2009–10 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

Dunfermline Athletic 2009–10 Jim McIntyre John Yorkston Scottish First Division 3rd Scottish Cup Fifth Round(eliminated by Celtic) Scottish League Cup Third Round(eliminated by Hearts) Scottish Challenge Cup Second Round(eliminated by Queen of the South) Willie Gibson (9) Andy Kirk (15) 6,289 (vs Raith Rovers, 29 August 2009) 2,834 (vs Airdrie Utd, 22 August 2009) _dafc0910h 000000 000000 000000 FFFFFF _dafc0910a FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 season was Dunfermline Athletic's 3rd season in the Scottish First Division after being relegated from the Scottish Premier League in 2007. Review and Events Chronological list of events This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2009–10 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. 4 July: Director Gordon McDougall leaves the Pars towards the end of July to increase his efforts helping stricken side Livingston.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/8169062.stm McDougall resigns to help Livi BBC Sport 25 July 2009 9 August 2009 League table DNF Match results Friendlies ccffcc 8 July 2009 Friendly 0–1 Stirling Albion Dunfermline Athletic Cardle 15 Forthbank Stadium Stephen Finnie ccffcc 11 July 2009 Friendly 2–4 Blyth Spartans Ross 39 o.g. Williams 41 Dunfermline Athletic Bayne 12 77 Gibson 20 Kirk 68 pen Croft Park 333 Tony Young ffcccc 14 July 2009 Friendly 0–2 Dunfermline Athletic Dundee United S. Robertson 4 Goodwillie 80 East End Park 1,221 Willie Collum ffcccc 18 July 2009 Friendly 0–4 Dunfermline Athletic Hibernian Nish 7 33 Riordan 55 Johansson 91 East End Park 4,151 Steven Nicholls ccffcc 21 July 2009 Friendly 1–7 East Fife McManus 71 pen Dunfermline Athletic Bayne 1 25 43 Higgins 23 Graham 65 Willis 79 Bell 89 Bayview Stadium Brian Colvin ccffcc 26 July 2009 Friendly 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Kirk 39 Coventry East End Park 1,162 John McKendrick League ffcccc 8 August 2009 SFL1 No. 1 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic Inverness CT Cox 92 East End Park 2,975 Dougie McDonald ccffcc 15 August 2009 SFL1 No. 2 0–2 Morton Dunfermline Athletic Kirk 19 Cardle 79 Cappielow 2,661 William Collum ccffcc 22 August 2009 SFL1 No. 3 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic Bayne 19 Trialist 58 Airdrie East End Park 2,834 Anthony Law (replaced by Brian Braidwood in the 3rd minute due to injury to Law)https://dafc.co.uk/story.php?t=Dunfermline_2_Airdrie_United_0&ID=5200 DUNFERMLINE 2 AIRDRIE UNITED 0 dafc.co.uk 22 August 2009 29 August 2019 ffcccc 29 August 2009 SFL1 No. 4 0–2 Dunfermline Athletic Gibson 1 43 Raith Rovers Murray 41 Casalinuovo 60 East End Park 6,289 David Somers ffcccc 12 September 2009 SFL1 No. 5 1–0 Dundee Griffiths 37 pen. Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park 5,326 Craig Thomson ffcccc 19 September 2009 SFL1 No. 6 2–0 Partick Thistle Cairney 39 Donnelly 70 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill Stadium 3,263 Charlie Richmond ffcccc 26 September 2009 SFL1 No. 7 1–4 Dunfermline Athletic Phinn 37 Queen of the South Wyness 33 Burns 39 42 Holmes 45 pen. East End Park 2,624 Frank McDermott ccffcc 10 October 2009 SFL1 No. 8 3–1 Dunfermline Athletic Kirk 54 Gibson 55, 63 Ayr United Aitken 74 pen. East End Park 2,460 Dougie McDonald ffffcc 13 October 2009 SFL1 No. 9 0–0 Ross County Dunfermline Athletic Victoria Park 1,757 William Collum ffffcc 17 October 2009 SFL1 No. 10 1–1 Inverness CT Proctor 45 Dunfermline Athletic Kirk 69 Caledonian Stadium 3,082 Alan Muir ccffcc 24 October 2009 SFL1 No. 11 3–1 Dunfermline Athletic Cardle 62 D.Graham 71 Bell 86 Greenock Morton McGuffie 74 East End Park 2,411 Steven Nicholls ffffcc 31 October 2009 SFL1 No. 12 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic Bayne 77 Dundee Harkins 60 East End Park 4,001 Euan Norris ccffcc 7 November 2009 SFL1 No. 13 1–2 Raith Rovers Campbell 22 Dunfermline Athletic Bayne 58 Wilson 90 o.g. Stark's Park 6,200 Crawford Allan ccffcc 14 November 2009 SFL1 No. 14 3–1 Dunfermline Athletic McDougall 5 Gibson 40, 90 Partick Thistle Cairney 47 East End Park 3,111 Mike Tumilty ccffcc 1 December 2009 SFL1 No. 15 1–2 Queen of the South Weatherston 17 Dunfermline Athletic McDougall 35 Bell 58 Palmerston Park 1,651 Craig Thomson ffcccc 5 December 2009 SFL1 No. 16 1–0 Ayr United Stevenson 52 Dunfermline Athletic Somerset Park 1,625 Steve Conroy ffffcc 12 December 2009 SFL1 No. 17 3–3 Dunfermline Athletic Kirk 22, 35 Gibson 40 Ross County Brittain 8 pen. Lawson 24 Vigurs 84 East End Park 2,381 William Collum ffffcc 19 December 2009 SFL1 No. 18 0–0 Dunfermline Athletic Inverness CT East End Park 2,280 John McKendrick ffcccc 17 January 2010 SFL1 No. 19 3–2 Dundee Griffiths 3, 82 McMenamin 16 Dunfermline Athletic D.Graham 10 Kirk 50 Dens Park 5,201 Iain Brines ccffcc 23 January 2010 SFL1 No. 20 1–4 Partick Thistle Buchanan 87 Dunfermline Athletic Cardle 48, 71, 82 Woods 83 Firhill Stadium 1,549 Stephen Finnie ffffcc 13 February 2010 SFL1 No. 21 2–2 Ross County Lawson 54 Watt 85 Dunfermline Athletic Phinn 10, 32 Holmes 0 89 Victoria Park 2,213 John McKendrick ffcccc 20 February 2010 SFL1 No. 22 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic Ayr United McManus 37 East End Park 2,429 Calum Murray ccffcc 27 February 2010 SFL1 No. 23 1–2 Morton McGuffie 55 Dunfermline Athletic Kirk 70 Mason 77 Cappielow Park 1,776 Craig Thomson ccffcc 6 March 2010 SFL1 No. 24 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic Kirk 54 pen. Bell 87 Airdrie United East End Park 2,252 Alan Muir ffffcc 9 March 2010 SFL1 No. 25 1–1 Airdrie United Waddell 24 Dunfermline Athletic Gibson 87 Excelsior Stadium 703 Brian Winter ccffcc 13 March 2010 SFL1 No. 26 3–1 Dunfermline Athletic McDougall 18 Woods 43, 0 88 Bell 86 pen. Queen of the South Weatherston 69 McKenna 0 90 East End Park 2,163 Steven Nicholls ccffcc 17 March 2010 SFL1 No. 27 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic McDougall 11 Bell 0 43 Gibson 55 Raith Rovers Walker 63 East End Park 4,549 David Somers ccffcc 20 March 2010 SFL1 No. 28 1–2 Raith Rovers Simmons 1 33 Tadé 66 Dunfermline Athletic Mason 50 D.Graham 83 Stark's Park 4,098 Scott MacDonald ffcccc 23 March 2010 SFL1 No. 29 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic McDougall 36 Partick Thistle Buchanan 27 Donnelly 81 East End Park 2,401 Crawford Allan ffcccc 27 March 2010 SFL1 No. 30 2–0 Queen of the South McLaren 45 Weatherston 71 Dunfermline Athletic Cardle 1 81 Palmerston Park 2,298 Alan Muir ccffcc 30 March 2010 SFL1 No. 31 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic Gibson 6 Bell 34 Dundee Harkins 90 East End Park 2,134 William Collum ffcccc 3 April 2010 SFL1 No. 32 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic Bell 78 Ross County Vigurs 15 Barrowman 35 East End Park 2,641 Stephen Finnie ccffcc 10 April 2010 SFL1 No. 33 1–2 Ayr United McManus 45 Dunfermline Athletic Campbell 39 McDougall 53 Somerset Park 1,367 George Salmond ffcccc 17 April 2010 SFL1 No. 34 2–0 Inverness CT Rooney 55 Foran 62 Dunfermline Athletic Caledonian Stadium 3,728 William Collum ccffcc 24 April 2010 SFL1 No. 35 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic Phinn 8 Bell 27, 44, 90 pen. Morton Monti 40 pen. East End Park 2,532 Steve Conroy ccffcc 1 May 2010 SFL1 No. 36 0–1 Airdrie United Dunfermline Athletic Phinn 37 Excelsior Stadium 1,864 Crawford Allan Scottish League Cup ccffcc 1 August 2009 League Cup R1 0–5 Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Graham 3 Kirk 9 56 Bell 45+2 66 Strathclyde Homes Stadium 953 Chris Boyle ccffcc 26 August 2009 League Cup R2 3–1 Dunfermline Athletic Kirk 38 68 Campbell 52 o.g. Raith Rovers Williamson 50 pen East End Park 4,163 Brian Winter ffcccc 23 September 2009 League Cup R3 2–1 Hearts Glen 56 Stewart 73 pen. Dunfermline Athletic Bayne 15 Tynecastle 6,126 B Winter Scottish Challenge Cup ccffcc 25 July 2009 Challenge Cup R1 N&E 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic Kirk 49 Bell 68 Arbroath Rattray 88 Dobbins 0 88 East End Park 1,034 George Salmond ffcccc 18 August 2009 Challenge Cup R2 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic Cardle 53 Queen of the South Kean 12 Tosh 90 East End Park 941 Crawford Allan Scottish Cup ccffcc 9 January 2010 Scottish Cup R4 7–1 Dunfermline Athletic Gibson 15 Kirk 17 83 pen. Phinn 21 Graham 35 McDougall 63 Cardle 69 Stenhousemuir Bradley 90 East End Park, Dunfermline 1,832 Bobby Madden ccffcc 26 January 2010 Scottish Cup R4 Replay 1–2 y Stenhousemuir Bradley 67 pen. Dunfermline Athletic Cardle 35 Kirk 112 Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir 1,810 Bobby Madden ffcccc 7 February 2010 Scottish Cup R5 2–4 Dunfermline Athletic D.Graham 21 Kirk 28 Celtic Kamara 20 Rasmussen 43 Woods 59 o.g. Keane 68 pen. East End Park, Dunfermline 8,933 Charlie Richmond Player stats During the 2009–10 season, Dunfermline have used 21 different players on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=749&seasonid=139 Dunfermline Athletic 2009–10 player appearances Soccerbase 20 August 2009 Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup Greg Fleming GK Scotland 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 Andy Dowie DF Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Chris Higgins DF Scotland 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Austin McCann DF Scotland 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 Neil McGregor DF Scotland 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Greg Ross DF Scotland 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Calum Woods DF England 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Steven Bell MF Scotland 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 Alex Burke MF Scotland 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 Joe Cardle MF England 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 Stephen Glass MF Scotland 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Willie Gibson MF Scotland 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 Graeme Holmes MF Scotland 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Steven McDougall DF Scotland 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 Scott Muirhead ST Scotland 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Nick Phinn DF Scotland 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Paul Willis MF Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Graham Bayne ST Scotland 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 David Graham ST Scotland 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Andy Kirk ST Northern Ireland 4 1 0 0 2 4 2 1 Jordan White ST Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 |} Stats Andy Kirk is the top scorer with six goals, with the team totalling fifteen goals so far. During the 2009–10 season, eight Pars players have received at least one caution and one player has received at least one dismissal. In total, the team have received eleven yellow cards and one red card. NameGoalsBookingsDismissalsAndy Kirk Andy Kirk (footballer) 6Steven Bell Steven Bell (footballer) 2 2Joe Cardle 2Own goals 2Graham Bayne 1 1Alex Burke 1David Graham David Graham (footballer born 1983) 1 1Neil McGregor 2Willie Gibson Willie Gibson (footballer born 1984) 1 1Stephen Glass Stephen Glass (footballer) 1Chris Higgins Chris Higgins (footballer) 1Calum Woods Calum Woods (footballer) 1 Transfers In Having lost goalkeeper Paul Gallacher to St Mirren, Dunfermline signed former Gretna keeper Greg Fleming on a season long loan.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/8144103.stm Pars sign Oldham keeper on loan 10 July 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 Having been released from his contract with Aridrie in March 2009, Dunfermline snapped up Joe Cardle on a free transfer and in July signed Cardle's Airdrie team-mate Steven McDougall on a free transfer.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/8134535.stm Pars secure Airdrie's McDougall 4 July 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 The Pars also signed Chris Higginshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/8084001.stm Higgins leaves Clyde for East End 4 June 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 and Neil McGregorhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/8177046.stm McGregor wins move to Dunfermline 30 July 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 from relegated side Clyde and Kilmarnock winger Willie Gibson was signed for a nominal fee.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/8114421.stm Gibson joins Pars from Kilmarnock 23 June 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 Defender Andy Dowie moved from Scottish First Division rivals Ross County on a free transfer.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/8062696.stm County's Dowie leaves for Pars 21 May 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 Date Player From Fee (£) dmy 2009 5 ENG Joe Cardle Airdrie United Free dmy 2009 5 21 SCO Andy Dowie Ross County Free dmy 2009 6 4 SCO Chris Higgins Chris Higgins (footballer) Clyde Free dmy 2009 6 23 SCO Willie Gibson Willie Gibson (footballer born 1984) Kilmarnock Free dmy 2009 7 4 SCO Steven McDougall Airdrie United Free dmy 2009 7 10 SCO Greg Fleming footballer Oldham Athletic Loan dmy 2009 7 30 SCO Neil McGregor Clyde Free Out At the end of the 2008–09 season, the Pars decided to allow 3 of their most senior players to leave the club. Scott Wilson teamed up with former Dunfermline captain and manager of North Queensland Fury Ian Ferguson in Australia,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/7929411.stm Pars' Wilson makes A-League move 6 March 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 Greg Shields moved to America to join USL First Division side Carolina RailHawkshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/8069190.stm Shields to leave Pars for America 26 May 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 and captain Scott Thomson was released on a free transfer.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/east_fife/8145502.stm Thomson and Conway join East Fife 10 July 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 Goalkeeper Paul Gallacher was allowed to move up a division to the SPL to join St Mirren for an undisclosed fee.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/8125023.stm Gallacher delight at Buddies move 30 June 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 Kevin Harper, Stuart Dearden, Calum Reidford and Iain Williamson were all released from their contracts.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/8084001.stm Higgins leaves Clyde for East End 4 June 2009 BBC Sport 16 August 2009 Date Player To Fee (£) dmy 2009 5 SCO Scott Wilson Scott Wilson (footballer born 1977) North Queensland Fury Free dmy 2009 5 26 SCO Greg Shields Carolina RailHawks Free dmy 2009 6 4 SCO Stuart Dearden Free agent Free dmy 2009 6 4 ENG Kevin Harper Free agent Free dmy 2009 6 30 SCO Paul Gallacher St Mirren Undisclosed Fee dmy 2009 7 SCO Iain Williamson Raith Rovers Free dmy 2009 7 10 SCO Scott Thomson Scott M Thomson East Fife Free dmy 2009 7 17 SCO Scott McBride Scott McBride (footballer) Cowdenbeath Loan dmy 2009 7 22 SCO Calum Reidford Clyde Free See also 2009–10 Scottish First Division 2009–10 Scottish Cup 2009–10 Scottish League Cup 2009–10 in Scottish football References 30em External links Official Site: 2009–10 fixtures BBC Sport – Club Stats Soccerbase – Results https://web.archive.org/web/20070808105300/http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=749 8 August 2007 | Squad stats https://web.archive.org/web/20070211000642/http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=749 11 February 2007 | Transfers April 2016 Category:Dunfermline Athletic F.C. seasons Dunfermline Athletic