Pars thrashed by rampant Killie

New boss Stephen Kenny may be desperate to record his first win since taking over the reigns at East End Park but was left trying to pick up the pieces of his team's shattered confidence instead. Gordon Greer grabbed an early opener - which was cancelled out by Stevie Crawford - before Paul Di Giacomo and Colin Nish helped themselves to a double each. The Pars' misery was compounded when Souleymane Bamba was shown the red card with more than half-an-hour of the game remaining. Kenny will now head back to Dublin to take charge of former club Derry City for the final time when they take on St Patrick's Athletic in the FAI Cup Final. But, for Dunfermline, every game between now and the end of the season will be a cup final as they attempt to avoid relegation this season. The fixture may initially have failed to capture the imagination. But five goals in the opening 26 minutes meant the supporters who made the trip to Rugby Park certainly got value for money, although Pars fans would have felt short-changed by the performance of their team. Kilmarnock were in front with the first attack of the game with just seven minutes on the clock. A Garry Hay corner picked out Greer in front of goal and he left goalkeeper Dorus De Vries with no chance with a close-range header. But Dunfermline refused to buckle under Killie's early pressure and were back on level terms with 11 minutes on the clock. An Owen Morrison cut-back found Crawford and he slotted past goalkeeper Graeme Smith to haul the Pars back into the game. However, Kilmarnock had their noses back in front in the 19th minute when Hay exchanged a neat one-two with Nish before setting up Di Giacomo for the shot. The Killie midfielder had his name on the scoresheet again in the 25th minute. This time he tried his luck with a long-range effort, which fizzed past the goalkeeper and nestled in the bottom corner of the net. And Killie strengthened their lead further two minutes later. A Steven Naismith effort was pushed onto the bar by De Vries but Nish was lurking in front of goal to bundle home the rebound. Dunfermline made their first change of the game after 30 minutes, swapping forward Frederic Daquin for defender Bamba. The home crowd screamed for a penalty on the stroke of half-time when Frazer Wright went to ground under pressure from Gary Mason but the pleas were ignored by referee John Underhill. Kilmarnock were hungry for more goals and Di Giacomo could have claimed his hat-trick shortly after the break. Hay sent a teasing cross into the box but he just failed to connect in front of goal and the Pars defence managed to clear the danger. The day went from bad to worse for Dunfermline when Bamba was ordered off in the 57th minute for appearing to throw a punch at Naismith. Kenny was forced to shuffle his pack and Morrison was sacrificed for Aaron Labonte. Dunfermline were now completely devoid of confidence and it was only a matter of time before Killie grabbed their fifth of the day. A Greer header found Nish at the back post and he side-footed home from six yards in the 72nd minute to complete the rout. Scott Muirhead almost had the ball in the back of his own net in the dying minutes. But Dunfermline were at least spared any further embarrassment before the final whistle.