Forfar Athletic 3 Dunfermline 2
Saturday, 28th Jul 2012Ramsdens Cup: Paul Gallacher returned; Kader (13) 0-1; Cardle (16) 1-1; Barrowman (35) 2-1; Denholm (53) 2-2; Swankie (66) 2-3
MATCH PICTURES
Jim Jefferies new look Pars kicked off their competitive season on the new state of the art artificial surface at Station Park, Forfar. His side included only four players who started the last SPL match back in May.against Kilmarnock. Jordan McMillan, Andy Dowie, Ryan Thomson and Joe Cardle being the four survivors although Andy Kirk was on the bench then as well.
Great news for the Pars was the return to action of keeper Paul Gallacher who hadn`t played since being injured at Tynecastle in December 2011.
Dick Campbell brought in goalkeeper Derek Soutar from Formartine United. Maybe no one told the 31 year old former Dundee stopper about Forfar`s new pitch!
Dunfermline kicked off but it was Forfar who were quickly in on goal after Danny Denholm travelled down the left with great speed to test Gallacher after only 49 seconds. Gavin Swankie sent a low free kick round the Pars wall in third minute but Gallacher held well.
Dunfermline replied with a driving run by Ryan Wallace and then in six minutes might have done better when firstly Joe Cardle and then Andy Geggan sent crosses across the face of the home goalmouth.
Forfar`s new signing from Aberdeen, Mick Dunlop tested Gallacher again from an eighth minute corner conceded by Andy Dowie. The keeper did well as the big defender met the ball at the far post with a downward on target header.
In tenth minute Stephen Husband collected the Pars first yellow card of the season for a challenge that referee Kevin Clancy did not like. Soutar was brought into action to hold a low Wallace cross but it was at the other end that the first goal was to be scored. A sweeping ball to the left was picked up by Denholm and his shot was beaten away by Gallacher but Omar KADER was well placed in the centre of the box to ram the ball home from 14 yards. 1-0 Forfar.
The home supports joy did not last for long as the Pars hit back within three minutes. Cardle`s tenacity dispossessed right back Mark McCulloch on the left edge of the penalty box and he then cut the ball back for Ryan WALLACE to net low to the left. 1-1.
A Dunfermline free kick in 19th minute was sent whizzing past the left goalpost from 25 yards by Husband. Then central defender Michael Bolochoweckyj made a good block on Cardle`s shot, that was followed by a Falkingham effort low past the left post.
A 34th minute corner sent over by Cardle from the right was missed by Dowie who just mistimed a high jump but Potter was behind him but his header went over the top. The Pars took the lead in the next minute when BARROWMAN latched on to a through ball up the right channel and he swept it past Soutar to net at the far post.
Five minutes from the interval Iain Campbell struck a powerful shot from distance that ended up just outside Gallacher`s left hand post but it was a close one as Swankie slid in and had he got a touch could have equalised.
Thomson laid off a neat ball for Cardle on the left side of the box and given space he tried a chip that narrowly failed to find the net. Forfar continued to compete and cause the visiting defence to make some rather desperate clearances but they went in one down at the break.
Half Time: Forfar Athletic 1 Dunfermline 2
In 51 minutes Cardle`s long hanging ball to the right was caught by Geggan and from his cross Dunfermline earned a corner as Bolochoweckyj headed the cross behind. Dowie hit the crossbar when the corner came in and his initial header was blocked.
Forfar broke and scored on the counterattack through Danny DENHOLM. The Forfar no.11 raced through and placed the ball past Gallacher as he tried to narrow the angle. 2-2
Cardle`s cross in 57 minutes won another corner on the right and this John Potter`s header was blocked by Soutar at the left goalpost. Dunfermline kept up the pressure but McMillan`s attempt on goal went well over the crossbar.
Forfar had another good opportunity in 65 minutes when a cross from the left was smashed on target but off the back of McMillan for a corner on the right. The referee blew the corner up for the challenge on the Gallacher by Dunlop. This clearly demonstrated that Gall was feeling back to full strength but in the next minute he had the misfortune to tip SWANKIE`s cross from the left byeline into his own net. 2-3
With their tails up the Loons should have increased their lead immediately after going ahead. The ball fell nicely for Charlie King but he failed to take the chance from just eight yards out.
Andy Kirk and Chris Kane replaced Ryan Wallace and Stephen Husband and then with quarter of an hour to go Barrowman was put through the middle but just when it looked like Dunfermline would be back in the cup tie the striker scooped the ball over the crossbar.
The Pars final sub of the afternoon was Alex Whittle for Ryan Thomson but the clock was beginning to run away from the First Division club. An 85th minute free kick was floated in by Cardle but Barrowman`s attempt to head on target was prevented and Joe`s follow up was sent wide right.
There was another chance when a fine ball into the box was headed in the direction of Kirk in front of goal but he turned the ball over the bar. A heavy shower came pouring in on 90 minutes to thoroughly drown Dunfermline`s competitive start. It was the home fans and manager Dick Campbell who were ecstatic at the final whistle which came after four added minutes.
SUBS NOT USED: Steven Tulloch, David Scott (GK)
SCORERS: Kader (13), Denholm (53), Swankie (66)
YELLOW CARD: Motion (86), R. Campbell (93)
DUNFERMLINE: Paul Gallacher; Andy Geggan, Andy Dowie, John Potter, Jordan McMillan (c); Stephen Husband (Chris Kane 67), Ryan Thomson (Alex Whittle, 78), Josh Falkingham; Ryan Wallace (Andy Kirk 67), Andy Barrowman, Joe Cardle.
SUBS NOT USED: Paul Burns, Ryan Goodfellow (GK)
SCORERS: Wallace (16), Barrowman (35)
YELLOW CARD: Husband (10), Dowie (72)
REFEREE: Kevin Clancy
WEATHER: Changeable 16C
ATTENDANCE
NEXT MATCH: Pre Season Friendly (home) v Bristol City
Wednesday 1st August 2012, kick off 7.30pm
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Preview Forfar Athletic
Wednesday, 25th Jul 2012First competitive match of the season as Pars travel to Forfar for Ramsden Cup Fir
If Dunfermline fans had been able to choose an away tie in the Ramsdens Cup then it would have been to play Dick Campbell`s Forfar Athletic. The former Pars player and manager still has a squad that includes a number of former Pars players:- Mark McCulloch, Jamie Bishop, Iain Campbell and Chris Templeman. Dick`s other son (and Iain`s brother) Ross also plays for the Station Park club and of course other former Pars such as Andy Tod, Greg Paterson, Craig Wilson and Greg Ross have also come and gone at Forfar.
This will be a severe first test for Jim Jefferies newly shaped team and Dick Campbell will need little motivating of his team against a club who were in the SPL last season.
Dunfermline met Forfar Athletic in the Challenge Cup in season 1995-96. Goals from Andy Tod and Greg Shaw saw the Pars through and immediately after that game Manager Bert Paton signed David Bingham from the Angus Club for a fee of £100,000. That broke Forfar`s previous transfer fee record of £57,00 that Raith Rovers paid to them for Craig Brewster.
The Dunfermline team that beat Forfar in 1995:- Guido van de Kamp, Paul Fenwick (Andy Tod), Derek Fleming (Paul Kinnaird), Norrie McCathie, Craig Robertson, Paul Smith, Allan Moore, Jackie McNamara, Grrg Shaw, Stewart Petrie, Mark Millar (Ivo den Bieman).
When Dunfermline were held to a 0-0 draw at Station Park in the Scottish Cup on 25th January 1992 that marked Norrie McCathie`s 400th appearance for the club. Jocky Scott`s team went on to win the replay
The SFL Challenge Cup is now in its 22nd season of competition since its inauguration in 1990/91 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League. Initially it was sponsored by DIY retailers B&Q, who also gave financial backing top the SFL, the Fair Play League and the national Schoolboys` Cup, the B&Q Centenary Cup was intended as a one off tournament but its popularity ensured that it was retained as simply the B&Q Cup.
The notion that this first season was `popular` was largely down to the fact that the semi final between Kilmarnock and Dundee drew 7,933 spectators to Rugby Park (still a record for the competition outside of a final), while the final itself (when Dundee beat Ayr United 3-2 after extra time) attracted an excellent crowd of 11,506 at Fir Park. The reality was that the average gate of the B&Q Challenge Cup, omitting the final, was only 1664.
Dunfermline Athletic`s first involvement in the B&Q Cup was in 1992-93 with the 3-0 defeat at Arbroath marking an ignominious debut for Jackie McNamara. The Pars reached the semi final of the competition in 1994-95 before falling to Dundee at East End Park before a crowd of 7154, a club record in the B&Q Cup.
It looked like the competition had reached the end of the road when it was shelved in 1998-99 but new sponsors were found and the competition reborn as the Bells Challenge Cup in 1999-2000. The Pars returned to the competition after a four year absence and made a sharp exit, losing a first round match to Morton on penalties after drawing 2-2.
In season 2007-08 Dunfermline made the final of the Challenge Cup. This was the Club`s sixth appearance in the competition and, despite a miserable league campaign, they repeated their cup form of 2004 - 2007 by reaching the final. The Pars became the twentieth different club to do so, a pretty good representation of the SFL.
Against St Johnstone in the first final to be played at Dens Park, Dunfermline displayed all the defensive ineptitude that marked Stephen Kenny`s reign at the Club. In an awful opening half hour, they fell three goals behind before a change of formation heralded an unlikely come back. Leading 3-2, the Saints looked shaky but held on to become the eleventh different club to win the cup. The attendance of 6446, a reflection of the sense of frustration felt by the Pars supporters who had turned up in great numbers for their club`s three Hampden Park finals over the previous four years.
In 2008-09 Dunfermline defeated Stirling Albion but lost out 2-0 to Queen of the South. The following season Queen of the South again inflicted an East End Park knock out 2-1 after a 5-0 first round win over Dumbarton who were under the management of one, Gerry McCabe.
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