Kenny Shiels an "outrageous fabrication" on turning against him. He since he has no regret accusing Dallas, insisting it was a clear conscience. Once again, Shiels received a four-game ban after being found guilty of two charges over comment about Andrew Dallas. In March 2013, Shiels signed a returning striker, Kris Boyd, whose team [Kilmarnock] which he started his career with, on a free transfer. At the end of the 2012–13 season, with the club finished ninth place, endured their worst home record in more than 30 years, Shiels future at Kilmarnock was in doubt after making comment about Celtic in a
Mark McWalter by Partick McWalter moved to the Irish Football League with Coleraine and became a 'cult hero' at the club. He was linked with the manager's job after the departure of Felix Healy in 1994 but lost out to Kenny Shiels, a manager with whom he would later clash, resulting in McWalter moving to Ballymena United for a year. He was the club's top scorer in his sole season. McWalter returned to Scotland in 1996 to play three final seasons back at Gayfield Park. Unable to cope with the rigours of full-time football due a persistent knee injury McWalter left full-time