Preview East Fife
Sunday, 21st Aug 2011Scottish Communiti
The Second Round Draw for the Scottish Communities League Cup saw Dunfermline drawn against their Fife rivals for the first time since 1988 in this competition. After all last season`s Fife Derbies in the First Division, the Methil club missed out and it is the first meeting between the clubs since 2005 in the Scottish Cup. Six years ago it took two games for the Pars to progress, drawing 0-0 at New Bayview before winning 3-1 at East End Park.
The last meeting in this competition in August 1988 went to penalties and the Pars won through to face Motherwell. The only other Pars successes were in season 1958/59. East Fife have won five of the eight meetings but that was all in 1953 and before.
League Cup Ties v East Fife | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
| 17/08/88 | A | 1-1 | Wp |
| 23/08/58 | A | 3-1 | W |
| 09/08/58 | H | 5-2 | W |
| 16/09/53 | H | 2-3 | L |
| 12/09/53 | A | 2-6 | L |
| 29/10/49 | N | 0-3 | L |
| 12/10/46 | A | 0-7 | L |
| 21/09/46 | H | 0-2 | L |
While Dunfermline were winning at Tannadice on Saturday, East Fife were losing 3-0 up the coast at Arbroath. The Methil Club`s home form is better however not losing at home since 26th March when Livingston won 3-1.
| Recent Results - home / away | ||||||
| East Fife (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Airdrie | W | 2-0 | Dundee United | W | 1-0 | |
| Elgin City | W | 2-0 | St Johnstone | W | 1-0 | |
| Elgin City | W | 2-1 | Annan Athletic | W | 2-1 | |
| Alloa Athletic | W | 3-1 | Morton | W | 2-0 | |
| Stenhousemuir | D | 1-1 | Cowdenbeath | W | 1-0 | |
| Ayr United |
W |
3-2 | Ross County | W | 1-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Dundee United): Paul Gallacher, Jason Thomson, Andy Dowie, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); David Graham, Paul Burns, Gary Mason, Martin Hardie, Joe Cardle; Andy Kirk (Andy Barrowman 57)
SUBS: Chris Smith (GK), Ryan Thomson, Paul Willis, John Potter, Liam Buchanan, Kerr Young.
EAST FIFE (v Arbroath): Michael Brown; Robert Campbell, John Ovenstone, Craig Johnstone, David Cowan, Steven Hislop, Bobby Linn, Matthew Park (Robert Sloan 78), Lloyd Young (Scott Dalziel 64), Darren Smith.
SUBS NOT USED: Andrew Collier, Ross Brewster, Scott Durie
Referee will be Craig Charleston.
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