killie.net

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

So, after Hamilton scudding Ayr United 4-1 tonight, it's the Accies we face in the second round of the CIS Cup. I think I'm right in saying we haven't played the Lanarkshire lot since a certain nervy 0-0 draw at Rugby Park over 10 years ago saw us promoted to the Premier League. This actually serves as a reminder that, despite our travails of recent years, the Club has now had it's longest sustained period in the top flight since the heady days of the 60s and perhaps we should be thankful for that. In the early 90s clubs such as Hamilton, St. Mirren, Partick, Raith and Airdrie were our direct rivals for promotion. Whilst these teams have bounced around the lower leagues (and even temporarily out of existence in the case of Airdrie) with only brief forays into the top league, Killie have held their own over a long period. This has much to do with the foresight of Bobby Fleeting and his progressive plans, but also to the run of decent managers who have inched us up the ladder of Scottish football. The current incumbent has had his work cut out emulating and succeeding the success of Bobby Williamson, however the signs this season so far are promising. What he doesn't need, of course, is another exit in the Cup at the hands of lower league opposition - a trend of recent Killie teams ably demonstrated by our defeat away to Brechin City last year in the same competition...

¶ 8:50 PM

Comments: Post a Comment

Links to this post:

Create a Link

<< Home

life as a Killie fan

if you care to, you can watch the Killie's season unfold here in dramatic fashion. ok, it won't be dramatic. it'll be full of the usual stuff, but i'll do my best to make it interesting. you'll get the away U21 reports here too. i should be committed.