2014–15 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

Dunfermline Athletic
2014–15 season
Chairman Bob Garmory[1]
Manager Jim Jefferies (up until 16 December 2014)
John Potter (from 16 December 2014)
Stadium East End Park
League One Seventh
Challenge Cup Second Round, lost to Falkirk
League Cup Second Round, lost to St Mirren
Scottish Cup Fourth Round, lost to Stranraer
Top goalscorer League: Faissal El Bakhtaoui & Gozie Ugwu (7)
All: Faissal El Bakhtaoui (9)
Highest home attendance League: 3,342[2] vs. Morton, 25 October 2014
Cup: 4,230 vs. Raith Rovers, 5 August 2014
Lowest home attendance League: 1,574[2] vs. Brechin City, 24 February 2015
Cup: 1,436 vs. Stranraer, 9 December 2014
Average home league attendance 2,523[2]
Home colours
Away colours
All statistics correct as of 7 September 2015.

The 2014–15 season was Dunfermline Athletic's second season in the Scottish League One, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[3] Dunfermline Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season

Scottish League One

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Fife Cup

Player statistics

Scotland
Spence
Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–4–2. The players used are those who have played the most games in goals, defence, midfield and up-front, not necessarily who have played most games in each respective position.

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Andy Geggan Scotland 23 Club Captain until 16 December 2014, 2nd Vice Captain until end of the season
MF Josh Falkingham England 17 1st Vice Captain until 16 December 2014, Club Captain until end of the season
DF Gregor Buchanan Scotland 3 1st Vice Captain as of 16 December 2014

Last updated: 25 September 2015
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 15 July 2015[6][7]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish League One Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Cammy Gill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland Ryan Goodfellow 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland Ryan Scully 41 0 34 0 3 0 2 0 2 0
GK Scotland Jamie Wilson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Gregor Buchanan 36 3 30 1 3 1 2 1 1 0
DF Scotland Lewis Martin 35 2 29+1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0
DF Scotland Ross Millen 33 5 27 2 3 2 1 0 2 1
DF England Jonathan Page 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland Jim Paterson 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Stuart Urquhart 14 0 10+2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Ryan Williamson 17 0 14+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Shaun Byrne 26 3 20+2 2 3 1 0 0 1 0
MF England Josh Falkingham 38 3 26+6 3 2 0 2 0 2 0
MF Scotland Andy Geggan 40 7 29+4 5 3 1 2 0 2 1
MF Republic of Ireland Paul George 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Finn Graham 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Kyle McAusland 14 1 13+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Scott Mercer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Declan O'Kane 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Lewis Spence 31 1 20+6 0 1 0 2 1 2 0
MF Scotland Andy Stirling 18 2 7+8 2 2 0 0+1 0 0 0
MF Scotland Ryan Thomson 23 1 10+7 1 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
MF England Alex Whittle 28 1 20+4 0 3 0 1 1 0 0
FW Scotland Andrew Barrowman 13 2 9+4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Morocco Faissal El Bakhtaoui 30 9 13+11 7 3 2 1 0 2 0
FW Scotland David Hopkirk 12 1 10+2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Michael Moffat 41 6 29+5 5 3 0 2 1 2 0
FW Scotland Allan Smith 16 3 8+5 3 2 0 0+1 0 0 0
FW Scotland James Thomas 2 1 0+1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Ryan Wallace 5 1 1+3 0 0 0 0+1 1 0 0
Players who appeared for Dunfermline Athletic but left during the season:
DF Scotland Ross Drummond 7 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Scotland Ross Forbes 17 1 8+5 1 1 0 1+1 0 1 0
FW Scotland Lewis Allan 8 0 5+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Cameroon Sorel Chemin 3 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Gozie Ugwu 19 7 10+5 7 1 0 1 0 0+2 0

Clean sheets

Pos Nat Name Total Scottish League One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup
GK Scotland Ryan Scully 12 11 0 0 1
GK Scotland Ryan Goodfellow 1 1 0 0 0
GK Scotland Jamie Wilson 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 13 12 0 0 1

Last updated: 25 April 2015
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Goal scorers

As of match played 2 May 2015[8]
Place Position Nation Name Total Scottish League One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup
1 FWMoroccoFaissal El Bakhtaoui972
2 FWEnglandGozie Ugwu77
MFScotlandAndy Geggan7511
4 FWScotlandMichael Moffat651
5 DFScotlandRoss Millen5221
6 MFEnglandJosh Falkingham33
FWScotlandAllan Smith33
MFScotlandShaun Byrne321
DFScotlandGregor Buchanan3111
10 FWScotlandAndy Barrowman22
MFScotlandAndy Stirling22
DFScotlandLewis Martin211
13 FWScotlandRoss Forbes11
FWScotlandDavid Hopkirk11
FWScotlandKyle McAusland11
FWScotlandJames Thomas11
MFScotlandRyan Thomson11
MFScotlandLewis Spence11
FWScotlandRyan Wallace11
FWEnglandAlex Whittle11
Own Goal11
Total 6045762

Disciplinary record

As of match played 25 April 2015[9]
Position Nation Name Total Scottish League One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
DFScotlandRoss Millen3232
DFScotlandGregor Buchanan91712
MFScotlandAndy Geggan513111
MFEnglandJosh Falkingham871
MFScotlandLewis Spence44
MFEnglandAlex Whittle33
DFScotlandStuart Urquhart33
MFScotlandRyan Thomson321
MFScotlandShaun Byrne3111
MFScotlandFinn Graham22
DFScotlandLewis Martin22
DFScotlandJim Paterson22
FWScotlandAndy Barrowman11
DFScotlandRoss Drummond11
FWMoroccoFaissal El Bakhtaoui11
MFRepublic of IrelandPaul George11
FWScotlandMichael Moffat11
MFScotlandDeclan O'Kane11
DFEnglandJonathan Page11
Total 544464402020

Club statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Greenock Morton (C) (P) 36 22 3 11 65 40+25 69 Promotion to the 2015–16 Scottish Championship
2 Stranraer (Q) 36 20 7 9 59 38+21 67 Qualification to the Scottish Championship play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic (Q) 36 20 6 10 59 41+18 66
4 Brechin City (Q) 36 15 14 7 58 46+12 59
5 Airdrieonians 36 16 10 10 53 39+14 58
6 Peterhead 36 14 9 13 51 543 51
7 Dunfermline Athletic 36 13 9 14 46 482 48
8 Ayr United 36 9 7 20 45 6015 34
9 Stenhousemuir (O) 36 8 5 23 42 6321 29 Scottish League One play-offs
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 4 8 24 35 8449 20 Relegation to the 2015–16 Scottish League Two

Updated to games played on 2 May 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHA [4]HAHAAH[4]HAAHHAHAHAHA
Result D L W W W L W W W D L D L W W L L D D D D L W L W L L W D W L D W L L L
Position 8 8 5 2 1 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Awards

Award Player
Player's Player of the Year Scotland Ryan Scully[10]
DAFC Player of the Year Scotland Ryan Scully[10]
Centenary Club Lifeline Player of the Year Scotland Ryan Scully[10]
Under 20 Player of the Year Scotland Lewis Spence[10]

Transfers

Players in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
27 May 2014 FW Scotland Michael Moffat Ayr United Free [11]
28 May 2014 DF Scotland Gregor Buchanan Airdrieonians Free
29 May 2014 MF Scotland Andy Stirling Stranraer Free
3 August 2014 FW England Gozie Ugwu England Reading Free [12]
23 August 2014 DF Scotland Stuart Urquhart England Coventry City Free [11]
2 October 2014 FW Cameroon Sorel Chemin France Paris Saint-Germain Free [13]
6 January 2015 DF Scotland Jim Paterson Forfar Athletic Free [14]
13 January 2015 FW Scotland Andrew Barrowman Greenock Morton Swap with Ross Forbes [15]
14 January 2015 MF Scotland Kyle McAusland Rangers Free [16]
30 January 2015 FW Scotland David Hopkirk Annan Athletic Free [17]
10 February 2015 MF Northern Ireland Paul George Celtic Free [18]

Players out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
22 May 2014 MF Scotland Stephen Husband Forfar Athletic Free [11]
17 June 2014 DF Northern Ireland Callum Morris Dundee United Free [19]
5 August 2014 DF Scotland Kerr Young Berwick Rangers Free [11]
19 August 2014 FW Scotland Craig Dargo Berwick Rangers Free
29 December 2014 FW Cameroon Sorel Chemin Unattached Free [20]
29 December 2014 FW England Gozie Ugwu England Yeovil Free [21]
9 January 2015 DF Scotland Ross Drummond Berwick Rangers Free [22]
13 January 2015 FW Scotland Ross Forbes Greenock Morton Swap with Andrew Barrowman [15]

Loan in

Date Position Nationality Name From Duration Ref.
6 July 2014 GK Scotland Ryan Scully Partick Thistle Season long [11]
19 February 2015 FW Scotland Lewis Allan Hibernian 1.5 months [23][24]

Loans out

Date Position Nationality Name To Duration Ref.
2 August 2014 DF Scotland Declan O'Kane Montrose 3 months [11]
11 September 2014 DF Scotland Jonathan Page East Fife 3 months [25]
16 January 2015 DF England Jonathan Page East Fife 6 months [26]
26 February 2015 MF Scotland Andy Stirling Stirling Albion 3 months [27]
23 March 2015 GK Scotland Jamie Wilson Berwick Rangers Initial 2 month loan, returned 3 April 2015 [28]

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