Dunfermline Athletic

Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They play at East End Park and are nicknamed The Pars.

They are currently managed by Jim McIntyre who was given the job on a permanent basis on Thursday January 3 2008. He took over from Stephen Kenny in December of 2007 originally as caretaker boss. The 2008-09 season will be the club’s 2nd season in the second tier of Scottish football, after being relegated from the Scottish Premier League in 2007.

Jock Stein became manager in 1960 and so began the club’s golden decade. The club played regular European football in the UEFA and European Cup Winners Cups throughout the 60s (and also early 70s).

Under Stein Dunfermline won the Scottish Cup in the 1960-61 season. They beat Celtic 2-0 in the final after a replay. In 1962 they reached the Cup-Winners Cup quarter finals, losing 5-3 on aggregate to Újpest Dózsa SC. On they way they beat St Patrick’s Athletic and FK Vardar. In the 1962-63 season Dunfermline beat Everton in the Fairs Cup and then played Valencia, losing 0-4 away before winning 6-2 at home. The Pars lost the subsequent play-off. Stein left in

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1974-1976 Home Kit

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