1966–67 Kilmarnock F.C. season explained

Club:	Kilmanock
Season:	1966–67
Manager:	Malky MacDonald
League:	Scottish Division One
League Result:	7th
Cup1:	Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:	R1
Cup2:	Scottish League Cup
Cup2 Result:	GS
Cup3:	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Cup3 Result:	SF
League Topscorer:	Brien McIlroy, 16
Season Topscorer:	Brien McIlroy, 21
Prevseason:	1965–66
Nextseason:	1967–68
Highest Attendance:	31,551 (v Rangers, 11 February)
Lowest Attendance:	3,689 (v Stirling Albion, 1 October)
Average Attendance:	8,439^[1] (down 267)

The 1966–67 season was Kilmarnock's 65th in Scottish League competitions. They finished 7th out of 18 clubs in Scottish Division One. They reached the semi-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Scottish Division One

See main article: article and 1966–67 Scottish Division One.

Match results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 September	St Mirren	A	2–3	Bertelsen ‘50, McFadzean ‘69	3,769
2	17 September	Ayr United	H	1–0	C.Watson ‘40	9,094
3	24 September	Clyde	A	3–1		2,823
4	1 October	Stirling Albion	H	2–1	McInally ‘68, ‘74,	3,689
5	8 October	Dundee	A	1–1	C.Watson ‘1	9,082
6	15 October	Hibernian	H	2–1	Bertelsen ‘4, C.Watson ‘84	8,341
7	29 October	Airdrieonians	H	1–0	Bertelsen ‘66	5,881
8	5 November	Partick Thistle	H	0–0		5,132
9	9 November	Rangers	A	0–3		27,136
10	12 November	Dundee United	A	1–1	O'Connor ‘44	6,278
11	19 November	Falkirk	H	3–0	McInally ‘39, McLean pen ‘79, Bertelsen ‘80	4,601
12	26 November	St Johnstone	A	3–1	Murray ‘12, ‘16, McIlroy ‘8	3,849
13	3 December	Celtic	H	0–0		27,136
14	10 December	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1	McIlroy ‘13	6,921
14	17 December	Motherwell	A	0–2		2,601
15	24 December	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2	McIlroy ‘17	5,039
17	31 December	Aberdeen	A	0–4		12,673
18	2 January	St Mirren	H	3–0	Beattie '5, Queen '63, McInally '83	6,626
19	3 January	Ayr United	A	3–2	C.Watson ‘11, ‘27,’70	7,899
20	7 January	Clyde	H	1–3	McLean ‘14	5,885
21	14 January	Stirling Albion	A	4–1	McIlroy ‘48, McInally ‘60, McLean ‘88 pen, Queen ‘89	3,077
22	21 January	Dundee	H	4–4	McIlroy ‘29, ‘37, C.Watson ‘’60, McInally ‘73	4,685
23	4 February	Hibernian	A	1–3	Morrison ‘4	10,862
24	11 February	Rangers	H	1–2	McIlroy ‘72	31,551
25	25 February	Airdrieonians	A	4–1	McIlroy ‘73, Bertelsen ‘81, ‘86, ‘88	2,595
26	4 March	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	Queen ‘45, McLean ‘85	4,196
27	18 March	Falkirk	A	1–0	McLean ‘60,	3,241
28	20 March	Dundee United	H	4–0	McInally ‘15, McIlroy ‘60, ‘82, Bertelsen ‘65	4,719
29	25 March	St Johnstone	H	5–3	McLean ‘10, McIlroy ‘25, ‘50, ‘56, Bertelsen ‘30	3,948
30	8 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	McIlroy ‘18	4,812
31	12 April	Motherwell	H	3–0	McIlroy ‘29, Bertelsen ‘60, McLean ‘82	4,994
32	22 April	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		5,809
33	1 May	Aberdeen	H	1–1	McLean ‘78 pen	5,229
34	15 May	Celtic	A	0–2		19,077

Scottish League Cup

See main article: article and 1966–67 Scottish League Cup.

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	13 August	Stirling Albion	H	2–0	Bertelsen ‘9, Queen ‘27	5,292
G2	17 August	Hibernian	A	1–2	Queen ‘32	11,159
G2	20 August	Rangers	A	0–0		51,765
G2	27 August	Stirling Albion	A	0–0		3,375
G2	31 August	Hibernian	H	3–0	McIlroy ‘21,‘48, Queen ‘35	12,285
G2	3 September	Rangers	H	0–1		29,743

Group 2 final table

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1	Rangers	6	3	2	1	13	4	8	8
2	Hibernian	6	4	0	2	12	9	3	8
3	Kilmarnock	6	2	2	2	6	3	3	6
4	Stirling Albion	6	0	2	4	3	18	−15	2

Scottish Cup

See main article: article and 1966–67 Scottish Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	28 January	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2	McInally ‘47, King ‘59	12,847
R1 R	1 February	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1		19,000

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

See main article: 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Kilmarnock Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2 L1	25 October	Royal Antwerp	A	1–0	McInally ‘16	10,000
R2 L2	2 November	Royal Antwerp	H	7–2	McInally ‘7,‘49, McLean ‘33pen,’48, Queen ‘17pen,‘51, C.Watson ‘69	11,963
R3 L1	14 December	La Gantoise	H	1–0	Murray ‘39	8,612
R3 L2	12 December	La Gantoise	A	2–1	McInally ‘112, McLean ‘114	9,500
QF L1	19 April	Lokomotiv Leipzig	A	0–1		30,000
QF L2	26 April	Lokomotiv Leipzig	H	2–0	Murray ‘6, McIlroy ‘65	15,595
SF L1	19 May	Leeds United	A	2–4	McIlroy ‘22, ‘36	43,189
SF L2	24 May	Leeds United	H	0–0		24,831

See also

• List of Kilmarnock F.C. seasons
• Kilmarnock F.C. in European football

References

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

External links

• https://www.fitbastats.com/kilmarnock/team_results_season.php?from=46&competition=0&update=Update

Notes and References

1. Web site: Average Home League Game Attendances . www.fitbastats.com . 27 February 2022.