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McInnes says Kilmarnock’s Europa League adventure ‘there to be enjoyed’
Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes, May 5, 2024

KILMARNOCK manager Derek McInnes has stressed to his players to make the most of the club’s return to European football for themselves and the supporters.

Killie host Cercle Brugge tomorrow in the second qualifying round of the Europa League at a sold-out Rugby Park, which is hosting its first European game in five years.

With the previous sojourn into foreign competition starting and ending with defeat to Connah’s Quay Nomads in the first weeks of Angelo Alessio’s short reign, it is 23 years ago that Killie fans got the chance to travel overseas, when they took on Viking Stavanger, and the first opportunity for many of the players to compete at this level.

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