Preview Queens Park
Saturday, 8th Oct 2016Tickets are priced at £10 for Adults and £5 for concessions
Dick Campbell was the manager of Dunfermline the last time the teams met in what was the first year of CIS Insurance sponsoring the Scottish League Cup.
The Fourth Round of the Irn-Bru Challenge Cup brings Gus MacPherson`s Queens Park on a rare visit to East End Park. It will be eighth in the Championship v eighth in League One. A division apart the sides have similar league records, played eight, won two, drawn one and lost five. The only difference the Parswith two off better goal difference but while Dunfermline has scored 11 league goals, their opponents have only found the net five times. .
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Milestones
Queens Park (Home) |
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Last Victory . |
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4 - 0 |
League Cup |
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Last Defeat |
12/08/78 |
0 - 3 |
Division Two* |
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Best
Victory * |
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5 - 1 |
Division Two* |
Worst . Defeat* |
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1 - 6 |
Division Two* |
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* Pre Reconstruction |
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2016-2017 Irn-Bru Cup
Queens Park have won seen off Kilmarnock U20 (5-2), Partick Thistle U20 (0-0 and 6-5 on penalties) and Morton (2-0) to reach this stage of the competition. Dunfermline saw off Brechin City 5-1 in their only involvement so far. The home draw against the Spiders was a very welcome one since the last sixteen includes two teams from Wales and two from Northern Ireland whose strengths are relatively unknown.
Last Meeting
Dunfermline 4 Queens Park 0 CIS Insurance Cup 18th August 1999
Dick Campbell was the manager of Dunfermline the last time the teams met in what was the first year of CIS Insurance sponsoring the Scottish League Cup. Dick`s team were three up by half time, Owen Coyle netting in 20 and 39 minutes with Stewart Petrie sending a third past keeper Neil Inglis (Pars goalie coach in 2007-08) two minutes before the break. Andy Smith added a fourth in 81 minutes to earn the Pars a trip to Ibrox in the third round. The Pars run ended their with a solitary Rod Wallace goal.
DUNFERMLINE: Ian Westwater: Greg Shields, Andy Tod, Brian Reid, Jason Dair: Hamish French, Jamie Dolan, Eddie May, Stewart Petrie: Andy Smith, Owen Coyle
SUBS: Craig Ireland, Colin Nish, Chris McGroarty
| . . . Form last six matches | ||||||
| . . Dunfermline | . | . Queens Park | ||||
| . Ayr United (A) | D |
0-0 |
. Albion Rovers (A) | L | 0-2 | |
| . St Mirren (H) | .W |
.4-3 |
. Stranraer (H) | L | 0-2 | |
| . Morton (A) | L |
1-2 |
. Alloa Athletic (H) | L |
1-2 |
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| . Dundee United (H) | .L |
.1-3 |
. .Peterhead (A) | L |
0-2 |
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| . Brechin City (A) | W |
5-1 |
. Morton (H) | W | 2-0 | |
| . Queen of South (H) | .L |
.0-1 |
. Livingston (H) | W | 1-0 | |
Having finished fourth in last season`s League Two Queens Park won promotion through the play offs. They have now lost their last four matches and have not won away from home since their 2-1 win at Stenhousemuir on 13th August. Dunfermline have halted their five league matches defeats in a row with a win over St Mirren and a draw at Ayr on Saturday.
| Dunfermline | Queens Park . |
| Current League Position | |
| 8 | 8 |
| League Points | |
| 7 | 7 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -5 | -7 |
| Last Six Match Form | |
| LWLLWD | WWLLLL |
| League record | |
| P8, W2, D1, L5 | P8, W2, D1, L5 |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Ayr United): Sean Murdoch: Ryan Williamson, Lewis Martin, Lee Ashcroft, Jason Talbot, Michael Paton, Andy Geggan (c), John Herron (Rhys McCabe 18), Joe Cardle: Gavin Reilly (Michael Moffat 80), Nicky Clark (Farid El Alagui 34).
SUBS NOT USED: Ben Richards-Everton, Paul McMullan, Kallum Higginbotham, David Hutton (GK)
QUEENS PARK (v Albion Rovers): Willie Muir: Ross Millen, Ryan McGeever, Adam Cummins, Scott Gibson: Gregor Fotheringham (Ewan MacPherson 84), Paul Woods, Craig McLeish, Dario Zanatta, John Carter (Aiden Malone 59), Anton Brady (Liam Brown 75)
SUBS NOT USED: Sean Burns, Conor McVey, Andrew Murphy (GK)
Canadian Dario Zanatta is on loan from Hearts.
Referee will be
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