1991–92 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 1991–92 season was Kilmarnock's 90th in Scottish League Competitions. They competed in the Scottish First division, Scottish FA Cup, League Cup and Challenge Cup.

Kilmarnock

1991–92 season
Chairman	Bobby Fleeting[1]
Manager	Jim Fleeting until April 1992 Tommy Burns from May 1992[2][3]
Scottish First Division	4th[4][5]
Scottish Cup	3R
Scottish League Cup	3R
Scottish Challenge Cup	2R
Top goalscorer	League: Ally Mitchell & Calum Campbell (10)[6] All: Ally Mitchell & Calum Campbell (11)
Highest home attendance	8,380 (v Ayr United, 31 August)[7]
Lowest home attendance	2,094 (v Clydebank, 7 April)[7]
Average home league attendance	4,387[8] (down 547)
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

Season overview

Kilmarnock started their league campaign on 10 August 1991 at home against Stirling Albion where the game finished a scoreless draw.^[9] Over the next eight games they only recorded one win against Meadowbank Thistle. Into September Kilmarnock form picked up with four wins on the bounce. This form continued into November with a notable 4–2 home win against Forfar Athletic, with two goals from Ross Jack and two from Ally Mitchell.^[10] Wins, draws and a few losses from November into December and the start of January. On 7 January 1992 the Kils hosted Montrose where they had a comfortable 5–1 win.^[11] After that game Kilmarnock then lost three games in a row. After the February break Kilmarnock won eight of their next 12 games allowing them to finish in 4th place. They narrowly missed out on promotion to the top-tier Premier Division.^[12][13]

There wasn't much success in the cups this season. In the League Cup Kilmarnock won away at Cowdenbeath but lost in the next round to Hibernian. In the FA Cup they played two games against Meadowbank Thistle, the first being a draw that required a reply. The reply went to extra time and then penalties only for Kilmarnock to get kicked out of the competition 4–3 on pens.^[14]

Kilmarnock were drawn away to Greenock Morton in the Challenge Cup. After extra time they were kicked out of the competition after the game finished 2–1 in Greenock Morton's favour.^[15]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SCO Ray Montgomerie — DF  SCO Calum Campbell — DF  SCO Gus MacPherson — DF  SCO Tom Black — DF  SCO Hugh Burns

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO Ally Mitchell — MF  SCO Tommy Burns — MF  SCO Shaun McSkimming — FW  SCO Bobby Williamson

Competitions

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1991–92 Scottish First Division

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Partick Thistle (P)	44	23	11	10	62	36	+26	57	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Hamilton Academical	44	22	13	9	72	48	+24	57
4	Kilmarnock	44	21	12	11	59	37	+22	54
5	Raith Rovers	44	21	11	12	59	42	+17	53
6	Ayr United	44	18	11	15	63	55	+8	47

Source: RSSSF and statto^[16]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Results

Sources:^[7][17]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 August	Stirling Albion	H	0–0[18]		4,416
2	13 August	Hamilton Academical	H	1–2[19]	McSkimming(25)	4,347
3	17 August	Partick Thistle	A	0–1[20]		5,537
4	24 August	Meadowbank Thistle	A	3–2[21]	Williamson(40,85 pen), Mitchell(73)	1,222
5	31 August	Ayr United	H	1–1[22]	Montgomerie(76)	8,380
6	7 September	Clydebank	A	1–1[23]	Campbell(39)	2,576
7	14 September	Montrose	H	0–0[24]		3,478
8	21 September	Dundee	A	1–2[25]	Williamson(17)	1,299
9	28 September	Raith Rovers	H	1–0[26]	Campbell(2)	3,385
10	5 October	Forfar Athletic	A	1–0[27]	Mitchell(51)	1,019
11	8 October	Greenock Morton	H	1–0[28]	Campbell(12)	3,677
12	12 October	Stirling Albion	A	3–0[29]	Mitchell(40), MacPherson(43), Williamson(63)	2,065
13	19 October	Partick Thistle	H	2–3[30]	Williamson(22), Campbell(35)	4,962
14	26 October	Clydebank	H	2–1[31]	T.Burns(10), Campbell(57)	2,231
15	29 October	Montrose	A	2–2[32]	Jack(13), Mitchell(66)	1,074
16	2 November	Ayr United	A	3–0[33]	T.Burns(13), Mitchell(19), Williamson(44)	6,064
17	9 November	Meadowbank Thistle	H	1–0[34]	MacPherson(65)	3,828
18	16 November	Forfar Athletic	H	4–2[35]	Jack(5,57), Mitchell(39,44)	3,560
19	19 November	Greenock Morton	A	1–0[36]	Jack(53)	2,637
20	23 November	Dundee	H	1–2[37]	Mitchell(8)	7,137
21	30 November	Hamilton Academical	A	2–2[38]	H.Burns(10), Williamson(46)	3,893
22	3 December	Raith Rovers	A	1–1[39]	Williamson(88)	2,280
23	7 December	Stirling Albion	H	2–0[40]	Williamson(69 pen), H.Burns(87)	3,796
24	14 December	Clydebank	A	3–0[41]	H.Burns(21), Mitchell(31), Campbell(85)	2,357
25	28 December	Meadowbank Thistle	A	0–1[42]		1,505
26	1 January	Ayr United	H	1–1[43]	Campbell(50)[44]	8,211
27	4 January	Forfar Athletic	A	0–0[45]		1,185
28	7 January	Montrose	H	5–1[46]	Black(22 pen), Campbell(28,81), Jack(43), Jack(53), Dornan(65 o.g)	3,183
29	11 January	Greenock Morton	H	0–1[47]		4,988
30	18 January	Hamilton Academical	H	0–2[48]		4,662
31	1 February	Partick Thistle	A	1–2[49]	Black(76)	4,483
32	8 February	Dundee	A	1–1[50]	Jack(28)	5,988
33	26 February	Raith Rovers	H	1–0[51]	MacPherson(65)	3,657
34	29 February	Forfar Athletic	H	2–0[52]	H.Burns(74), Campbell(83)	3,076
35	14 March	Meadowbank Thistle	H	2–1[53]	Tait(58), Jack(65)	2,884
36	21 March	Ayr United	A	2–0[54]	Tait(47), T.Burns(86)[55]	5,530
37	24 March	Greenock Morton	A	0–0[56]		3,015
38	28 March	Stirling Albion	A[57]	0–1[58]		2,083
39	4 April	Partick Thistle	H	1–3[59]	Black(46 pen)	5,640
40	7 April	Clydebank	H	1–0[60]	Mitchell(31)	2,094
41	11 April	Montrose	A	1–0[61]	McGachie(55 o.g)	793
42	18 April	Dundee	H	2–0[62]	Jamieson(30 o.g), Tait(79)	4,933
43	25 April	Hamilton Academical	A	1–0[63]	Jack(34)	3,449
44	2 May	Raith Rovers	A	1–1[64]	Porteous(75)	1,960

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1991-92 Scottish League Cup

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Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	26 August	Cowdenbeath	A	1–0[67]	Williamson(51)	4,777
R3	28 August	Hibernian	H	2–3[68]	Campbell(19), McSkimming(69)	32,671

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1991-92 Scottish Cup

Results^[69][70]

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	25 January	Meadowbank Thistle	A	1–1[71]	Mitchell(85)	2,301
R3R	4 February	Meadowbank Thistle	H	1–1(AET, lost 3–4 on pens)[14]	H.Burns(75)	4,694

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Scottish Challenge Cup

Results^[72]

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	15 October	Greenock Morton	A	1–2(AET)[15]	H.Burns(40)	2,864

See also

• List of Kilmarnock F.C. seasons