Dunfermline Athletic

Fixtures : 2004-2005 : Kilmarnock

Sat, 20th Nov 2004 Kick Off: 15:00

Dunfermline 4 Kilmarnock 1

Saturday, 20th Nov 2004

BOS SPL Premier League
Barry Nicholson (30) 1-0: Billy Mehmet (37) 2-0: Scott Wilson (57) 3-0, Gary Wales (80) 3-1: Craig Brewster (90) 4-1

Dunfermline badly needed a win with matches coming up away to Motherwell and Hearts followed by the visit to Fife of SPL Champions Celtic so with no fewer than eight first team regulars out through injury the resounding victory was somewhat unexpected. Barry Nicholson put the Pars ahead after half an hour; Billy Mehmet increased the lead seven minutes later and a Scott Wilson header for the third 12 minutes into the second half effectively sealed the Pars second home win of this SPL season. A Gary Wales goal ten minutes from time gave the visitors some consolation but Craig Brewster smacked in a 90th minute fourth to secure a comfortable home win.

The East End injury list lengthened following the trip to Pittodrie last Saturday; Andy Tod, Thomas Butler and Richie Byrne were sidelined but Darren Young and Craig Brewster returned for the visit of sixth place Kilmarnock.

In a subdued opening spell neither team seemed to offer much of a threat to the other, with Killie`s closest effort being a header over the bar from the Pars` own Scott Wilson after a mix-up with Stillie. Dunfermline only fared slightly better with their first effort when Mason`s shot was blocked, the next effort by youngster Greg Ross (making his debut due to Tod`s absence) was saved by Combe and finally the slightly more experienced Brewster had an attempt again saved.

The Pars took the lead half an hour into the match when Mehmet collected Young`s pass and held off the attentions of Ford long enough to lay the ball to the side. It was duly collected by Barry NICHOLSON who calmly supplied a fine finish across Combe to the far post.

A long-range effort from Brewster did little to trouble the Killie keeper but it was more than Killie could muster at the other end. Dunfermline defended well, particularly the impressive Labonte, and confidence grew.

Gone were the dire long balls that have been seen too often this season, replaced instead with flowing football that remained on the ground for as long as possible. One particular move involving Nicholson and Donnelly allowed the Scotland internationalist to unleash a venomous effort that seemed goal bound but for a wonder save by Combe.

Dunfermline`s confident play deserved more and it was delivered accordingly as the first half grew old. A neat ball over the top of Kilmarnock`s defence found Billy MEHMET waiting to finish with a powerful effort from just inside the box.

Killie finished the half with a brief flurry of attacking moves but a tremendous last-ditch tackle by Labonte and a similar feat courtesy of Mason put paid to their scoring plans.

Dunfermline carried their strong performance over into the second half and should have done better when a Nicholson free kick was dropped right across the six-yard box with no takers. The Pars didn`t have to wait much longer for a third however.

Their dominance resulting in a seemingly endless string of passes, Mehmet finally relinquished the ball but won a corner for his efforts. From the ensuing kick, Scott WILSON sailed high above the rest to send a terrific header soaring into the top of the net and effectively kill off the match.

Killie offered little except a couple of wasted corners and a low shot from Invincible that was saved by Stillie. The Pars in contrast looked a lot more threatening. Mehmet saw one effort blocked by Ford and then got on the end
of a terrific move by Nicholson and Donnelly. A suitable finish would have capped the move off as a contender for goal of the season but the young striker couldn`t quite curl the ball past Combe.

With ten minutes remaining Killie grabbed a consolation goal. Stillie couldn`t hold Invincible`s shot and Gary WALES was first to react to poke the ball into the open goal.

For all the football played by the Pars on the day it was the plain old route one that restored the three-goal lead for the hosts in the last minute of regular time. Stillie`s long kick was headed down by Mehmet and Craig BREWSTER held off the attentions of Ford long enough to rifle the ball in off Combe`s bar.

Invincible had one last chance to grab a second for Killie in the dying seconds but knocked the ball too far ahead of himself to capitalise. In all honesty a second would have made Kilmarnock look a lot better than they really were and would have detracted from what was the best footballing performance by the Pars in a long time.

DUNFERMLINE KILMARNOCK
4 Goals 1
12 Fouls 10
1 Corners 7
8 Shots On 4
1 Shots Off 4
1 Hit Woodwork 0
4 Offside 2
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0

DUNFERMLINE: Derek Stillie: Greg Ross, Scott Wilson, Aaron Labonte, Scott Thomson: Barry Nicholson, Darren Young (Stephen Bradley 79), Simon Donnelly, Gary Mason: Billy Mehmet, Craig Brewster
SUBS NOT USED: Langfield, McKeown, Campbell, Wilson, Scullion, Dunn
SCORERS: Nicholson (30), Mehmet (37), Wilson (57), Brewster (90)

KILMARNOCK: Alan Combe: Gordon Greer, David Lilley, Simon Ford, Peter Leven: Danny Invincible, Gary Locke, Gary McDonald, Allan Johnson (Stevie Murray 65): Colin Nish (Gary Wales 65), Craig Dargo (Frederic Dindeleux HT)
SUBS NOT USED: James Fowler, Eric Joly, Steven Naismith, Graeme Smith (GK)
SCORERS: Wales (80)

REFEREE: Mike Ritchie
WEATHER: Bright Dry 2°C
ATTENDANCE 4344

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