29/01/10:- "Queens are a good side and they have been up near the top all year. They have good players and it will be a difficult game... we have good players too and so it will be up to us.

23/01/10: JM - "What can I say about Joe's finishes? They were just top drawer but he has that in his locker.

22/01/10: "They are a well organised side, they have good experienced players who have played at a higher level than this. You always get a tough game."

17/01/10:- "In the second half I asked them to go out and show what they are made off and I thought they did that. We just didn't quite get that bit of luck on the day.

Apologies to the fans for fielding a player on Saturday who should have been serving a one match cup suspension.

09/01/10: Jim McIntyre and John Coughlin

Two years after taking on the Manager's job, Jim McIntyre agrees an extension to his contract that keeps him at Dunfermline until June 2011.

19/12/09 JM:- "It was in very tricky conditions for the players to put on any great deal of quality football.

18/12/09:- "We have been scoring plenty at home so we just need to keep the backdoor shut. It will be a hard game.....