<body><div> Ollie Bainbridge "couldn’t be more grateful" at being handed a start against Tromso on Thursday as Kilmarnock’s European adventure continued. The on-loan Sunderland defender, 19, was drafted in for just the second start of his senior career after lining up against Celtic in the Scottish Premiership opener. Bainbridge played a part in Killie’s fine defensive showing in Norway and "loved the experience" after initially feeling "a bit shaky". "There's not many times you get to play in Europe in your career, so to do it very early on, I couldn’t be more grateful," he told BBC Scotland. "We've got a lot of experience and the back four sort of kept us together. A lot of communication, the team stuck together and we saw that with the clean sheet." <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Bainbridge is keen to help Kilmarnock find the form they displayed last season after a somewhat stuttering start to the new campaign. "The gaffer has mentioned they were really solid last season, and in Norway we showed it again," he said. "So maybe it was just a blip for the past couple of games. He was just so proud and absolutely buzzing for us and the fans. What a win." <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0GlZLs_0v0CokF900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0GlZLs_0v0CokF900" width="1826" height="317" > BBC </figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div></body>

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Ollie Bainbridge \"couldn’t be more grateful\" at being handed a start against Tromso on Thursday as Kilmarnock’s European adventure continued.The on-loan Sunderland defender, 19, was drafted in for just the second start of his senior career after lining up against Celtic in the Scottish Premiership opener.Bainbridge played a part in Killie’s fine defensive showing in Norway and \"loved the experience\" after initially feeling \"a bit shaky\".\"There's not many times you get to play in Europe in your career, so to do it very early on, I couldn’t be more grateful,\" he told BBC Scotland.\"We've got a lot of experience and the back four sort of kept us together. A lot of communication, the team stuck together and we saw that with the clean sheet.\"Bainbridge is keen to help Kilmarnock find the form they displayed last season after a somewhat stuttering start to the new campaign.\"The gaffer has mentioned they were really solid last season, and in Norway we showed it again,\" he said.\"So maybe it was just a blip for the past couple of games. He was just so proud and absolutely buzzing for us and the fans. What a win.\"

Ollie Bainbridge "couldn’t be more grateful" at being handed a start against Tromso on Thursday as Kilmarnock’s European adventure continued.The on-loan Sunderland defender, 19, was drafted in for just the second start of his senior career after lining up against Celtic in the Scottish Premiership opener.Bainbridge played a part in Killie’s fine defensive showing in Norway and "loved the experience" after initially feeling "a bit shaky"."There's not many times you get to play in Europe in your career, so to do it very early on, I couldn’t be more grateful," he told BBC Scotland."We've got a lot of experience and the back four sort of kept us together. A lot of communication, the team stuck together and we saw that with the clean sheet."Bainbridge is keen to help Kilmarnock find the form they displayed last season after a somewhat stuttering start to the new campaign."The gaffer has mentioned they were really solid last season, and in Norway we showed it again," he said."So maybe it was just a blip for the past couple of games. He was just so proud and absolutely buzzing for us and the fans. What a win."

Bainbridge 'grateful' to be thrown in at deep end

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