Archive for category: Dunfermline

/ March 20, 2012 9:33 pm

Jim Jefferies set to replace Jim McIntyre at Dunfermline

Former Hearts manager Jim Jefferies is set to be appointed Dunfermline manager as successor to recently sacked Jim McIntyre

/ March 16, 2012 7:27 pm

Dunfermline sack manager Jim McIntyre

Dunfermline have sacked manager Jim McIntyre with the club sitting bottom of the Scottish Premier League, four points behind Hibernian.An official club statement was published on the club’s website read: “It is with great regret that the Board of Directors at Dunfermline Athletic Football Club have agreed to terminate the contract of Jim Mcintyre with immediate effect. “All at DAFC

/ March 5, 2012 5:51 pm

Rangers players ask administrators for 24 hours consideration

Despite administrators Duff & Phelps announcing on Friday that potential job losses would be announced today, they have once again delayed any publication of cuts after the players asked for an extra 24 hours for them to consider a fresh proposal.In a statement published this evening, Duff and Phelps said: “Everyone involved in the administration process has been attempting to

/ March 1, 2012 8:16 pm

Labour MP Thomas Docherty labels Craig Whyte a ‘liar’, Rangers and Duff & Phelps ‘thieves’

The member of parliament for Dunfermline and West Fife, Thomas Docherty MP has launched a scathing attack on Rangers football club, owner Craig Whyte and administrators Duff & Phelps in a committee hearing in the Westminster Parliament yesterday.The Dunfermline MP labelled the Employee Benefits Trust scheme perpetrated by previous owner Sir David Murray as a “tax-avoidance scam”. Before aiming a

/ March 1, 2012 11:18 am

Rangers failure to pay ticket revenue hits Dunfermline finances

Rangers continued failure to pay the revenue from ticket sales to Dunfermline has now hit the East End Park side, with Dunfermline failing to pay their February salaries in full. Although the club have intimated that they have vowed to pay the remainder owed to their players and staff by Monday.The Fife side are owed £80,000 from a match on

/ February 28, 2012 2:05 pm

St.Johnstone 3-1 Dunfermline

With the previous nine meetings in Perth this century not heralding a St.Johnstone win and the only home goal being score by A MacManus in the previous decade, St Johnstone boss Steve Lomas brings in on loan Lee Croft to try and provide the guile and delivery to supply the miss firing SaS at the expense of Chris Millar.Dunfermline made

/ February 18, 2012 9:15 am

Could SPL clubs arrest Rangers gate receipts to get money owed?

Four SPL clubs are owed money from Rangers Football Club totalling just over £1 million, but could these clubs go to court to have the gate receipts from the Ibrox side's home games to pay towards the debt?Hearts are owed £800,000 from the transfer of Lee Wallace to the Ibrox club, while Dundee United, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dunfermline are

/ February 15, 2012 5:20 pm

Dunfermline issue statement on Rangers administration

Dunfermline have issued a statement expressing concerns and shock at Rangers Football Club going into administration. They intimated that the 'impact of this will be felt throughout Scotland, the UK and Europe'

/ February 11, 2012 3:57 pm

Rangers beat Dunfermline 4-1 to keep pressure on Celtic

Rangers secured a 4-1 win over Dunfermline as the Ibrox side kept the pressure on league leaders Celtic. Andy Kirk gave Dunfermline a shock lead before David Healy equalised soon after and goals from Lee McCulloch, Sone Aluko and Salim Kerkar secured all three points. Dunfermline started the game well and could have taken the lead when David Graham broke

/ December 17, 2011 10:26 pm

Hearts hit Dunfermline hard at Tynecastle

Hearts turned in a performance that showed solidarity among the players as they romped to a 4-0 home victory which left Dunfermline rooted to the bottom of the SPL. Hearts shrugged off their financial problems as Stephen Elliot pounced on a close range chance and turned the ball in as the Dunfermline defence appeared to be static. The chance came

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