2014–15 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Dunfermline Athletic's second season in the Scottish League One, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[3] Dunfermline Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Dunfermline Athletic
2014–15 season
ChairmanBob Garmory[1]
ManagerJim Jefferies
(until 16 December)
John Potter
(from 16 December)
StadiumEast End Park
League OneSeventh
Challenge CupSecond Round, lost to Falkirk
League CupSecond Round, lost to St Mirren
Scottish CupFourth Round, lost to Stranraer
Top goalscorerLeague: Faissal El Bakhtaoui
& Gozie Ugwu (7)

All: Faissal El Bakhtaoui (9)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 3,342[2] vs. Morton, (25 October 2014)
Cup: 4,230 vs. Raith Rovers, (5 August 2014)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 1,574[2] vs. Brechin City, (24 February 2015)
Cup: 1,436 vs. Stranraer, (9 December 2014)
Average home league attendance2,523[2]
All statistics correct as of 7 September 2015.

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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12 July 2014 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Livingston Ainslie Park, Edinburgh
13:00 Forbes   16' Match Report Attendance: 400℮
15 July 2014 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 0–0 Hibernian East End Park
19:30 Match Report Attendance: 2,712
Referee: Finnie
19 July 2014 Friendly Berwick Rangers 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic Shielfield Park
14:00 Maxwell   57' Match Report Byrne   14'
Moffat   47'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Taylor

Scottish League One

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9 August 2014 Match 1 Dunfermline Athletic 0–0 Brechin City East End Park
15:00 SPFL Report Attendance: 2,875
Referee: Anderson
16 August 2014 Match 2 Forfar 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic Station Park
15:00 Hilson   58'
Dods   73'
SPFL Report Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Roache
23 August 2014 Match 3 Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 Airdrieonians East End Park
15:00 Ugwu   24', 80'
Moffat   41'
SPFL Report Attendance: 2,653
Referee: Finnie
30 August 2014 Match 4 Stranraer 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Gibson   35'
Malcolm   50'
SPFL Report Ugwu   5'
Moffat   63'
Millen   34'
Attendance: 573
Referee: Robertson
13 September 2014 Match 5 Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 Stenhousemuir East End Park
15:00 Thomson   54'
Moffat   84' (pen)
SPFL Report McMenamin   68' Attendance: 2,671
Referee: Charleston
20 September 2014 Match 6 Morton 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic Cappielow
15:00 McManus   29'
Pepper   76'
SPFL Report Millen   72' (pen) Attendance: 1,934
Referee: Walsh
27 September 2014 Match 7 Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 Peterhead East End Park
15:00 Falkingham   59'
Ugwu   71'
Thomson   88'
SPFL Report Redman   15'
Noble   45+1'
Brown   45+3'
Attendance: 2,409
Referee: Aitken
4 October 2014 Match 8 Stirling Albion 0–2 Dunfermline Athletic Forthbank Stadium
15:00 Wedderburn   83'   SPFL Report Byrne   80'
El Bakhtaoui   90+2'
Attendance: 1,623
Referee: Dallas
10 October 2014 Match 9 Ayr 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic Somerset Park
19:45 SPFL Report El Bakhtaoui   29' Attendance: 1,457
Referee: Anderson
18 October 2014 Match 10 Dunfermline Athletic 0–0 Forfar East End Park
15:00 SPFL Report Attendance: 2,923
Referee: Finnie
25 October 2014 Match 11 Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Morton East End Park
15:00 El Bakhtaoui   52' SPFL Report O'Ware   79'
McManus   90+3'
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: McKendrick
8 November 2014 Match 12 Peterhead 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Stevenson   88' SPFL Report El Bakhtaoui   19' Attendance: 740
Referee: Murray
15 November 2014 Match 13 Stenhousemuir 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Ochilview Park
15:00 Faulds   71' SPFL Report Attendance: 1,177
Referee: Walsh
22 November 2014 Match 14 Dunfermline Athletic 4–0 Stirling Albion East End Park
15:00 Ugwu   71', 18', 60'
Stirling   71'
SPFL Report Robertson   80' Attendance: 2,451
Referee: Steven
6 December 2014 Match 15 Dunfermline Athletic 4–2 Ayr East End Park
15:00 Stirling   19'
Smith   22', 57'
Byrne   30'
SPFL Report McLaughlin   27'
Forrest   56'
Attendance: 2,509
Referee: Anderson
13 December 2014 Match 16 Airdrieonians 3–1 Dunfermline Athletic Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Prunty   3'
Blockley   55'
Fitzpatrick   64'
SPFL Report Buchanan   84' Attendance: 878
Referee: Newlands
20 December 2014 Match 17 Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 Stranraer East End Park
15:00 SPFL Report McKeown   59' Attendance: 2,572
Referee: Murray
27 December 2014 Match 18 Brechin City P – P Dunfermline Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Match postponed due to frozen pitch
3 January 2015 Match 19 Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Peterhead East End Park
15:00 Forbes   20'
Geggan   75'
SPFL Report McAllister   63' (pen) Attendance: 2,729
Referee: Charleston
10 January 2015 Match 20 Stirling Albion 2–2 Dunfermline Athletic Forthbank Stadium
15:00 C. Smith   60'
Wedderburn   79'
Coult   37'
SPFL Report Smith   42'
Martin   90+2'
Attendance: 1,152
Referee: Allan
17 January 2015 Match 21 Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 Airdrieonians East End Park
15:00 Millen   34' (pen)
Moffat   75'
SPFL Report Lister   10'
Gilfillan   56'
Attendance: 2,589
Referee: Robertson
24 January 2015 Match 22 Morton 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic Cappielow
17:30 Caldwell   67'
MacDonald   81'
SPFL Report Attendance: 1,447
Referee: Muir
31 January 2015 Match 23 Ayr 0–2 Dunfermline Athletic Somerset Park
15:00 SPFL Report Geggan   66'
Hopkirk   90+1'
Attendance: 1,149
Referee: Northcroft
7 February 2015 Match 24 Dunfermline Athletic P – P Brechin City East End Park
15:00 SPFL Report
Note: Match postponed due to Brechin City's Scottish Cup fixture
14 February 2015 Match 25 Dunfermline Athletic 3–2 Stenhousemuir East End Park
15:00 Barrowman   45+2', 90+4'
McAusland   74'
SPFL Report McMullan   18'
McMenamin   44'
Attendance: 2,393
Referee: Newlands
21 February 2015 Match 26 Forfar 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Station Park
15:00 Husband   58' SPFL Report Attendance: 1,134
Referee: Northcroft
24 February 2015 Match 24 (Rearranged)[4] Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 Brechin City East End Park
19:45 SPFL Report Trouten   73' Attendance: 1,574
Referee: Dallas
28 February 2015 Match 27 Stranraer 5–1 Dunfermline Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Gallagher   10'
Aitken   31'
Gibson   44'
Longworth   49'
McShane   83'
SPFL Report Geggan   26'
Buchanan   29'
Attendance: 498
Referee: Graham
3 March 2015 Match 18 (Rearranged)[4] Brechin City 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic Glebe Park
19:45 McLean   58' Report Falkingham   1' Attendance: 615
Referee: Aitken
7 March 2015 Match 28 Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Ayr East End Park
15:00 Devlin   63' (o.g.)
Geggan   76'
SPFL Report Crawford   86' Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Walsh
14 March 2015 Match 29 Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Stirling Albion East End Park
15:00 Geggan   75' SPFL Report G. Smith   71' Attendance: 2,318
Referee: Salmond
21 March 2015 Match 30 Stenhousemuir 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic Ochilview Park
15:00 SPFL Report El Bakhtaoui   46' Attendance: 983
Referee: Charleston
28 March 2015 Match 31 Dunfermline Athletic 0–4 Morton East End Park
15:00 SPFL Report McCluskey   45'
Kilday   50'
McManus   76'
Russell   90'
Attendance: 2,732
Referee: Clancy
4 April 2015 Match 32 Peterhead 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Rodgers   18' SPFL Report Moffat   78' Attendance: 668
Referee: Walsh
11 April 2015 Match 33 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Stranraer East End Park
15:00 El Bakhtaoui   83' SPFL Report Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Northcroft
18 April 2015 Match 34 Brechin City 3–0 Dunfermline Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 Trouten   25', 29'
Jackson   64'
SPFL Report Attendance: 808
Referee: McKendrick
25 April 2015 Match 35 Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 Forfar East End Park
15:00 El Bakhtaoui   77' SPFL Report Fortheringham   8'
Templeman   19'
Hilson   36' (pen)
Attendance: 2,262
Referee: Duncan
2 May 2015 Match 36 Airdrieonians 3–2 Dunfermline Athletic Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Morton   45'
McHugh   47', 90'
SPFL Report Geggan   33'
Falkingham   59'
Attendance: 1,055
Referee: Salmond

Scottish Challenge Cup

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19 August 2014 Challenge Cup round 2 Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Falkirk East End Park
19:45 Geggan   68' SPFL Report Taiwo   55', 60'
Biabi   75'
Attendance: 2,810
Referee: Salmond

Scottish League Cup

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2 August 2014 Scottish League Cup round 1 Dunfermline Athletic 5–1 Annan East End Park
15:00 Whittle   24'
Buchanan   36'
Moffat   46'
Wallace   71'
Martin   89'
SPFL Report Hopkirk   57' Attendance: 1,544
Referee: McKendrick
26 August 2014 Scottish League Cup round 2 St Mirren 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic St Mirren Park
19:45 Caldwell   50', 80' SPFL Report Spence   9' Attendance: 1,931
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

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29 November 2014 Scottish Cup round 4 Stranraer 2–2 Dunfermline Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Gibson   80'
Geggan   90+5' (o.g.)
DAFC Report Geggan   14'
Buchanan   61'
Attendance: 489
Referee: Roache
9 December 2014 Scottish Cup round 4 replay Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 Stranraer East End Park
19:45 Millen   62' (pen.) DAFC Report Winter   32'
Stirling   57'
Longworth   90'
Attendance: 1,436
Referee: Roache

Fife Cup

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7 February 2015 Semi-final/Benefit match[5] Cowdenbeath 1–3 Dunfermline Athletic Central Park
14:00 Brett   67' Match Report Spence   37'
McMillan   78'
Smith   81' (pen.)
Attendance: 711
Referee: Stuart

Player statistics

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Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–4–2. The players used are those who have played the most games in goals, defence, midfield and up-front, not necessarily who have played most games in each respective position.

Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Andy Geggan   23 Club Captain until 16 December 2014, 2nd Vice Captain until end of the season
MF Josh Falkingham   17 1st Vice Captain until 16 December 2014, Club Captain until end of the season
DF Gregor Buchanan   3 1st Vice Captain as of 16 December 2014

Last updated: 25 September 2015
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

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Last updated 23 July 2016[6][7]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish League One Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Cammy Gill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Ryan Goodfellow 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Ryan Scully 41 0 34 0 3 0 2 0 2 0
GK   SCO Jamie Wilson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Gregor Buchanan 36 3 30 1 3 1 2 1 1 0
DF   SCO Lewis Martin 35 2 29+1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0
DF   SCO Ross Millen 33 5 27 2 3 2 1 0 2 1
DF   ENG Jonathan Page 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Jim Paterson 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Stuart Urquhart 14 0 10+2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Ryan Williamson 17 0 14+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Shaun Byrne 26 3 20+2 2 3 1 0 0 1 0
MF   ENG Josh Falkingham 38 3 26+6 3 2 0 2 0 2 0
MF   SCO Andy Geggan 40 7 29+4 5 3 1 2 0 2 1
MF   IRL Paul George 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Finn Graham 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Kyle McAusland 14 1 13+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Scott Mercer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Declan O'Kane 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Lewis Spence 31 1 20+6 0 1 0 2 1 2 0
MF   SCO Andy Stirling 18 2 7+8 2 2 0 0+1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Ryan Thomson 23 1 10+7 1 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
MF   ENG Alex Whittle 28 1 20+4 0 3 0 1 1 0 0
FW   SCO Andy Barrowman 13 2 9+4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   FRA Faissal El Bakhtaoui 30 9 13+11 7 3 2 1 0 2 0
FW   SCO David Hopkirk 12 1 10+2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Michael Moffat 41 6 29+5 5 3 0 2 1 2 0
FW   SCO Allan Smith 16 3 8+5 3 2 0 0+1 0 0 0
FW   SCO James Thomas 2 1 0+1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Ryan Wallace 5 1 1+3 0 0 0 0+1 1 0 0
Players who appeared for Dunfermline Athletic but left during the season:
DF   SCO Ross Drummond 7 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF   SCO Ross Forbes 17 1 8+5 1 1 0 1+1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Lewis Allan 8 0 5+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   CMR Sorel Chemin 3 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Gozie Ugwu 19 7 10+5 7 1 0 1 0 0+2 0

Clean sheets

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Pos Nat Name Total Scottish League One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup
GK   Ryan Scully 12 11 0 0 1
GK   Ryan Goodfellow 1 1 0 0 0
GK   Jamie Wilson 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 13 12 0 0 1

Last updated: 25 April 2015
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Goalscorers

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As of match played 2 May 2015[8]
Place Position Nation Name Total Scottish League One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup
1 FW   Faissal El Bakhtaoui 9 7 2
2 FW   Gozie Ugwu 7 7
MF   Andy Geggan 7 5 1 1
4 FW   Michael Moffat 6 5 1
5 DF   Ross Millen 5 2 2 1
6 MF   Josh Falkingham 3 3
FW   Allan Smith 3 3
MF   Shaun Byrne 3 2 1
DF   Gregor Buchanan 3 1 1 1
10 FW   Andy Barrowman 2 2
MF   Andy Stirling 2 2
DF   Lewis Martin 2 1 1
13 FW   Ross Forbes 1 1
FW   David Hopkirk 1 1
FW   Kyle McAusland 1 1
FW   James Thomas 1 1
MF   Ryan Thomson 1 1
MF   Lewis Spence 1 1
FW   Ryan Wallace 1 1
FW   Alex Whittle 1 1
Own goal 1 1
Total 60 45 7 6 2

Disciplinary record

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As of match played 25 April 2015[9]
Position Nation Name Total Scottish League One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup
                   
DF   Ross Millen 3 2 3 2
DF   Gregor Buchanan 9 1 7 1 2
MF   Andy Geggan 5 1 3 1 1 1
MF   Josh Falkingham 8 7 1
MF   Lewis Spence 4 4
MF   Alex Whittle 3 3
DF   Stuart Urquhart 3 3
MF   Ryan Thomson 3 2 1
MF   Shaun Byrne 3 1 1 1
MF   Finn Graham 2 2
DF   Lewis Martin 2 2
DF   Jim Paterson 2 2
FW   Andy Barrowman 1 1
DF   Ross Drummond 1 1
FW   Faissal El Bakhtaoui 1 1
MF   Paul George 1 1
FW   Michael Moffat 1 1
MF   Declan O'Kane 1 1
DF   Jonathan Page 1 1
Total 54 4 46 4 4 0 2 0 2 0

Club statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
5 Airdrieonians 36 16 10 10 53 39 +14 58
6 Peterhead 36 14 9 13 51 54 −3 51
7 Dunfermline Athletic 36 13 9 14 46 48 −2 48
8 Ayr United 36 9 7 20 45 60 −15 34
9 Stenhousemuir (O) 36 8 5 23 42 63 −21 29 Qualification for the League One play-offs
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHA[4]HAHAAH[4]HAAHHAHAHAHA
ResultDLWWWLWWWDLDLWWLLDDDDLWLWLLWDWLDWLLL
Position885214221222432445555555456575666777
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Awards

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Award Player
Player's Player of the Year   Ryan Scully[10]
DAFC Player of the Year   Ryan Scully[10]
Centenary Club Lifeline Player of the Year   Ryan Scully[10]
Under 20 Player of the Year   Lewis Spence[10]

Transfers

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References

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