Kilmarnock FC - Rugby Park
Kilmarnock Football Club was founded in 1869 and remains one of the oldest football clubs in the country. Rugby Park the home of Kilmarnock Football club was rejuvenated in 1995 into a modern 18,128 all-seater stadium. Kilmarnock FC plays in the Scottish Premier League against teams such as Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Dunfermline, Motherwell, Dundee United, Hibs, Livingstone, Aberdeen and Partick Thistle. The average home attendance at Rugby Park during season 2001-2002 was around 7,924.
Jim Jeffries is the current manager who won the Manager of the Month award in December 2002.
The Kilmarnock squad is made up of the following players
No. 1 Colin Meldrum
No. 2 David Lilley
No. 3 Barry McLaughlin
No. 4 Gary Locke
No. 5 Gordon Greer
No. 6 Freddy Dindeleux
No. 7 James Fowler
No. 8 Steve Fulton
No. 9 Gary McSwegan
No. 10 Craig Dargo
No. 11 Eric Skora
No. 12 Kris Boyd
No. 13 Graeme Smith
No. 14 Alan Mahood
No. 16 Martin Hardie
No. 17 Shaun Dillon
No. 18 Gary McDonald
No. 19 Stephen Murray
No. 20 Paul Di Giacomo
No. 21 Colin Nish
No. 22 Liam McGuinness
No. 23 Mark Canning
No. 24 Garry Hay
No. 25 Fraser Logan
No. 26 Craig Samson
No. 27 Danny Invincibile
No. 28 Francois Dubourdeau
No.29 Rhian Dodds
No. 30 Greg Gilroy
You can book tours of the park by contacting the club direct and there is also a Killie Shop selling all the Killie merchandise you could think of. To find out about games or opening times of the ticket or shop call Rugby Park direct or visit their website at www.kilmarnockfc.co.uk.
Further improvements and modernisations occurred on 2002 when a four star hotel - The Park Hotel was built within Rugby Park grounds. The hotel is the first football and hotel complex in Scotland and includes a banqueting and conference centre and fifty en suite bedrooms.
There is also a café bar which provides light meals and drinks as well as the Blues Restaurant for relaxed dinning and offers a wide choice of cuisine.
Fitness on line is a health and fitness suite attached to Rugby Park. Residents of the hotel get free use of the facilities but it also caters for corporate of private membership. The health suite boasts a well equipped modern gym and small café area for enjoying a coffee or juice and a well earned rest.