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| Date: |
2nd
January 2003 |
Opposition: |
Livingston |
Score (H/T): |
2-0 (1-0) |
| Competition: |
Sc
Premier League |
Venue |
East End Park |
Attendance: |
5,219 |
| Scorer: |
[1-0] Crawford
(45), [2-0] Crawford (57) |
| Yellow Cards: |
None |
| Pars Team: |
Stillie; Skerla, Wilson, Thomson; Bullen,
Nicholson, Dempsey (Kilgannon 83), Dair, McGroarty (Mason HT); Brewster
(Walker 70), Crawford. Subs not used: Ruitenbeek, Hampshire.
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| Livingston: |
Broto (McEwan 49); Hart, Andrews, Rubio,
Bollan, Carnacho, Makel, Quino (Cherif 63), Bingham, Zarate, Xausa (McMenamin
80). Subs not used: O'Brien, Graecen.
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| Referee: |
G Mitchell |
| In terrible conditions, on
what must have been the coldest day of the season so far, Dunfermline did
well to overcome Livingston. At the end of fairly mundane first half,
Stevie Crawford shot the Pars into the lead, when he turned Marvin Andrews and placed the ball into the net via the post. Livi were forced
to replace keeper Broto just after the start of the second half due to injury, and it
was a mistake by his young replacement that led to the Pars second goal.
Brewster shot from the edge of the box, and McEwan failed to hold the
ball, which fell to Crawford, who accepted the gift to put the Athletic two
up. Despite further attempts on goal, Dunfermline failed to add to their
tally, but can feel pleased with themselves for getting the
victory. |
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| The win over Livingston sees the Pars
move up a place in the SPL to fourth. After the game, manager Jimmy
Calderwood said that his team was now in a good position to challenge for
Europe. |
| Two more players sign new contracts, with
Gary Dempsey signing a new 4 1/2 year which will keep him at East End Park
until 2007. Barry Nicholson has signed a 3 1/2 year extension to his
current contract which now runs until 2006. |
| With the points from the Livingston game
secure, the SPL started its three week winter break. The Pars players were given a week off before returning to training on 13th
January. |
| Despite fears to the contrary, Marco
Ruitenbeek is reported to be interested in signing a new contract, rather than returning
to Holland to work in his father's printing business. |
| The Scottish Cup draw sends Dunfermline
to Livingston - the first time the two teams will have met in the
competition. |
| Bobby Jenks joins the staff at
Dunfermline Athletic as Talent Identification and Funding Manager. |
| Two former Pars are in the news. Brian
Reid joins Falkirk from Blackpool, and due to financial problems at
Bradford City, Andy Tod is dropped from the team, so that City do not have
to pay Dunfermline a further £25,000 when the defender makes 25
appearances. Meanwhile Dundee United are reported to be interested in
signing Tod. |
| As a result of his dispute with
Dunfermline, Youssef Rossi is banned from playing worldwide by FIFA. |
| Manager Jimmy Calderwood is
to be called before
the SFA Disciplinary Committee to explain remarks made after the Celtic
game. |
| While his team-mates enjoy a well earned
rest with a week's holiday, Gus MacPherson continues to train in an effort
to be fit for his return when the season restarts after the winter break. |
| Despite rumours that Noel Hunt was having
second thoughts about signing for Dunfermline, depending on Shamrock
Rovers next result, the youngster could join the Pars earlier than
expected, possibly playing in the Under 21 game scheduled for Rugby Park
and the Petrie Testimonial game. |
| Despite
rumoured health problems, Colin
Nish returns to training with the Pars following his loan spell. The
arrival of Hunt could spell the end for the striker's Dunfermline career,
and a number of clubs are reported to be interested. |
| Stevie Crawford is rumoured to be
attracting the attention of English Premier League giants, Spurs and
Everton. Contract negotiations with the striker are reported to have stalled, with the club and
player are reported to be some
distance apart. Manager JC puts the chances of the striker re-signing at
50/50. However, captain Scott Thomson signs on for a further three years,
and goalkeeper Marco Ruitenbeek signs a year's extension to
his contract, dismissing reports that he was set to quit football. |
| The vital game against Hearts at
Tynecastle on the 1st of February is to be all ticket. |
| The Athletic have been given a £21,000
grant towards their youth programme. |
| Hungarian legend Istvan Kozma says that
he would like to be a coach at Dunfermline one day. |
| The Pars Under 21 team loses 3-1 to
Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. Andre Karnebeek is stretchered off after running
into a goalpost. |
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| Date: |
21st
January 2003 |
Opposition: |
Pars XI |
Score (H/T): |
3 -1
(2-1) |
| Competition: |
Stewart
Petrie Testimonial |
Venue |
East End Park |
Attendance: |
3,397 |
| Scorer: |
[1-0]
Brewster (18), [1-1] McNamara (27), [2-1] Brewster
(36), [3-1] Petrie (87 pen) |
| Cards: |
None |
| Pars Team: |
Stillie (Ruitenbeek 63); Bullen, Skerla, Wilson, McGroarty
(Petrie HT); Nicholson, Dempsey, Crawford (Walker 83), Dair; Hampshire (Kilgannon
56), Brewster (McGarty 83).
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| Pars XI: |
Westwater (Rhodes HT); Den Bieman (Shields 56), Tod,
Potter, McCulloch (Irons 74); Kozma (McNicol 86), McNamara (Boyle 67),
Bingham (de Gier 74), Petrie (Skinner HT); Coyle (Templeman 63), de Gier
(Smith HT)
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| Referee: |
J Rowbotham |
| What a night for Pars fans
this was, as their favourites old and new paraded to honour of Stewart
Petrie's ten years of loyal service at East End Park. The game itself was
almost incidental, with the crowd willing on both sets of players. Istvan
Kozma showed that he still has the skill that endeared him to the East End
faithful, whilst the antics of keeper Andy Rhodes kept the crowd amused in
the second half. The night however belonged to Stewart Petrie, and when
referee Rowbotham awarded a soft penalty, Stewart duly converted to score
his last ever goal for the Pars. A tremendous evening that will be
remembered by all who were there for a long time. |
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| At half time during the
testimonial match, a ten minute game featuring Pars players from the past
took place.
John Watson, Kenny Ward, Hugh Whyte, Bobby Robertson, Davie Irons, Stevie
Morrison, John Holt, and Billy Kirkwood were amongst the players who
participated.
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At a reception after the game various
presentations were made to Stewart, players who participated, and members
of the testimonial committee. The occasion also enabled players from the past to catch up
with their former colleagues.
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| On Friday 24th January 2003, an era came
to an end as Stewart Petrie left Dunfermline. Despite a late bid by Ross
County to sign the player, Stewart heads to Australia to join Northern
Spirit for the remainder of the season |
| Missing from the Scottish Cup tie
at Livingston due to
injury are Scott Thomson and Gary Mason. |
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| Date: |
25th January 2003 |
Opposition: |
Livingston |
Score (H/T): |
1-1 (0-1) |
| Competition: |
Scottish
Cup |
Venue |
City Stadium |
Attendance: |
4,106 |
| Scorer: |
[0-1] Bollan,
[1-1] Crawford
(63) |
| Yellow Cards: |
Dempsey (DAFC) |
| Pars Team: |
Stillie; Skerla, Wilson, Karnebeek (Kilgannon
HT); Bullen, Nicholson, Dempsey, Dair, McGroarty (Hampshire 63), Brewster,
Crawford. Subs not used:
Ruitenbeek, McGarty, Walker.
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| Livingston: |
McEwan; Brinquin, Andrews, Rubio, Bollan,
Makel, Wilson (Xausa 58), Quino, Bingham, Zarate (McMenamin 78), O'Brien (Cherif
72). Subs not used: Creer, Bahoken
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| Referee: |
A Freeland |
| A game of two
halves. Dunfermline were dismal in the first and lucky to go in at
the break just one goal down. Gary Bollan scored after a free-kick was
touched onto him, and his shot was deflected into the net by Quino.The Pars looked a much better
team in the second half, with Kilgannon delivering a number of quality
balls into the Livi box. The equaliser came from a Nicholson free-kick,
which found Hampshire. His shot was miss-hit, but top scorer
Stevie Crawford was in the right place to knock the ball home. Crawford had
the opportunity to hit the winner in the final moments, but McEwan did
well to smother the ball at the striker's feet. Overall Dunfermline were
fortunate to have a second opportunity, but at EEP they have a good record
against Livi and must fancy their chances. |
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| Manager Jimmy Calderwood was
disappointed with his team's first half performance against Livingston claiming that so
poor was their performance, that he could have replaced ten players at
half-time. |
| The prize awaiting the winner of the
replay is a home tie against Hibernian, who beat Dundee United 3-2 in
the third round. Both the replay and the Hibs game will be shown live on
Sky TV. |
| Noel Hunt finally
arrives at Dunfermline
following his move from Shamrock Rovers. His old team won their last game
3-2, thereby qualifying for the Inter-Toto cup. |
| Andy Tod moves on loan from Bradford City
to Dundee United until the end of the season. The move means that Dunfermline
lose out on the £25,000 that Bradford would
have to play for the player making 25 appearances for the Bantams. |
| Still missing from the team for the
Dundee game, are captain Scott Thomson, and influential midfielder Gary
Mason. |
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| Date: |
29th
January 2003 |
Opposition: |
Dundee |
Score (H/T): |
0-1
(0-1) |
| Competition: |
Sc
Premier League |
Venue |
East End Park |
Attendance: |
4,237 |
| Scorer: |
[0-1]
Nicholson (12 og) |
| Yellow Cards: |
Wilson (DAFC),
Rae (Dundee) |
| Pars Team: |
Stillie; Skerla, MacPherson (Hunt 68), Wilson; Hampshire (McGarty
80), Nicholson, Dempsey (Kilgannon 68), Bullen, Dair; Crawford, Brewster. Subs
not used: Ruitenbeek, Karnebeek
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| Dundee: |
Speroni: McKay, Wilkie, Khizanishvili, Mair; Rae, Smith,
Nemsadze, Brady, Caballero (Novo 68), Milne (Robertson 68). Subs not
used: Langfield, Forbes, Robb
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| Referee: |
W Young |
| It was a case of what might
have been against Dundee. Having gone behind to a spectacular own goal by
Barry Nicholson, Dunfermline dominated the majority of the match, only to
find no way through a well marshalled Dundee defence. To add to the
frustration, there were same strange decisions from referee Willie Young,
as well as time wasting and acting antics from a number of Dundee players
- most notably Speroni and Caballero. One bright spot was the introduction
of new signing Noel Hunt as substitute. He showed a lot of willingness
to run and take on the defence, and was unfortunate on a couple of
occasions not to open his Pars
scoring account. |
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| After the game, Jimmy Calderwood refused
to criticise Barry Nicholson for his own goal. He also felt his team
dominated but credited Dundee for their defensive performance. |
| Speaking after making his debut, Irishman Noel Hunt said he was happy to be at Dunfermline, but was disappointed
with the result against Dundee. The youngster also received a call-up
to the Irish Under 21 squad for the game against Scotland at Kilmarnock.
Gary Dempsey also received the call. |
| Dunfermline's
Under 21 team loses 3-0 to
Rangers at EEP. Ruitenbeek, Hunt, Karnebeek, Walker and Kilgannon all
feature in the Pars team. |
| Plans for the business centre in the
south west corner of the ground have been slightly scaled down. Work on
the four floors of rentable office accommodation is due to start at the
end of May. The proposed hotel development will not start until the
business centre has been completed, which will be in at least 18 months
time. |
| Ged Brannan becomes the second new player
of the week as he signs from Wigan on loan until the end of the season,
and just before the close of the transfer window, Arsenal youngster David
Grondin also signs on loan. |
| Missing from the squad for the trip to
Tynecastle is the injured trio of Scott Thomson, Gary Mason and Chris
McGroarty. New signing Brannan is in the squad, but the game comes too
soon for David Grondin. |