Kilmarnock News

Rangers boss Walter Smith is sure Kris Boyd will be scoring goals for the club for years to come after he claimed another two on Saturday.

Kilmarnock have an unchanged squad for the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Hibernian.

By MATT VALLANCE THIS match was made for an overdose of seasonal clichA©. We had some knockabout slapstick whenever Kevin Kyle and Sol Bamba went for the same ball; Liam Miller sprinkled star dust like a butch Fairy Godmother; Colin Nish was a hard-working Buttons.

By COLLEEN STRACHAN ANTHONY STOKES today insisted that his side have discovered a new grit and determination under John Hughes after grinding out a valuable point in Ayrshire.

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KILMARNOCK have given Mark Burchill a contract extension - despite the injury-plagued striker mustering just one appearance this season.

Hibernian will make sure Graham Stack suffers no reaction in training following his back injury before deciding on their goalkeeper for Saturday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League game at Kilmarnock.

HAVING been victims of a 'mugging' against Hearts seven days earlier, it was Killie's opponents on this occasion who were left feeling hard done by.

Rangers responded well to last week's shock defeat at Aberdeen by beating rock-bottom Falkirk 3-1 as the top four all won.

KILMARNOCK would have been Robert Burns' football team. Imagine if the Bard and Killie's current manager Jim Jefferies had been around at the same time.

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David Fernandez reckons Killie must start winning ugly if they aim to pull clear of the relegation zone.

HE was a Euro runner-up alongside Steven Fletcher, Graham Dorrans and Robert Snodgrass.

FOOTBALLER Jamie Hamill feared his little daughter would die on a late-night dash to hospital after she turned blue and stopped breathing The Kilmarnock star - who has now been told 18-month-old Hayden had swine flu - spoke for the first time yesterday of his terror.

Csaba Laszlo saw his Hearts side record a first win in six league games before revealing he is still seeking talks about the club's future.

AN 88th-minute penalty miss by captain Kevin Kyle proved disastrous for Kilmarnock after second-half goals from Eggert Jonsson and Christian Nade gave Hearts three vital pointsand moved them up to seventh in the table.

KILMARNOCK boss Jim Jefferies will look to extend Mark Brown's loan spell at Rugby Park if regular keeper Alan Combe doesn't regain fitness by January.

Rangers boss Walter Smith today confirmed he has buried the hatchet with Madjid Bougherra over the centre-backa TMs failure to return from World Cup duty.

Kilmarnock v Hearts. Click here to bet. Click here for Kilmarnock news Click here for Hearts news Click here for head-to-head stats Hearts will be without suspended defender Jose Goncalves for Saturday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League trip to Kilmarnock.

MADJID Bougherra may be about to discover that absence does anything but make the heart grow fonder when it comes to his relationship with Rangers and their supporters.