Dunfermline Athletic

Dunfermline 3 Stenhousemuir 2

Saturday, 9th Nov 2013

SPFL League One: Geggan and Moore out, Husband and Smith in; McKinlay (23) 0-1; Byrne (37) 1-1; Darren Smith (49) 1-2; Wallace (67 pen.); Smith (92) 3-2.

Dunfermline 3 Stenhousemuir 2

MATCH PICTURES

Stenhousemuir returned to East End Park on league business for the first time since September 1985. In the visitors` team was former Pars keeper Chris Smith.

From the eleven that started against Rangers on Wednesday night, Jim Jefferies made two enforced changes. Allan Smith made his first start of the season replacing the suspended Jordan Moore while Stephen Husband came in for Andy Geggan who had reported in with a bug and was duly sent back home. Ryan Thomson and Faissal El Bakhtaoui were both out through injury so apart from Craig Dargo it was a very young Pars bench.

Martyn Corrigan made one change to his Stenhousemuir team David Rowson replacing Errol Douglas.

one minute silence pre kick off

The Pars kicked off attacking the goal at the Cowdenbeath end. It was a confident start from the home side but Stenhousemuir faired just as well in the early exchanges as the teams sized each other up.  The first cornerr in eighth minute went Dunfermline`s way but when Ross Millen crossed that from the left Kerr Young headed over Smith`s crossbar.

The first good chance came a minute later but Smith fired wide left when a left footed shot might have had a better outcome.  Millen was caught with a nasty one when Brown Ferguson felled him but he recovered to send the free kick high to the edge of the six yard box. Callum Morris ran straight into Chris Smith causing the ref eree John McKendrick and players immediately calling for physio and medical assistance.

Chris Smith crunched by Callum Morris

Fortunately three minutes later Smudger was fit to continue. Stenny striker John Gemmell; then collected a yellow card when he dumped Young off the park in front of the dugouts. Morris had the ball in the visitors` net from a corner but was blown up for climbing on his marker Ross McMillan.  Dunfermline were in the ascendancy and Ryan Wallace tested Smith with a shot from 20 yards that the orange kitted keeper dived to his left to hold.

Midway through the half the visitors opened the scoring very much against the run of play. Ferguson pumped a free kick from the left touchline into the crowded Pars box and no one took a touch meaning it travelled towards the far post where Kevin McKINLAY knocked it over the line. 0-1

Kevin McKinlay leads the Stenny celebration

On the half hour Ferguson sent another free kick into the Pars box and McMillan got through on Scully but the Pars keeper was out fast enough. With 33 minutes on the clock Wallace collected the ball on the right and after gaining ground released an effort that Smith did well to stop.

Smith then held a Millen inswinger from a corner on the right as Dunfermline took full command with Stenny pushed back to defend deep. Husband fed a ball to BYRNE in the right channel and the midfielder who has acknowledged of late that he should be shooting more often, drove the ball into the bottom right to square the scoreline. 1-1

Shaun Byrne prepares to shoot

Three minures later Smith`s cross from the right edge of the penalty spot was touched by Wallace but the striker failed to get enough of a connection to net. A Millen free kick then found Morris on the far side but again not enough on his header to trouble Smith.

More exciting stuff in front of the opposition goal as the half went into added time with Robert Thomson failing to take a good chance but then Byrne latching on to the chance to make Smith save another good effort.

Half time: Dunfermline 1 Stenhousemuir 1

Dunfermline looked bright right from the restart and on 48 minutes Byrne feeding a good ball for Smith to run on to on the left side of the box but his well struck shot escaped just outside the right post. Then Stenhousemuir went back in front when Darren SMITH broke and from an angle from the right found the net at the far post with the advancing Scully given little chance.

Alex Whittle crosses

In 54 minutes a Whittle cross could not be controlled by Allan Smith but Thomson was offside when he tried to polish off the pieces.  The former Dundee United youth was then replaced by on loan United player Ryan Ferguson in Jim Jefferies first change of the afternoon.

Dunfermline continued to press and were awarded a penalty as the game entered its final third. It was Sean Dickson who took down WALLACE as he headed away from goal and there was no argument this week as the striker took the spot kick and successfully made it 2-2.

Ryan Wallace taken down by Sean Dickson

Smith held a good effort from Millen at a free kick 28 yards out. Then in 76 minutes Wallace curled a shot from a similar distance that was going to hit the net until Smith flung himself to his left to touch the attempt around his left hand post.  Allan Smith then fired a shot that the Stenny keeper held.

Egged on by the East End faithful Dunfermline continued to look the more likely to score a winner but found it hard to penetrate the visitors defences. On 88 minutes Wallace struck a low effort from a free kick that was deflected wide. Still Dunfermline pushed and in the second minute of added time it looked like they might have to settle for the draw. But SMITH gathered an overstruck cross, exchanged a pass with Young before drilling the ball in for a dramatic match winner.

Allan Smith celebrates his goal

MATCH PICTURES

SPFL LEAGUE ONE

 

DUNFERMLINE: Ryan Scully, Ross Millen, Alex Whittle, Kerr Young, Callum Morris, Stephen Husband (Craig Dargo 69), Shaun Byrne, Josh Falkingham, Ryan Wallace, Allan Smith, Robert Thomson (Ryan Ferguson 58).
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Ryan Williamson, Chris Kane, Luke Johnston, Ryan Goodfellow (GK).
SCORERS: Byrne (37), Wallace (67 pen.), Smith (92)

STENHOUSEMUIR: Chris Smith; Kevin McKinlay, Ross McMillan, Nicky Devlin, Eddie Malone, Brown Ferguson (Ross Brash 60), Sean Dickson, David Rowson, Sean Lynch, Darren Smith, John Gemmell (Errol Douglas 91)
SUBS NOT USED: Ross McNeil, Ross Smith, Josh Watt, Dean Shaw (GK).
SCORERS: McKinlay (23), D Smith (49),
YELLOW CARD: Gemmell (18), Lynch (45), Malone (61), Devlin (69)

REFEREE: John McKendrick
WEATHER: Sunny 12°C
ATTENDANCE 2517

NEXT MATCH: SPFL League One v Airdrieonians (away)
Saturday 16th November 2013, kick off 3.00pm

50/50 DRAW: Winning number 56655 won £576.


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