East Fife F.C.

East Fife Football Club (also known as Fife or The Fifers ) is a Scottish football club based in the coastal town of Methil in Fife. The club currently plays in the Scottish Football League Second Division.

The club was founded in 1903 and has a famous and unique past in Scottish football. East Fife was the first club, which won the Scottish League Cup three times and the one who was only victorious as unterklassiger club in the Scottish Cup.

In the region there are a total of four Fife big clubs, of which East Fife is the only one who bears the name of the region. Between the clubs Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline Athletic, Raith Rovers and East Fife precisely, there is a lovely historical rivalry.

Club history

Founding and early years

The club was founded in January 1903. Having had initially participated in various local leagues in the game operation, East Fife came in 1909 at the Central Football League. In this league, many clubs which played by the industrial growth in the region, coal and shale mining, benefited. This one was payable able players a higher salary than in the Scottish Football League. However, to prevent the exodus of their players in the Central Football League, the Scottish Football League, the integrated Central. The Central Football League thus became the start of the season 1921/22, the Scottish Football League Second Division

1927 reached East Fife first time the Scottish Cup final where they lost 1:3 but with against Celtic at Hampden Park. A decade later, however, in 1938, they had made ​​it. In the final they won against FC Kilmarnock 4-2, before a crowd of 92,000 spectators. Thus was and it is still not the only Premier League club, which ever was the Scottish Cup win.

The most successful years

East Fife best years were undoubtedly the decade after the Second World War. So you won within seven years, three times the Scottish League Cup and was in 1950 for the third time to reach the final of the Scottish Cup.

In addition, you could always reach one of the top places in the Scottish First Division in the period 1948-1954. Overall, East Fife could in a row in the First Division remain before you had to go back 10 years.

1960s until today

After the end of the season in 1957/58, East Fife descended from Scotland's top flight. Since that time, could not build on the successes of the past one. In the 1970s, although they played again for three seasons in the Scottish First Division, but remained otherwise unsuccessful.

2006/ 07 was East Fife sit up again and reached can lean years, the play-offs for promotion to the Scottish Football League Second Division. You could still beat in the first round Stranraer, they lost in the final against Queen's Park FC. Spurred on by this success, one -actuated prior to the 2007/08 season some transfers. This should also pay off because you dominated the league and stood at the end of the season at No. 1 with 74 points, 26 points ahead of second-placed FC Stranraer. It was the first league title in 60 years and the first trophy since 1954.

Honours

  • Scottish Cup: Winners ( 1): 1938
  • Finalist ( 2): 1927, 1950
  • Winners ( 3): 1948, 1950, 1954
  • Meister ( 1): 1948
  • Meister ( 1): 2008

Important players

Coach Chronicle

  • David McLean
  • Scot Symon 1947-1953
  • Jerry Dawson 1953-1958
  • Jimmy Bonthrone
  • Dave Clarke 1978-1987
  • Gavin Murray 1987-1992
  • Alex Totten 1992-1993
  • Steve Archibald 1994-1996
  • Jimmy Bone 1996-1998
  • Steve Kirk, 1998-1999
  • Rab Shannon 1999-2001
  • Dave Clarke 2001-2002
  • Jim Moffat 2002-2006
  • David Baikie 2006- Present
Cowdenbeath F.C. Dunfermline Athletic F.C. Raith Rovers F.C. Kilmarnock F.C. Scottish Football League First Division Stranraer F.C. Scottish Football League Third Division Albion Rovers F.C. Alloa Athletic F.C. Brechin City F.C. Forfar Athletic F.C. Stenhousemuir F.C.
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