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Confidemus (Kilmarnock)

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https://peterrmiles.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/confidemus/ February 4, 2014 A scenic if somewhat soggy drive through Dumfries and Galloway and into Ayrshire brings forth rolling hills and pastoral land nicely portrayed in a wall mural on a house not far from Kilmarnock. The countryside eventually gives way to not unpleasant suburbia and soon into view comes Rugby Park, its blue roof supports and squat floodlights peeking almost nervously over residential rooftops. A truly ancient club, Killie can date their formation to 1869 initially playing rugby before adopting the football code four years later when they became founder members of the Scottish Football Association . After a somewhat hermetic period playing at borrowed pitches at Wards Park, The Grange and Holm Quarry, the club moved into the original Rugby Park (on the current Charles Street) in November 1878 . This ground would stage a Scotland international in March 1894 but by 1899 election to Division One meant a rebuild was ne

Preview: Kilmarnock vs. Rangers – prediction, team news, lineups

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https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/kilmarnock/preview/preview-kilmarnock-vs-rangers--prediction-team-news-lineups_420413.html By Oliver Thomas Rangers travel to Kilmarnock on Sunday as they look to keep up their impressive run of form by winning their 11th Scottish Premiership match of the season. The home side will be hoping to pull off a shock result against the league leaders and bounce back from last weekend's home defeat to Hibernian . Rangers continued their impressive run of results on Thursday night with a narrow 1-0 victory over Polish side Lech Poznan in the Europa League, maintaining their unbeaten start to the season. Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos scored his 21st goal for the Gers in European competitions, which draws him level with former forward Ally McCoist . Despite a magnificent start which has seen Rangers win 15 of their opening 17 matches in all competitions (drawing the other two games), Steven Gerrard remains wary of Celtic's chances of clos