1987–88 Kilmarnock F.C. season
season of football team
The 1987–88 season was Kilmarnock's 86th in Scottish League Competitions. After a troublesome season exacerbated by their lack of scoring, the club staved off relegation, finishing in 10th place, one point ahead East Fife and Dumbarton who were relegated.
By early March 1988, the team had only ten wins and 41 goals in 34 games and were rated as being in "dire straits" in terms of potential relegation to the Second Division. The team's poor performance was blamed on a "lack of punch up front."
With one game remaining in the season, the club faced relegation if they did not win the final game. Kilmarnock keeper Alan McCulloch returned from a suspected broken hand for the final game. Kilmarnock defeated Partick Thistle 1–0 in the final game to avoid relegation.
Manager Eddie Morrison, interviewed by The Kilmarnock Standard, described the season as "probably one of the most disappointing the club has ever experienced" and added, "The team's performances were, to say the least, erratic, frustrating and at times very disappointing."
Players
The 1987–88 squad for Kilmarnock was as follows:
Archie Bell
Ian Bryson
Robert Clark
Jim Cockburn
Derek Cook
Scott Cuthbertson
Frazer Davidson
Colin Harkness
Barry Holland
Hugh Houston
Lex Lindsay
Lenny Lowe
Stephen Marshall
Paul Martin
Graham Millar
Bobby McConville
Alan McCulloch
Jim McGuire
Ian McInnes
Stuart McLean
John McVeigh
Joe Reid
Alan Robertson
Competitions
Scottish First Division
Tables
Results
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Cup
See also
List of Kilmarnock F.C. seasons
References
Offline sources
Rollin, Jack (1988). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988–89. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-15880-2.
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