Dunfermline Athletic
2007–08 season
ChairmanJohn Yorkston
ManagerStephen Kenny (up until 4 December 2007)
Jim McIntyre (from 3 January 2008)
StadiumEast End Park
Scottish First DivisionFifth
Scottish Challenge CupFinal, Lost to St Johnstone
Scottish League CupThird Round, Lost to Hearts
Scottish CupFourth Round, Lost to Partick Thistle
UEFA CupSecond Qualifying Round, Lost to BK Häcken
Top goalscorerLeague: Mark Burchill (11)
All: Mark Burchill (15)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 4,946 vs. St Johnstone, 2 September 2007
Cup: 6,017 vs. BK Häcken, 16 August 2007
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 2,444 vs. Hamilton Academical, 11 March 2008
Cup: 1,744 Ayr United, 2 October 2007
Average home league attendance3,695

The 2007–08 season was Dunfermline Athletic's first season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2006–07 season.[1] Dunfermline Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup, Scottish Cup and the UEFA Cup.

Review and Events

Dunfermline Athletic's first season after relegation from the Scottish Premier League started with disappointment. One win in seven games left them languishing in second last place and even more pressure was put on manager Stephen Kenny after they were knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the knockout qualifying round by Swedish minnows BK Häcken. Despite this the team managed to get to the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they played against St Johnstone but lost 3–2.[2]

At the start of December, Stephen Kenny was sacked as manager of Dunfermline after just over a year in charge.[3] Jim McIntyre was immediately given the role of caretaker manager and after a successful run in which he won four out of six games, he was appointed as Dunfermline manager on a full-time basis on 3 January 2008. He signed a two-and-a-half-year deal.[4] McIntyre started his reign by allowing 6 members of his squad to leave to try to cut the squad size down.[5] McIntyre's changes to the squad seemed to have a positive effect as the Pars eventually finished 5th overall, beating Queen of the South by 4 goals on the final day of the season.

Chronological list of events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007–08 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 St Johnstone 36 15 13 8 60 45 +15 58
4 Queen of the South 36 14 10 12 47 43 +4 52 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Dunfermline Athletic 36 13 12 11 36 41 5 51
6 Partick Thistle 36 11 12 13 40 39 +1 45
7 Livingston 36 10 9 17 55 66 11 39
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Queen of the South qualified for the UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round as Scottish Cup runners-up

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

Pre-season

17 July 2014 Friendly Brechin City 1 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 Smith 58' Match Report Burchill 30'
Simmons 42'
Glass 55'
Referee: Brown
24 July 2014 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 2 Bristol Rovers East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 McManus 17', 40' Match Report Lambert 18'
Walker 50'
Attendance: 1,118
Referee: Tumilty
26 July 2014 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Nottingham Forest East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 Burchill 22'
O Morrison 90'
Match Report Sinclair 25' Attendance: 1,756
Referee: Finnie
8 August 2007 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 4 Manchester United East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 Match Report Eagles 23'
Giggs 36'
Rooney 65', 88' (pen)
Attendance: 11,290
Referee: Clark

Mid-season

Scottish First Division

11 Aug 2007 Match 2 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Greenock Morton East End Park
15:00 Glass Yellow card 90' Red card Match Report Weatherson 21' Attendance: 4,748
Referee: Allan
19 Aug 2007 Match 3 Livingston 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 MacKay 81' (pen) Match Report O Morrison 89'
Bamba Yellow card 81' Red card
Attendance: 2,494
Referee: Boyle
25 Aug 2007 Match 4 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Stirling Albion East End Park
15:00 Hamilton 55'
Harper 87'
S Morrison Red card 72'
Match Report Aitken 73' (pen) Attendance: 3,921
Referee: Finnie
2 Sept 2007 Match 5 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 0 St Johnstone East End Park
15:00 Match Report Attendance: 4,946
Referee: Dougal
15 Sept 2007 Match 6 Dundee 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park
15:00 McDonald 23' Match Report Hamilton 14' Attendance: 5,173
Referee: Conroy
22 Sept 2007 Match 7 Clyde 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Masterton 19'
D McGowan 65'
Match Report Burchill 73' Attendance: 1,554
Referee: D McDonald
29 Sept 2007 Match 8 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Partick Thistle East End Park
15:00 Burchill 9' Match Report Attendance: 4,531
Referee: Allan
20 Oct 2007 Match 10 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 5 Hamilton Academical East End Park
15:00 Match Report McArthur 4'
McCarthy 18'
Offiong 30'
Winters 46' 53'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Conroy
27 Oct 2007 Match 11 Stirling Albion 3 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Forthbank Stadium
15:00 Cramb 33'
Bell 78'
McKenna 83'
Match Report Attendance: 1,590
Referee: Brines
3 Nov 2007 Match 12 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 4 Livingston East End Park
15:00 Match Report Craig 44' 49'
Tinkler 66'
Kennedy 90'
Attendance: 3,473
Referee: Muir
10 Nov 2007 Match 13 St Johnstone 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic McDiarmid Park
15:00 Match Report Attendance: 3,317
Referee: S McDonald
1 Dec 2007 Match 14 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Dundee East End Park
15:00 Match Report McDonald 73' Attendance: 4,113
Referee: Tumilty
8 Dec 2007 Match 15 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Clyde East End Park
15:00 Burchill 9' Match Report McGowan 3' Attendance: 3,547
Referee: O'Reilly
15 Dec 2007 Match 16 Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill
15:00 Buchanan 85' Match Report Burchill 62' Attendance: 2,176
Referee: McCurry
22 Dec 2007 Match 17 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 0 Queen of the South East End Park
15:00 Burchill 32'
Phinn 78'
Match Report Attendance: 3,324
Referee: Winter
26 Dec 2007 Match 18 Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Cappielow
19:45 Match Report Glass 15' (pen) Attendance: 2,560
Referee: Richmond
29 Dec 2007 Match 19 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Stirling Albion East End Park
15:00 Burchill 1'
Simmons 45'
Match Report Aitken 58' Attendance: 4,023
Referee: Boyd
2 Jan 2008 Match 20 Livingston 0 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Match Report Hamilton 9'
Burchill 10'
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Somers
5 Jan 2008 Match 21 Dundee 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park
15:00 Match Report Attendance: 4,607
Referee: McKendrick
19 Jan 2008 Match 22 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 St Johnstone East End Park
15:00 Match Report Jackson 44' Attendance: 4,215
Referee: Underhill
26 Jan 2008 Match 23 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 0 Greenock Morton East End Park
15:00 Simmons 51'
Glass 84'
Match Report Attendance: 3,594
Referee: Smith
9 Feb 2008 Match 24 Hamilton Academical 3 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic New Douglas Park
15:00 Offiong 13' (pen), 34', 43' Match Report Attendance: 2,034
Referee: Finnie
16 Feb 2008 Match 25 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Partick Thistle East End Park
15:00 Crawford 12'
Harper Red card 51'
Match Report McKeown 74' Attendance: 3,315
Referee: Winter
23 Feb 2008 Match 26 Clyde 1 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Clarke 68' (pen) Match Report Simmons 12'
Burchill 36'
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Richmond
1 Mar 2008 Match 27 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Livingston East End Park
15:00 Burke 12' Match Report Dorrans 23' Attendance: 3,268
Referee: Collum
8 Mar 2008 Match 28 Stirling Albion P – P Dunfermline Athletic Forthbank Stadium
15:00 Match Report
Note: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch
11 Mar 2008 Match 29 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Hamilton Academical East End Park
19:45 Glass 10' (pen) Match Report Offiong 39' Attendance: 2,444
Referee: Murray
22 Mar 2008 Match 31 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Dundee East End Park
15:00 Match Report Daquin 50' Attendance: 3,972
Referee: Freeland
25 Mar 2008 Match 28(Rearranged) Stirling Albion 2 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Forthbank Stadium
19:30 Aitken 11' (pen)
Bell 41'
Match Report Harper 25', 76', 85' Attendance: 698
Referee: Somers
29 Mar 2008 Match 32 St Johnstone 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic McDiarmid Park
15:00 McManus 36' Match Report Crawford 77' Attendance: 2,372
Referee: McCurry
5 Apr 2008 Match 33 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill
15:00 Match Report Crawford 45' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: O'Reilly
12 Apr 2008 Match 34 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Clyde East End Park
15:00 Glass 48' (pen)
McIntyre 68'
Match Report Clarke 44' Attendance: 3,129
Referee: Muir
19 Apr 2008 Match 35 Greenock Morton 3 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Cappielow
15:00 Wake 14'
Harding 59'
Finlayson 72'
Match Report Attendance: 2,428
Referee: McKendrick
26 Apr 2008 Match 36 Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 0 Queen of the South East End Park
15:00 Thomson 48'
Williamson 55'
Burchill 62', 85'
Match Report Attendance: 3,444
Referee: McKendrick

Scottish Challenge Cup

25 Nov 2007 Challenge Cup Final Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 3 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 Wilson 37'
Glass 70' (pen)
Match Report Sheerin 13' (pen)
MacDonald 19'
Deuchar 30'
Attendance: 6,446
Referee: Smith

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

12 Jan 2008 Scottish Cup round 4 Partick Thistle P – P Dunfermline Athletic Firhill
Match Report
Note: Match postponed due to a frozen pitch
22 Jan 2008 Scottish Cup round 4 Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill
19:45 Buchanan 68', 87' Match Report Wilson 49' Attendance: 2,434
Referee: S McDonald

UEFA Cup

30 Aug 2007 UEFA Cup round 2 BK Häcken 1 – 0
(2 – 1 agg.)
Dunfermline Athletic Rambergsvallen, Gothenburg
19:45 Skúlason 27' Match Report Hamilton Red card 57' Attendance: 2,712
Referee: Trutz

Fife Cup

9 Oct 2007 Fife Cup Semi-final Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 3 East Fife East End Park
19:45 Campbell 44'
Williamson 65'
Match Report McManus 24', 40'
O'Reilly 77'
Attendance: 226

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 25 June 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First DivisionScottish CupLeague CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Paul Gallacher 340300101020
GK Scotland SCO Sean Murdoch 6040000020
GK Scotland SCO Greg Paterson 0000000000
DF Ivory Coast CIV Souleymane Bamba 180130001040
DF Scotland SCO Stuart Dearden 0000000000
DF England ENG Aaron Labonte 3020000010
DF Scotland SCO Scott Morrison 151131100010
DF Scotland SCO Greg Ross 4040000000
DF Scotland SCO Greg Shields 8080000000
DF Scotland SCO Scott Thomson 250230100010
DF Scotland SCO Scott Wilson 312270110031
DF England ENG Calum Woods 300250101030
MF Scotland SCO Stephen Glass 376314101042
MF Scotland SCO Kevin Harper 144114100020
MF Scotland SCO Scott McBride 1010000000
MF Scotland SCO Scott Muirhead 120120000000
MF Scotland SCO Nick Phinn 141121001010
MF Scotland SCO Stephen Simmons 314253101140
MF Scotland SCO Iain Williamson 3111001010
MF Scotland SCO Paul Willis 0000000000
MF Scotland SCO Darren Young 160150001000
ST Scotland SCO Mark Burchill 32152811100034
ST Scotland SCO Alex Burke 111111000000
ST Scotland SCO Stephen Crawford 313273001030
ST Scotland SCO Jim McIntyre 7151100010
Players who appeared for Dunfermline Athletic but left during the season:
GK Scotland SCO Roddy McKenzie 2020000000
DF Wales WAL Jamie Harris 7070000000
DF Scotland SCO Phil McGuire 1010000000
DF Ireland EIR Danny Murphy 130120000010
MF Scotland SCO Michael McGlinchey 7060000010
MF Northern Ireland NIR Owen Morrison 9351001032
MF Ireland EIR Bobby Ryan 9070000020
ST Scotland SCO Jim Hamilton 204173101110
ST Scotland SCO Tam McManus 12191001020
Notes:
  • Player substitutions are not included.

Goalscorers

As of match played 26 April 2008[15]
Place Position Nation Name Total Scottish First Division Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup UEFA Cup
1FWScotlandMark Burchill15110040
2MFScotlandStephen Glass640020
3MFScotlandKevin Harper440000
MFScotlandStephen Simmons430100
FWScotlandJim Hamilton430001
6FWScotlandStevie Crawford330000
MFNorthern IrelandOwen Morrison310020
8DFScotlandScott Wilson201010
9MFScotlandAlex Burke110000
FWScotlandJim McIntyre110000
FWScotlandTam McManus110000
DFScotlandScott Morrison110000
MFScotlandNick Phinn110000
MFScotlandScott Thomson110000
MFScotlandIain Williamson110000
Total 48361191

Transfers

References

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