Preview Peterhead
Saturday, 27th Sep 2014This Saturday is the first ever league match between Dunfermline Athletic and Peterhead.
Saturday is also the Aberdeenshire club's first visit to East End Park in competitive action although they did play a closed doors pre season friendly there a couple of seasons back.
Peterhead and fellow Highland League side Elgin City were admitted into the Scottish League for season 2000-2001 as a consequence of the SPL expanding. The only previous meeting was in the League Cup in August 2008 when Jim McIntyre's Pars won 2-0 at the Balmoor Stadium thanks to goals early in the second half from Nick Phinn and Andy Kirk.
Previous Meeting
PETERHEAD: Mikel Kula, Davie Donald, Bobby Mann, Martin Skinner (Callum MacDonald 54), Daniel Moore; Neil McVitie, Graeme Sharp, Craig Gunn (Davie Ross, 70), Martin Bavidge, Stuart Anderson (Donnie Munro 54), Stuart McKay.
SUBS: Dean Cowie, Paul Jarvie (GK)
DUNFERMLINE: Paul Gallacher; Greg Shields, Scott Wilson (c) (Calum Woods 65), Scott Thomson, Austin McCann; Kevin Harper, Nick Phinn (Graeme Holmes 73), Stephen Glass, Alex Burke; Andy Kirk (Iain Williamson 79), Graham Bayne.
SUBS: Scott Muirhead, Callum Reidford
League Stats
| Dunfermline | Peterhead |
| Current League Position | |
| 4 | 6 |
| League form: First Six Games | |
| DLWWWL | DWLDLW |
| League Points | |
| 10 | 8 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +3 | +1 |
| League Record | |
| P6, W3, D1, L2 | P6, W2, D2, L2 |
Like the Pars, Peterhead have lost at Forfar, lost to Morton, beaten Stenhousemuir and Airdrieonians, both sides have drawn with Brechin City and while Dunfermline defeated Stranraer, Peterhead dropped points in drawing at home to the team that was promoted out of League Two along with them last season, Stirling Albion. A win for Peterhead would take them above the Fifers who will have an eye on keeping up with league leaders Ayr United.
| Recent League Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline | Peterhead | |||||
| Morton (A) | L | 1-2 | Stenhousemuir (H) | W | 1-0 | |
| Stenhousemuir (H) | W | 2-0 | Forfar Athletic (A) | L | 0-1 | |
| Stranraer (A) | W | 2-1 | Brechin City (A) | D | 1-1 | |
| Airdrieonians (H) | W | 3-0 | Morton (H) | L | 1-2 | |
| Forfar Athletic (A) | L | 0-2 | Airdrieonians (A) | W |
2-0 |
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| Brechin City (H) | D | 0-0 | Stirling Albion (H) | D | 1-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Morton): Ryan Scully; Ryan Williamson (Ryan Thomson 37), Ross Millen, Lewis Martin, Gregor Buchanan, Ross Drummond; Josh Falkingham, Andy Geggan (c), Lewis Spence (Ross Forbes 83); Michael Moffat, Chigozie Ugwu (Andy Stirling 68).
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Goodfellow (GK), Shaun Byrne, Stuart Urquhart, Allan Smith
PETERHEAD (v Stenhousemuir): Graeme Smith; Scott Ross, Ross Smith, Reece Donaldson, Steven Noble, Dean Cowie (Bryan Gilfillan 36), Graeme Sharp, Jamie Stevenson (Ryan McCann 42), James Redman, Rory McAllister, Andy Rodgers (Jordan Brown 5).
SUBS NOT USED: Paul Jarvie (GK), Fraser McLaren, Dwan Richardson, Ryan Strachan.
Peterhead's top goalscorer with three this season is Rory McAllister. The former Inverness and Brechin striker has now made over 100 league starts for the Blue Toon and has scored 81 goals for the club. Twenty year old defender Reece Donaldson made 46 appearances for Raith Rovers before moving north for last season and Jamie Stevenson joined Peterhead from Cowdenbeath after appearing against the Pars in last season's play off final.
Assistant to Manager Jim McInally is former Pars player Davie Nicholls
Referee will be Greg Aitken, his first time in charge of a Dunfermline game this season. Last season he officiated over Pars defeats at Brechin and Stranraer and the home draw v Forfar Athletic.
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