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Wednesday, 27th Apr 2011Can Dunfermline win and take the three points that would secure their promotion back to the SPL after a four season absence?
Pictures from Cappielow 6th May 2000
The last time Dunfermline were promoted from the First Division their last away game was at Morton. That day - 6th May 2000 - Dunfermline lost 2-0 but it didn`t matter since a win at Inverness two weeks before had secured promotion. That afternoon when just 979 paid to watch as the home fans boycotted the game in protest at their club and climbed the trees to watch from outside Cappielow.
The Dunfermline team against Morton in 2000 was Ian Westwater; Mark McGarty, Justin Skinner, John Potter, Scott Thomson (Brian Reid 76); Hamish French (Kevin McLeish 81), Jason Dair, Stevie Crawford, Stewart Petrie; Lee Bullen, Owen Coyle (Chris Templeman 70).
Just over a decade later on 6th November 2010 there was a crowd of 1813 at Cappielow when Dunfermline and Morton last met. That was a bad day as Steven Bell sustained an injury that put him out for the rest of the season and the Pars went down 2-1 to Allan Moore`s men.
The question this Saturday is can Dunfermline win and take the three points that would secure their promotion back to the SPL after a four season absence? Certainly there would seem to be plenty of Pars fans intending to travel west for the penultimate game of the campaign against Morton. Jim McIntyre`s team needs little firing up for this one but possibly there are few more difficult away fixtures in the First Division.
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Pars v Morton: The Full League Record | ||||||
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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At |
41 |
24 |
8 |
9 |
82 |
42 |
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At Cappielow |
39 |
15 |
12 |
12 |
48 |
44 |
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Division One (up to 1975) |
20 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
38 |
22 |
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Division Two (up to 1975) |
16 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
27 |
22 |
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Premier League (since 1975) |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
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First Division (since 1975) |
38 |
16 |
9 |
11 |
53 |
38 |
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TOTALS |
80 |
39 |
20 |
21 |
130 |
86 |
Morton have twelve home wins to the Pars 15 wins in Greenock while the Fifers have the upperhand in the fixture with almost as many wins as defeats and draws added together.
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Milestones v Morton (Away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
27/02/10 |
First Div | |
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Last League Defeat |
06/11/10 |
First Div | |
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Best League Victory |
11/12/99 |
3-0 |
Div 1 |
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Worst League Defeat |
14/08/26 |
0-3 |
Div 1* |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
After winning six matches in a row against Morton, Dunfermline have now lost the last two. There have been one draws and five Morton wins in the last twelve matches. The last win at Cappielow was a 2-1 win in February 2010 when Andy Kirk and Gary Mason were the goalscorers.
| Last Twelve Matches v Morton | ||||
| 05/03/11 | H | L | 1-3 | Scottish Division One |
| 06/11/10 | A | L | 1-2 | Scottish Division One |
| 14/08/10 | H | W | 2-0 | Scottish Division One |
| 24/04/10 | H | W | 4-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 27/02/10 | A | W | 2-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 24-10-09 | H | W | 3-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 15-08-09 | A | W | 2-0 | Scottish Division One |
| 05-05-09 | H | W | 2-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 28-02-09 | A | L | 1-2 | Scottish Division One |
| 22-11-08 | H | L | 0-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 27-09-08 | A | D | 1-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 19-04-08 | A | L | Scottish Division One | |
Morton are the only team to have beaten Dunfermline in the league in the last three months; their only home league defeat 1-3 on 5th March.
| Morton | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 5 | 1 |
| League Points | |
| 43 | 64 |
| Last Six League Form | |
| LDWWLL | DDWWWW |
| Home / Away Record | |
| P17, W7, D5, L5 | P17, W8, D4, L5 |
Recent Form
Dunfermline are unbeaten in their last ten matches and have won the last four in a row. Morton have lost their last two but have had success at home in holding both Raith Rovers and Falkirk (twice) to draws.
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Morton (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Dundee | L | 1-3 | Cowdenbeath | W | 1-0 | |
| Stirling Albion | W | 2-0 | Ross County | W | 1-0 | |
| Falkirk | D | 2-2 | Dundee | D | 1-1 | |
| Raith Rovers | D | 0-0 | Stirling Albion | D | 1-1 | |
| Falkirk | D | 0-0 | Falkirk | W | 2-1 | |
| Partick Thistle |
W |
1-0 | Ross County | D | 0-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Raith Rovers): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Chris Higgins, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); David Graham, Gary Mason, Martin Hardie, Joe Cardle (Graham Bayne 75), Liam Buchanan (Steven McDougall 67), Andy Kirk (Andy Dowie 85).,
SUBS NOT USED: Nick Phinn, Greg Paterson (GK).
MORTON (v Partick Thistle): Colin Stewart; Stewart McCaffrey, Grant Evans (Darren Young 82), Marc Smyth, Allan Jenkins (Kevin McKinlay 89), Carlo Monti, Des O`Brien (Peter Weatherson 70), Michael Tidser, Fouad Bachirou, Derek Lyle, Stewart Kean
SUBS NOT USED: Kevin Cuthbert, Graeme Holmes
Referee for the match will be Brian Winter.
C`mon Ye Pars! It`s Pay at The Gate
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