The rain was tumbling down without reprieve and Somerset Park was beginning to resemble a swimming pool.Water, water everywhere bouncing on to a mud-soaked surface.
Perfect conditions for a full blooded Scottish Cup tie against your fiercest rivals.Bobby Williamson stepped off the Kilmarnock team bus and shook his head at the grim vision before him.
He clearly didn’t fancy the scrap that lay ahead.Ayr chairman Bill Barr was biting the ear of referee Hugh Dallas who was having doubts right up to kick-off.Manager Gordon Dalziel smelt blood and was insistent that the fourth round tie on February 14, 1998 before a sell-out crowd should not fall because of a shower of rain.The monsoons eased for a brief window and horizontal groundsman Davie
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