Kilmarnock Football Club are a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" are the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park. They are currently members of the Scottish Premier League and are managed by Jim Jefferies. Kilmarnock took part in the first ever official match in Scottish football against the now defunct Renton F.C in 1873.
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Kilmarnock Football Club are a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" are the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park. They are currently members of the Scottish Premier League and are managed by Jim Jefferies. Kilmarnock took part in the first ever official match in Scottish football against the now defunct Renton F.C in 1873.
The club's foundation dates to the very earliest days of organised football in Scotland, when a group of local cricketers looking for a sporting pursuit to occupy them outwith the cricket season formed a football club in 1869. Originally they played rugby rules, but the difficulty in organising fixtures and the growing influence of Queen's Park soon persuaded them to adopt the association code instead. These origins are reflected to this day by the name of the club's home ground - Rugby Park.
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