Derek McInnes reckons Kilmarnock are in for a fan-tastic season if they can tap into the social club's incredible support.

Over x,000 Killie punters packed into Rugby Park on the historic dark they defeated Arbroath to win promotion back to the Premiership.

And with social media groups and pages flooded with requests to purchase spare tickets, information technology'south clear that – with the right amount of success on the park – a big following can flock through the gates.

McInnes is hoping to reveal the true potential past getting Killie back to their best as they fix to square off against Dundee United today with the Championship winners' flag to be unfurled.

The manager told the Kilmarnock Standard: "Nosotros are all excited for the Dundee United game. Y'all've got to expect forward to the start of the season.

"I know we've had the League Cup but I don't think that really grabbed whatever club's fans in terms of existent interest. It'southward all about the Premiership starting and at this phase last flavour, we'd have done anything to be here today.

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"We've got the reward of last season's piece of work, the lath got their reward for beingness strong with the budget to give myself and Tommy [Wright] the best take a chance to build our squads.

"When you go into that first game of the season there's got to be that apprehension, excitement, passion and enthusiasm for information technology; that's what nosotros're here for.

"I want as many Kilmarnock fans as possible in here for Saturday, the fans are so important.

"What nosotros did have terminal season was knowing if we tapped into our support it would be crucial considering no 1 carried our level of support.

"There is no doubt that the fans played a huge role in our success and I want that connectedness between the fans and squad to be strong.

"I desire us to try and be successful together and hopefully we can enjoy the flavor. I desire Killie fans to wake up on a Saturday morning time and be excited to come and see the team.

"I want to have a squad on the park that they tin exist proud of, even if a upshot doesn't go our way I desire u.s. to always take a competitive side to u.s..

"Nosotros know that nosotros take got work to do to get that trust fully, just we want everyone to buy into it and help united states along the style.

"We are certainly going to try and relish it. A flavor in the Championship was no good for anyone, simply it shows you what can happen if you don't do things right.

"We won't go everything correct in one transfer window. I think information technology's unrealistic to remember that."

Derek McInnes and his Kilmarnock players celebrate winning the Championship

Derek McInnes and his Kilmarnock players celebrate winning the Championship

A break in November for the World Cup volition touch on the season – and McInnes reckons it gives him the chance to focus on 3 parts of the entrada, including the post-split fixtures.

He said: "Over the course of the season nosotros're looking for improvements as we proceed. We volition split the season into different stages.

"We will try and get to that Earth Cup break with a certain corporeality of points, and nosotros will attempt to interruption the season into three parts and endeavour to accrue as many points as we tin from the start.

"It's peculiarly of import for a newly-promoted team to get that first win equally chop-chop as possible and try to become off to a good start.

"It's a tricky beginning we have, but you lot have to play anybody, then it doesn't affair who nosotros play. We have to believe that we're good enough to option up points."

McInnes knows how good information technology feels to return a team to the height flight after doing it with St Johnstone dorsum in 2009. He admits information technology makes things experience "fresh and heady" effectually the place.

He said: "I was in the Championship with St Johnstone and we managed to be successful. Nosotros broke a club unbeaten tape which still stands.

"I remember how good that felt with St Johnstone beingness out of the elevation flying for a number of years.

"Last flavour it felt different during it, considering in that location was more pressure to get Killie back up.

"I call up coming up with St Johnstone we had that confidence of being a winning team and picking upwardly points most weeks. When yous go up a level, yous have to deal with losing more than. But information technology certainly feels similar to and so. It's fresh and exciting."

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