# 1973–74 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 1973–74 season was Kilmarnock’s 72nd in Scottish League Competitions. They finished as runners-up in the Scottish Second Division and were promoted back to the First Division after 1 season in the 2nd tier.

## Scottish Second Division
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 102 | 25 | +77 | 60 | Promotion to the 1974–75 First Division |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 96 | 44 | +52 | 58 | Promotion to the 1974–75 First Division |
| 3 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 55 | |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 47 | |
| 5 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 45 | |

### Match results

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 September | Clydebank | H | 3–2 | Morrison(14), Stevenson(30 pen,57 pen) | 2,848 |
| 2 | 5 September | Berwick Rangers | A | 1–4 | Morrison(77) | 917 |
| 3 | 8 September | St Mirren | A | 3–1 | Fleming(41,85), Cook(67) | 4,768 |
| 4 | 15 September | Montrose | H | 2–1 | O’Donnell(12 o.g.), Fleming(56) | 2607 |
| 5 | 19 September | Queen of the South | A | 0–1 | | 2,463 |
| 6 | 29 September | Cowdenbeath | H | 4–3 | Sheed(23), Morrison(39), Smith(57), Maxwell(60pen) | 2,222 |
| 7 | 2 October | Berwick Rangers | H | 2–3 | Morrison(14), Gilmour(58) | 2,213 |
| 8 | 6 October | Alloa Athletic | A | 1–0 | Smith(77) | 2,004 |
| 9 | 13 October | Airdrieonians | H | 4–0 | Fleming(35), Morrison(70), Maxwell(74pen), McSherry(89) | 4,281 |
| 10 | 20 October | Queen's Park | A | 2–0 | Morrison(72), Fleming(89) | 1,466 |
| 11 | 27 October | Raith Rovers | H | 1–1 | Maxwell(88pen) | 4,181 |
| 12 | 10 November | Stranraer | A | 2–2 | Fleming(32), Maxwell(80) | 1,558 |
| 13 | 17 November | Forfar Athletic | H | 5–1 | Fleming(5,13), Morrison(77,78), McSherry(89) | 2,730 |
| 14 | 21 November | Albion Rovers | A | 4–3 | Morrison(6,53), Smith(12,16) | 295 |
| 15 | 1 December | Brechin City | H | 3–1 | Morrison(43), Fleming(70,86) | 2,769 |
| 16 | 22 December | Stirling Albion | A | 1–1 | Cook(80) | 1,192 |
| 17 | 29 December | Clydebank | A | 2–1 | Fleming(48), Smith(86) | 1,611 |
| 18 | 1 January | St Mirren | H | 1–1 | Fleming(82) | 4,599 |
| 19 | 5 January | Montrose | A | 2–0 | Morrison(4), Sheed(7) | 914 |
| 20 | 12 January | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–1 | Smith(4), Morrison(12), Fleming(55) | 4,927 |
| 21 | 19 January | Cowdenbeath | A | 4–2 | Morrison(25), McSherry(29), Smith(34,83) | 788 |
| 22 | 2 February | Alloa Athletic | H | 8–2 | McCulloch(1,55), Maxwell(20), Sheed(22), Fleming(30,74), Smith(65,87) | 3,515 |
| 23 | 9 February | Airdrieonians | A | 0–0 | | 7,824 |
| 24 | 16 February | Stenhousemuir | A | 1–0 | Smith(85) | 978 |
| 25 | 2 March | Raith Rovers | A | 1–3 | Cook(41) | 2,081 |
| 26 | 16 March | Stranraer | H | 4–1 | Fleming(21), Morrison(23,27,56) | 3,168 |
| 27 | 23 March | Forfar Athletic | A | 5–3 | Fleming(16,43,79), Maxwell(20pen), McDicken(80) | 697 |
| 28 | 30 March | Albion Rovers | H | 3–1 | Morrison(27), Maxwell(29,80pen) | 3,067 |
| 29 | 6 April | Brechin City | A | 4–0 | Morrison(11,15), Fleming(24,60) | 2,594 |
| 30 | 9 April | East Stirlingshire | H | 4–0 | Fleming(18,79), Robertson(81), Morrison(82) | 3,787 |
| 31 | 13 April | Stenhousemuir | H | 3–1 | Fleming(5,8), Morrison(66) | 3,813 |
| 32 | 16 April | Queen's Park | H | 5–0 | Morrison(26,48), Fleming(32,54,77) | 4,225 |
| 33 | 20 April | East Stirlingshire | A | 3–1 | Fleming(26), Maxwell(55pen), Cook(88) | 1,250 |
| 34 | 24 April | Queen of the South | H | 1–0 | Fleming(53) | 4,880 |
| 35 | 27 April | Stirling Albion | H | 2–1 | Fleming(67), Morrison(87) | 5,675 |
| 36 | 30 April | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–2 | Fleming(39,61) | 2,852 |

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

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| G5 | 11 August | East Stirlingshire | A | 2–3 | Smith(27),Cameron(64) | 1,060 |
| G5 | 15 August | Hamilton Academical | H | 0–0 | | 3,169 |
| G5 | 18 August | Queen's Park | H | 2–0 | Morrison(27), Smith(90) | 2,591 |
| G5 | 22 August | Hamilton Academical | A | 4–0 | McSherry(7), Smith(40), Stevenson(45), Morrison(58) | 2,450 |
| G5 | 25 August | Queen's Park | A | 1–1 | Sheed(31) | 3,300 |
| G5 | 29 August | East Stirlingshire | H | 4–0 | Morrison(6,90), Maxwell(56,77pen) | 2,805 |

#### Group 5 final table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 | East Stirlingshire | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 |
| 3 | Hamilton Academical | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 |

#### Knockout stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R2 L1 | 12 September | St Johnstone | A | 0–1 | | 3,600 |
| R2 L2 | 25 September | St Johnstone | H | 3–1 | Maxwell(6), Fleming(27), McSherry(103) | 3,478 |
| QF L1 | 30 October | Albion Rovers | A | 0–2 | | 2,821 |
| QF L2 | 25 September | Albion Rovers | H | 5–2 | Robertson(3), Morrison(4), Maxwell(30pen), Fleming(44), Cook(88) | 5,287 |
| SF | 5 December | Dundee | N | 0–1 | | 4,682 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R3 | 26 January | Hibernian | A | 2–5 | Morrison(13,19) | 14,241 |