down 1,570)
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Scottish First Division

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Dundee United	34	16	6	12	62	64	−2	38
6	Dundee	34	15	6	13	49	44	+5	36
7	Kilmarnock	34	13	10	11	62	57	+5	36
8	Aberdeen	34	14	7	13	55	45	+10	35
9	Morton	34	13	9	12	52	52	0	35

Source: "1969-1970 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Match results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	30 August	Motherwell	A	0–1		6,762
2	3 September	Celtic	H	2–4	Mathie(45), Morrison(85)	23,821
3	6 September	Raith Rovers	H	1–0	Mathie(60)	3,978
4	13 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–4	Morrison(26)	8,227
5	20 September	Ayr United	H	4–1	Cook(3,64), Mathie(6), T.McLean(66)	10,087
6	27 September	St Mirren	A	2–0	Morrison(31), Mathie(61)	5,342
7	4 October	Partick Thistle	A	2–2	Gilmour(19), Strachan(89)	4,025
8	11 October	Dundee	H	3–0	Morrison(34,69), Mathie(45)	4,895
9	18 October	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–2	Baillie(65 o.g)	7,974
10	25 October	Hibernian	H	2–2	Mathie(33), Gilmour(65)	7,608
11	1 November	Clyde	A	3–2	Morrison(7), Cook(34), Mathie(40)	1,944
12	8 November	Morton	H	5–2	Dickson(38), Mathie(54,66), T.McLean(62 pen,82 pen)	4,141
13	15 November	Rangers	A	3–5	Morrison(7,58), Mathie(75)	35,499
14	29 November	Aberdeen	H	0–2		5,396
15	2 December	St Johnstone	H	4–1	Mathie(22,46), Morrison(27), Gilmour(82)	3,795
16	6 December	Dundee United	A	2–2	Mathie(2), Morrison(69)	5,639
17	13 December	Motherwell	H	2–2	T.McLean(11), Cook(53)	5,027
18	20 December	Celtic	A	1–3	Morrison(24)	31,459
19	1 January	St Mirren	H	1–1	T.McLean(50pen)	7,587
20	3 January	Ayr United	A	2–3	Mathie(49,59)	12,722
21	17 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0		5,593
22	18 January	Raith Rovers	A	3–2	McDonald(83), Morrison(84), Mathie(88)	1,713
23	11 February	Dundee United	H	3–1	Morrison(39), Cook(62), Mathie(84)	4,647
24	25 February	Partick Thistle	H	4–2	Morrison(30,44,65), Mathie(48)	5,173
25	28 February	Dundee	A	0–3		7,666
26	7 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–0	Mathie(2)	5,391
27	21 March	Clyde	H	2–1	T.McLean(40), Morrison(86)	3,811
28	25 March	Hibernian	A	1–2	T.McLean(21)	7,100
29	29 March	Morton	A	1–1	Mathie(49)	2,680
30	1 April	Airdrieonians	A	0–1		1,431
31	4 April	Rangers	H	2–2	J.McLean(51), T.McLean(56 pen)	11,135
32	4 April	Aberdeen	A	2–2	Mathie(23), Morrison(61)	6,155
33	11 April	Airdrieonians	H	1–0	T.McLean(35)	2,223
34	18 April	St Johnstone	A	1–1	Morrison(3)	1,954

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	9 August	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	Morrison(2), Gilmour(19)	4,915
G3	13 August	St Johnstone	H	2–3	T.McLean(22pen), Gilmour(64)	5,603
G3	16 August	Dundee	A	0–0		9,207
G3	20 August	St Johnstone	A	1–2	J.McLean(52)	7,313
G3	23 August	Partick Thistle	H	6–0	Morrison(15), W.Waddell(27,82), Mathie(38,65), T.McLean(70)	3,472
G3	27 August	Dundee	H	1–0	King(44)	3,971

Group 3 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St Johnstone	6	6	0	0	22	6	12	16
2	Kilmarnock	6	3	1	2	12	5	7	7
3	Dundee	6	2	1	3	7	6	1	5
4	Partick Thistle	6	0	0	6	1	25	−24	0

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	24 January	Partick Thistle	H	3–0	Morrison(10), Cook(43), Mathie(58)	7,763
R2	7 February	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0	Cook(3), Mathie(57)	14,782
QF	21 February	Motherwell	A	1–0	Mathie(69)	16,514
SF	14 March	Aberdeen	N	0–1		25,812

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	16 September	FC Zürich	A	2–3	J.McLean(2), Mathie(14)	13,500
R1 L2	30 September	FC Zürich	H	3–1	McGrory(42), Morrison(46) McLean (74),	9.593
R2 L1	19 November	Slavia Sofia	H	4–1	Mathie(6,75), Cook(11), Gilmour(76)	9,535
R2 L2	26 November	Slavia Sofia	A	0–2		12,000
R3 L1	17 December	Dinamo Bacău	H	1–1	Mathie(49)	7,749
R3 L2	13 January	Dinamo Bacău	A	0–2		20,000

See also

• List of Kilmarnock F.C. seasons