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| Barry
Nicholson wins his second cap for Scotland against Latvia at Hampden.
Barry plays for 63 minutes before being substituted. Despite winning the
game 2-1, Scotland blow their last opportunity to qualify for the World
Cup finals in Japan. Craig Brown resigns immediately after the match. |
| Assistant
Manager Jimmy Nicholl and Youth Coach John Ritchie are presented with UEFA
coaching certificates. |
| A team of
Pars supporters spend the weekend in Manchester recording three rounds of
the ITV Digital quiz show, "Do I not know that?". With a fourth
and final group tie due to be recorded in January the team are in with a
good chance of qualifying for the knock-out stages, as they currently sit in
second place.
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| Lee Bullen
goes on trial at Luton Town, and scores in a trial match. Meanwhile,
midfielder David Moss is wanted on a three month loan deal by Ayr
United.
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| Striker
Jack de Gier apologises to all concerned for missing the easy chance that
came his way five minutes before the end of normal time against
Inverness. |
| The loan
of David Moss to Ayr United is put on hold as the midfielder has a slight
injury. |
| Ian
Ferguson, Justin Skinner and Marco Ruitenbeek are all set to return to the
squad for the game against Dundee. Definitely out are Gus MacPherson,
Chris McGroarty, Scott M Thomson and Michel Doesburg, who was injured in
training, possibly with a broken toe.
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| French
defender, 21 year old Bertrand Kertchanke (Kiki) arrives for a week's
trial. He formally played with Youssef Rossi at Rennes.
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| Lee
Bullen's move to Luton Town looks to be off, after the Hatter's manager
Joe Kinnear says he will not be pursuing either of the trialists who
played in their game last week.
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| Date: |
13th
October 2001 |
Opposition: |
Dundee |
Score
(H/T): |
1-0
(1-0) |
| Competition: |
Sc
Premier League |
Venue: |
East End
Park |
Attendance: |
5,094 |
| Scorers: |
[1-0] Hampshire
(26) |
| Cards: |
Ferguson, Rossi
(DAFC), Del Rio, Caballero (Dundee) |
| Pars
Team: |
SY
Thomson; Skerla, Skinner, Rossi; Nicholson (Potter 84), Ferguson, Mason,
Petrie; Crawford; Hampshire (Nicholls 71), de Gier (Nish 90). Subs
not used: Ruitenbeek, McLeish
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| Dundee: |
Langfield;
MacKay, Khizanishvili, Del Rio, Smith, Garrido, Rae, Robertson, Forbes,
Caballero, Sara (Milne 63). Subs not used: Mathers, Boylan, Gatti,
Fatello
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| Referee: |
K Clark |
| Hooray a win a
last! A much, much better performance by the Pars. With the defence, and
Rossi in particular, looking solid for a change, the Athletic survived a
second half revival from Dundee to record their third win of the season.
The first half was mainly Dunfermline, who with Ferguson back in the
midfield, looked a much more potent force. The only goal of the game, came
from a Petrie cross, which found the Steven Hampshire's head. The
forward's header crossed the line, after passing through Langfield's legs.
The question now, is can the Pars take this form on the road to
Aberdeen? |
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| Jimmy
Calderwood pays tribute to the Pars support for their fantastic backing
throughout the Dundee game. |
| French
defender Bertrand 'Kiki' Ketchanke plays
in the Under 21 game against Dundee United, and although responsible for
the United goal, has not too bad a game. The Pars scorers in the 2-1 win
were Davie Nicholls and Lee Bullen. |
| Jimmy
Calderwood is unhappy at Luton's treatment of Lee Bullen. Despite being
told that he was being looked at with a view to a permanent move, Luton
were only willing to offer a loan deal. |
| David
Moss's loan move to Ayr has fallen through after he failed to recover from
a hamstring injury.
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| Returning
to the starting line-up for the St Johnstone game, after a long spell out
through injury is Gus MacPherson.
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|
|
| Date: |
20th
October 2001 |
Opposition: |
Aberdeen |
Score
(H/T): |
2-3
(0-3) |
| Competition: |
Sc
Premier League |
Venue: |
Pittodrie |
Attendance: |
11,195 |
| Scorers: |
[0-1] Winters
(21), [0-2] Solberg (24), [0-3] Winters (41
pen), [1-3] Crawford (68), [2-3] de Gier
(78) |
| Cards: |
Rossi, Ferguson, Petrie (DAFC),
McGuire (Aberdeen) |
| Pars
Team: |
SY
Thomson; Skerla, Skinner, Rossi (Dair HT); Mason, Nicholson (Nish 63),
Ferguson (Potter 54), Petrie; Crawford; Hampshire, de Gier. Subs
not used: Ruitenbeek, McLeish
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| Aberdeen: |
Esson,
Solberg, McGuire, Whyte, McNaughton; Winters, Bisconti (Tiernan 77),
Darren Young, Thornley (Anderson 83); Mackie, Dadi (Derek Young 73). Subs
not used: Peat, Clark.
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| Referee: |
D McDonald |
| Another bad
away day for the Pars. Robbie Winters opened the scoring with a deflected
free-kick that beat Scott Thomson as he waited for the ball to be crossed.
Thomas Solberg put the Dons two up when he pounced on a Dadi flick from a
corner, to drive the ball home. Aberdeen's third just before the break,
came from a Winters penalty, after Rossi had pushed Dadi in the box.
Although the Pars had something of a comeback in the second half, it was
too little too late. Stevie Crawford scored with a long range effort from
well outside the box, and Jack de Gier scored a headed second. Although
the Pars could have gone on to grab an equaliser, Aberdeen could also have
scored again. A win against St Johnstone next Saturday is
vital. |
| |
| Date: |
27th
October 2001 |
Opposition: |
St
Johnstone |
Score
(H/T): |
2-1
(0-1) |
| Competition: |
Sc
Premier League |
Venue: |
East End
Park |
Attendance: |
4,494 |
| Scorers: |
[0-1]
Hartley (4), [1-1] de Gier (63), [2-1] de Gier
(77) |
| Cards: |
Ferguson,
Petrie (DAFC) |
| Pars
Team: |
Ruitenbeek,
Skerla, Skinner, Potter (Bullen 59), MacPherson, Nicholson, Ferguson, Dair;
Crawford, Hampshire (Petrie 79), de Gier (Nish 91). Subs Not Used: SY
Thomson, McLeish.
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| St Johnstone: |
Miller, Murray,
McCluskey, Dods, Lovenkrands, Lynch, McBride (Falconer 75), Dasovic,
Hartley, Parker (Russell 84), Connolly (Macdonald 84). Subs Not Used: Cuthbert,
McClune.
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| Referee: |
J Rowbotham |
| It was a
struggle but the Pars got there in the end. Andrius Skerla gifted the
Perth side the opener, after he chested a wayward cross into the path of
Hartley, who had an easy task to slip the ball past Ruitenbeek. For the
remainder of the first half DA made heavy weather of event he simplest of
tasks, and were booed off the field at half time for their trouble. The
turn round came after an hour thanks to the introduction of Bullen and a
change of tactics to 2-4-4. A few minutes later and the equaliser arrived.
Steven Hampshire pounced on a loose ball, and shot for goal. The ball
reached de Gier and the Dutchman, shot home from close range. de Gier then
added a second, after the Saints defence failed to cut out a long ball. He
ran on and as Miller advanced shot calmly into the net. A nervy win, but
three welcome points nevertheless. |
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| A surprise omission from the starting
line-up against St Johnstone was Youssef Rossi. The Moroccan was
apparently sent home ill an hour before kick-off, leading to a late call
up for Lee Bullen, who was sitting at home watching the the Manchester
United v Leeds game. |
| Interested
spectators at the St Johnstone game were 10 Nijmegan supporters, visiting
to see their former manager's team and Jack de Gier in action. A further
group of 80 Nijmegan supporters are due to visit Dunfermline for the
Motherwell game in January. |
| Jack de
Gier leaves the Pars to sign for Dutch team Twente Enschede for £400,000,
double the price the Pars originally paid for the striker in the close
season. |
| The
Athletic's Under 21 team wins 2-1 against Hearts at Forthbank. Colin Nish
scores both goals.
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| Further
transfer speculation surrounds Youssef Rossi, with Southampton believed to
be about to make a bid. Bradford are also expected to make a bid for Andy
Tod, who scored a further two goals against Wimbledon in a Division One
match. There is also much speculation about players who might arrive at
EEP. Billy Dodds and Raith's Nacho Nova were two names mentioned.
Further speculation surrounds boss Jimmy Calderwood, who has been tipped
as a possible for the Birmingham City managerial post.
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| As
signing speculation mounts, the two Jimmies head down south to take in a
couple of English games.
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| There
is some good news with the return of Scott M Thomson to training following
a virus.
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