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1 minute ago, heynow2005 said:

Favourite Ally Mitchell goals were the 2nd against Celtic in the 2-0 win October 98 I think ? And I'm sure he scored in the Ayrshire cup final where we got back from 2-0 down to win 4-2...Dylan Kerr ended up In the moffat celebrating his own goal 

The Celtic one is the one that really sticks out in my memory, great day! I'm sure Mark Roberts got the other?

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6 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said:

As for Bully he was my fave player growing up, scored some big goals for us too.

Met him a few times since he left and he's an absolute gent.

I'll 2nd that.

Fantastic player - i remember doing work experience at Rugby Park whilst at Secondary School and an advert came on the tv in the canteen for Linguaphone on one of the days and he turned round to Martin Baker and said "here, you could mibbie learn English wae that ya prick!" :D

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13 hours ago, Souleycouley93 said:

Piece I wrote on “Bully” after recently researching our 90s Period in which I was too young to remember much of . 

 

Remember Him Killie fans 

Ally Mitchell a Kilmarnock F.C. Legend 

Born 1968 Kircaldy 

Ally started playing  with his local junior side Ballingry Rovers after playing 2 seasons he was snatched up by East Fife . Ally spent three seasons at the club playing 87 times contributing a respectable 23 goals from midfield . He spent 3 seasons (88-91)at the Fifers before attracting interest from the mighty Ayrshire Killie in the summer of 1991. 

Kilmarnock signed Ally Mitchell in July 91 . Paying 100,000£ to East Fife for his services .

Ally would be joining a team with future club legends Ray Montgomerie , Gus McPherson and Tommy Burns within the squad .  Ally made his first appearance for the Killie boys against Hamilton at Rugby Park in August 1991. This would be the first of a fantastic career at the club . 

Ally Scored his first goal for Kilmarnock away at Stirling Albion in October 1991 . Ally Mitchell became a fan favourite at the club due to his hard work and bustling performances. Ally Mitchell was given the nickname “Bully” by the Kilmarnock faithful . 
At only five foot seven he gave what he got and more . 

Ally was versatile and played in a few positions for Kilmarnock over the years . Predominantly an attacking midfielder or left sided player . Ally contributed to Kilmarnock F.C. promotion to Premier League in 92/93 finishing behind Raith Rovers . Ally was in good company with charismatic Tommy Burns and Shaun Mcskimming in midfield with him . 

Ally then played in premier league for next 11 years with Kilmarnock . Ally amassed a exceptional 363 appearances for the club. In that time Ally scored 45 goals . Creating many more . 

Myself having only been born in 1993 and never having seen us been out of the Premier league in my lifetime I can briefly remember an ageing Ally Mitchell as I started attending games not long after our Scottish Cup success which Ally was part of . 

My dad and papa think most Kilmarnock supporters took well to Ally in his decade and a bit at the club and enjoyed watching him play for us . A player when researching this I didn’t realise had played so many times with the club. Fantastic servant .

Ally Mitchell’s arguably most important goal of the 45 he scored in the stripes came at Ibrox on May 2nd 1998 . Ally scored in what was a very telling game as it would be a winner at Ibrox 1-0 for Killie . Which stopped Rangers clinching ten in a row . Also attempting to achieve Kilmarnock a European place for the following season . 

Ally spoke about this Goal saying :

“I still talk to people who tell me they can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when I scored. You don't realise how many people are affected by something like that. Celtic drew at Dunfermline the next day so our win effectively cost Rangers 10 in a row, which makes it easily the most important goal I've ever scored. The whole 10-in-a-row thing tended to overshadow the fact that we were also going for a place in Europe and we got that result for Kilmarnock Football Club, not Celtic or Rangers”

A dedicated professional only interested in one team his own . 

In November 1999 Ally Mitchell was given a testimonial match against Everton for a decades service at Kilmarnock . 

In his time at Kilmarnock he played 13 times in Europe against Kaiserslautern , Nice etc and was part of the last team to win now defunct Ayrshire Cup against the great unwashed . 

Super Ally Mitchell would call a halt to his career at our beloved club in 2003 under the guidance of Jim Jeffries at the time . Making a final appearance against Dundee Utd from bench .  

Ally went on to play with St Mirren a dozen times in an attempt to get game time before returning and finished his career at East Fife where it all began for Bully . 

After retiring Ally had a brief stint at managing 
Lochore Welfare a local junior club in Fife . This spell lasted a year before parting ways in 2008 . 

A Kilmarnock Legend a successful and honest player . Who travelled through some of the best moments of recent past with our club . 

A tribute to him from limited information I know and found out about him . 

Hopefully some of you who followed us in the 90’s can fill in some of the gaps for me with stories etc . 

We’ve got ...Ally Ally Ally Ally Mitchell .

 

 

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Look at our support benind bully and tommy 

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5 hours ago, Pelesboots said:

Wrong game -  it was when we beat Clydebank 6-0 after being 2 nil up after about 3 minutes.

He got a new lease of life after that game.  Did he not score against St Mirren soon after that?

That's the one. It really kick started our promotion push that year and he played a key role in getting us up

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