Preview Cowdenbeath
Thursday, 15th May 2014Most important Fife Derby since the championship decider against Raith Rovers back in April 2011.
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Fife derbies are always important but this one is now the most important since the championship decider against Raith Rovers back in April 2011. After Wednesday night`s 1-1 draw at Central Park it is Dunfermline`s turn to welcome Cowdenbeath as visitors to East End Park..
The last time the Blue Brazil were the visitors Dunfermline were fighting to avoid the play offs following a 15 point penalty for going into administration. The Pars sat ninth in the play off position looking upwards to both Cowdenbeath and Dumbarton but the 1-0 win over Cowden should have been enough to lift them clear. Sadly a last day home defeat to the already relegated, Airdrie United despatched the Pars into the play offs. In last year`s final Dunfermline lost 3-1 on aggregate to Alloa Athletic and this year they are hoping that the lower league team can triumph again.
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Milestones Cowdenbeath (Home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
24/04/14 |
First Div | |
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Last League Defeat |
01/05/93 |
0-2 |
First Div |
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Best League Victory |
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First Div | |
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Worst League Defeat |
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1-4 |
Div B Two |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Dunfermline`s league record against Cowdenbeath reveals 33 wins and 27 defeats with 14 draws. Of the last twelve meetings Dunfermline have won ten but this is a local derby and everybody knows history and the form book can go out the window.
| Last Dozen Meetings | ||||
| 2013/14 | ||||
| 14/05/14 | Cowdenbeath | 1-1 | Dunfermline | Play off |
| 27/07/13 | Cowdenbeath | 1-3 | Dunfermline | Ramsden Cup |
| 2012/13 | ||||
| 20/04/13 | Dunfermline | 1-0 | Cowdenbeath | First Division |
| 12/02/13 | Cowdenbeath | 4-2 | Dunfermline | First Division |
| 27/10/12 | Dunfermline | 3-0 | Cowdenbeath | First Division |
| 11/08/12 | Cowdenbeath | 0-4 | Dunfermline | First Division |
| 2010/11 | ||||
| 02/04/11 | Cowdenbeath | 0-1 | Dunfermline | First Division |
| 12/02/11 | Cowdenbeath | 0-4 | Dunfermline | First Division |
| 29/12/10 | Dunfermline | 5-0 | Cowdenbeath | First Division |
| 18/09/10 | Dunfermline | 2-1 | Cowdenbeath | First Division |
| 2003/04 | ||||
| 24/09/03 | Dunfermline | 2-0 | Cowdenbeath | League Cup |
| 2002/03 | ||||
| 24/09/02 | Cowdenbeath | 1-2 | Dunfermline | League Cup |
| 1992/93 | ||||
| 01/05/93 | Dunfermline | 0-2 | Cowdenbeath | First Division |
Cowdenbeath finished ninth in the Championship only because of a Queen of the South goal against them deep into injury time. Their West Fife neighbours tied up second place in League One with several matches remaining and of course had Rangers not been in their league they probably would have gone up as champions.
| Dunfermline | Cowdenbeath |
| Final League Position | |
| 2 | 9 |
| League Points | |
| 63 | 40 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +14 | -22 |
| Last 6-SPFL Match Form | |
| DWDLWD | WWDWWD |
| League Record | |
| P18, W4, D5, L9 | P18, W4, D4, L10 |
Recent Form
Cowdenbeath are unbeaten in their last six matches following a run of one win in eight.
| Recent League Home / Away Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline | Cowdenbeath | |||||
| Stranraer | W | 1-0 | Ayr United | W | 2-1 | |
| Rangers | L | 0-4 | Raith Rovers | W | 2-1 | |
| Forfar Athletic | D | Dundee | L | 0-4 | ||
| Brechin City | W | 2-1 | Falkirk | L |
0-5 | |
| Stenhousemuir |
W |
Queen of the South | L | 1-2 | ||
| East Fife |
L |
Dumbarton | L | 1-5 | ||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE: Ryan Scully; Lewis Martin, Kerr Young, Danny Grainger; Ryan Williamson, Josh Falkingham, Andy Geggan (c), Alex Whittle; Stephen Husband (Ross Forbes 63); Faissal El Bakhtaoui (Allan Smith 58), Ryan Thomson (Callum Morris 82).
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Goodfellow (GK), Ross Millen, Shaun Byrne, Jonathan Page.
COWDENBEATH: Thomas Flynn; Darren Brownlie, John Armstrong, Nat Wedderburn; Dean Brett, Jon Robertson, Thomas O`Brien, Lewis Milne, Rory McKeown; Greg Stewart, Kane Hemmings
SUBS NOT USED: Jamie Stevenson, David Gold, Kenny Adamson, Chris Kane, Jordan Morton, Kyle Miller, Seb Usai (GK).
REFEREE will be Steven McLean
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