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Tuesday, 5th Jan 2010Dunfermline Athletic have progressed only once in four previous pairings. They have never yet beaten Stenhousemuir at East End Park in the Scottish Cup.
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Manager John Coughlin hopes the weather allows him to bring his Stenhousemuir side to East End Park this Saturday for the Active Nations Scottish Cup tie against Dunfermline. The former St Mirren gaffer was appointed Warriors Manager in October 2007 and he achieved promotion in his first full season as manager with the club at the end of season 2008/09. John`s playing career was with Newtongrange Star JFC, Meadowbank Thistle and Berwick Rangers before injury cut short his career.
There have been 76 meetings between these teams. Dunfermline have won 34, Stenhousemuir 22 and 20 matches have been drawn. The best Pars result was an 11-2 win in 1930. Stenhousemuir`s last win at East End Park was 15 visits back just before Jock Stein arrived in February 1960 but that was in the Scottish Cup. Their best win at East End Park is also in the Scottish Cup in February 1950.
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Milestones v Stenhousemuir (home) | |||
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Last Victory |
19/08/85 |
4-0 |
League Cup |
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Last Defeat |
13/02/60 |
2-3 |
Scottish Cup |
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Best Victory |
27/09/30 |
11-2 |
Div Two (old) |
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Worst Defeat |
25/02/50 |
1-4 |
Scottish Cup |
Dunfermline Athletic have progressed only once in four previous pairings. They have never yet beaten Stenhousemuir at East End Park in the Scottish Cup.
| Scottish Cup meetings | ||||
| 1962/1963 | ||||
| Round 3 Replay | Stenhousemuir | 0-3 | Dunfermline | 26/02/63 |
| Round 3 | Dunfermline | 0-0 | Stenhousemuir | 17/02/63 |
| 1959/1960 | ||||
| Round 2 | Dunfermline | 2-3 | Stenhousemuir | 13/02/60 |
| 1949/1950 | ||||
| Round 3 | Dunfermline | 1-4 | Stenhousemuir | 25/02/50 |
| 1948/1949 | ||||
| Round 1 | Stenhousemuir | 0-1 | Dunfermline | 22/01/49 |
Stenhousemuir have not knocked out a Scottish League club away from home in the Scottish Cup since they won 3-0 at Dumbarton in January 2000. Stenny went on to give Hearts a fright in the next round when from being 2-0 up after half an hour at Tynecastle they lost 3-2 with Gary McSwegan scoring the winner in 88th minute. They have suffered cup exit to non league clubs twice in the last three seasons.
The Pars have been to Hampden three times in the last six seasons.
| Season |
DUNFERMLINE |
STENHOUSEMUIR | ||||||
| 2008-09 | N | Falkirk | 0-2 | Semi Final | H | East Fife | 0-1 | Round 4 |
| 2007-08 | A | Partick Thistle | 1-2 | Round 4 | A | Threave Rovers | 0-1 | Round 2 |
| 2006-07 | N | Celtic | 0-1 | Final | A | Preston Athletic | 0-2 | Round 1 |
| 2005-06 | H | Airdrie United | 3-4 | Round 3 | H | Partick Thistle | 1-4 | Round 2 |
| 2004-05 | H | Celtic | 0-3 | Round 4 | A | Alloa Athletic | 1-2 | Round 2 |
| 2003-04 | N | Celtic | 1-3 | Final | A | Gretna | 1-5 | Round 2 |
Stenhousemuir are currently seventh in Division Two with 20 points from 17 games. They have scored 21 goals but have only won twice away from home this season at Arbroath and Alloa. Their last match was a 2-1 defeat at Central Park on 15th December. Dunfermline are 6th in Division One with 26 points from 18 games having scored 23 goals.
| Form last six matches | ||||||
| Dunfermline Athletic | Stenhousemuir | |||||
| Inverness CT (H) | D | 0-0 | Cowdenbeath (A) | L | 1-2 | |
| Ross County (H) | D | 3-3 | Clyde (H) | W | 1-0 | |
| Ayr United (A) | L | 0-1 | Cove Rangers (H) | W | 5-0 | |
| Queen of the South (A) | W | 2-1 | Brechin City (H) | L | 1-1 | |
| Partick Thistle (H) | W | 3-1 | Alloa Athletic (A) | W |
4-1 | |
| Raith Rovers (A) | W | 2-1 | Dumbarton (H) | L | 0-3 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Inverness Caley Thistle): Greg Paterson; Greg Ross, Neil McGregor, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann; Willie Gibson (Calum Woods 89), Steven Bell (Nick Phinn 75), Alex Burke (c), David Graham; Steven McDougall (Joe Cardle 60), Andy Kirk.
SUBS NOT USED: Graeme Holmes, Greg Fleming (GK).
STENHOUSEMUIR (v Cowdenbeath): Chris McCluskey; Pat Scullion (Craig O`Reilly 82), Jordan Smith, Gary Thom, Chris McLeod, Stephen Thomson (Robert Love 82), Craig Molloy, Iain Thomson, Kevin Motion, Scott Dalziel (Andrew Stirling 82), Kevin Bradley
SUBS NOT USED: Iain Diack, Scott Bennett (GK).
Pat Scullion came through the Youth system at Dunfermline before going on to play for Cowdenbeath, Elgin City and Alloa Athletic. The 23 year old joined Stenhousemuir at the start of this season.
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