Full Name: Kris Boyd

Nickname: Boydie / Boomer

Squad No: 9

Position: Striker

Date of Birth: 18th August 1983

Birth Place: Irvine

Height: 6ft 0ins

Former Clubs: Killie Youth

Signed for Killie: 1st August 1999

Last Game for Killie: Dec 17th 2005, at Falkirk (where Kris scored the winning goal for Killie with the last kick of the ball.) He certainly left on a high.

Transferred to: Glasgow Rangers Jan 2006 for an estimated £400K

Career Highlights: Top goal-scorer 04-05 (19 goals), 03-04 (15 goals), 02-03 (13 goals). Tied SPL record with a 5 goal game Vs Dundee Utd on Sept 25th 2004. killiefc.com young player of the year 2002-03 & killiefc.com player of the year 2003-04
Scotland "B" International. Nov 05, SPL Player of the Month.
Left Killie in Dec 05, as the SPL's top goalscorer.

Killie general manager Dave MacKinnon on Aug 23rd 2005 confirmed that Kris Boyd would travel to the English Championship club Cardiff to negotiate personal terms with them after Killie & Cardiff agreed upon a transfer fee for the 22 year old striker. But as we all know Boydie turned this move down and went on to score 17 goals (15 SPL (1 Pen)) for Killie through Dec of 2005.

Just before Christmas came the news that most Killie fans were expecting......

"We met with Chris and his father and made an increased offer to the two-year one that was already on the table," said MacKinnon.

But, when Cardiff met the Ayrshire club's valuation, Boyd made it clear he preferred to leave.

Boyd, scored 56 goals from 152 appearances since emerging from Killie's youth system.

The Scotland Under-21 international was out of contract next summer .

Jim Jefferies Said... "It became clear Kris wants a new challenge and feels going to play in England will enhance his game and I respect that.  He is a great lad and has been a good player for us and he goes with the club's best wishes. We were keen to hold on to Kris and knocked back the bids from Aberdeen.

Boyd on Dec 20th 2005, clinched his dream move to Ibrox after Kilmarnock accepted an increased bid of £400,000 for Scotland's top scorer.

Rangers originally offered £200,000 - £300,000 less than Cardiff and Sheffield Wednesday.

But Rangers-daft Boyd made it clear Ibrox was his preferred destination.

Jefferies was disappointed to lose his star striker but said:"The power is with the player these days and we couldn't have forced Kris to join another club if he'd made his mind up he was going to Rangers."

"This way we have got a reasonable offer for him - certainly far better than Rangers' first offer.

JJ had previously said..... "Being realistic, once an offer came in that met our valuation, there was very little chance that Kris would remain a Kilmarnock player as he could have gone for nothing next summer."

 On a personal note ....we'd like to wish the big man luck but considering where he is going we will stop short at "Thanks for some good times and some great goals Boydie, may you never score at Rugby Park again unless it's for the mighty Killie or Scotland!"

On Dec 26th 2005 a chorus of "If you hate the f*cking Rangers clap your hands" which greeted the SPL's  leading scorer Kris Boyd as he emerged for the half-time draw of the Dundee Utd match

Dec 31st 2009...  Rangers striker Boyd might have broken the SPL scoring record this week.  But 11 years ago he was landing the Golden Boot playing for Kilmarnock's Under-16s at the prestigious Milk Cup in Ireland. By the end of the competition he'd shot to the top of the scoring charts ahead of Ashton, who was recently forced to retire after being injured at West Ham.

Killie youth chief Alan Robertson had brought Boyd into Rugby Park as a 13-year-old after being tipped off about his scoring prowess for his local boys club. Robertson, Killie's record holder for appearances, said:

"Jim Clark had been speaking to someone who'd mentioned Kris was a good player - so on the back of that we got him in for a game we were playing. He was a year younger than the age group he was in and the following season he played for our youth initiative team.  He always wanted to score goals. In the first game that was the thing that struck us. It didn't matter which foot it fell to, he would have a go at goal. He was capable of it too so we tried to build things on to that.  He was always one of the bigger guys in his age. It was always a concern it might just be his size, but as he went up through the levels he adapted. We went back to the Milk Cup with an Under-16s side and he won the Golden Boot for top goal scorer.  A lot of decent players have won that award.  I remember playing Crewe with Dean Ashton up front. John Rankin was playing for Manchester United as well.  But you always felt Kris would score goals wherever he played. It was just about what level he could get to.

"I saw the goals he scored to break the record against Dundee United. There was the mix of power from free kicks and one he scrambled in which wasn't always his biggest strength.  They always tended to be spectacular when he was younger. 

When Boyd left Killie for Rangers three years ago, he was due a payment from the club but instead left the money to Robertson's youth set-up. It's a touch Robertson will never forget. He said: "It was a tremendous gesture. "The money went towards the running of the youth system so it was important. The fact he's doing so well now is a boost when I'm talking to the young players we have coming through every year.  It's great to have a role model like Kris."

In the end it all seemed more jocular than vindictive. However, any residual hostility soon gave way to a show of appreciation when it was announced that he had made a £20,000 contribution to youth development at the club.