| Date: |
4th
March 2001 |
Opposition: |
Celtic |
Score
(H/T): |
0-3
(0-2) |
| Competition: |
Sc
Premier League |
Venue: |
East End
Park |
Attendance: |
9,096 |
| Scorers: |
[0-1] Petrov
(11), [-0-2] Larsson (25), [0-3] Lennon (77) |
| Cards
(Yellow): |
Nicholson,
Ferguson (DAFC) |
| Pars
Team: |
Ruitenbeek;
Skinner, Skerla, Rossi; Dair, Nicholson, Ferguson (Tod 75), Moss
(Hampshire 69), Thomson; Crawford, Dijkhuizen (McGroarty HT).
Subs not used: SY Thomson, Doesburg. |
| Celtic: |
Douglas;
Mjallby, Vega, Valgaeren; Agathe, Lennon (Crainey 82), Lambert, Petrov,
Thomson; Larsson, Sutton (Johnson 13). Subs not
used: Gould, Boyd, Moravcik. |
| Referee: |
H Dallas |
| Celtic
provided the opposition once again at EEP, but this time there was no
fairy tale ending. Dunfermline struggled to get into the game, which
Celtic won without to much difficulty. Petrov opened the scoring when he
took a pass from Larsson, and slid the ball into the net by the far
post. Larsson then scored direct from a free kick, with Ruitenbeek looking
unsighted. Lennon completed the misery in 77 minutes, with a hard shot
from the edge of the box, after being set-up by Larsson. |
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| Date: |
7th
March 2001 |
Opposition: |
Celtic |
Score
(H/T): |
1-4
(1-1) |
| Competition: |
Scottish
Cup |
Venue: |
Parkhead |
Attendance: |
36,225 |
| Scorers: |
[0-1] Vega
(24), [1-1] Thomson (29), [1-2] Vega (49), [1-3]
Larsson (62 pen), [1-4] Larsson (73 pen) |
| Cards
(Yellow): |
Rossi (DAFC) |
| Pars
Team: |
Ruitenbeek;
Doesburg (Bullen 69), Skerla, Rossi, McGroarty; Nicholson, Ferguson;
Hampshire, Thomson, Dair (Dijkhuizen 81); Crawford. Subs not used: Thomson
(GK), Moss. |
| Celtic: |
Douglas;
Mjallby, Vega, Valgaeren; Agathe, McNamara (Lambert 63), Lennon, Moravcik;
Johnson (Petrov 63), Larsson (Crainey 81), Thompson. Subs not used: Gould,
Boyd |
| Referee: |
W Young |
| The Pars go
out of the Scottish Cup, although the 4-1 scoreline didn't do the Pars justice. The Celtic opener came from Vega who as the ball came
over from a corner got their before Ruitenbeek to score. Scott Thomson
equalised when he chipped the ball over Douglas and into the net. After
the break Celtic went two up through a carbon copy of the first goal.
Larrson then scored two penalties, one of which was a cert, with the other
in the dodgy category! |
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| The Pars
are linked to a major project which will see Carnegie Sport &
Hospitality Ltd take over the playing fields at Pitreavie. The move would
see the Athletic use the redeveloped site as a soccer academy. |
| Stewart
Petrie makes his comeback in the Under 21 team, playing at full back. |
| Owen Coyle
and David Graham have returned to East End Park after completing their
loan spells at Ross County and Inverness Caley Thistle respectively. |
| Chris
McGroarty signs a new contract which will keep him at EEP until 2004.
Chris also received a call-up to the Scotland Under 21 squad for the game
against Belgium on 23rd March. Also signing a new contract is youngster
Stephen Boyle. Not so lucky are goalkeeper David Hay, and defender Russell
Taylor, both of whom have been told that they will not receive new
contracts when their existing deals finish at the end of the season. |
| Arsenal
striker, Lithuanian international Tomas Danelevicius, signs on loan until
the end of the season. |
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| Date: |
17th
March 2001 |
Opposition: |
Hibernian |
Score
(H/T): |
2-1
(1-0) |
| Competition: |
Sc
Premier League |
Venue: |
East End
Park |
Attendance: |
7,547 |
| Scorers: |
[1-0] Crawford
(29), [2-0] Hampshire (57), [2-1] Murray (87) |
| Cards
(Yellow): |
Ferguson,
Nicholson (DAFC), O'Neil (Hibernian) |
| Pars
Team: |
Ruitenbeek;
Doesburg (Petrie 79), Skerla, Thomson; Hampshire, Nicholson, Ferguson,
Mason (Moss 64), Dair; Crawford, Danilevicius (Skinner 60). Subs not
used: SY Thomson, McGroarty. |
| Hibernian: |
Colgan; Lovell,
Smith, Dempsie, Murray, Jack; Brebner, Andrews (Libbra 56), O'Neil;
McManus (Zitelli 57), Paatelainen. Subs not used: Franks, Lehmann,
Bannerman. |
| Referee: |
J Underhill |
| An excellent
win, but one that could have been more convincing than 2-1. Stevie
Crawford was first on target when a poor clearance fell nicely for him to
hammer the ball into the bottom corner of the net. The Pars went two up
just before the hour mark when debutant Tomas Danilevicious's shot was
well stopped by Nick Colgan, but the rebound fell to Steven Hampshire to
convert. The game then changed dramatically. from being comfortably on
top, the Pars were now forced into the defence. The defence stood firm
until three minutes from the end when Murray grabbed a scrambled
consolation goal. That win took Dunfermline to the 40 point mark, and in
with an excellent shout of making the top six when the SPL splits after
the next two games. |
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| After
making his debut against Hibs, Tomas Danelevicious heads off to play for
his country against Hungary and Italy. The Pars are reported to be
considering a long term deal for the Lithuanian. |
| Ian
Ferguson could be on the verge of quitting the Pars and heading to
Australia. Ferguson flew out for a ten day trial with Australian club,
Northern Spirit. The tabloid rumourmill suggests that the abuse Fergie
received during the Scottish Cup game against Celtic was to blame. |
| Chris
McGroarty's call up to the U21 Scotland squad turns sour, when he fails to
make an appearance after being named on the bench. The local supporters
amongst the 6,000 crowd are not impressed. |
| David
Graham leaves Dunfermline and signs for English Third Division team,
Torquay United. |
| The Pars
matchday programme is named SPL Programme of the Year. |
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| Date: |
31st
March 2001 |
Opposition: |
St
Mirren |
Score
(H/T): |
1-1
(1-0) |
| Competition: |
Sc
Premier League |
Venue: |
Love
Street |
Attendance: |
5,741 |
| Scorers: |
[1-0] Crawford
(8), [1-1] McGowan (82) |
| Cards
(Yellow): |
Mason (DAFC),
Fenton (St Mirren) |
| Pars
Team: |
Ruitenbeek;
Skerla (Dijkhuizen 78), Tod, Thomson; Hampshire, Doesburg, Skinner (McGroarty
85), Mason, Dair; Crawford, Hampshire, Danilevicius (Moss 56) Subs not
used: Scott Y Thomson, Matthaei. |
| St
Mirren: |
Roy;
McLaughlin, Turner, McGowan; Baltacha, McKenzie, Gillies, Kerr; Fenton (Quitongo
62), McGarry (Renfrum 62), Yardley (McPhee 62). Subs not used: Scrimgour,
Nicolson. |
| Referee: |
M McCurry |
| This match
could have been subtitled, 'how to throw away two points'. Leading 1-0
thanks to yet another fine Stevie Crawford goal, the game turned in the
62nd minute when Saints made a triple substitution. The Buddies
strikeforce changed completely, and whereas previously the Pars defence
had been coping comfortably with haddies such as Yardley, they found the
pace of the replacements much more difficult. With Skerla having just been
stretchered off, Saints scored when a Kerr corner was headed ni from six
yards by McGowan. Just how important those two lost points were, would
become very clear in a week's time. |