2020–21 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Dunfermline Athletic's fifth season in the Scottish Championship, having finished 6th in the 2019–20 season.

Dunfermline Athletic

2020–21 season
Chairman	Ross McArthur[1]
Manager	Stevie Crawford[2][3]
Stadium	East End Park Dunfermline, Scotland (Capacity: 11,480)
Championship	2nd
League Cup	Quarter Finals
Scottish Cup	Preseason
Top goalscorer	League: Declan McManus (6) All: Declan McManus Euan Murray & Kevin O'Hara (7)
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 31 October 2020.

Squad list

As of 27 October 2020

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Signed in	Signed until	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Owain Fôn Williams		GK	17 March 1987	Hamilton Academical	2020	2022	11	0
20	Cammy Gill		GK	7 April 1998	Dunfermline Athletic youth teams	2016	2021	18	0
30	Ben Swinton		GK	6 June 2001	Raith Rovers	2019	2021	0	0
Defenders
2	Aaron Comrie		DF	3 February 1997	St Johnstone	2019	2021	39	1
3	Josh Edwards		DF	27 May 2000	Airdrieonians	2019	2021	26	0
4	Lewis Martin		DF	8 April 1996	Dunfermline Athletic youth teams	2012	2021	164	5
5	Euan Murray		DF	20 January 1996	Raith Rovers	2019	2021	17	7
17	Matthew Bowman		DF	26 November 2000	Scarborough Athletic	2019	2021	1	0
19	Miller Fenton		DF	16 October 2003	Fife Elite Football Academy	2019	2021	0	0
22	Lewis Mayo		DF	19 March 2000	Rangers (loan)	2020	2021	1	0
44	Paul Watson		DF	20 December 1990	Dundee United	2020	2022	7	2
Midfielders
8	Kyle Turner		MF	10 November 1997	Stranraer	2019	2021	39	5
11	Ryan Dow		MF	7 June 1991	Peterhead	2019	2021	34	8
12	Scott Cusick		MF	8 August 2002	Celtic	2020	2021	0	0
15	Iain Wilson		MF	15 December 1999	Kilmarnock	2020	2022	7	0
16	Steven Whittaker		DF	16 June 1984	Hibernian	2020	2021	5	0
18	Paul Allan		MF	7 February 2000	Fife Elite Football Academy	2017	2022	1	0
21	Fraser Murray		MF	7 May 1999	Hibernian (loan)	2020	2021	7	2
23	Dom Thomas		MF	14 February 1996	Kilmarnock	2020	2022	14	1
24	Kerr McInroy		MF	31 August 2000	Celtic (loan)	2020	2021	4	0
26	Matty Todd		MF	14 June 2001	Fife Elite Football Academy	2018	2022	13	0
27	Lucas Berry		MF	23 February 2002	Fife Elite Football Academy	2019	2021	0	0
Forwards
7	Kevin O'Hara		FW	11 August 1998	Alloa Athletic	2020	2023	7	5
9	Gabby McGill		FW	9 April 2000	Middlesbrough	2019	2021	19	1
10	Declan McManus		FW	3 August 1994	Ross County	2020	2022	51	16
14	Lewis McCann		FW	7 June 2001	Fife Elite Football Academy	2018	2022	23	0

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

19 September 2020 Friendly	Stenhousemuir	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Stenhousemuir, Scotland
14:00	Spence  7' (pen.)	Match report	Trialist  29'	Stadium: Ochilview Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Dickinson

22 September 2020 Friendly	The Spartans	0 – 3	Dunfermline Athletic	Edinburgh, Scotland
19:45		Match report	Thomas  12' McInroy  51', 85'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 0

26 September 2020 Friendly	East Fife	0 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Methil, Scotland
14:00		Match report	O'Hara  3'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 0

2 October 2020 Friendly	Stirling Albion	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Alloa, Scotland
20:00		Match report		Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 0

Scottish Championship

17 October 2020 Match 1	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 1	Inverness CT	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	E. Murray  23' Dow  78' McManus  84'	BBC Sport report	Todorov  2'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Collum

24 October 2020 Match 2	Alloa Athletic	1 – 4	Dunfermline Athletic	Alloa, Scotland
15:00	Cawley  45+1'	BBC Sport report	Dow  78' O'Hara  67', 77', 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robertson

31 October 2020 Match 3	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 2	Queen of the South	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	E. Murray  21' McManus  43 pen.' Watson  60'	BBC Sport report	McKee  51' Dobbie  74 pen.'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 0

7 November 2020 Match 4	Ayr United	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Ayr, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report		Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Napier

20 November 2020 Match 5	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Dunfermline, Scotland
19:05	Thomas  49' E. Murray  54'	BBC Sport report	Kingsley  84'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Don Robertson

5 December 2020 Match 6	Raith Rovers	2 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
15:00	Duku  28' Musonda  65'	BBC Sport report	F Murray  73' McManus  74'	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Euan Anderson

12 December 2020 Match 7	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 2	Greenock Morton	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	McManus  74 pen.'	BBC Sport report	McAlister  24' McGuffie  79'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 0 Referee: David Munro

19 December 2020 Match 8	Dundee	3 – 3	Dunfermline Athletic	Dundee, Scotland
15:00	Adam  35' Sow  50' Fontaine  70'	BBC Sport report	Watson  78' McManus  82 pen.', 90+3'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Grant Irvine

26 December 2020 Match 9	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0	Arbroath	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	O'Hara  90+1'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Steven Kirkland

29 December 2020 Match 10	Inverness CT	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Inverness, Scotland
19:45	Storey  67'	BBC Sport report	Turner  23'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Euan Anderson

2 January 2020 Match 11	Dunfermline Athletic	P – P	Raith Rovers	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00				Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 0

15 January 2021 Match 12	Greenock Morton	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Greenock
19:30		BBC Sport report		Stadium: Cappielow Attendance: 0 Referee: Steven Kirkland

23 January 2020 Match 13	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 0	Ayr United	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport Report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

6 October 2020 Group Stage	Dumbarton	0 – 1	Dunferemline Athletic	Dumbarton, Scotland
19:45		Match report	O'Hara  26' (pen.)	Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross

9 October 2020 Group Stage	Dunferemline Athletic	2 – 0	Falkirk	Dunfermline, Scotland
19:45	E Murray  58', 65'	Match report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Grant Irvine

13 October 2020 Group Stage	Kilmarnock	0 – 3	Dunferemline Athletic	Kilmarnock, Scotland
19:45		Match report	E Murray  55' F Murray  72', 83'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Dallas

14 November 2020 Group Stage	Dunferemline Athletic	3 – 2	Clyde	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	O'Hara  60 pen.' McManus  87' Watson  90+1'	BBC Sport report	Love  35' Lamont  51'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 0 Referee: David Dickinson

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DNF	FAL	KIL	CLY	DUM
1	Dunfermline Athletic	4	4	0	0	0	9	2	+7	12	Qualification for the Second Round		—	2–0	—	3–2	—
2	Falkirk	4	3	0	0	1	9	3	+6	9			—	—	3–0	2–1	—
3	Kilmarnock	4	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	6			0–3	—	—	—	2–0
4	Clyde	4	1	0	0	3	6	9	−3	3			—	—	0–2	—	3–2
5	Dumbarton	4	0	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0			0–1	0–4	—	—	—

Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[5]

Knockout Round

28 November 2020 Second Round	Arbroath	1 – 3	Dunferemline Athletic	Arbroath, Scotland
15:00	Hilson  65'	BBC Sport report	Dow  28' E Murray  36' O'Hara  82 pen.'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nick Walsh

15 December 2020 Quarter-Final	Dunferemline Athletic	1 – 1 (3 – 4 p)	St Johnstone	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	Wilson  113'	BBC Sport report	Rooney  94'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Cup

12 January 2021 Second Round	Greenock Morton	P – P	Dunfermline Athletic	Greenock
19:45				Stadium: Cappielow Attendance: 0

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 23 January 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Championship		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Owain Fôn Williams	16	0	12	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF		Aaron Comrie	13	0	7+2	0	3+1	0	0	0
3	DF		Josh Edwards	18	0	12	0	6	0	0	0
4	DF		Lewis Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Euan Murray	18	7	12	3	6	4	0	0
7	FW		Kevin O'Hara	17	7	4+7	4	4+2	3	0	0
8	MF		Kyle Turner	18	1	10+2	1	4+2	0	0	0
10	FW		Declan McManus	18	7	11+1	6	5+1	1	0	0
11	MF		Ryan Dow	17	3	9+2	2	5+1	1	0	0
14	FW		Lewis McCann	9	0	2+3	0	0+4	0	0	0
15	MF		Iain Wilson	16	1	7+3	0	3+3	1	0	0
16	MF		Steven Whittaker	11	0	8	0	3	0	0	0
17	DF		Matthew Bowman	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	DF		Miller Fenton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Cammy Gill	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF		Fraser Murray	15	3	2+7	1	4+2	2	0	0
22	DF		Lewis Mayo	9	0	5+2	0	1+1	0	0	0
23	MF		Dom Thomas	18	1	11+1	1	5+1	0	0	0
24	MF		Kerr McInroy	13	0	7+2	0	4	0	0	0
27	MF		Lucas Berry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Ben Swinton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Paul Watson	17	3	11	2	6	1	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
9	FW		Gabby McGill (on loan at Edinburgh City)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
12	MF		Scott Cusick (on loan at Brechin City)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Paul Allan (on loan at Albion Rovers)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	MF		Matty Todd (on loan at Brechin City)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left during the season:
25	DF		Thomas Bragg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of match played 23 January 2021

Ranking	Position	Nation	Name	Total	Scottish Championship	Scottish League Cup	Scottish Cup
1	FW		Declan McManus	7	6	1
	FW		Kevin O'Hara	7	4	3
	DF		Euan Murray	7	3	4
4	MF		Ryan Dow	3	2	1
	DF		Paul Watson	3	2	1
	MF		Fraser Murray	3	1	2
7	MF		Dom Thomas	1	1
	MF		Kyle Turner	1	1
	MF		Iain Wilson	1		1
Total				33	20	13

Disciplinary record

As of match played 23 January 2021

Squad number	Position	Nation	Name	Total		Scottish Championship		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
1	GK		Owain Fôn Williams	1		1
3	DF		Josh Edwards	2		2
8	MF		Kyle Turner	1		1
10	MF		Declan McManus	4		2				2
11	MF		Ryan Dow	2		2
15	MF		Iain Wilson	4		4
16	DF		Steven Whittaker	2		2
21	MF		Fraser Murray	1						1
22	DF		Lewis Mayo	2		1				1
24	MF		Kerr McInroy	2		2
44	DF		Paul Watson	3		2				1
Total				24	0	19	0	0	0	5	0

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Heart of Midlothian	15	12	0	3	41	17	+24	36	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Raith Rovers	14	7	3	4	29	22	+7	24	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Dunfermline Athletic	15	6	6	3	24	17	+7	24	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Dundee	13	5	5	3	24	24	0	20
5	Ayr United	14	4	5	5	20	18	+2	17

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[6]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	P	D	D
Position	3	2	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 2021. Source: dafc.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	6	5	1	20	13	+7	23	4	1	1	10	6	+4	2	4	0	10	7	+3

Last updated: 23 January 2021.
Source: dafc.co.uk

Transfers

First team

Players in Date Position No. Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 29 June 2020 DF 44 Paul Watson Dundee United Free [7][8] 29 June 2020 DF 16 Steven Whittaker Hibernian Free [9][8] 10 July 2020 FW 10 Declan McManus Ross County Free [10] 10 July 2020 FW 7 Kevin O'Hara Alloa Athletic Compensation [11] 10 July 2020 MF 23 Dom Thomas Kilmarnock Compensation [12] 16 July 2020 MF 15 Iain Wilson Kilmarnock Free [13][14] 3 August 2020 GK 1 Owain Fôn Williams Hamilton Academical Free [15] 9 September 2020 MF 12 Scott Cusick (re-signed) Free [16]

Players out Date Position No. Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 31 May 2020 GK 1 Ryan Scully Hamilton Academical[17] Free [18] 31 May 2020 DF 6 Lee Ashcroft Dundee[19] Free 31 May 2020 MF 7 Joe Thomson Derry City[20] Free 31 May 2020 MF 8 Tom Beadling Barrow[21] Free 31 May 2020 DF 14 Danny Devine Inverness CT[22] Free 31 May 2020 DF 16 Stuart Morrison Queen's Park[23] Free 31 May 2020 FW 17 Callum Smith Hamilton Academical[24] Free 31 May 2020 MF 21 Paul Paton East Kilbride[25] Free 31 May 2020 FW — Andy Ryan Stirling Albion[26] Free 10 July 2020 FW 15 Kevin Nisbet Hibernian Undisclosed [27] 2 October 2020 DF 6 Tom Lang Clyde Undisclosed [28] 27 October 2020 DF 25 Thomas Bragg Released Free [29]

Loans in Date Position No. Nationality Name From Duration Ref. 22 September 2020 MF 24 Kerr McInroy Celtic End of season [30] 25 September 2020 DF 22 Lewis Mayo Rangers End of season [31] 25 September 2020 MF 21 Fraser Murray Hibernian End of season [32]

Loans out Date Position No. Nationality Name To Duration Ref. 9 September 2020 MF 38 Scott Cusick Brechin City End of season [16] 25 September 2020 MF 26 Matty Todd Brechin City End of season [33] 15 October 2020 FW 9 Gabby McGill Edinburgh City Three months [34] 21 October 2020 MF 18 Paul Allan Albion Rovers End of season [35]

Reserve team

Players out Date Position No. Nationality Name To Duration Ref. 31 May 2020 DF 25 Gregor Jordan Brechin City[36] Free [18] 31 May 2020 DF 28 Josh Robertson Free Released 31 May 2020 FW 29 Lewis Crosbie Free Released 31 May 2020 GK 30 Craig Burt Free Released 31 May 2020 MF 32 Lewis Sawers Free Released 31 May 2020 MF 33 Paul Brown Stenhousemuir[37] Free 31 May 2020 MF 36 Cameron Graham Stenhousemuir[38] Free 31 May 2020 MF 38 Scott Cusick Dunfermline Athletic[16] Re-signed

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