Matty Kennedy first game for "Killie" in a 2–1 win over St Mirren at Rugby Park on 2 January 2012. He ended the 2011–12 campaign with 11 Scottish Premier League appearances. He played three games at the start of the 2012–13 season before leaving the club; manager Kenny Shiels expressed his concern that Kennedy had left Kilmarnock too soon and he had missed out on seeing Kennedy's "proper development" at the club. On 31 August 2012, the final day of the summer transfer window, Kennedy signed for English Premier League side Everton for a "nominal fee". The fee was later revealed to
Oran Kearney the Cross and Passion College in Ballycastle. Kearney interviewed for the St Mirren job in June 2018, but Alan Stubbs was appointed instead. Stubbs was sacked by St Mirren after four matches in the 2018–19 Scottish Premiership, and Kearney was appointed as his replacement. Kearney is the son-in-law of former Derry City manager Kenny Shiels. Oran Kearney Oran Kearney (born 29 July 1978) is a Northern Irish football manager currently in charge of Scottish Premiership club St Mirren. Kearney joined Ballymena United from Moyola Park in 2002, after father-in-law Kenny Shiels became manager of the club. In 2005, Kearney joined