# 1970–71 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 1970–71 season was Kilmarnock’s 69th in Scottish League Competitions.

## Scottish First Division
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 33 |
| 12 | Hibernian | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 30 |
| 13 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 28 |
| 14 | Ayr United | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 26 |
| 15 | Clyde | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 26 |

### Match results

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 29 August | Motherwell | A | 1–4 | Cook(75) | 5,661 |
| 2 | 5 September | St Mirren | H | 1–2 | Mathie(53) | 4,256 |
| 3 | 12 September | Ayr United | A | 1–1 | McLean(44) | 8,488 |
| 4 | 19 September | Aberdeen | H | 0–4 | | 5,056 |
| 5 | 26 September | Cowdenbeath | A | 2–1 | Morrison(3), Gilmour(35) | 3,148 |
| 6 | 3 October | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–0 | McLean(10), Cook(19), Dickson(65) | 5,365 |
| 7 | 10 October | Falkirk | A | 0–3 | | 4,018 |
| 8 | 17 October | Dundee United | H | 2–1 | McCulloch(44), Mathie(46) | 3,644 |
| 9 | 24 October | Morton | H | 2–2 | Mathie(60), Cook(65) | 3,743 |
| 10 | 31 October | Dundee | A | 0–3 | | 3,578 |
| 11 | 7 November | St Johnstone | H | 2–4 | McLean(70), Mathie(89) | 3,910 |
| 12 | 14 November | Celtic | A | 0–3 | | 24,410 |
| 13 | 21 November | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | | 6,364 |
| 14 | 28 November | Airdrieonians | H | 2–3 | Graham(2), McLean(9) | 3,912 |
| 15 | 5 December | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–0 | Gilmour(72) | 4,164 |
| 16 | 12 December | Clyde | H | 1–1 | Morrison(37) | 3,805 |
| 17 | 19 December | Rangers | A | 2–4 | McLean(70), Maxwell(72) | 19,450 |
| 18 | 26 December | Motherwell | H | 0–0 | | 5,323 |
| 19 | 1 January | St Mirren | A | 3–2 | T.McLean(35pen,74), Mathie(57) | 5,934 |
| 20 | 2 January | Ayr United | H | 1–1 | McLean(36) | 15,240 |
| 21 | 9 January | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | | 19,032 |
| 22 | 16 January | Cowdenbeath | H | 2–1 | Gilmour(27), Waddell(52) | 4,015 |
| 23 | 30 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | | 8,823 |
| 24 | 6 February | Falkirk | H | 3–2 | McCulloch(14), Morrison(18), Rennie o.g(87) | 4,712 |
| 25 | 20 February | Dundee United | A | 2–3 | McCulloch(8), Cook(68) | 3,852 |
| 26 | 27 February | Morton | A | 0–3 | | 2,324 |
| 27 | 9 March | Dundee | H | 1–1 | McLean(75pen) | 3,003 |
| 28 | 13 March | St Johnstone | A | 3–2 | Rennie o.g(9), McCulloch(25), Morrison(88) | 8,513 |
| 29 | 20 March | Celtic | H | 1–4 | Morrison(2) | 17,075 |
| 30 | 27 March | Hibernian | H | 4–1 | McCulloch(1), Gilmour(14), McLean(16pen), Cook(55) | 4,209 |
| 31 | 10 April | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–0 | | 5,050 |
| 32 | 14 April | Airdrieonians | A | 1–1 | Cook(5) | 2,064 |
| 33 | 17 April | Clyde | A | 1–0 | Waddell(74) | 1,537 |
| 34 | 24 April | Rangers | H | 1–4 | McCulloch(11) | 8,544 |

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

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| G3 | 8 August | Ayr United | H | 1–0 | Mathie(89) | 7,073 |
| G3 | 12 August | St Mirren | A | 3–1 | Gilmour(6), Cook(36), Mathie(50) | 4,488 |
| G3 | 15 August | Dundee | A | 0–2 | | 7,644 |
| G3 | 20 August | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | McLean(2,85pen) | 4,931 |
| G3 | 22 August | Ayr United | A | 0–0 | | 7,911 |
| G3 | 26 August | Dundee | H | 2–1 | McLean(30 pen), Mathie(44) | 3,280 |

#### Group 3 final table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dundee | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 |
| 4 | St Mirren | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 23 January | Queen’s Park | A | 1–0 | Waddell(17) | 5,923 |
| R2 | 13 February | Morton | A | 2–1 | McCulloch(45), Waddell(76) | 6,840 |
| QF | 6 March | Airdrieonians | H | 2–3 | Dickson(60), Gilmour(80) | 11,572 |

### Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 L1 | 15 September | Coleraine F.C. | A | 1–1 | Mathie(55) | 5,000 |
| R1 L2 | 29 September | Coleraine F.C. | H | 2–3 | McLean (16), Morrison(22) | 5,911 |