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Wednesday, 20th Nov 2013This Saturday it is the first home league match against Brechin City since 30th April 1994
This Saturday it is the first home league match against Brechin City since 30th April 1994. There have been 38 league meetings between these teams; the Fifers have won 27, Brechin City 5 and 6 matches including the last have been drawn. The Pars have lost three home games against their Angus opponents but there have been some high scoring games.
The best Pars result was an 10-1 win in 1929 but since that first ever fixture between the clubs, Dunfermline have home scorelines such as 8-0 twice, 6-2, 8-3 and 6-1. The most recent game at East End Park was in Division One on 30th April 1994, the Fifers winning 2-1 courtesy of goals from Stewart Petrie and Andy Tod.
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Milestones v Brechin City (home) | |||
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Last Victory |
30/04/94 |
2-1 |
Div One |
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Last Defeat |
18/04/87 |
0-2 |
Div One |
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Best Victory |
14/12/29 |
10-1 |
Div Two |
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Worst Defeat |
18/04/87 |
0-2 |
Div One |
Brechin City had a poor start to the season getting knocked out of the Ramsden Cup and Scottish Communities League Cup in the first two fixtures. Peterhead and Stranraer were the teams progressing at their expense. The league season handed them an opening day fixture at Ibrox and although they had back to back victories in August over East Fife and Forfar, they have only won twice in the next eleven.
| Form last six matches home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Brechin City (away) | |||||
| Stenhousemuir |
W |
Forfar Athletic | L | 0-2 | ||
| East Fife |
L |
Arbroath | W | 2-0 | ||
| Ayr United |
W |
Stenhousemuir | L |
2-3 | ||
| Airdrieonians | W | 2-1 | Airdrieonians | L |
1-3 | |
| Stranraer | W | 3-1 | Ayr United | D | 1-1 | |
| Raith Rovers | L | 0-2 | Arbroath | L | 1-3 | |
Brechin City have not won an away match in the league this season although they did manage a cup win at Arbroath at the beginning of November. The Pars have had mixed fortunes at East End Park with late wins over Stenhousemuir, Airdrieonians and Stranraer and defeats to East Fife and Arbroath.
| Dunfermline | Brechin City |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 7 |
| League form: Last Six Games | |
| LLWLWW | LLLWLD |
| League Points | |
| 25 | 13 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +6 | -5 |
| League Record home / away | |
| P6, W4, D0, L2 | P6, W0, D1, L5 |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Airdrieonians): Ryan Scully (Ryan Goodfellow 50), Ross Millen, Kerr Young, Callum Morris, Alex Whittle; Shaun Byrne, Andy Geggan, Josh Falkingham (c), Ryan Wallace (Ryan Ferguson 82), Allan Smith, Jordan Moore (Craig Dargo 75).
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Ryan Williamson, Stephen Husband, Robert Thomson.
BRECHIN CITY (v Ayr United): Graeme Smith, Graham Hay, Jonathan Brown (Bobby Barr 63), Steven Robb, Ewan Moyes, Alan Trouten, Darren Petrie, Craig Molloy, Steven Jackson, Andy Jackson, Andy Ryan (Ryan Donnelly 88)
SUBS NOT USED: Craig Nelson (GK), Stuart Anderson, Allan Walker, Paul McLean, Gerry McLauchlan,
Referee will be Des Roache.
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