2009–10 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
2009–10 season
ChairmanMichael Johnston
ManagerJim Jefferies
(until 11 January)
Jimmy Calderwood
(from 14 January)
StadiumRugby Park
SPLEleventh Place
Scottish CupQuarter-final
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kevin Kyle (8)
All: Kevin Kyle (10)
Highest home attendance10,662 v Falkirk, SPL, 8 May 2010
Lowest home attendance4,068 v Hamilton Academical, SPL, 24 March 2010
Average home league attendance5,919

The 2009–10 season was Kilmarnock's eleventh consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Summary

Season

Kilmarnock finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League with 33 points,[1] only being spared from relegation on the final day of the season with a 0–0 draw against Falkirk.[2] Kilmarnock also reached the third round of the League Cup, losing to St. Mirren[3] and the quarter–final of the Scottish Cup, losing to Celtic.[4]

Results and fixtures

Kilmarnock's score comes first

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Premier League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report
1 15 August 2009 Hamilton Academical H 3–0 Kyle 34', 52' Hamill 68' 5,307 BBC Sport
2 22 August 2009 Motherwell A 1–3 Hamill 88' 5,093 BBC Sport
3 29 August 2009 St Mirren H 1–2 Sammon 4' 5,645 BBC Sport
4 15 September 2009 Heart of Midlothian A 0–1 13,328 BBC Sport
5 19 September 2009 Rangers H 0–0 10,310 BBC Sport
6 26 September 2009 Falkirk A 0–0 5,394 BBC Sport
7 3 October 2009 Aberdeen H 1–1 Invincible 78' 4,997 BBC Sport
8 17 October 2009 Hibernian A 0–1 10,922 BBC Sport
9 24 October 2009 St Johnstone H 2–1 Kyle 51', 64' 4,643 BBC Sport
10 31 October 2009 Celtic A 0–3 46,000 BBC Sport
11 7 November 2009 Dundee United H 0–2 4,753 BBC Sport
12 21 November 2009 Rangers A 0–3 45,358 BBC Sport
13 28 November 2009 Heart of Midlothian H 1–2 Bryson 90' 4,707 BBC Sport
14 5 December 2009 St Johnstone A 1–0 Kyle 15' 3,518 BBC Sport
15 12 December 2009 Hibernian H 1–1 Burchill 54' 5,132 BBC Sport
16 19 December 2009 Falkirk H 1–2 Invincibile 8' 4,472 BBC Sport
17 26 December 2009 Dundee United A 0–0 6,692 BBC Sport
18 2 January 2010 St Mirren A 0–1 4,917 BBC Sport
19 16 January 2010 Motherwell H 0–3 5,354 BBC Sport
20 23 January 2010 Aberdeen A 0–1 12,150 BBC Sport
21 26 January 2010 Hamilton Academical A 0–0 2,018 BBC Sport
22 30 January 2010 Dundee United H 4–4 Ford 20', Kyle 41', Pascali 55', Bryson 64' 4,587 BBC Sport
23 2 February 2010 Celtic H 1–0 Maguire 53' 9,308 BBC Sport
24 10 February 2010 Falkirk A 1–0 Bryson 58 7,049 BBC Sport
25 13 February 2010 St Johnstone H 3–2 Maguire 44', Hay 64', Kyle 77' 4,605 BBC Sport
26 20 February 2010 St Mirren H 1–1 Maguire 33' 5,501 BBC Sport
27 27 February 2010 Motherwell A 0–1 4,178 BBC Sport
28 6 March 2010 Hibernian A 0–1 10,359 BBC Sport
29 9 March 2010 Rangers H 0–2 8,906 BBC Sport
30 24 March 2010 Hamilton Academical H 1–2 Maguire 77' 4,068 BBC Sport
31 27 March 2010 Celtic A 1–3 Bryson 73' 41,000 BBC Sport
32 4 April 2010 Aberdeen H 2–0 Grassi (o.g.) 25', Russell 73' 4,825 BBC Sport
33 10 April 2010 Heart of Midlothian A 0–1 14,015 BBC Sport
34 17 April 2010 Hamilton Academical A 0–3 2,628 BBC Sport
35 24 April 2010 St Mirren A 0–1 5,639 BBC Sport
36 1 May 2010 St Johnstone H 1–2 Wright 38' 4,679 BBC Sport
37 5 May 2010 Aberdeen A 2–1 Kelly 69' Kyle 74' 6,097 BBC Sport
38 8 May 2010 Falkirk H 0–0 10,662 BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 August 2009 Second Round Greenock Morton H 3–1 3,645 Sammon 24' (Pen.) 64' Kyle 90'
22 September 2009 Third Round St Mirren H 1–2 3,561 Kyle 87'

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
18 January 2010 Fourth Round Falkirk H 1–0 3,378 Pascali 83'
6 February 2010 Fifth Round Inverness CT H 3–0 4,473 Sammon 28' Kelly 36', 59'
13 March 2010 Quarter–Final Celtic H 0–3 7,351

Player statistics

As of 8 May 2010 (UTC)[5]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Alan Combe 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Tim Clancy 23 0 19+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Garry Hay 31 1 27+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO James Fowler 31 0 19+9 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Frazer Wright 31 1 27+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF Jamaica JAM Simon Ford 25 1 21+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Craig Bryson 38 4 33+0 4 2+0 0 3+0 0
8 MF Italy ITA Manuel Pascali 26 2 20+2 1 1+1 0 2+0 1
9 FW Scotland SCO Allan Russell 16 1 6+8 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
10 MF Morocco MAR Mehdi Taouil 31 0 21+6 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
11 FW Australia AUS Danny Invincible 29 2 16+9 2 1+1 0 0+2 0
12 MF England ENG Gavin Skelton 24 0 14+8 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK Scotland SCO Cameron Bell 24 0 21+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
14 DF New Zealand NZL Steven Old 11 0 8+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Ryan O'Leary 12 0 10+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Kevin Kyle 36 10 29+3 8 2+0 0 2+0 2
17 MF England ENG Graeme Owens 7 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
18 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Conor Sammon 27 4 14+9 1 2+0 2 2+0 1
19 MF Scotland SCO Iain Flannigan 7 0 3+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW Spain ESP David Fernández 16 0 9+4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
21 GK England ENG Lee Robinson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Liam Kelly 17 3 13+2 1 0+0 0 2+0 2
23 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Hamill 40 2 31+4 2 2+0 0 3+0 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Adams 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Scotland SCO Scott Severin 16 0 13+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
26 GK Scotland SCO Mark Brown 15 0 14+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Mark Burchill 17 1 9+7 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Chris Maguire 14 4 12+2 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Rob Kiernan 5 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
31 FW Scotland SCO Daniel McKay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Michael Doyle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF Scotland SCO Gary Fisher 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 DF Scotland SCO Reid Brown 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW Scotland SCO Ross Davidson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 MF Scotland SCO Callum McCluskey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 FW Scotland SCO Joe Slattery 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Final league table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 St Johnstone 38 12 11 15 57 61 −4 47
9 Aberdeen 38 10 11 17 36 52 −16 41
10 St Mirren 38 7 13 18 36 49 −13 34
11 Kilmarnock 38 8 9 21 29 51 −22 33
12 Falkirk (R) 38 6 13 19 31 57 −26 31 Relegation to the First Division
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAAAHAH
ResultWLLLDDDLWLLLLWDLDLLLDDWWWDLLLLLWLLLLWD
Position278988998910101110111111111111111110989999111110101111111111
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Notes

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