Player of the Year nomination. Rangers (second spell) Boyd signed a one-year contract with Rangers, of the Scottish Championship, on 27 June 2014. He made his first competitive appearance of his second spell at Ibrox on 5 August 2014; playing in Rangers' 2–1 win over Hibernian in the first round of the Challenge Cup. A fortnight later, Boyd scored his first goals of the season; netting a hat-trick in an 8–1 rout of Clyde in the second round of the Challenge Cup. Boyd was released by Rangers at the end of the season, along with several other players, after the club failed to gain promotion to the Scottish Premiership. Kilmarnock (third spell) Boyd signed a three-year contract with Kilmarnock in June 2015. On 13 August 2016, Boyd scored his 100th goal for Kilmarnock, in a 2–1 win away to Hamilton Academical. He scored the fastest goal in Scottish Premiership history after just 10 seconds on 28 January 2016, in a 3–2 home defeat of Ross County. Boyd scored his 200th top flight league goal, in a 2–1 home defeat to Motherwell on 6 March 2017, becoming the fifth post-war player to reach that milestone. In December 2017, Boyd scored both Kilmarnock goals in a 2–1 win against Rangers. Boyd enjoyed a renaissance in his fortunes in the 2017–18 season, under the management of Steve Clarke. He finished as the top goalscorer in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership with 18 goals, and was nominated for both the PFA (Players') and SWFA (Writers') Player of the Year awards. On 6 April 2019, Boyd scored from the penalty-spot in a 2–0 victory over St Johnstone. With the goal, Boyd became the club's joint-second league goalscorer of all time, level with Eddie Morrison on 121 goals. It was also Boyd's 300th goal in his professional football career across his various clubs and with Scotland. He announced his retirement from professional football in June 2019. International career Boyd was regularly selected for the Scotland under-21 team, winning eight caps and scoring once. On 11 May 2006, he made his debut for the Scotland national team and scored twice in a 5–1 win over Bulgaria in the Kirin Cup. Boyd then took part in European Championship qualifying, scoring twice against the Faroe Islands in a 6–0 win and also against Georgia in a 2–1 win, his fifth goal in six games. On 11 October 2008, Boyd stated