The Roy Barry Fan Club

Just like to thank Superally for the huge amount of hard work that he put into running the prediction league. An outstanding effort.

Congratulations to him also for winning (dammit 😀). I thought I was getting close at the end, but the wise reserve for the final game, of two Jokers, saw him comfortably home.  Very well done!

Ayr Utd 0 v Dunfermline 0 (43 / 1725)

Dundee Utd 0 v Partick Thistle 1

Inverness CT 1 v Morton 0

Queens Park 1 v Airdrie 1

Raith Rovers 2 v Arbroath 0

Done

Fri 26th April

Airdrie 0 v Dundee Utd 2 (Joker)

Sat 27th April

Arbroath 0 v Queens Park 1 (Joker)

Dunfermline Ath 1  v Inverness CT 1 (43/ 4925)

Morton 1 v Raith Rovers 0

Partick Th 1 v Ayr Utd 1

Fri 19th April

Inverness CT 1  v Raith Rovers 1

Sat 20th April

Arbroath 0 v Morton 1

Dundee Utd 2 v Ayr Utd 0 Joker

Dunfermline Ath 1 v Queens Park 0 (43 / 4650)

Partick Th 1 v Airdrie 1

Fri 12th April

Morton 0 v Dundee Utd 2 (Joker)

Sat 13th April

Airdrie 1 v Dunfermline 2 (43/ 2725)

Ayr Utd 2 v Arbroath 0 (Joker)

Queens Park 1  v Inverness CT 0

Raith Rovers 1 v Partick Th 1

Tues 9th April

Ayr Utd 0 v Morton 1

Raith Rovers 1 v Airdrie 0

The painting was won by a Pars supporter in England. We will be shipping the painting down to Catherine Dewar. Many thanks to all those who continue to support the  'Those European Nights' art project. This will enable us to make another payment of £1,000 to support the Youth Academy very shortly   -- from 'The friends of Kenny Mclachlan'.

Sat 6th April

Airdrie 0 v Morton 1

Dunfermline 1  v Partick Th 1 (43/4888)

Inverness CT 1 v Arbroath 0

Queens Park 0 v Dundee Utd 1

Raith Rovers 2 v Ayr Utd 0

Dinamo Zagreb painting is up for grabs on Saturday. Bonus Ball numbers allocated to those who paid, including a few folk on here. 1-59: someone has to win this wonderful painting.

Fri 29th March

Ayr Utd 0 v Airdrie 1

Sat 30th March

Arbroath 0  v Dunfermline 1  (43/2000)

Dundee Utd 0  v Raith Rovers 1

Morton 1  v Queens Park 0

Partick 1 v Inverness CT 0

Arbroath 0 v Partick Th 2

Ayr Utd 0 v Queens Park 1

Dundee Utd 2   v Inverness CT 0

Morton 1 v Dunfermline 1  Ath (43/ 2650)

On the day that DAFC announced the issuing of contract extensions to Andrew Tod, Taylor Sutherland and Sam Young, here is something you can do to help the future of DAFC.

You can own this painting by entering a draw based on the National Lottery Bonus Ball. Each entry will be £10. When all 59 slots are taken, each purchaser will receive a random number between 1 and 59.

On the next National Lottery draw date the winner will be the person whose allocated number matches the Bonus Ball number. All profits to the DAFC Youth Academy.

If you would like to help us then follow the link below to pay £10 and have a chance of winning a wonderful painting.
 

https://fifepay.co.uk/checkout/dafcnet-bonusball-dinamozagreb

The first leg was at East End Park, and after 55 minutes The Pars were in deep trouble. They were 2-1 down following two Zagreb goals, which outweighed an opener from Pat Delaney.

Then inspired by brilliant wing play from Edwards, Dunfermline came storming back. Alex Edwards converted a penalty and then Alex Ferguson got a brace towards the end of the game. 4-2 to Dunfermline Athletic.

The return leg in Zagreb was hotly contested in a febrile atmosphere. However, two goals from Zambata won the tie for Zagreb despite Dunfermline having their chances and protesting that one of the Yugoslav goals was blatantly off-side.

This was the first season in which ‘Away Goals’ counted double in the event of a tie. The aggregate score was 4-4, and Zagreb went through by virtue of their two goals scored at East End Park.

Friday 15th March

Dunfermline Ath 0 V Dundee Utd 1 (43/ 4850)

Sat 9th March

Airdrie 2 v Arbroath 0

Inverness CT 1 v Ayr Utd 0

Partick Th 1 v Morton 1

Queens Park 1 v Raith Rovers 0

Tues 12^th March

Partick Th 1 v Raith Rovers 2

Sat 9th March

Dundee Utd 2 v Arbroath 0

Inverness CT 1 v Airdrie 1

Queens Park 1 v Partick Th 1

Raith Rovers 2  v Dunfermline Ath 0 (43/ 6550))

Tues 5th March

Week 21 Updated Fixture

Dunfermline Ath 1 v Airdrie 1 (43/ 4275)

Week 14 Updated Fixture

Morton 1 v Dundee Utd 0

Fri 1^st March

Arbroath 0 v Raith Rovers 2

Sat 2^nd March

Airdrie 1 v Queens Park 1

Dunfermline Ath 0 v Ayr Utd 0 (43/ 4625)

Morton 1 v Inverness CT 0

Partick Th 1 v Dundee Utd 3

Prints can now be ordered of the two European ties played in Season 1966/67.  These are priced, as with all the ‘European Nights’ series by renowned football artist Paul Town, at £50 for the pair. The limited edition prints are signed by Paul. The prints also contain images of rare memorabilia associated with the games.
Season 1966/67 saw Dunfermline Athletic in the European Fairs Cup.

The first tie was against F.C. Frigg of Oslo. After just eight minutes, Dunfermline were a goal down to a header from Pettersen. Gradually, Dunfermline worked their way back into the tie, and equalised from a goal from Alex Ferguson after a defensive lapse. The start of the second half in Oslo brought two more goals from Jim Fleming, and that was how it remained. The Glasgow Herald reported that the stand-out players were the Callaghan brothers and Alex Edwards.

The 28th of September 1966 saw the return leg at East End Park. Roy Barry had been signed hours before the game from Hearts, and the Scottish Daily Mail reported that he had settled in quietly but effectively at right half. Two fine headers from Pat Delaney put the tie beyond doubt, but at one point the Norwegians had equalised at 1-1 after a goal by Ballangrud. The game ended 3-1 to the Pars with Tom Callaghan also scoring. 6-2 on aggregate. 

The second tie was against Dinamo Zagreb of Yugoslavia. The first leg was at East End Park, and after 55 minutes The Pars were in deep trouble. They were 2-1 down following two Zagreb goals, which outweighed an opener from Pat Delaney.  Then inspired by brilliant wing play from Edwards, Dunfermline came storming back. Alex Edwards converted a penalty and then Alex Ferguson got a brace towards the end of the game. 4-2 to Dunfermline Athletic. 

The return leg in Zagreb was hotly contested in a febrile atmosphere.  However, two goals from Zambata won the tie for Zagreb despite Dunfermline having their chances and protesting that one of the Yugoslav goals was blatantly off-side. This was the first season in which ‘Away Goals’ counted double in the event of a tie. The aggregate score was 4-4, and Zagreb went through by virtue of their two goals scored at East End Park. 

Payment: https://fifepay.co.uk/checkout/european-fkfrigg-dynamozagreb-print

Tues 27th Feb

Ayr Utd 1 v Partick Th 1

Dundee Utd 1 v Airdrie 0

Inverness CT 1 v Dunfermline Ath 1 (43/ 2150)

Queens Park 2 v Arbroath 0

Raith Rovers 2 v Morton 1

Terribly sad news as it is announced that Harry Melrose has passed away. 

One of the greatest of Pars, and some-one that I remember watching (from my earliest games at East End Park)

Fri 23^rd Feb

Partick Th 2 v Dunfermline Ath 0  (44/ 3750)

Sat 14^th Feb

Arbroath 0 v Inverness CT 1

Ayr Utd 0 v Raith Rovers 1

Dundee Utd 2 v Queens Park 0

Morton 1 v Airdrie 1

Fri 16th Feb

Raith Rovers 0 v Dundee Utd 1

Sat 17th Feb

Airdrie 1 v Ayr Utd 0

Dunfermline Ath 0 v Arbroath 1 (44 mins/4100)

Inverness CT 0 v Partick 1

Queens Park 0 v Morton 2

Not sure Raymie. But I was delighted to see that the boys (who may end up as serious golfers) have an affinity to Dunfermline. The elder one more than held his own with the Jim Leishman banter. 

Its an unusual name for Fife certainly. 

There is also Brian Macauley who helps out with the stadium clear-ups and has donated some interesting early Dunfermline memorabilia to the Heritage Trust. 

Just a note to thank all the people who either purchased raffle tickets online or on Saturday in the Purvis Suite, where the draw was made at half time.

An amazing total of £1145 was raised for the Youth Academy, and this will allow a further payment to be made this week to benefit the Youth Academy.

As it happened, the painting was won by a Morton supporter and he immediately donated it to the Macauley family. You may have seen on BBC News a few months ago that Evan and Lucas Macauley won British golf championships for their age groups (Under 6 and Under 8). The family will shortly be holding a fund raiser to send the boys to compete in the World Championships in the States. So the St Patrick`s Painting will be raffled a second time to allow the boys (who have very strong Pars family connections) to play. The Macauley family happened to have a table in the Purvis Suite and Jim Leishman had explained the story.