The Roy Barry Fan Club Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 There is now an opportunity to win the Paul Town original painting of Dunfermline Athletic's very first European match. Raffle tickets are only £5 each, and all profits go to support the Dunfermline Athletic Youth Academy. £4,000 has been raised so far. The draw will be at the match against Airdrieonians on Saturday 13 January. To enter, just pay by Stripe below. Raffle ticket numbers will be automatically generated for you. Dunfermline's first European tie was against St Patrick's Athletic of Dublin. The games were played on the 12th and 27th of September 1961. The first leg was played at East End Park. The Irish were said to have 'an unquenchable spirit and boundless energy' against a technically superior Dunfermline side, according to the Scotsman newspaper. It was a Dunfermline team which consisted of Connachan, Fraser and Cunningham, Mailer, Miller and Duffy, McDonald, Smith, Dickson, Peebles and Melrose. Dunfermline were leading 3-1 at half-time but became sloppy and complacent, and were fortunate to see a late goal which brought the first leg to a 4-1 victory. Two weeks later, Jock Stein guided the team to a comprehensive 4-0 victory in Dublin with both Charlie Dickson and George Peebles scoring a brace. Dunfermline's adventures in Europe had begun! https://fifepay.co.uk/checkout/stpatricks-raffle-2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superally Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 @The Roy Barry Fan Club. Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roy Barry Fan Club Posted January 20 Author Report Share Posted January 20 Due to circumstances beyond our control (cough!), we will carry this raffle forward to the game against Morton on February 3, and will get it drawn at half-time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roy Barry Fan Club Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al k Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Very kind offer from the winner, the only thing we got from Morton. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buspasspar Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Well done that Morton supporter .. lovely gesture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymie Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Related to Iain and Dougie ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piracy Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Well done to the Morton supporter. Superb gesture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roy Barry Fan Club Posted February 9 Author Report Share Posted February 9 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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