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Wednesday, 6th Dec 2006The Pars last home league win against Celtic is now over seventeen years ago and Istvan Kozma and Ross Jack scored the all important goals.
Dunfermline would love to extinguish the memories of Celtic`s last visit to East End Park but they are fighting the odds as the runaway league leaders come calling on Sunday. Few people recall Andy Tod`s goal that drew the Pars level in the 14th minute. That has been forgotten about as everything else that happened in that game is buried. There have been just two Dunfermline wins out of twenty four Premier League home games against Celtic. The two victories took place in 1987 and 1989.
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Premier League v Celtic (Home) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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24 |
2 |
6 |
16 |
17 |
56 |
The Pars last home league win against Celtic is now over seventeen years ago. Istvan Kozma and Ross Jack scored the important goals in front of 19,580 supporters.
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Milestones Celtic (Home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
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2-0 |
Prem League |
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Last League Defeat |
1-8 |
SPL | |
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Best League Victory |
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5-1 |
Div 1* |
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Worst League Defeat |
1-8 |
SPL | |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Dorus de Vries was the star of the first meeting this season limiting the Hoops to just Stephen McManus`s header from a Nakamura corner splitting the teams.
Last time Celtic ran riot at East End Park
Last Twelve League Matches v Celtic | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 16/09/06 | A | 0-1 | [0-1] McManus |
| 19/02/06 | H | 1-8 | [0-1] Petrov, [1-1] Tod, ([1-2] Hartson, [1-3] Zurawski, [1-4] Zurawski, [1-5] Zurawski, [1-6] Maloney, [1-7] Lennon, [1-8] Zurawski |
| 26/11/05 | A | 1-0 | [1-0] Ross |
| 28/08/05 | H | 0-4 | [0-1] Zurawski, [0-2] Hartson, [0-3] Nakamura (58), [0-4] Zurawski |
| 12/03/05 | A | 0-6 | [0-1] Hartson, [0-2] McGeady, [0-3] Hartson, [0-4] Petrov [0-5] Petrov, [0-6] Beattie |
| 12/12/04 | H | 0-2 | [0-1] Sutton, [0-2] Petrov |
| 25/09/04 | A | 0-3 | [0-1] Varga, [0-2] Camara , [0-3] Camara |
| 02/05/04 | A | 2-1 | [1-0] Nicholson, [1-1] Larsson, [2-1] Dempsey |
| 11/02/04 | H | 1-4 | [1-0] Hunt. [1-1] Larsson, [1-2] Larsson, [1-3] Varga, [1-4] Thompson |
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A |
0-5 |
[0-1] Hartson, [0-2] Hartson, [0-3] Wallace, [0-4] Varga, [0-5] Larrson | |
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H |
0-0 |
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H |
1-4 |
[0-1] Larsson, [0-2] Petrov, [0-3] Petrov, [0-4] Thomson (p), [1-4] McNicol | |
Its top v bottom, the two teams are divided by the other ten SPL clubs. The 5-1 defeat at Rugby Park certainly will have dented the Pars confidence and the bookmaker will not be giving long odds on a Celtic victory. Sol Bamba will be suspended following his 57th minute red card at Kilmarnock.
| Current League Position | |
| Dunfermline | Celtic |
| 12 | 1 |
| Last 6-Match Form | |
| DLLWLL | WWWDW |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P8, W3, D1, L4 | P8, W5, D2, L1 |
| Leading Scorers | |
| S Crawford (4) | S Nakamura (5) |
Celtic`s run of five away wins ended at Easter Road but those were the first away points dropped since the opening two games of the season when they lost at Tynecastle and drew at Inverness.
| Recent Form | |||||
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Dunfermline |
L |
W |
L |
L |
W |
| Celtic Away |
D Hibs 2-2 |
W St Mirren 3-1 |
W Kilmarnock 2-1 |
W Dundee United 4-1 |
W Falkirk 1-0 |
DUNFERMLINE (last time out at Kilmarnock): Dorus de Vries; Greg Ross (Jim Hamilton 79), Greg Shields (c), Scott Wilson, Scott Morrison; Owen Morrison (Aaron Labonte 59), Stephen Simmons, Gary Mason, Scott Muirhead;; Frederic Daquin (Souleymane Bamba 30), Stevie Crawford
SUBS NOT USED: Roddy McKenzie (GK), Calum Woods, Iain Williamson, Calum Smith.
CELTIC (last time out v Aberdeen): Artur Borac; Paul Telfer, Bobo Balde, Stephen McManus, Lee Naylor; Shunsuke Nakamura, Neil Lennon, Thomas Gravesen (Maciej Zurawski 67) Aiden McGeady, Jiri Jarosik; Kenny Miller (Stephen Pearson 87)
SUBS NOT USED: David Marshall, Evander Sno, Derek Riordan, Mark Wilson, Darren O`Dea
Referee for this match will br Craig Thomson. This will be his third Dunfermline match of the season; he handled the 1-0 defeat at Falkirk and the CIS Insurance Cup tie against Ayr United.
Come on ye Pars!
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