2009 �10 KILMARNOCK F.C. SEASON

Kilmarnock
2009–10 season
Chairman	Michael Johnston
Manager	Jim Jefferies; (until 11 January); Jimmy Calderwood; (from 14 January)
Stadium	Rugby Park
SPL	Eleventh Place
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Kyle (8); All: Kevin Kyle (10)
Highest home attendance	10,662 v Falkirk, SPL, 8 May 2010
Lowest home attendance	4,068 v Hamilton Academical, SPL, 24 March 2010
Average home league attendance	5,919
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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

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

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

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

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D
Position	2	7	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11

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

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Graeme Owens	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed^[6]
Lee Robinson	Rangers	Free^[7]
Mark Burchill	Rotherham United	Free^[8]
Mark Brown	Celtic	Loan^[9]
Chris Maguire	Aberdeen	Loan^[10]
Scott Severin	Watford	Loan^[11]
Rob Kiernan	Watford	Loan^[12]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Gary Locke	Retired
David Lilley	Queen of the South	Free^[13]
Willie Gibson	Dunfermline Athletic	Nominal^[14]
Damien Rascle	Beauvais	Free^[15]
Rhian Dodds	Released	Free
Grant Murray	Raith Rovers	Free^[16]
Chad Harpur	Ajax Cape Town	Free
Scott Anson	Annan Athletic	Free^[17]
Paul McInnes	Stranraer	Free^[18]
Alan Johnston	St Mirren	Free^[19]
Jamie Adams	Partick Thistle	Loan^[20]

Notes

References

^ "Scottish Premiership Table 2009-10". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock 0 - 0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock 1 St Mirren 2". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Celtic 3 Kilmarnock 1". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock 2009/10 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock snap up winger Owens". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "KILLIE LAND KEEPER ROBINSON". 4theGame. 4theGame. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.^{[
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^ "Burchill given Kilmarnock chance". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Killie net Celtic's Brown on loan". BBC Sport. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Killie sign Scott Severin, Chris Maguire, Rob Kiernan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Killie sign Scott Severin, Chris Maguire, Rob Kiernan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Killie sign Scott Severin, Chris Maguire, Rob Kiernan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "David Lilley signs for Queens". qosfc.com. 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Gibson becomes a Par". dafc.premiumtv.co.uk. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.^{[
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^ "Jefferies keen on Robinson". Sky Sports. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Defenders sign". raithroversfc.com. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.^{[
dead link]}
^ "Striker Anson returns to Galabank". BBC Sport. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Stranraer add McInnes". Scottish Football League. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.^{[
dead link]}
^ "St Mirren tie up Johnston signing". BBC Sport. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Killie ace Jamie Adams checks at Partick Thistle for two months". Daily Record. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

External links

[1] "Scottish Premiership Table 2009-10". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[2] "Kilmarnock 0 - 0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[3] "Kilmarnock 1 St Mirren 2". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[4] "Celtic 3 Kilmarnock 1". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[stats-5] "Kilmarnock 2009/10 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

[6] "Kilmarnock snap up winger Owens". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[7] "KILLIE LAND KEEPER ROBINSON". 4theGame. 4theGame. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.^{[
dead link]}

[8] "Burchill given Kilmarnock chance". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[9] "Killie net Celtic's Brown on loan". BBC Sport. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[10] "Killie sign Scott Severin, Chris Maguire, Rob Kiernan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[11] "Killie sign Scott Severin, Chris Maguire, Rob Kiernan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[12] "Killie sign Scott Severin, Chris Maguire, Rob Kiernan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[13] "David Lilley signs for Queens". qosfc.com. 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[14] "Gibson becomes a Par". dafc.premiumtv.co.uk. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.^{[
dead link]}

[15] "Jefferies keen on Robinson". Sky Sports. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[16] "Defenders sign". raithroversfc.com. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.^{[
dead link]}

[17] "Striker Anson returns to Galabank". BBC Sport. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[18] "Stranraer add McInnes". Scottish Football League. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.^{[
dead link]}

[19] "St Mirren tie up Johnston signing". BBC Sport. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[20] "Killie ace Jamie Adams checks at Partick Thistle for two months". Daily Record. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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v t e 2009–10 in Scottish football
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East of Scotland League South of Scotland League Scottish Premier Under-19 League Women's Premier League 2009 2010
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2010 World Cup qualifying ( UEFA Group 9)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion
Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers East Stirlingshire Elgin City Forfar Athletic Livingston Montrose Queen's Park Stranraer
List of Scottish football transfers 2009–10 2009–10 in Scottish reserve and youth football

v t e 2009–10 in Scottish football
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East of Scotland League South of Scotland League Scottish Premier Under-19 League Women's Premier League 2009 2010
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2010 World Cup qualifying ( UEFA Group 9)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion
Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers East Stirlingshire Elgin City Forfar Athletic Livingston Montrose Queen's Park Stranraer
List of Scottish football transfers 2009–10 2009–10 in Scottish reserve and youth football

Summary

Season

Results and fixtures

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Final league table

Results by round

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Notes

References

External links

Summary

Season

Results and fixtures

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Final league table

Results by round

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Notes

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