The Kilmarnock Standard from Kilmarnock, Strathclyde, Scotland • 72

72 The Kilmarnock Standard March 14 1980 Re arranged fixtures to be postponed because 0f involvement in the semi final of the Scot tish Cup 23 Rangers The scheduled match against Rangers at Ibrox on Saturday April 12 will now have (home) Wednesday April 9 St Mirren (away) Wednesday April 16 Celtic (away) Wednesday Apri! earlier in the year because of the bad weather They are: Wednesday April 2 Aberdeen THE Scottish League have issued dates for four fixtures which were postponed TOUG TEST recent good form will be put to the test this Saturday with the visit oi Celtic to Rugby Park Walsh challenges for a high croas but Bainas gathers safely pm BY A POST Another draw lor Killie But the Rugby Park men have already sampled victory over the Parkhead side this season winning 2-0 through goals by Bobby Street and Ian Gibson back in November away from however that has shot them up the Premier League They re now undefeated in their last four away games winning six points from a possible eight Lucky And what a lucky mascot Gordon Cramond is proving to be for the midfielder has yet to play in a losing league match since he joined Killie from Ayr United seven games ago Lucky too is Miss Marion Gibb of Bellfield who is the latest £1000 winner in theKUliecash Lottery Marion will be presented with her che que prior to the Celtic match on Saturday Graeme in fight final GRAEME Hig gins of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun Boxing Club is one of the finalists in the Scottish Amateur Boxing Championships at the Magnum in Irvine on Wednesday evening Graeme who came through tne prelim inay rounds at Partick las week will meet English based Jim Burns in he semi-final of 1 heavyweight division Another youngster bidding glory is Kenny Salmon who boxes against Jim Murphy ot Glasgow Transport ip the Bantamweight semifinal Attending the event which is being organised by Garnock al Round Table will be three Standard renders who were successful our recent competition Each of the following will receive two ringside seats for the finais: Innes 76 Annanhdl Avenue Kilmarnock Wood 21 Rankin Court Kilmarnock and Allan 79 East Domngton Street Darvel The answers to tn Lynch Jim Watt Printed and published bv 1 1 irar Universal Newspapers UrniW' nock Phone Kilmarnock as a I t-Q Post Calor Gas heating lighting catering for By Alex Milligan Darrel shock Meadow Meadow 2 Darvel 5 THIS was a devastating display by Darvel after a disastrous start Meadow went ahead within minutes with a goal from Monan and six minutes later he scored again It looked bleak for Darvel but they took hold of play and carried the game to the Meadow half to the field Midway through the first half Mitchell pulled one back for Darvel Fox then had a shot saved on the line from an indirect free-kick by Murray Spence then scored the equaliser with a fine header Two minutes after the interval Darvel went ahead when a great through ball by Paton let Murray away Fifteen minutes later Mitchell scored again A cross from Murray seemed to have passed him but he managed to hit it from what looked like a if impossible position and scored In a rare Meadow attack Chisholm brought off a magnificent save and Leckie had to kick off the line With ten minutes left Murray scored number five Then Spence had a great shot which brought out a similar great save This was a great result for Darvel who were not iven much chance efore the game pressure to keep the Dundee bonnets firmly on their heads Kilmarnock: McCulloch Welsh and McLean Clark Clarke and McDicken Houston Mauchlen Gibson (Doherty) Cra-mond and Street Sub Maxwell (not used) line and his side pass to Thomson was neatly tucked past Alan McCulloch For a spell Kilmarnock drifted out of the match and allowed Morton to gain the upper hand in midfield With Maxwell and Doherty replacing Cra-mond and Street Kilmarnock staged a late surge which almost saw them grab both points Eight minutes from time Derek McDicken came up for a Gibson corner got his head to the ball and forced Baines into a good save Minutes later Ian Gibson was left scratching his head when he found himself clear in the box hit the ball past the advancing keeper only to watch the ball rebound from the post and back into play As Calor Gas specialists we operate a comprehensive hire service to meet heating lighting and catering requirements A wide range of equipment is available on short or long term rates covering forced air and radiant heaters floodlights and hand lamps cookers and water boilers We can deliver to you if required To get out of the cold or the dark or to get '( Kilmarnock 1 Morton 1 A second-half comeback by Morton salvaged the Greenodk side a point and meant that Kilmarnock had drawn their last three league games at Rugby Park The home side had so much pressure particularly in the first half that it seemed as if they would win the game looking back But once again the promising build-ups and created chances failed to materialise in goals In the second half however Killie took only two minutes to shoot themselves into the lead And what a goal it was Five Dundee Utd 0 Kilmarnock 0 remarkable unbeaten run in the Premier League now standing at eight games continued at Tannadice last Saturday And what a difference in the scoreline from their visit there last Oc A McDicken free-kick was -headed out from defence and the onrushing Alister Mauchlen met it full on and fairly blasted the ball past Baines high into the net Mauchlen who was probably Killie's best player over the piece celebrated his second goal in two home league ames with obvious elight But ten minutes later the visitors found a gap in the home defence and equalised through Thomson Ritchie was allowed to run freely across the Kilmarnock 18 yards star tober when they were hammered 4-0 The man mainly responsible for ensuring Killie came away with a point was keeper Alan McCulloch who turned in yet another five-star display Time and time again he performed the seemingly impossible by denying 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