2018-19 Diary Week 23

Our fans turned out in numbers for the match against St Mirren, and the Buddie’s Paul McGinn left Kilmarnock red faced and pointless.

Over six thousand cheered on the mighty to end a glorious calendar year with more points than any other top flight team in the country…which won’t win any prizes but something we should be proud of nonetheless.

It’s a wonderful achievement and as we go into the winter break we should continue singing the praises of the management team, the squad of players, the board of directors and last, but certainly not least…the fans.

It was great to see the Park Suite rocking again with the Paninaros out in force in tribute to their old brother in arms Guinea.

I’m calling the East v West song battle a score draw as there were no losers on the day and with the team sitting third, only one point behind the twisted sisters, I think we are all going to have a pretty good New Year!

2018-19 Diary Week 22.5

We carried a fantastic support to Motherwell and were rewarded with another three points.

As it stands we are right up there among the contenders and just one more match to go before the winter break…a fantastic effort from all concerned.

The big debate now on the forums is what result we would like to see in the Glasgow derby match on Saturday before we take on St Mirren at Rugby Park.

Some would like to see Celtic win so we can jump Rangers into second place, some would like to see Rangers win to keep both of them close…and the smart money is on the draw as then they both only gain one point instead of one of them getting three.

Personally I don’t really care what the result is…the only thing that matters to me is that we do our bit and get a result over the Buddies!

Drag anyone and everyone along to this one that you can, if we can emulate our away support at home then the players will get all the backing they need.

2018-19 Diary Week 22

I have spent a couple of days considering ways that I could describe how I feel about Hamilton Accies, only to come to the conclusion that the less said the better.

Time wasting is a black art for that lot, and they have now added hammer throwing to their portfolio, although for the most part they only succeeded in injuring themselves.

To be fair we should have been able to overcome their ‘style’ of play, but we never really clicked on the day and we had to settle for a point.

I do find it difficult to be fair when the likes of Dougie Imrie throws himself to the ground like he’s been shot in the face, trying to get one of ours sent off, but it is Christmas after all, so I’ll settle for casual indifference and looking forward, not back.

We’re still in the mix (five points clear in fourth place) and we’ve still got the best away support in the league, have a great Christmas and I’ll see you at Motherwell.

2018-19 Diary Week 21

We started with what could probably be described as our strongest team on Saturday but the first half still proved to be a struggle.

We had the upper hand in terms of possession and positive play, but Dundee had a few chances themselves and Bachmann proved his worth in keeping the score level.

The second half proved to be a different prospect and the bottom side just couldn’t live with us, we could have scored a lot more than the three we did.

The win fired us back to the top of the table again, albeit just for a day, but we are getting kind of blasé about it now!

There is no reason we can’t still be in a challenging position after the winter break if we continue to play to our strengths, regardless of the opposition.

There are no easy matches, but no one wants to play us any more and that fear factor could be to our advantage.

When you are writing your letter to Santa, please give Greg Stewart a mention!

2018-19 Diary Week 20

Six points from nine is a reasonable return from the last three matches and I don’t think anyone will argue with that.

We trounced Livingston during the week and then got the same treatment ourselves on Saturday.

Taking on the current champions in their own back yard is never going to be easy but with no wins against us in four so far, they were definitely out to prove something.

And so it was, they were pretty much unplayable in the first half and when Jordan Jones missed the chance to equalise and they ran up the park and score their second, it was a damage limitation exercise.

Gary Dicker was performing well and SOD always looks like one of the best right backs in the league, but too many of our lads were looking a bit subdued.

Steve Clarke made changes at half time and steadied the ship, managing to ‘draw’ the second half, but the damage had been done and sometimes you just have to take it on the chin.

Down to second place, shocking eh!

Steve’s after match comments were spot on as usual, we have a small squad who have been performing at a very high level, they could do with a wee rest but there’s no real let up until the winter break.

The away end sold out once more, the fans were magnificent, bring on Dundee and we go again.

Killie Trust AGM 2018

A Community Benefit Society registered with the Financial Conduct Authority Register Number 2620RS

Notice is hereby given the Annual General Meeting of the Kilmarnock Supporters’ Society Limited will be held in the Park Suite, Rugby Park, Kilmarnock KA1 1UR at 7:30pm

Agenda

1       Introduction and Annual Report.

2       Treasurer’s Report and Financial Statement.

3       Resolution to change audit rules.

4       Resolution to request members permission to update rules of the society to bring them into line with current legislation.

5       Reappointment of Independent examiners to the Society.

6       Announcement of the results of the elections to the Board.

7       Discussion about Trust in Killie initiative.

8       Any Other Business.

By order of the Board

Andrew Millar

Secretary

Kilmarnock Supporters’ Society Ltd

Registered Office:  Duncan McLean & Co,

81 John Finnie Street,

Kilmarnock

KA1 1BG

 

Notes

A member entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote in their place. Such a proxy need not be a member of the Society. The appointment of a proxy should be in writing to the Secretary, and in order to be valid, the form of proxy must be received by the secretary not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for the holding of the meeting or any adjourned meeting. Valid forms of proxy arriving at the Trust address by close of business 2 days prior to the meeting will be deemed to satisfy the above criteria.

A copy of the standard form of proxy is HERE Completed forms should be returned to the Secretary at:

Duncan McLean & Co, 81 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1BG.

No person other than the Chair of the meeting can act as proxy for more than 3 members.

Admissions to the Annual General Meeting of any shareholder or proxy entitled to attend will be on production of this notice.

2018-19 Diary Week 19

Two points off the top going into Wednesday’s match against Livingston, and looking every bit like challengers, unbelievable from Steve Clarke and his squad.

Saturday could have been a complete whitewash, if there hadn’t been a couple of blackouts!

We took the game to Hibs from the outset and Eamon ‘Wolf’ Brophy did not take long to mark his return with a fine effort to put us in front.

The industrious #25 doubled his tally from the spot and probably would have had a hat-trick had the manager not made a tactical switch and substitute him for Aaron Tshibola.

Greg Stewart closed it out in the end and another clean sheet from Daniel Bachmann secured the win.

The power cut, which obviously upset the rhythm on the game, was amusing at first, but there were a lot of anxious faces when the lights went out a second time.

Ironically Alan Power was probably our man of the match, and it would have been very handy to have Bright on the bench under the circumstances!

Trust membership is now at an all time high, but we still need more Killie fans to hear about it, join up and contribute if they can.

We now have a director on the Club Board and an input into how our club is being run, to become a member and have your say only costs £10 a year and you can do that HERE

The Trust's most successful campaign to date has been "Fifty for the Future" in terms of money brought in, but only just.

The "Trust in Killie" initiative has almost caught up and achieved its first goal in getting our aforementioned director appointed and the financial update due this week indicates that we are now starting to gather the next pot of money for a target that you can help to decided in the coming weeks.

We have now introduced a new £10 per month entry level, as per your request, and of course you can contribute any amount you like via Paypal (although due to logistics that doesn't carry rewards). You can sign up for TIK HERE