# 1974–75 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 1974–75 season was Kilmarnock’s 73rd in Scottish League Competitions. They finished 12th and failed to qualify for the inaugural 10 team Scottish Premier League.

## Scottish First Division
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 10 | Motherwell | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 33 | |
| 11 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 31 | Relegation to Scottish First Division |
| 12 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 52 | 68 | −16 | 31 | Relegation to Scottish First Division |
| 13 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 30 | Relegation to Scottish First Division |
| 14 | Dumbarton | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 24 | Relegation to Scottish First Division |

### Match results

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 31 August | Celtic | A | 0–5 | | 26,482 |
| 2 | 7 September | Ayr United | H | 3–0 | Sheed(51,76), Fleming(64) | 7,279 |
| 3 | 14 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Fleming(13) | 7,306 |
| 4 | 21 September | Aberdeen | H | 1–0 | McDicken(57) | 5,727 |
| 5 | 28 September | Rangers | H | 0–6 | | 19,609 |
| 6 | 5 October | St Johnstone | A | 2–2 | Sheed(30), Morrison(75) | 2,579 |
| 7 | 12 October | Dundee | H | 1–1 | Smith(36) | 4,951 |
| 8 | 19 October | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | | 3,628 |
| 9 | 2 November | Partick Thistle | A | 2–2 | Morrison(57), Sheed(62) | 3,676 |
| 10 | 9 November | Greenock Morton | A | 3–2 | Sheed(7), McDicken(27), Smith(85) | 2,155 |
| 11 | 13 November | Hibernian | H | 1–1 | McDicken(5) | 5,240 |
| 12 | 16 November | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–4 | Fleming(3,42) | 5,327 |
| 13 | 23 November | Clyde | A | 2–4 | Morrison(37,50) | 1,605 |
| 14 | 30 November | Arbroath | H | 2–2 | Sheed(66), Morrison(89) | 3,426 |
| 15 | 14 December | Airdrieonians | H | 3–3 | Fleming(8), Maxwell(22pen, 49) | 3,931 |
| 16 | 21 December | Dundee United | A | 4–3 | Morrison(32), Maxwell(43pen), Fleming(47), Sheed(54) | 4,415 |
| 17 | 28 December | Celtic | H | 0–1 | | 17,646 |
| 18 | 1 January | Ayr United | A | 2–3 | Smith(28), Fleming(33) | 9,968 |
| 19 | 4 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | Fleming(38) | 7,233 |
| 20 | 11 January | Aberdeen | A | 0–4 | | 8,462 |
| 21 | 1 February | St Johnstone | H | 1–1 | Morrison(5) | 3,938 |
| 22 | 8 February | Dundee | A | 1–4 | Sheed(6) | 4,835 |
| 23 | 15 February | Rangers | A | 3–3 | Provan(30), McDicken(45), Fallis(68) | 27,157 |
| 24 | 22 February | Motherwell | H | 3–1 | Morrison(9,70), Maxwell(21) | 6,097 |
| 25 | 26 February | Dumbarton | A | 1–1 | Sheed(15) | 4,069 |
| 26 | 1 March | Hibernian | A | 2–0 | Morrison(44), Fallis(59) | 7,866 |
| 27 | 8 March | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 | Maxwell(80pen) | 6,676 |
| 28 | 15 March | Morton | H | 2–1 | Smith(37), Fleming(44) | 4,155 |
| 29 | 22 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–1 | Morrison(45) | 2,594 |
| 30 | 29 March | Clyde | H | 2–1 | Smith(68), Maxwell(83pen) | 5,054 |
| 31 | 5 April | Arbroath | A | 0–0 | | 1,439 |
| 32 | 12 April | Dumbarton | H | 1–2 | Fleming(85) | 5,489 |
| 33 | 19 April | Airdrieonians | A | 2–2 | Fallis(22), McLean(33) | 3,827 |
| 34 | 28 April | Dundee United | H | 2–4 | Fallis(30), Fleming(42) | 7,589 |

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| G6 | 10 August | Montrose | H | 2–0 | Fleming(40), McCulloch(65) | 3,264 |
| G6 | 14 August | Stranraer | A | 5–0 | Fleming(1,65,77), Smith(49,52) | 1,338 |
| G6 | 17 August | Queen's Park | A | 2–0 | Fleming(25,31) | 3,066 |
| G6 | 21 August | Stranraer | H | 2–0 | Maxwell(12pen), Morrison(27) | 3,358 |
| G6 | 24 August | Queen's Park | H | 6–0 | Rodman(14), Fleming(24,61), Morrison(35), Smith(50), Cook(80) | 3,300 |
| G6 | 28 August | Montrose | A | 1–1 | Fleming(30) | 1,179 |

#### Group 6 final table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 11 |
| 2 | Montrose | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 3 |
| 4 | Stranraer | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 2 |

#### Knockout stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QF L1 | 11 September | Kilmarnock | H | 3–3 | Fleming(20,24), Morrison(55) | 10.022 |
| QF L2 | 25 September | Kilmarnock | A | 1–4 | Morrison(8) | 15,694 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R3 | 29 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | | 21,054 |

### Drybrough Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QF | 27 July | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | Fallis(86) | 13,272 |