2009–10 Kilmarnock F.C. season

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.

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
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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	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 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] Allan Johnston St Mirren Free[19] Jamie Adams Partick Thistle Loan[20]

Notes