Preview Airdrie United
Wednesday, 19th Aug 2009With a 1-1 draw the Pars failed to beat Airdrie in the January fixture at home and the return in Lanarkshire in April had a similar score line.
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Dunfermline welcome Kenny Black`s Airdrie United side to East End Park on Saturday. Somewhat of a surprise to both but with Livingston relegated to the Third Division, for the second successive season the Lanarkshire club have had their own relegation reversed because of happenings off the park. After losing out on promotion in the play offs at the end of last season to Ayr, Airdrie United were preparing for life in the Second Division. Last year it was the demise of Gretna that made room for them to avoid the drop and this year it is the Almondvale club who have made way for Airdrie United to be re-instated to the First Division.
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Pars v Airdrie: The Full League Record | ||||||
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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At |
48 |
20 |
17 |
11 |
81 |
76 |
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At Airdrie |
45 |
12 |
11 |
22 |
70 |
102 |
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Division One (up to 1975) |
42 |
19 |
6 |
17 |
83 |
90 |
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Division Two (up to 1975) |
12 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
24 |
42 |
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Premier League (since 1975) |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
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First Division (since 1975) |
35 |
12 |
18 |
5 |
40 |
38 |
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TOTALS |
93 |
32 |
28 |
33 |
151 |
178 |
Exactly a year ago on 23rd August the sides played out a 0-0 draw at East End Park but in November last year Dunfermline recorded a fine 3-1 win at New Broomfield. With a 1-1 draw the Pars failed to beat Airdrie in the January fixture at home and the return in Lanarkshire in April had a similar score line. There was a happier outcome in February`s Homecoming Scottish Cup tie with Graham Bayne`s 73rd minute strike earning his team a 2-1 win at Airdrie.
The only other previous meetings have been the 4-3 defeat at East End Park in the 2005-2006 Scottish Cup in and the 2-0 Challenge Cup win in Lanarkshire last season.
| Dunfermline | Airdrie United |
| Current League Position | |
| 4 | 9 |
| League Results | |
| LW | LD |
| League Points | |
| 3 | 1 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +1 | -1 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P2, W1, D0, L1 | P2, W0, D1, L1 |
So far in this season`s league Airdrie have drawn one and lost one. After the disappointment of Tuesday night and the opening league fixture at East End Park, Dunfermline will want to record a victory for their home fans. As we keep being reminded, there are no easy matches in the First Division and on last season`s form matches between Dunfermline and Airdrie United certainly prove that. Both sides faced Queen of the South last time out; Airdrie drew at home, Dunfermline lost at home but Saturday is a different day and hopefully a different result for the Pars.
| Recent Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline | Airdrie United | |||||
| Queen of the South (H) | L | 1-2 | Queen of the South (H) | D | 1-1 | |
| Morton (A) | W | 2-0 | Ross County (A) | L | 1-2 | |
| Inverness CT (H) | L | 0-1 | Alloa Athletic (H) | D | 0-0 | |
| Dumbarton (A) | W | 5-0 | Partick Thistle (H) | L | 0-1 | |
| Arbroath (H) | W | 2-1 | ||||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v QOS): Greg Fleming; Calum Woods, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann (c), Scott Muirhead; Willie Gibson, Graeme Holmes (Steven Bell 63), Nick Phinn, Joe Cardle (Paul Willis 71); Andy Kirk, Steven McDougall (Jordan White 83).
SUBS NOT USED: Greg Paterson (GK), Greg Ross,
AIRDRIE UNITED (v QOS): Stephen Robertson; Darren Smith, Paul Lovering, Kevin McDonald, Bobby Donnelly, A Trialist, Alan Trouten (B Trialist 77), Scott McLauchlin, Paul Keegan (Kevin Watt 76), John Baird, Ricky Waddell (Scott Gemmill 51)
SUBS NOT USED: Patrick McCabe, Lee Hollis (GK)
Referee will be Anthony Law.
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