2007–08_Dunfermline_Athletic_F.C._season

2007–08 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

2007–08 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

Dunfermline Athletic 2007–08 football 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.

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Review and Events

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

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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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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

Pre-season

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

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

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish First Division
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 Red card 47'		 Attendance: 3,383
Referee: D McDonald
11 Aug 2007 Match 2 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Greenock Morton East End Park
15:00 Glass Yellow card 90' Red card 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 Yellow card 81' Red card		 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 Red card 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
6 Oct 2007 Match 9 Queen of the South 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Match Report McManus 30' Attendance: 2,384
Referee: Collum
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 Red card 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

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Challenge Cup
Main article: 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final
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
18 Sept 2007 Challenge Cup quarter-finals Airdrie United 0 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic New Broomfield
19:45 Match Report Burchill 54', 81' Attendance: 931
Referee: Tumilty
2 Oct 2007 Challenge Cup Semi-finals Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Ayr United East End Park
19:45 Glass 83' Match Report Attendance: 1,744
Referee: Underhill
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

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish League Cup
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

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Cup
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

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup
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 Red card 57' Attendance: 2,712
Referee: Trutz

Fife Cup

Main article: Fife Cup
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

Squad

Last updated 25 June 2015
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Notes:
  • Player substitutions are not included.

Goalscorers

As of match played 26 April 2008[15]
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Transfers

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