'A horrible feeling' - Lowery desperate to avoid another relegation

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Tom Lowery has already swallowed the bitter pill of relegation once in his career and doesn't want to taste it again.

The 28-year-old was at Crewe when the Lancashire club dropped into League Two in England in 2022.

The midfielder once nicknamed 'Miniesta' came through the Crewe youth academy and felt the pain of relegation keenly.

"It's a horrible feeling," he said. "It's something that I definitely don't want to go through again.

"Those sorts of feelings and what it does for football clubs, it sticks with you and you don't want to experience that ever again."

Although Crewe were relegated, Lowery stayed in League One, signing for Portsmouth on a three-year contract, but his time there was blighted with injuries and he was loaned back to his boyhood club before being released at the end of the 2024-2025 season.

He signed for Kilmarnock last July and has found himself in another relegation battle as the 11th-placed Ayrshire side try to avoid the play-off spot.

Neil McCann's men will attempt to end a three-game winless run on Saturday at home to Dundee United.

"We've been playing well recently, maybe not got the results that we deserve, but everyone's feeling confident going into the last four games," added Lowery.

"The manager's message is to carry on with the performances that we've been producing but take our chances and not concede avoidable goals."

One of those avoidable goals was the difference between the teams at Pittodrie last weekend when Aberdeen scored in their first attack.

It was the third consecutive away game in which Killie had conceded in the opening minute, and Lowery says the players are working to cut out such lapses.

He said: "We're all feeling that and we're all really eager to put that right on Saturday, because that's the only thing we can do now is try and put it right in the next game."