# 1984–85 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 1984–85 season was Kilmarnock's 83rd in Scottish League Competitions. Manager Jim Clunie resigned in September following a poor start to the season. Only 1 win was recorded out of the first 8 matches with 5 goals scored and 20 conceded.
Legendary former striker Eddie Morrison was announced as his replacement the following month. The club received 32 applications for the job including former Partick Thistle manager Bertie Auld and former Motherwell and Hibernian striker Pat Quinn.
Results improved immediately with 3 wins in his first 3 matches as manager. However. a poor sequence of results after Christmas saw the club in the relegation zone with only 1 win recorded in 11 matches. This period also included a humiliating 3–0 Scottish Cup defeat at the hands of Highland League side Inverness Thistle.
5 wins in the last 8 matches meant that the club avoided relegation by 2 points.

## Scottish First Division
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 10 | East Fife | 39 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 36 | |
| 11 | Partick Thistle | 39 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 35 | |
| 12 | Kilmarnock | 39 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 34 | |
| 13 | Meadowbank Thistle (R) | 39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 32 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 14 | St Johnstone (R) | 39 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 51 | 79 | −28 | 25 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Match results

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 11 August | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | | 2,384 |
| 2 | 18 August | Ayr United | H | 0–0 | | 2,013 |
| 3 | 25 August | Clyde | A | 1–4 | Cuthbertson(81) | 749 |
| 4 | 1 September | Brechin City | H | 1–1 | McGivern(73) | 855 |
| 5 | 8 September | Forfar Athletic | H | 2–1 | McEachran(59), McKinna(75) | 809 |
| 6 | 15 September | Clydebank | A | 0–5 | | 837 |
| 7 | 22 September | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–2 | Bryson(52) | 805 |
| 8 | 29 September | Airdrieonians | H | 0–5 | | 1,115 |
| 9 | 6 October | Meadowbank Thistle | A | 0–4 | | 419 |
| 10 | 13 October | Falkirk | H | 3–1 | Robertson(46), Bryson(69), McKinna(73) | 1,210 |
| 11 | 20 October | East Fife | A | 1–0 | Cuthbertson(65) | 1,006 |
| 12 | 27 October | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | Clarke(54) | 1,513 |
| 13 | 3 November | Partick Thistle | H | 0–0 | | 1,834 |
| 14 | 10 November | Forfar Athletic | A | 1–4 | McLean(71pen) | 1,060 |
| 15 | 17 November | Clydebank | H | 1–1 | Clarke(89) | 1,184 |
| 16 | 24 November | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–1 | | 889 |
| 17 | 1 December | Airdrieonians | A | 1–2 | McGivern(84) | 1,483 |
| 18 | 8 December | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 2–1 | McLean(58pen), Millar(86) | 847 |
| 19 | 15 December | Brechin City | A | 2–3 | McGivern(12,83) | 668 |
| 20 | 22 December | Clyde | H | 2–0 | Millar(17,43) | 1,303 |
| 21 | 29 December | Motherwell | H | 0–0 | | 2,042 |
| 22 | 2 January | Ayr United | A | 0–1 | | 4,036 |
| 23 | 5 January | East Fife | H | 1–1 | McKinna(65) | 1,296 |
| 24 | 14 January | St Johnstone | H | 3–2 | McKinna(27,35), Millar(56) | 1,451 |
| 25 | 2 February | Partick Thistle | A | 0–1 | | 1,776 |
| 26 | 23 February | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | Millar(37), McKinna(83) | 2288 |
| 27 | 26 February | Clydebank | H | 0–0 | | 1,336 |
| 28 | 2 March | Brechin City | A | 1–2 | Millar(77) | 621 |
| 29 | 9 March | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–1 | Millar(18) | 1,225 |
| 30 | 13 March | Falkirk | A | 2–3 | Cuthbertson(61), Millar(78) | 1,532 |
| 31 | 16 March | Meadowbank Thistle | A | 1–2 | McGivern(25) | 492 |
| 32 | 23 March | Forfar Athletic | H | 1–0 | Millar(82) | 1,082 |
| 33 | 30 March | Ayr United | A | 0–0 | | 2,404 |
| 34 | 6 April | Falkirk | H | 0–3 | | 1,632 |
| 35 | 13 April | Partick Thistle | H | 2–0 | McKinna(22), Cuthbertson(32) | 1,803 |
| 36 | 20 April | East Fife | A | 2–0 | Millar(1,38) | 875 |
| 37 | 27 April | St Johnstone | A | 4–2 | Millar(19), Cormack(44), Cuthbertson(45), Pelosi(86) | 781 |
| 38 | 4 May | Clyde | H | 2–0 | Cuthbertson(52), Clarke(76) | 1,692 |
| 39 | 12 May | Airdrieonians | H | 1–4 | Bryson(29) | 1,493 |

## Scottish League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R2 | 22 August | Alloa Athletic | H | 1–1(AET Won 3–2 on pens) | Cuthbertson(33) | 849 |
| R3 | 27 August | Dundee | A | 1–1(AET Lost 2–3 on pens) | McDicken(45) | 3,367 |

## Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R3 | 9 February | Inverness Thistle | A | 0–3 | | 2,500 |