Dundee travel to Fife to take on Dunfermline Athletic in the Ladbrokes Championship on Friday and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Dunfermline Athletic v Dundee FC
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Championship
DATE: Friday 24th January 2020
KICK OFF: 7.05pm
VENUE: East End Park
Ticketing Information
Tickets are now available for our trip to East End Park and the prices are as follows:
Adults: £20
Concessions (Over 60s, Under 18s, Students, Disabled, Unemployed): £14
Under 12s: £6
Tickets are available from the Ticket Office in Dundee Direct or by telephone on 01382 889966.
Fans are encouraged to purchase a ticket in advance from the Dundee FC ticket office. Tickets available on the night will have to be purchased from a ticket pod behind the east stand before you proceed to the turnstile. Turnstile will open at 18.00hrs.
Car parking behind the north stand (accessible from behind the west stand) will be restricted due to BBC Outside Broadcast vehicles so drivers are encouraged to arrive early.
Coaches will be parked on the road way behind the East Stand (access via behind the West Stand). Stewards will assist and direct.
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1885
STADIUM: East End Park
CAPACITY: 11,480
PITCH SIZE: 105m x 64m
MANAGER: Stephen Crawford
CHAIRMAN: Ross McArthur
NICKNAME: The Pars
MASCOT: Sammy the Tammy
CLUB COLOURS: Black and White
HONOURS: Scottish Cup winners: 1961, 1968
Scottish League Division Two (2nd tier) winners: 1925/26
Scottish League First Division (2nd tier) winners: 1988/89, 1995/96, 2010/11
Scottish League Second Division (3rd tier) winners: 1985/86
SPFL League One (3rd tier) winners: 2015/16
UEFA Cup Winners Cup semi-finalists: 1961/62
Scottish League Challenge Cup: 2007/08
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 27,816 v Celtic, Scottish League, 30/4/1968
RECORD WIN: 11-2 v Stenhhousemuir, Scottish League, 27/9/1930
WEBSITE: www.dafc.co.uk
Getting to the Ground
The full address of Dunfermline Athletic for Sat-Nav is East End Park, Halbeath Road, Dunfermline, KY12 7RB
By Car:
From the North and South: Exit the M90 at Junction 3 and take the A907 (Halbeath Road) into Dunfermline and the ground is on the right.
From Kincardine Bridge and Alloa: Take the A985 to the A994 into Dunfermline. Take Pittencrief Street, Glen Bridge and Carnegie Drive to Sinclair Gardens roundabout. Take the first exit towards the traffic lights, then turn right into Ley’s Park Road. Take the second exit on the right into the car park at the rear of the stadium.
Car Parking: There is an official car/coach park at the north end of the ground which can be accessed via Ley’s Park Road on a matchday. There is a £2 charge for cars and a £7 charge for coaches.
Dundee fans may find parking on the north side of the cemetery and then walking through the cemetery is the best way for a fast getaway.
By Train:
There are two Railway Stations that are each about a 15 minute walk away from East End Park, or about £5 in a taxi. These are Dunfermline Queen Margaret and Dunfermline Town. Both are served by trains from Edinburgh and the latter as the name suggests is closer to the town centre.
From Dundee, take a train to Inverkeithing and change there onto the Fife Circle line. An off peak open return costs £22 while advance single tickets are £8.60 each way. The last train back to Dundee leaves Dunfermline Queen Margaret where you change at Markinch
Match Officials
REFEREE: David Munro
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Graham Chambers
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Ross Macleod
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Duncan Williams
Head to Head v Dunfermline Athletic
LEAGUE: Won 42, Draw 28, Loss 38
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 1, Draw 0, Loss 2
LEAGUE CUP: Won 4, Draw 2, Loss 3
CHALLENGE CUP: Won 1, Draw 0, Loss 0
TOTALS: Won 48, Draw 30, Loss 43
Last Five Dundee v Dunfermline Athletic Matches
- 14/12/2019 | Home | Championship | Won 4-3 | 4,699 | Devine (og), Hemmings, McGowan, Johnson
- 2/8/2019 | Away | Championship | Drew 2-2 | 5,227 | Johnson (2)
- 22/7/2018 | Home | League Cup | Lost 1-0 | 2,870
- 25/8/2015 | Away | League Cup | Lost 3-1 | 3,806 | Hemmings
- 11/3/2011 | Home | First Division | Drew 1-1 | 4,507 | Hyde
Last Meeting
Dundee returned to winning ways with a 4-3 victory over Dunfermline Athletic at the Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park in December. An own goal by Danny Devine gave the Dee an early lead but Ryan Dow quickly equalised. Goals by Kane Hemmings and Paul McGowan put the Dark Blues firmly in charge by half time. Danny Johnson scored number four at the start of the second half only for goals by Kevin Nisbet and Lewis Martin to offer the Pars some hope midway through the half. Hampered by Greg Kiltie’s red card Dunfermline couldn’t complete the fight back and the Dee closed the game out to take all three points.
Dundee FC: Hamilton, Kerr, Forster, McGhee (Meekings 65), Marshall, McDaid (Byrne 53),Dorrans, McGowan (c), Hemmings, Johnson (Nelson 84)
Unused subs: Ferrie (gk), Todd, McPake, Mackie.
Goals: Devine o.g. (14), Hemmings (24), McGowan (33), Johnson (46).
Booked: Dorrans (foul on Beadling), McGowan (foul on Dow), Robertson (foul on Beadling), Forster (kicking ball away), Meekings (foul on Beadling).
Dunfermline Athletic: Scully, Comrie, Devine, Ashcroft (c), Martin, Dow, Beadling (McCann 82), Cochrane (Paton 48), Kiltie, Turner (Thomson 58), Nesbit
Unused subs: Gill (gk), Morrison, McDonald, Fenton.
Goals: Dow (15), Nisbet (68), Martin (71).
Booked: Kiltie twice (two fouls on Kerr), Nisbet (dissent).
Sent off: Kiltie (two yellows).
Attendance: 4,699 (551 Pars fans).
Referee: Kevin Clancy. Assistants: Michael Banks, David Ingram.
Top Scorers
DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC: Nisbet 16; Dow 4; Turner, Kiltie 3; Ryan, Martin 2; Ashcroft, Coley, Comrie, Beadling, Murray 1
DUNDEE: Johnson 7; Hemmings 6; Nelson, McGowan 4; McDaid 3; McGhee 2; Curran, Mackie, Kerr, Dorrans 1
Dunfermline Athletic’s Season So Far
Dunfermline opened their season with an impressive 3-2 win at Premiership St Mirren in the Betfred Cup. The Pars ran into a 3-0 lead before half-time and were able to comfortably hold on for the win despite The Saints two quick goals at the start of the second half.
They followed up with a 6-0 rout of Albion Rovers at East End Park where The Pars had another superb first half, racing into a 5-0 lead.
However after such a great start, Dunfermline surprisingly went down 1-0 away at Edinburgh City but after defeating East Kilbride 4-0 at home in their last group game, The Pars topped their group and qualified for the last 16.
In the second round, Dunfermline drew Celtic at Parkhead and took the holders to extra time before going out 2-1.
The Pars started their league campaign with draws against Dundee and Queen of the South before a hat trick of defeats to United, Arbroath and Inverness as well as crashing out the Challenge Cup at home to Alloa.
They won their league first game of the season away at Partick but followed that up with draws against Alloa and Morton.
After an excellent 3-2 win over high flying Ayr, Dunfermline lost again to United and Alloa but wins over Arbroath, Queen of the South, Partick, Morton and Ayr fired The Pars into the play off spots.
Despite this excellent league run, Dunfermline surprisingly crashed out of the Scottish Cup when they lost 1-0 at Stranraer and the following week went down 4-3 at Dens.
This poor form continued with subsequent defeats to Inverness, Alloa, Ayr and Morton.
Match Programme
Dunfermline’s match programme is produced by our programme partners Curtis Sport and priced £3, it will be available in and around the ground from 6pm.
If you can’t make the game but would still like a copy of the programme, it can be purchased from the Curtis Sport website www.curtis-sport.co.uk
How To Watch
This match is live on the BBC Scotland channel from 7pm.
Fans from outside of the UK will be able to watch the Morton match live on DeeTV with a virtual season ticket. You can sign up for DeeTV for just £12 a month or an annual fee of £120 on the official website where you will also have access to highlights, interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button
Fans in the UK can sign up to DeeTV for a monthly fee of £5.99 or an annual fee of £59.99 which will give them access to live audio of Ladbrokes Championship games, full match replays and highlights, behind the scenes content and exclusive interviews.
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to every subscriber of DeeTV on Friday while a shorter highlights package will be available to on Saturday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DEETV from Thursday.
