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1972–73 Kilmarnock F.C. season

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Kilmarnock 1972–73 football season

Kilmarnock
1972–73 season
Manager	Walter McCrae^[1]
Scottish First Division	17th^[1]^[2]
Scottish Cup	R4^[3]^[2]
Scottish League Cup	GS^[4]^[2]
Top goalscorer	League: Eddie Morrison 16^[1]^[2] All: Eddie Morrison 22^[1]^[2]
Highest home attendance	11,185 (vCeltic, 7 February)^[1]^[2]
Lowest home attendance	2,323 (vDundee, 27 February)^[1]^[2]
Average home league attendance	4,466^[5] (down 1,227)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 season wasKilmarnock's 71st inScottish League Competitions. They were relegated at the end of the season for the first time since 1947.

Squad

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Source:^[6]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SCO	Ally Hunter
—	GK	SCO	Jim Stewart
—	DF	SCO	Jackie McGrory
—	DF	SCO	Billy Dickson
—	DF	SCO	Brian Rodman
—	DF	SCO	Alex Cairns
—	DF	SCO	Jim Whyte
—	DF	SCO	Alan Lee
—	DF	SCO	Alan Robertson
—	MF	SCO	Jim McSherry
—	MF	SCO	Hugh Cameron


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SCO	John Gilmour
—	MF	SCO	George Maxwell
—	MF	SCO	Ronnie Sheed
—	MF	SCO	Ian Fleming
—	FW	SCO	Eddie Morrison
—	FW	SCO	Jim Cook
—	FW	SCO	Jim McCulloch
—	FW	SCO	Phil McGovern
—	FW	SCO	Gordon Smith
—	FW	SCO	Bobby Stevenson

Scottish First Division

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Main article:1972–73 Scottish First Division

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Falkirk	34	7	12	15	38	56	−18	26
15	Arbroath	34	9	8	17	39	63	−24	26
16	Dumbarton	34	6	11	17	43	72	−29	23
17	Kilmarnock	34	7	8	19	40	71	−31	22	Relegated to1973–74 Second Division
18	Airdrieonians	34	4	8	22	34	75	−41	16	Relegated to1973–74 Second Division

Source:Soccerbase andLeague Tables

Match results

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Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock scorer(s)	Attendance
1	2 September	Celtic	A	2–6	Cook 26',Morrison 66'	11,661
2	9 September	Ayr United	H	0–1		5,425
3	16 September	Motherwell	A	0–2		4,451
4	23 September	East Fife	H	1–3	Maxwell 65' pen.	2,542
5	30 September	Rangers	H	2–1	Morrison 42', 48'	10,643
6	7 October	Arbroath	A	3–3	Cook 27', 43',McCulloch 88'	2,662
7	14 October	St Johnstone	H	1–4	Maxwell 12' pen.	3,061
8	21 October	Dundee	A	0–1		5,588
9	28 October	Airdrieonians	H	3–1	Maxwell 44' pen.,Morrison 65',Smith 67'	2,776
10	4 November	Hibernian	A	1–4	Morrison 4'	11,172
11	11 November	Dumbarton	H	2–2	Morrison 46',Cook 47'	3,039
12	18 November	Aberdeen	A	0–3		11,054
13	25 November	Morton	A	1–2	Morrison 57'	3,043
14	2 December	Partick Thistle	H	2–3	Morrison 15',Dickson 18'	3,490
15	9 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0		6,568
16	16 December	Dundee United	H	0–1		2,536
17	23 December	Falkirk	A	2–3	Smith 59',Maxwell 63' pen.	3,114
18	1 January	Ayr United	A	1–1	Morrison 25'	8,507
19	6 January	Motherwell	H	1–0	Cameron 48'	4,083
20	13 January	East Fife	A	0–3		3,622
21	20 January	Rangers	A	0–4		14,515
22	27 January	Arbroath	H	2–0	McSherry 4',Smith 52'	2,869
23	7 February	Celtic	H	0–4		11,185
24	10 February	St Johnstone	H	2–2	Smith 29',McSherry 30'	2,124
25	27 February	Dundee	H	1–2	Fleming 72'	2,323
26	3 March	Airdrieonians	A	1–0	Morrison 56'	4,026
27	10 March	Hibernian	H	2–2	Dickson 73',Morrison 84'	6,700
28	17 March	Dumbarton	A	2–4	McSherry 43',Morrison 44'	4,141
29	24 March	Aberdeen	H	0–2		3,908
30	31 March	Morton	H	2–1	Morrison 34',Whyte 66'	2,380
31	7 April	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	McSherry 83'	5,240
32	14 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	Rodman 60',Morrison 86'	4,036
33	21 April	Dundee United	A	1–2	Morrison 38'	3,634
34	28 April	Falkirk	H	2–2	Morrison 13',Sheed 27'	5,314

Scottish League Cup

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Main article:1972–73 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

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Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock scorer(s)	Attendance
G4	12 August	Stenhousemuir	A	1–1	Mathie 53'	1,046
G4	16 August	Dundee United	H	2–3	Gilmour 22',Cook 43'	3,548
G4	19 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	Morrison 15',Mathie 44'	3,066
G4	23 August	Dundee United	A	1–2	Morrison 6'	4,012
G4	26 August	Stenhousemuir	H	3–1	Morrison 14', 70', 89'	2,478
G4	30 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1		2,024

Group 4 final table

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P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee United	6	5	0	1	13	5	8	10
2	Stenhousemuir	6	2	2	2	11	13	−2	6
3	Kilmarnock	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	5
4	Dunfermline Athletic	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	3

Scottish Cup

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Main article:1972–73 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	3 February	Queen of the South	H	2–1	McSherry 10',Morrison 82'	4,378
R4	26 February	Airdrieonians	H	0–1		5,828

Texaco Cup

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Main article:1972–73 Texaco Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock scorer(s)	Attendance
R1, L1	12 September	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–5	Bailey ?' o.g.	8,734
R1, L2	26 September	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0		3,721

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^fRollin (1973), pp. 582.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^gRoss (2001), pp. 255.
^Rollin (1973), pp. 626–7.
^Rollin (1973), pp. 644–48.
^"Average Home League Game Attendances".www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved6 August 2022.
^"KILMARNOCK : 1946/47 - 2013/14".Newcastle Fans. Retrieved29 January 2026.

Rollin, Jack (1973).Rothmans Football Yearbook 1973–74. Queen Anne Press.ISBN 0-362-00142-1.

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

External links

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

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v t e 1972–73 in Scottish football
« 1971–72 1973–74 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup European Super Cup Texaco Cup
Related tonational team	Results 1974 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer