2007–08 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was Dunfermline Athletic's first season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2006–07 season.[1] Dunfermline Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup, Scottish Cup and the UEFA Cup.

Dunfermline Athletic
2007–08 season
ChairmanJohn Yorkston
ManagerStephen Kenny (up until 4 December 2007)
Jim McIntyre (from 3 January 2008)
StadiumEast End Park
Scottish First DivisionFifth
Scottish Challenge CupFinal, Lost to St Johnstone
Scottish League CupThird Round, Lost to Hearts
Scottish CupFourth Round, Lost to Partick Thistle
UEFA CupSecond Qualifying Round, Lost to BK Häcken
Top goalscorerLeague: Mark Burchill (11)
All: Mark Burchill (15)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 4,946 vs. St Johnstone, 2 September 2007
Cup: 6,017 vs. BK Häcken, 16 August 2007
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 2,444 vs. Hamilton Academical, 11 March 2008
Cup: 1,744 Ayr United, 2 October 2007
Average home league attendance3,695

Review and Events

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Dunfermline Athletic's first season after relegation from the Scottish Premier League started with disappointment. One win in seven games left them languishing in second last place and even more pressure was put on manager Stephen Kenny after they were knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the knockout qualifying round by Swedish minnows BK Häcken. Despite this the team managed to get to the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they played against St Johnstone but lost 3–2.[2]

At the start of December, Stephen Kenny was sacked as manager of Dunfermline after just over a year in charge.[3] Jim McIntyre was immediately given the role of caretaker manager and after a successful run in which he won four out of six games, he was appointed as Dunfermline manager on a full-time basis on 3 January 2008. He signed a two-and-a-half-year deal.[4] McIntyre started his reign by allowing 6 members of his squad to leave to try to cut the squad size down.[5] McIntyre's changes to the squad seemed to have a positive effect as the Pars eventually finished 5th overall, beating Queen of the South by 4 goals on the final day of the season.

Chronological list of events

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This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007–08 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 St Johnstone 36 15 13 8 60 45 +15 58
4 Queen of the South 36 14 10 12 47 43 +4 52 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
5 Dunfermline Athletic 36 13 12 11 36 41 −5 51
6 Partick Thistle 36 11 12 13 40 39 +1 45
7 Livingston 36 10 9 17 55 66 −11 39
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Queen of the South qualified for the UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round as Scottish Cup runners-up

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

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Pre-season

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17 July 2014 Friendly Brechin City 1 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 Smith   58' Match Report Burchill   30'
Simmons   42'
Glass   55'
Referee: Brown
21 July 2014 Friendly Dumbarton 1 – 5 Dunfermline Athletic Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00 McFarlane   11' Match Report Thomson   34'
Crawford   43',   71'
O Morrison   54'
Hamilton   89' (pen)
Referee: Muir
24 July 2014 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 2 Bristol Rovers East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 McManus   17',   40' Match Report Lambert   18'
Walker   50'
Attendance: 1,118
Referee: Tumilty
26 July 2014 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Nottingham Forest East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 Burchill   22'
O Morrison   90'
Match Report Sinclair   25' Attendance: 1,756
Referee: Finnie
8 August 2007 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 4 Manchester United East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 Match Report Eagles   23'
Giggs   36'
Rooney   65',   88' (pen)
Attendance: 11,290
Referee: Clark

Mid-season

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18 March 2008 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 San Juan Jabloteh East End Park, Dunfermline
19:00 McIntyre   15'
Harper   28'
Match Report Byers   65' Attendance: 250
Referee: Charleston

Scottish First Division

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4 Aug 2007 Match 1 Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic New Douglas Park
15:00 Taylor   4'
Offiong   47' (pen)
Match Report Burchill   18'
McGuire   47'
Attendance: 3,383
Referee: D McDonald
11 Aug 2007 Match 2 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Greenock Morton East End Park
15:00 Glass   90'   Match Report Weatherson   21' Attendance: 4,748
Referee: Allan
19 Aug 2007 Match 3 Livingston 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 MacKay   81' (pen) Match Report O Morrison   89'
Bamba   81'  
Attendance: 2,494
Referee: Boyle
25 Aug 2007 Match 4 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Stirling Albion East End Park
15:00 Hamilton   55'
Harper   87'
S Morrison   72'
Match Report Aitken   73' (pen) Attendance: 3,921
Referee: Finnie
2 Sept 2007 Match 5 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 0 St Johnstone East End Park
15:00 Match Report Attendance: 4,946
Referee: Dougal
15 Sept 2007 Match 6 Dundee 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park
15:00 McDonald   23' Match Report Hamilton   14' Attendance: 5,173
Referee: Conroy
22 Sept 2007 Match 7 Clyde 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Masterton   19'
D McGowan   65'
Match Report Burchill   73' Attendance: 1,554
Referee: D McDonald
29 Sept 2007 Match 8 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Partick Thistle East End Park
15:00 Burchill   9' Match Report Attendance: 4,531
Referee: Allan
20 Oct 2007 Match 10 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 5 Hamilton Academical East End Park
15:00 Match Report McArthur   4'
McCarthy   18'
Offiong   30'
Winters   46'   53'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Conroy
27 Oct 2007 Match 11 Stirling Albion 3 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Forthbank Stadium
15:00 Cramb   33'
Bell   78'
McKenna   83'
Match Report Attendance: 1,590
Referee: Brines
3 Nov 2007 Match 12 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 4 Livingston East End Park
15:00 Match Report Craig   44'   49'
Tinkler   66'
Kennedy   90'
Attendance: 3,473
Referee: Muir
10 Nov 2007 Match 13 St Johnstone 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic McDiarmid Park
15:00 Match Report Attendance: 3,317
Referee: S McDonald
1 Dec 2007 Match 14 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Dundee East End Park
15:00 Match Report McDonald   73' Attendance: 4,113
Referee: Tumilty
8 Dec 2007 Match 15 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Clyde East End Park
15:00 Burchill   9' Match Report McGowan   3' Attendance: 3,547
Referee: O'Reilly
15 Dec 2007 Match 16 Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill
15:00 Buchanan   85' Match Report Burchill   62' Attendance: 2,176
Referee: McCurry
22 Dec 2007 Match 17 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 0 Queen of the South East End Park
15:00 Burchill   32'
Phinn   78'
Match Report Attendance: 3,324
Referee: Winter
26 Dec 2007 Match 18 Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Cappielow
19:45 Match Report Glass   15' (pen) Attendance: 2,560
Referee: Richmond
29 Dec 2007 Match 19 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Stirling Albion East End Park
15:00 Burchill   1'
Simmons   45'
Match Report Aitken   58' Attendance: 4,023
Referee: Boyd
2 Jan 2008 Match 20 Livingston 0 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Match Report Hamilton   9'
Burchill   10'
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Somers
5 Jan 2008 Match 21 Dundee 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park
15:00 Match Report Attendance: 4,607
Referee: McKendrick
19 Jan 2008 Match 22 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 St Johnstone East End Park
15:00 Match Report Jackson   44' Attendance: 4,215
Referee: Underhill
26 Jan 2008 Match 23 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 0 Greenock Morton East End Park
15:00 Simmons   51'
Glass   84'
Match Report Attendance: 3,594
Referee: Smith
9 Feb 2008 Match 24 Hamilton Academical 3 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic New Douglas Park
15:00 Offiong   13' (pen), 34', 43' Match Report Attendance: 2,034
Referee: Finnie
16 Feb 2008 Match 25 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Partick Thistle East End Park
15:00 Crawford   12'
Harper   51'
Match Report McKeown   74' Attendance: 3,315
Referee: Winter
23 Feb 2008 Match 26 Clyde 1 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Clarke   68' (pen) Match Report Simmons   12'
Burchill   36'
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Richmond
1 Mar 2008 Match 27 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Livingston East End Park
15:00 Burke   12' Match Report Dorrans   23' Attendance: 3,268
Referee: Collum
8 Mar 2008 Match 28 Stirling Albion P – P Dunfermline Athletic Forthbank Stadium
15:00 Match Report
Note: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch
11 Mar 2008 Match 29 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Hamilton Academical East End Park
19:45 Glass   10' (pen) Match Report Offiong   39' Attendance: 2,444
Referee: Murray
15 Mar 2008 Match 30 Queen of the South 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Harris   8' Match Report Morrison   25' Attendance: 2,114
Referee: Allan
22 Mar 2008 Match 31 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Dundee East End Park
15:00 Match Report Daquin   50' Attendance: 3,972
Referee: Freeland
25 Mar 2008 Match 28(Rearranged) Stirling Albion 2 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Forthbank Stadium
19:30 Aitken   11' (pen)
Bell   41'
Match Report Harper   25', 76', 85' Attendance: 698
Referee: Somers
29 Mar 2008 Match 32 St Johnstone 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic McDiarmid Park
15:00 McManus   36' Match Report Crawford   77' Attendance: 2,372
Referee: McCurry
5 Apr 2008 Match 33 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill
15:00 Match Report Crawford   45' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: O'Reilly
12 Apr 2008 Match 34 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Clyde East End Park
15:00 Glass   48' (pen)
McIntyre   68'
Match Report Clarke   44' Attendance: 3,129
Referee: Muir
19 Apr 2008 Match 35 Greenock Morton 3 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Cappielow
15:00 Wake   14'
Harding   59'
Finlayson   72'
Match Report Attendance: 2,428
Referee: McKendrick
26 Apr 2008 Match 36 Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 0 Queen of the South East End Park
15:00 Thomson   48'
Williamson   55'
Burchill   62', 85'
Match Report Attendance: 3,444
Referee: McKendrick

Scottish Challenge Cup

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5 Sept 2007 Challenge Cup round 2 Clyde 1 – 4 Dunfermline Athletic Broadwood Stadium
19:45 MacLennan   46' Match Report Burchill   26', 74'
O. Morrison   57', 90'
Attendance: 799
Referee: Collum
25 Nov 2007 Challenge Cup Final Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 3 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 Wilson   37'
Glass   70' (pen)
Match Report Sheerin   13' (pen)
MacDonald   19'
Deuchar   30'
Attendance: 6,446
Referee: Smith

Scottish League Cup

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25 Sept 2007 Scottish League Cup round 3 Heart of Midlothain 4 – 1 (a.e.t.) Dunfermline Athletic Tynecastle
19:45 Nadé   34' (pen)
Berra   97'
Elliot   100', 102'
Match Report Simmons   84' Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Winter

Scottish Cup

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12 Jan 2008 Scottish Cup round 4 Partick Thistle P – P Dunfermline Athletic Firhill
Match Report
Note: Match postponed due to a frozen pitch
22 Jan 2008 Scottish Cup round 4 Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill
19:45 Buchanan   68', 87' Match Report Wilson   49' Attendance: 2,434
Referee: S McDonald

UEFA Cup

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16 Aug 2007 UEFA Cup round 2 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 BK Häcken East End Park
19:45 Hamilton   1' Match Report Henriksson   57' Attendance: 6,017
Referee: Kranjc
30 Aug 2007 UEFA Cup round 2 BK Häcken 1 – 0
(2 – 1 agg.)
Dunfermline Athletic Rambergsvallen, Gothenburg
19:45 Skúlason   27' Match Report Hamilton   57' Attendance: 2,712
Referee: Trutz

Fife Cup

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9 Oct 2007 Fife Cup Semi-final Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 3 East Fife East End Park
19:45 Campbell   44'
Williamson   65'
Match Report McManus   24', 40'
O'Reilly   77'
Attendance: 226

Player statistics

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Squad

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Last updated 25 June 2015
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Paul Gallacher 34 0 30 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
GK   SCO Sean Murdoch 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
GK   SCO Greg Paterson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   CIV Souleymane Bamba 18 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
DF   SCO Stuart Dearden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ENG Aaron Labonte 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Scott Morrison 15 1 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Greg Ross 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Greg Shields 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Scott Thomson 25 0 23 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Scott Wilson 31 2 27 0 1 1 0 0 3 1
DF   ENG Calum Woods 30 0 25 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
MF   SCO Stephen Glass 37 6 31 4 1 0 1 0 4 2
MF   SCO Kevin Harper 14 4 11 4 1 0 0 0 2 0
MF   SCO Scott McBride 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Scott Muirhead 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Nick Phinn 14 1 12 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Stephen Simmons 31 4 25 3 1 0 1 1 4 0
MF   SCO Iain Williamson 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Paul Willis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Darren Young 16 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
ST   SCO Mark Burchill 32 15 28 11 1 0 0 0 3 4
ST   SCO Alex Burke 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
ST   SCO Stephen Crawford 31 3 27 3 0 0 1 0 3 0
ST   SCO Jim McIntyre 7 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Players who appeared for Dunfermline Athletic but left during the season:
GK   SCO Roddy McKenzie 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   WAL Jamie Harris 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Phil McGuire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   EIR Danny Murphy 13 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   SCO Michael McGlinchey 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   NIR Owen Morrison 9 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
MF   EIR Bobby Ryan 9 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
ST   SCO Jim Hamilton 20 4 17 3 1 0 1 1 1 0
ST   SCO Tam McManus 12 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
Notes:
  • Player substitutions are not included.

Goalscorers

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As of match played 26 April 2008[15]
Place Position Nation Name Total Scottish First Division Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup UEFA Cup
1 FW   Mark Burchill 15 11 0 0 4 0
2 MF   Stephen Glass 6 4 0 0 2 0
3 MF   Kevin Harper 4 4 0 0 0 0
MF   Stephen Simmons 4 3 0 1 0 0
FW   Jim Hamilton 4 3 0 0 0 1
6 FW   Stevie Crawford 3 3 0 0 0 0
MF   Owen Morrison 3 1 0 0 2 0
8 DF   Scott Wilson 2 0 1 0 1 0
9 MF   Alex Burke 1 1 0 0 0 0
FW   Jim McIntyre 1 1 0 0 0 0
FW   Tam McManus 1 1 0 0 0 0
DF   Scott Morrison 1 1 0 0 0 0
MF   Nick Phinn 1 1 0 0 0 0
MF   Scott Thomson 1 1 0 0 0 0
MF   Iain Williamson 1 1 0 0 0 0
Total 48 36 1 1 9 1

Transfers

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References

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