Kilmarnock’s sinking ship powerless to avoid a calamity against Dundee

Kilmarnock had been an ever-present in Scotland’s top tier ever since Tommy Burns led them to promotion in 1993 but that proud record disappeared in a puff of smoke last night.

Two years after finishing third under Steve Clarke they finished second-bottom and their putrid performance at Rugby Park condemned them to Championship football next season

Dundee, whose winning margin could easily have been greater in each leg of this play-off final, can now look forward to returning to Parkhead and Ibrox while Kilmarnock must make do with Gayfield and Palmerston. It took the Ayrshire outfit 12 years to return to the highest level following their relegation from the SPL in 1981 and the financial repercussions of this demotion may leave them languishing in the