Dunfermline Athletic vs Arbroath – Match Preview
cinch Scottish Championship – Game 04 – Season 2021/2022
Saturday 28th August 2021, East End Park, Dunfermline, 3.00pm kick off
Arbroath travel to Fife today to take on Dunfermline Athletic in our 4th match of the cinch Scottish Championship.
Dunfermline Athletic’s match last Friday came to a premature end when an electrical fault had their match against Raith Rovers suspended after just 13 minutes. Prior to that Dunfermline picked up a point against Greenock Morton on the opening game of the season before crashing to a 3-0 lose to Partick Thistle at East End Park in match day 2.
There has been a huge turn around in playing staff this season with 9 new players arriving with Craig Wighton’s loan being made permanent. Of course Peter Grant also made the summer move to Fife having left Alloa Athletic to take over as Manager of the Pars.
Arbroath who will still be on a high after last week’s performance against Partick Thistle should welcome back Harrison Clark to the squad and it is hope Chris Hamilton will be fit also and with Jason Thomson also available selection, Manager Dick Campbell should have a full squad to chose from.
Arbroath have had a tough time at East End Park over the years, but last season pushed Dunfermline all the way in a thrilling 4-3 match. Arbroath are due a win there, and we are all hoping it can be tomorrow.
It will be another extremely tough match but we hope you can get right behind the team from the very start.
C’mon the Lichties!
Dunfermline Athletic – (including summer arrivals)
Manager – Peter Grant (Alloa Athletic)
First Team Coach – Greg Shields
First Team Coach – Steven Whittaker
Goalkeepers
1 – Owain Fon Williams
29 – Deniz Mehmet (Dundee United)
Defenders
2 – Aaron Comrie
3 – Josh Edwards
4 – Lewis Martin
5 – Ross Graham (On loan from Dundee United)
6 – Kyle MacDonald
12 – Rhys Breen (Rangers)
13 – Vytas Gašpuitis
19 – Miller Fenton
22 – Leon Jones (Kentucky Wildcats)
44 – Paul Watson
Midfielders
8 – Kai Kennedy (On loan from Rangers)
11 – Ryan Dow
12 – Scott Cusick
15 – Iain Wilson
16 – Dan Pybus (Queen of the South)
17 – Graham Dorrans (Western Sydney Wanderers)
18 – Paul Allan
23 – Dom Thomas
26 – Matty Todd
28 – Reece Cole (Queens Park Rangers)
Strikers
7 – Kevin O’Hara
9 – Craig Wighton (Heart of Midlothian, loan made permanent)
10 – Nikolay Todorov (Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
14 – Lewis McCann
Dunfermline Athletic Departures
30 – Fraser Currid – On loan at Bo’ness Athletic
Cammy Gill Cowdenbeath
Gabby McGill – Airdrieonians
Declan McManus – The New Saints
Euan Murray – Kilmarnock
Kyle Turner – Partick Thistle
Scott Banks – Crystal Palace, end of loan
Ewan Henderson – Celtic, end of loan
Lewis Mayo – Rangers, end of loan
Kerr McInroy – Celtic, end of loan
Fraser Murray – Hibernian, end of loan
Ben Swinton – Berwick Rangers
Steven Whittaker – retired
Lucas Berry
Dunfermline Athletic vs Arbroath – Head to Head
Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 3 Arbroath – Saturday 24th April 2021
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 26 – Season 2020 / 2021
Goals McManus 10 pen, O’Hara 15, Wighton 57, 75 – J. Hamilton 33, Low 35 pen, Stewart 82
Arbroath 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 6th February 2021
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 15 – Season 2020 / 2021
Goals – O’Brien 27, Hilson 36
Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Arbroath – Saturday 26th December 2020
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 9 – Season 2020 / 2021
Goal – O’Hara 91
Dunfermline Athletic – Scottish Championship Results 2021/2022
Game 1 – Greenock Morton 2 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 31st July
Game 2 – Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 3 Partick Thistle – Saturday 7th August
Game 3 – Raith Rovers vs Dunfermline Athletic – Friday 20th August – Suspended.
Suspensions;
Neither team has any players suspended.
Officials;
Referee – Mike Roncone
Assistant Referee 1 – Ross Macleod
Assistant Referee 2 – Chris Rae
Tickets
Tickets are now available to purchase for Arbroath fans in advance of the match at East End Park on Saturday 28th August 2021, via https://dafc.co.uk/awaytickets/
Away fans will be housed in the South Stand East Wing, access via turnstiles J and K.
Tickets are priced at:
£20 – Adults
£14 – Concessions
£6 – Under 12s
Concessions are – Over 65s, Under 18s, Disabled, unemployed and full time students.
Please bring proof of concession with you on the day as you may be asked for this on arrival.
Masks are required for entry and when going to the food kiosk and toilets but won’t be required when on the seating deck.
Please arrive in plenty of time to make sure you are in the ground before kick off.
The Arbroath support will be situated in the South East Stand though turnstile K.
There will be an additional cash gate in operation.
Turnstiles will open at 1.45pm.
There will be refreshment kiosks in operation.
There are 5 disabled spaces available.
Supporters bus can park at the back of the north stand.
How to watch;
Arbroath Supporters can purchase a live stream for tomorrow’s visit to East End Park for £12 via www.parstv.co.uk
The stream starts at 2pm with the live show starting at 2.45pm
You MUST purchase stream before 2.45pm.
You can sign up at www.parstv.co.uk
If you have any problems please email support@parstv.co.uk
We hope you can tune in to cheer on the Lichties from home.
C’mon the Lichties!
