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  3. Pars v Arbroath

    in The East End Bounce

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    To be frank, this gives us a chance to get some of the key players, who are currently injured, back for the Ayr game in two weeks. It also avoids further injuries on a water-laden pitch. The Bunnet would have called it off from his bed had the positions been reversed. 

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  6. Armed forces members get in to EEP for a fiver on Saturday

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    20 hours ago, parsforlife said:

    We have no need to recognise the armed forces as a club,  especially not the current ones.  the McCraes battalion yes.  As for the bench? That only has tenuous ties to the club and really was put there as he was related to a board member.

    As regards the bench, perhaps I should give some more background? This was a gift from Cooperative Funeralcare around the time that the UK government decided in 2014 to give a Victoria Cross paving stone to the home town of every VC winner in WWI in the UK on the hundredth anniversary of them winning the VC. This was to be located in the local authority by agreement between the family and the relevant Council.  It happens that Dunfermline had two Victoria Cross winners in the First World War. These were John Erskine who won his VC in June 1916 and David Hunter  who won his VC in September 1918. I know for a fact that Pars United CIC and Pars United (East End Park) Ltd offered BOTH families the opportunity to place their paving slabs on plinths at East End Park, together with a history board on the outside wall of East End Park as a matter of civic pride. The Erskine family decided after some deliberation and several meetings to opt for a site near their former family draper's shop in Bridge Street and one of the things which influenced them was that John Erskine was not particularly interested in sport. The Hunter family took up the offer hence the plinth (which keeps the paving slab more likely to be free from dirt, chewing gum and damage), the history board and the bench. The connection was that David Hunter had been at virtually every Dunfermline home game (war service excepted) from around 1900 to his death in the early 1960s, and he had lived in a variety of houses in West Fife without any location being particularly significant. It is also true that one grandson was on the DAFC Board and another had been a prominent coach at the Club in the 1980s and 1990s. However having been a supporter, man and boy for over sixty years I would hope that that is not a tenuous relationship. I am at that milestone myself. However, the Club would have been just as delighted to have had John Erskine's memorial there too. 

    So we very nearly had two granite benches.  

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  12. 'Those European Nights' : Dunfermline Athletic Vs West Bromwich Albion and Spartak Brno

    in The East End Bounce

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    There is now an opportunity to buy prints of two titanic clashes from Dunfermline Athletic`s European past. These prints celebrate the great victories over Spartak Brno of Czechoslovakia and F.A. Cup Holders West Bromwich Albion. They are based on specially commissioned paintings by renowned football artist Paul Town. The limited edition, signed, prints also feature images of memorabilia from the two ties. 

    The profits from these sales will go to the Club to benefit the Dunfermline Athletic Youth Academy.

    On Dunfermline`s march to the quarter finals of the 1965-66 Inter-City Fairs Cup, the Pars met Spartak Brno in the third round. The first leg was played at East End Park on 26 January 1966 on a rain-soaked and stodgy pitch. The Czechs were said to have `a rugged defence`, and it took Dunfermline an hour to break down the resistance. It was Bert Paton who scored first, and this was followed by a penalty from Alex Ferguson. The return leg was played in Brno on 16 February 1966 amidst poor weather conditions. Not only that but the Manager, Willie Cunningham, was in hospital for an operation and the team was taken by the trainer, Andy Stevenson. Fine performances by Jim Thomson, Alex Smith and a young Eric Martin in goal ensured that Dunfermline left with a 0-0 draw. The Pars advanced to the next stage.

    The 15th of January 1969 saw the visit of the English cup holders West Bromwich Albion to East End Park in the quarter finals of the European Cup-Winners Cup. It was a fine match but Dunfermline failed to score and the odds shifted after a goalless draw towards an English victory in the return leg at the Hawthorns on 19th February 1969. Strangely, that was not to be. Pat Gardner scored inside two minutes and the Dunfermline defence, superbly marshalled by Roy Barry, held firm on a frozen and sanded pitch. Dunfermline were through to the semi-finals of a European competition.

    The prints are sold as a pair for £50. Your support is much appreciated.

    Pay via this link:

    https://fifepay.co.uk/checkout/european-brnowestbrom-print

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  18. Former Players helping Future Players: 'Those European Nights' collection

    in The East End Bounce

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    Bonus Balls remain available for the Paul Town European Painting of Bordeaux as previously advertised here and on the Club's official website.

    If you've run out of wall space or football paintings are simply not your thing, but you would like to help the Dunfermline Athletic Youth Academy, then you can now pass the painting if you win ( one in 59 chance) to the Former Players' Association and they will arrange for it to go to an appropriate person such as either a player who played in the game or the family of one.

    If you would like to help us then you can pay £20 on the link below

     

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

     

    It would be much appreciated.

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  22. Dunfermline Athletic Vs Bordeaux: a chance to win a Paul Town original painting.

    in The East End Bounce

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    Now live on the Club's Official Website.

    Many thanks to all of those from here who have supported this initiative. It is appreciated. We've heard from Digs and Piracy that so much rests on continuing with the flow of talent  into the First Team. The names noted by Eddie's Pars are representative of the talent that is beginning to flow.

    If you can afford £20 for a wee punt then please donate at the link above. 

     

  23. Dunfermline Athletic Vs Bordeaux: a chance to win a Paul Town original painting.

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    This is a chance to win one of the 22 Paul Town originals of Dunfermline's historic games in Europe. All profits go to the Dunfermline Athletic Youth Academy. Already £2,000 has been given to the Club for this cause. 

    First leg played at East End on 16 September 1969. 4-0 to the Pars. Goals from Paton (2), Mitchell and Gardner. Return leg in France on 30 September 1969 was a 0-2 defeat in what the newspapers referred to as `The Battle of Bordeaux".

    Dunfermline progressed to meet Gwardia Warsaw.

    You can own this painting by entering a draw based on the National Lottery Bonus Ball. Each entry will be £20. 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 £20 and have a chance of winning a wonderful painting.

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     Bonus Ball European Bordeaux Painting

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

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