Preview Elgin City
Friday, 1st Nov 2013Elgin City have lost only one Scottish Cup tie at home in the last nine seasons. Last Saturday`s defeat to Annan Athletic was their first defeat in nine games.
When Dunfermline travel to Elgin on cup duty this Saturday it will be their first visit to Borough Briggs on competitive business. It is certainly touring Scotland time for Jim Jefferies team who will have played the most southerly and most northerly clubs in the Scottish League in the space of a week. The Pars have only met Elgin City once, that was in the Scottish Cup in season 1982-83. On 29th January 1983 when Dunfermline won 5-0 at home with doubles from Grant Jenkins and Gavin Tait adding to Derek Rodier`s early opener.
Cup Record
Elgin City have lost only one Scottish Cup tie at home in the last nine seasons. The Pars record is better but have gone out in the last two seasons with disappointing defeats at home.
| Season |
ELGIN CITY |
DUNFERMLINE | ||||||
| 2012-13 | A | Rangers | 0-5 | Round 4 | H | Hamilton | 0-2 | Round 5 |
| 2011-12 | A | Queens Park | 1-3 | Round 3 | H | Inverness CT | 1-3 | Round 4 |
| 2010-11 | A | Inverness CT | 0-2 | Round 4 | A | Aberdeen | 0-1 | Round 5 |
| 2009-10 | A | Albion Rovers | 0-1 | Round 3 | H | Celtic | 2-4 | Round 5 |
| 2008-09 | H | Spartans | 1-2 | Round 3 | N | Falkirk | 1-3 | Semi Final |
| 2007-08 | A | Arbroath | 0-5 | Round 2 | A | Partick Thistle | 1-2 | Round 4 |
| 2006-07 | A | Deveronvale | 4-5 | Round 3 | N | Celtic | 0-1 | Final |
| 2005-06 | A | Stirling Albion | 1-2 | Round 1 | H | Airdrie United | 3-4 | Round 3 |
| 2004-05 | A | Gretna | 0-3 | Round 2 | H | Celtic | 0-3 | Round 4 |
| 2003-04 | H | Peterhead | 1-3 | Round 1 | N | Celtic | 1-3 | Final |
Elgin City are managed by former Pars striker Ross Jack and they currently sit sixth in League Two. In League One the Pars sit third and have taken 19 points from their ten games.
| Elgin City | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 3 |
| Recent Results | |
| DWWWDL | DWWLLW |
| League Points | |
| 13 | 19 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +1 | +4 |
| Home / Away League Record | |
| P5, W2, D1, L2 | P4, W2, D1, L1 |
Elgin City have won two, lost two and drawn one of their home league games but last Saturday`s defeat to Annan Athletic was their first defeat in nine games. On the road Dunfermline have dropped points at Brechin and Forfar.
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Elgin City (home) |
|
Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Annan Athletic | L | 2-3 | Stranraer | W | 2-1 | |
| Stirling Albion | W | 4-0 | Forfar Athletic | L | 0-4 | |
| Montrose | D | 3-3 | Brechin City | D | 1-1 | |
| Clyde | W | 1-0 | Falkirk | L | 1-2 | |
| Albion Rovers | D | 1-1 | Stenhousemuir | W | 4-5 | |
| Livingston | L | 1-3 | East Fife | W | 1-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Stranraer): Ryan Scully, Ross Millen, Alex Whittle, Kerr Young, Callum Morris, Andy Geggan, Shaun Byrne (Robert Thomson 83), Stephen Husband, Ryan Wallace (Allan Smith 76), Josh Falkingham, Ryan Thomson (Ryan Ferguson 94).
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Craig Dargo, Fayssal El Bakhtaoui, Ryan Goodfellow
ELGIN CITY (v Annan Athletic: Ray Jellema, Jamie Duff, Sean Crighton (Dachi Khutsishvili 78), David Niven, Paul McMullen, Ally McKenzie, Paul Harkins (Ceiran McLean, 71), Brian Cameron (Graeme Beveridge, 83), Shane Sutherland , Dennis Wyness, Craig Gunn
SUBS NOT USED: Adadm MacLeod, Stuart Black, Sam Urquhart, Darryl McHardie
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