SPFL Trust Trophy: Kilmarnock 3 - 1 Queen's Park

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Kilmarnock ran out fairly comfortable winners in this SPFL Trust Trophy match against Queen's Park

The Killie boss used the game to shuffle his pack, making several changes from the side which surprisingly lost at home to Raith in last week's league fixture. You can see the highlights in the video posted from Queen's Park YouTube channel.

For Queen’s Park, the manager Laurie Ellis also made changes. The exciting Luis Longstaff, on loan from Liverpool, starting in place of Simon Murray, with Calum Ferrie taking over in goal, and Liam Brown, who received a right heavy clatter in the game at home to Montrose, dropping to the bench in favour of Lewis Moore. Grant Gillespie and Louis Longridge started in place of Connor Smith and Luca Connell.

The Queen's Park match report was very complimentary towards their opponents.  Despite suffering from relegation last season, they were a cut above what Queen’s normally face on a Saturday. 

Kilmarnock's younger players were making the most of their opportunities, with Charlie McArthur, their exciting 16 year old defender making his starting debut, whilst the more seasoned players like Burke was looking to make a case for his retention.

You can read the full match report here

More reaction

This is how the Kilmarnock Twitter account responded to the victory. It's been a strange period for the club and their fans. They would have been gutted with their relegation from Scotland's top flight, but they have had a decent start to life in the lower division.

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