2008–09 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

Dunfermline Athletic
2008–09 season
Chairman John Yorkston
Manager Jim McIntyre
Stadium East End Park
Scottish First Division Third
Scottish Cup Semi-Final, Losers v Falkirk
Scottish League Cup Fourth Round, Losers v Dundee Utd
Scottish Challenge Cup Second Round, Losers v Queen of the South
Top goalscorer League: Andy Kirk (9)
All: Andy Kirk (11)
Highest home attendance 4,653 (vs St Johnstone, 1 November 2008)
Lowest home attendance 2,930 (vs Queen of the South, 9 August 2008)
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2008–09 season will be Dunfermline Athletic's 2nd season in the Scottish First Division after being relegated from the Scottish Premier League in 2007.

Review and Events

Chronological list of events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
2 Partick Thistle 36 16 7 13 39 35+4 55
3 Dunfermline Athletic 36 14 9 13 51 43+8 51
4 Dundee 36 13 11 12 33 32+1 50

Updated to games played on 2 August 2009.
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

Pre-season friendlies

Scottish First Division

Upcoming Scottish Football League fixtures are the intellectual property of the Scottish Football League. For upcoming First Division fixtures see the official Dunfermline Athletic FC website

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup

Stats

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Paul Gallacher 22 0 17 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
GK Scotland Greg Paterson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland Calum Reidford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Ivory Coast Souleymane Bamba¹ 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Scotland Stuart Dearden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Lee Graham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Austin McCann 20 0 16 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
DF Scotland Harry McGregor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Greg Ross 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Greg Shields 20 0 14 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
DF Scotland Scott Thomson 14 1 10 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
DF Scotland Scott Wilson 17 1 12 1 0 0 3 0 2 0
DF England Calum Woods 16 1 13 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
MF Scotland Steven Bell 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland Alex Burke 20 1 16 0 0 0 3 0 1 1
MF Scotland Stephen Glass 19 2 16 2 0 0 2 0 1 0
MF Scotland Kevin Harper 15 1 11 1 0 0 3 0 1 0
MF Scotland Graeme Holmes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Scott McBride 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Scott Muirhead 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Scotland Nick Phinn 20 7 15 5 0 0 3 1 2 1
MF Scotland Ryan Thomson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF England Simon Wiles 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MF Scotland Iain Williamson 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
MF Scotland Paul Willis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland Graham Bayne 21 4 17 3 0 0 3 1 1 0
FW Northern Ireland Andy Kirk 20 11 16 9 0 0 3 2 1 0
FW Scotland Rory Loy (on loan from Rangers) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Jamie Mole (on loan from Hearts) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Jim McIntyre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Jordan White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notes:

Goalscorers

Fourteen players have scored for the Pars first team during the 2008–09 season, with 33 goals being scored in total in all competitions. The top goalscorer so far is Andy Kirk with 9 goals.[13]

NameLeagueCupsTotal
Kirk, AndyAndy Kirk72 09
Phinn, NickNick Phinn43 07
Bayne, GrahamGraham Bayne32 05
Williamson, IainIain Williamson11 02
Bell, StevenSteven Bell1 01
Campbell, RossRoss Campbell1 01
Glass, StephenStephen Glass1 01
Harper, KevinKevin Harper1 01
Shields, GregGreg Shields1 01
Thomson, ScottScott Thomson1 01
Wilson, ScottScott Wilson1 01
Woods, CalumCalum Woods1 01
Burke, AlexAlex Burke1 01
Wiles, SimonSimon Wiles1 01

Discipline

So far during the 2008–09 season, two Pars players have been sent off and fourteen have received at least one caution. In total, the team have received two red card and thirty three yellow cards, with Scott Wilson having received the most number of cards (nine cautions).[13]

NameCautionsDismissals
Phinn, NickNick Phinn 03Red card 1
Woods, CalumCalum Woods 03Red card 1
Wilson, ScottScott Wilson 09
Bayne, GrahamGraham Bayne 05
Glass, StephenStephen Glass 03
Shields, GregGreg Shields 03
Bell, StevenSteven Bell 02
McCann, AustinAustin McCann 02
Harper, KevinKevin Harper 01
Kirk, AndyAndy Kirk 01
Muirhead, ScottScott Muirhead 01
Ross, GregGreg Ross 01
Thomson, ScottScott Thomson 01
Williamson, IainIain Williamson 01

Notes:

  • Applies to all competitions

Transfers

In

The Pars brought in 5 players in the close season. Midfielder Steven Bell agreed a pre-contract move in January 2008 from relegated side Stirling Albion.[14] Bell, along with Graeme Holmes who signed from Airdrie United and Austin McCann from Notts County officially signed for the club on 2008-05-19.[14] Striker Graham Bayne signed from Inverness CT for £30,000 in late June,[15] with former Rangers keeper Calum Reidford joining in July after a successful trial with the club.[16] German striker Joseph Laumann also joined the Pars on trial in July, but was not offered a contract.[17] Northern Ireland international Andy Kirk was brought back to Scotland by manager Jim McIntyre from Yeovil Town at the beginning of August for an undisclosed amount[18] and Midfielder Simon Wiles was brought in on a one-year-deal from Blackpool after impressing during a trial.[19] Ross Campbell was brought in on a months loan from Scottish Premier League side Hibernian on 2008-09-19.[20] Rangers Reserve striker Rory Loy signed half way through December on a months loan until 2009-01-26.[21] In January, the Pars brought Hearts young striker Jamie Mole on loan for the remainder of the season.[22]

Player From Date Fee
Scotland Steven Bell Stirling Albion 2008-05-19 Free
Scotland Graeme Holmes Airdrie United 2008-05-19 Free
Scotland Austin McCann Notts County 2008-05-19 Free
Scotland Graham Bayne Inverness CT 2008-06-27 £3,000
Scotland Calum Reidford Unattached 1 July-14, 2008 Trial
Germany Joseph Laumann Rot-Weiß Erfurt 8 July-9, 2008 Trial
Scotland Calum Reidford Unattached 2008-08-15 Free
Northern Ireland Andy Kirk Yeovil Town 2008-08-01 Undisclosed
England Simon Wiles Blackpool 18 August-22, 2008 Trial
England Simon Wiles Blackpool 2008-08-23 Free
Scotland Ross Campbell Hibernian 2008-09-19 Loan
Scotland Rory Loy Rangers 2008-12-12 Loan
Scotland Jamie Mole Hearts 2009-01-10 Loan

Out

6 of the Pars first team players from the 2007–08 season left the club in the summer on free transfers. Stephen Simmons,[23] Darren Young,[24] Stevie Crawford[25] and Aaron Labonte all became free agents when their contracts ran out, while Scott Morrison[26] and Mark Burchill[27] signed pre-contracts with Ross County and Rotherham respectively. Young goalkeeper Sean Murdoch opted to join recently promoted side Hamilton Academical[28] (with whom he'd previously been on loan) and at the start of September, Centre-back Sol Bamba joining SPL side Hibernian for an undisclosed sum.[29] September also saw young defender Greg Ross join Second Division side Cowdenbeath on a months loan.[30]

Player From Date Fee
Scotland Stephen Simmons Unattached 1 May 2008 Free
Scotland Scott Morrison Ross County 6 May 2008 Free
Scotland Sean Murdoch Hamilton Academical 6 May 2008 Undisclosed
Scotland Darren Young Unattached 27 May 2008 Free
Scotland Aaron Labonte Unattached 31 May 2008 Free
Scotland Mark Burchill Rotherham United 12 June 2008 Free
Scotland Stephen Crawford East Fife 22 July 2008 Free
Ivory Coast Souleymane Bamba Hibernian 1 September 2008 Undisclosed
Scotland Greg Ross Cowdenbeath 12 September 2008 Loan

References

  1. ↑ "Squad for Austria". dafc.co.uk. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
  2. ↑ "Clubs rage at SFA youth demotion". BBC Sport. 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  3. ↑ "Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 Stirling". BBC Sport. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  4. ↑ "Peterhead 0–2 Dunfermline Ath". BBC Sport. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  5. ↑ "Dunfermline 2–1 Queen o' South". BBC Sport. 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  6. ↑ "Dunfermline 0–2 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  7. ↑ "Dunfermline 1–0 Alloa". BBC Sport. 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  8. ↑ "Motherwell mourn death of Dolan". BBC Sport. 2008-09-01. Archived from the original on 3 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  9. ↑ "Dunfermline 2–0 St Mirren". BBC Sport. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  10. ↑ "Manager prize for Pars' McIntyre". BBC Sport. 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  11. ↑ "Dundee United 1–0 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  12. ↑ "Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 Clyde". BBC Sport. 2009-01-10. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  13. 1 2 "Dunfermline Athletic 2008–09 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  14. 1 2 "New Boys at Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 2008-05-19. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  15. ↑ "Bayne clinches Dunfermline move". BBC Sport. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 27 June 2008.
  16. ↑ "Reidford given Dunfermline chance". BBC Sport. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  17. ↑ "Dunfermline take striker on trial". BBC Sport. 2008-07-08. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
  18. ↑ "Dunfermline snap up striker Kirk". BBC Sport. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  19. ↑ "Wiles signs for Pars". dafc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
  20. ↑ "Hibs striker Campbell joins Pars". BBC Sport. 2008-09-20. Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  21. ↑ "Rangers' Loy loaned out to Pars". BBC Sport. 2008-12-12. Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  22. ↑ "Dunfermline loan Mole from Hearts". BBC Sport. 2009-01-10. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  23. ↑ "Burchill, Simmons to leave Pars". BBC News. 2008-04-19. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  24. ↑ "Pars set to unveil signings". Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  25. ↑ "No Dunfermline deal for Crawford". BBC News. 2008-04-24. Archived from the original on 29 April 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  26. ↑ "Ross County make trio of signings". BBC News. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  27. ↑ "Burchill, Simmons to leave Pars". BBC News. 2008-04-19. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  28. ↑ "Hamilton move for keeper Murdoch". BBC News. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  29. ↑ "Hibs sign Bamba from Dunfermline". BBC News. 2008-09-01. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  30. ↑ "Ross makes winning start to loan". BBC News. 2008-09-14. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.

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