Dunfermline 1 Queen of the South 1
Tuesday, 7th Mar 2017Ladbrokes Championship: Same Pars starting eleven. Michael Moffat (17) 1-0: Joe Thomson (28) 1-1
For the re-arranged match against Queen of the South manager Allan Johnston went with the same starting eleven as faced Dumbarton on Saturday. Queen of the South made three changes from the team beaten by Falkirk. Two former Pars players Andy Dowie and Derek Lyle dropped to the bench and Jordan Marshall was out altogether. In came another former Par Chris Higgins, Jamie Hammil and Lyndon Dykes. Scott Mercer a product of the Dunfermline youth system continued in defence.
Queen of the South had played all of their previous five matches at home and had a rollercoaster lose-win sequence in their last six matches. They arrived at East End Park unbeaten away from home since before Christmas.
The Doonhammers kicked off attacking the goal at the McCathie Stand end but it was Dunfermline who pushed up early and got into a useful position but failed to get away the third minute shot. Next minute Paul McMullan was caught by John Rankin and despite the Pars man requiring treatment no free kick was given. The home number 18 was fit to continue.
The Pars were unlucky in seventh minute when Andy Geggan bore in on goal and when his shot was deflected the ball just didn`t sit up for Michael Moffat. Five minutes later keeper Lee Robinson was out to take a Jason Talbot pass before it could reach McMullan. Then Higgins cut out a long ball from Callum Morris intended for Michael Moffat.
Queen of the South did win a 15th minute corner when Dykes played the ball off Geggan but Nicky Clark was first to head the corner away before Stephen Dobbie was caught offside. The Pars went ahead two minutes later when the ball came through to MOFFAT and evading a challenge, slotted the opener in. 1-0
Gary Naismith`s men had two chances to immediately get back on level terms. Morris blocked a right footed Dom Thomas effort and next Joe Thomson fired high and wide from outside the box. A Thomas corner at the midway point of the first half was taken by Sean Murdoch and then Lee Ashcroft headed clear a dangerous cross from the on loan Motherwell player. However eleven minutes after going behind Queens pulled it back. A Rankin shot was blocked but THOMSON followed up to stick the ball in the bottom left from close in. 1-1
Higgins had to clear a Kallum Higginbotham cross, Geggan crossed and Clark was unlucky not to get his head to it but it was fairly open as the visitors also threatened. Morris headed a Thomas cross behind and Wedderburn cleared when Thomas delivered. Thomson fired wide and Murdoch made a fine block on a Dobbie effort on the angle four minutes from the break.
In an effort to snatch a half time lead McMullan embarked down the left, made ground into the box and cut back for Moffat but his shot was blocked. First half possession revealed 53% to the visitors, they had more shots than the Pars and led 4-0 on corners. But it`s goals that count and it was all square after the first 45 plus two added minutes.
Half time: Dunfermline 1 Queen of the South 1
Clark got the second half underway and straight away forced their first corner of the match off Rankin. Higginbotham delivered but Ashcroft`s header on target is taken by Robinson. Within a minute another corner this time conceded by Higgins was headed cleared by Jamie Hamill.
QOS first showing of the second period was a wildly hit shot from Thomas in 50th minute. They did earn themselves a corner on the right that Thomas hit into the sidenetting. Still it was the visitors pressing for the next goal, Wedderburn headed away a Hamill cross and then Dobbie saw his left footed shot from outside the box held by Murdoch.
The game required something to kick start it again and Allan Johnston made his first change introducing Joe Cardle for Kallum Higginbotham in 63 minutes. Again it was the visitors who got in shots however. Thomas missed to the right and in 71 minutes Murdoch palmed away a Dobbie shot that was destined for the top right corner.
As the match entered its final fifteen minutes Cardle and Moffat linked up but the final ball let them down. Then there was a fine chance for Clark but the ball came back off the left post. Two further substitutions followed by the Pars, Gavin Reilly for Michael Moffat and Michael Paton for Paul McMullan. John Herron headed Paton`s first cross into the arms of Robinson and then Cardle came close getting on the end of a Paton free kick but whizzing the ball wide left.
The Fifers pushed for the winner and from an 85th minute free kick to the right of the penalty box the ball fell to Morris but his overhead kick failed to do the business.
Paton then supplied a cross that Herron headed at the keeper. Again Dunfermline kept going but a corner in the second minute of added time that provided the last chance, was wasted.
Clark and Herron had the best chances to grab the winner but in the end there was not to be one. A point apiece probably suited Queen of the South more and they retain their fifth place spot and a four point advantage over the Pars.
SUBS NOT USED: Rhys McCabe, Callum Fordyce, Lewis Spence, Cammy Gill (GK)
SCORERS: Moffat (17)
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH: Lee Robinson: Scott Mercer, Chris Higgins, Darren Brownlie, Jamie Hamill: John Rankin, Joe Thomson (Owen Bell 88), Kyle Jacobs, Lyndon Dykes (Dale Hilson 83), Dom Thomas , Stephen Dobbie (Derek Lyle 83)
SUBS NOT USED: Andy Dowie, Conner Murray, Danny Carmichael, Jim Atkinson (GK)
SCORERS: Joe Thomson (28)
YELLOW CARD: Rankin (26), Brownlie (86)
REFEREE: Euan Anderson
WEATHER: Cloudy 6C
ATTENDANCE 2653
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Tuesday, 7th Mar 2017Ladbrokes Championship: (home) Tuesday 7th March 2017, kick off 7.45pm at East End Park.
Dunfermline Athletic will play one of their games in hand when they welcome Gary Naismith`s Queen of the South to East End Park on Tuesday night. The Dumfries side`s win in Dunfermline in August was the seventh of ten wins in their first twelve matches. Form and then managers changed until now in fifth place they meet sixth placed Dunfermline.
| Pars v Queen of the South: The Full League Record | ||||||
| . | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| At East End Park | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 84 | 37 |
| At Palmerston Park | 37 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 63 |
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| Division One (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 25 |
| Division Two (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 31 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 36 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| TOTALS | 71 | 36 | 11 | 24 | 132 | 100 |
Dunfermline have 36 league wins to 24 Queen of the South wins, 11 have been drawn. . Queens two wins in 2009 were their first league wins at East End Park in over 53 years!
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Milestones v Queen of the South (home) |
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Last League Victory |
16/04/11 |
6-1 |
First Division |
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Last League Defeat |
27/08/16 |
0-1 |
Championship |
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Best League Victory |
30/12/72 |
6-1 |
Div One (old) |
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16/04/11 |
6-1 |
First Division |
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Worst League Defeat |
26/09/09 |
1-4 |
First Division |
Last Time QOS at East End Park
Dunfermline 0 Queen of the South 1
27th August 2016
There was only one goal, it came with the interval beckoning. Stephen Dobbie was taken down by Rhys McCabe and the Dumfries side were awarded a free kick 35 yards out. Jamie Hamill sent the ball to the outside of the far post where Andy Dowie headed the ball back across the face of goal for Derek LYLE to head home the 45th minute opener. Simple but effective 0-1
In 62 minutes the Pars were reduced to ten men after Jason Talbot went in with both feet on his old team mate Kyle Jacobs. The ten men made a gallant effort to rescue a point but failed to find the net despite creating good chances.
DUNFERMLINE: David Hutton: Ryan Williamson, Lee Ashcroft, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot: Rhys McCabe (Lewis Spence 80), Andy Geggan (c), Kallum Higginbotham (Paul McMullan HT), Michael Paton: Michael Moffat (Lewis Martin 64), Gavin Reilly.
SUBS NOT USED: Euan Spark, Callum Fordyce, Cammy Gill (GK)
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH: Lee Robinson: Jamie Hamill, Jordan Marshall, Andy Dowie, Darren Brownlie: Grant Anderson, Mark Millar (Callum Tapping 88), Kyle Jacobs, Lyndon Dykes (Steven Rigg 83), Derek Lyle (Dale Hilson 72), Stephen Dobbie.
SUBS NOT USED: Owen Moxon, Jake Pickard, Chris Higgins, Robbie Thomson (GK)
| Last Twelve League Matches v Queen of the South | ||||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 17/12/16 | A | 2-2 | D | Championship |
| 27/08/16 | H | 0-1 | L | Championship |
| 16/04/11 | H | 6-1 | W | First Division |
| 26/02/11 | A | 3-1 | W | First Division |
| 11/12/10 | H | 1-0 | W | First Division |
| 02/10/10 | A | 0-2 | L | First Division |
| 27/03/10 | A | 0-2 | L | First Division |
| 13/03/10 | H | 3-1 | W | First Division |
| 01/12/09 | A | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 26/09/09 | H | 1-4 | L | First Division |
| 02/05/09 | A | 3-0 | W | First Division |
| 31/01/09 | H | 0-2 | L | First Division |
The Pars have won six of the last twelve league meetings.
| Dunfermline . | Queen of the South |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 5 |
| Recent form: Last Six Games | |
| DLDDDW | WLWLWL |
| League Points | |
| 30 | 34 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -1 | -2 |
| Home / AwayLeague Record | |
| P12, W4, D5, L3 | P12, W4, D4, L4 |
From a strong position where they looked strong contenders for promotion Queen of the South then put in a run of two goalless draws followed by seven straight defeats. In fact between mid September and Hogmanay they took just five points from a possible 39. Dunfermline have only lost one of their last eleven league matches.
| . . Form last six matches. | ||||||
| . . Dunfermline . | . | . Queen of the South . | ||||
| . Dumbarton (H) | W | .5-1 | . Falkirk (H) | L | 0-2 | |
| . Hibernian (A) | D | 2-2 | . Raith Rovers (H) | W | 2-1 | |
| . Hamilton (A) | D | .1-1 | . Dundee United (H) | L | 2-3 | |
| . Hamilton (H) | D | 1-1 | . Morton (H) | W | 3-0 | |
| . Falkirk (A) | L | .0-2 | . Hibernian (H) | L |
0-1 |
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| . Dundee United (H) | D | 1-1 | . Dumbarton (A) | W | 2-1 | |
Queen of the South have played all five of their last matches at home and have a rollercoaster lose-win sequence in the last six matches. . They are unbeaten away from home since before Christmas.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Dumbarton): Sean Murdoch: Andy Geggan (c), Callum Morris, Lee Ashcroft, Jason Talbot: Nat Wedderburn (Lewis Spence 73): Kallum Higginbotham, John Herron (Rhys McCabe 58), Paul McMullan: Nicky Clark, Michael Moffat (Gavin Reilly 76).
SUBS NOT USED: Joe Cardle, Michael Paton, Callum Fordyce, David Hutton (GK)
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (v Falkirk): Lee Robinson: Jamie Hamill, Jordan
Marshall, Andy Dowie, Darren Brownlie: Grant Anderson, Mark Millar (Jake Pickard 85), Kyle Jacobs, Lyndon Dykes, Derek Lyle (Dale Hilson 67), Stephen Dobbie (Owen Moxon 94)
SUBS NOT USED: Steven Rigg, Scott Hooper, Callum Tapping, Robbie Thomson (GK)
Referee will be Euan Anderson
C`mon Ye Pars!
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