Utd Send Four Past Killie
Dundee United made Kilmarnock pay for Liam Kelly’s red card with a second-half demolition of Kenny Shiels’ team. Kelly was sent off for a foul on Gary Mackay-Steven 10 minutes into the second and Tannadice striker Jon Daly rattled home the resulting penalty. Paul Dixon hammered a long-range strike through Cammy Bell’s arms, then John [...]
Rangers football club are expected to draw the biggest crowd in the UK when they play their first match since appointing administrators on Tuesday. Fans have responded to the financial crisis by making the home game with Kilmarnock, at the 50,000-seater Ibrox stadium in Glasgow, a “full house”. Rangers chairman Craig Whyte will not attend [...]
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Kilmarnock skipper Manuel Pascali is out for the rest of the season after breaking his leg in a training ground accident. The 30-year-old Italian defender sustained the fibula injury while stretching for the ball. “I am really disappointed for Manuel,” said manager Kenny Shiels. “It is a really big blow for him and the team. [...]
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Dunfermline failed to climb off the bottom of the Premier League table despite a spirited draw with Kilmarnock at East End Park. James Fowler’s deflected shot after 21 minutes put Killie ahead as the visitors sought to avenge the 3-0 loss to the Pars in January 21. Dunfermline equalised after 44 minutes when Andy Kirk [...]
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Dunfermline are seeking compensation from the Scottish Football Association for the postponement of the Pars’ home game against Kilmarnock on Saturday. The Fifers’ chairman, John Yorkston, described referee Bobby Madden’s decision to postpone the match because of fog as “absolutely ridiculous”. “We can’t afford to lose gate income for two or three months. Postponements greatly affect [...]
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Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston was furious that his club’s home match with Kilmarnock was postponed less than 90 minutes from kick-off. A pitch inspection at 1330 GMT determined that visibility at East End Park was insufficient to allow the match to proceed safely. “It’s totally unbelievable,” Yorkston told BBC Scotland. “The police commander said there’s [...]
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Kilmarnock have posted a trading profit of approximately £200,000 for the year ended 31 May 2011. This compares to a loss of nearly £500,000 recorded in the previous year’s financial accounts. The club’s net debt now stands at £9.7m, which is a reduction on last year’s figure which was £10.5m. Chairman Michael Johnston said: “Our [...]
Continue reading …Kilmarnock shocked Rangers and breathed new life into the title race as Manuel Pascali’s header gave them a first home win over the Ibrox side since 1994. Ally McCoist’s team were looking to equal an 82-year-old club record by remaining unbeaten on the road for a 15th consecutive game. However, Kilmarnock had other ideas and [...]
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Celtic have been drawn to play giant-killers Falkirk in the semi-finals of the Scottish Communities League Cup. The other fixture has thrown up an Ayrshire derby, with Kilmarnock meeting Ayr United for a place in the final. The ties will be played on 28 and 29 January, with Hampden Park the likely venue for both [...]
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Hearts manager Paulo Sergio has defended his behaviour after being sent to the stand for dissent in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat by Kilmarnock at Tynecastle. Sergio already faces a Scottish Football Association hearing over remarks about referee Iain Brines after the defeat by Ayr in September. “I hit the bench to exteriorise some feelings that I had,” he told Hearts’ [...]
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