We are delighted to announce the appointment of Greig McDonald as our new First-Team Manager.

Greig returned to the club as Assistant Manager towards the end of last year after enjoying a hugely successful playing stint at Bayview. Joining towards the end of the 2002/03 promotion winning season, he went on to make 189 appearances in the black & gold, scoring 36 goals and picking up a Third Division winners medal with the club in 2007/08. Greig left Bayview in May 2009 for Stirling Albion where he was appointed player-manager in January 2012 and guided the side to promotion to League One via the play-offs in 2014.

Greig was appointed caretaker Manager last month following the departure of Stevie Crawford to Dundee United and has overseen a recent upturn in form, including away victories against Forfar Athletic and Bonnyrigg Rose.

Paul Thomson will also continue on at Bayview in his new role as Assistant Manager. Prior to joining East Fife, Paul held the position as Head of Youth at Heart of Midlothian and was responsible for running the Hearts performance school at Balerno High School.

Lindsay Hamilton will also be continuing on in his role as Goalkeeping Coach, a position he's held as the club since 2018. As a player, Lindsay signed on at Bayview in 1995, making 76 appearances over 2 seasons at East Fife and was part of the team that won promotion to the First Division under Steve Archibald in 1995/96.

Greig McDonald: “I am both delighted and honoured to be named as Manager of East Fife Football Club. The board, and everyone associated with the club, have been fully behind us during my recent spell as caretaker and I look forward to their continuing support as we enter this exciting new chapter.

“I’d specifically like to thank Paul Thomson, Lindsay Hamilton and the players for their response and hard work over the last few weeks and I’m very much looking forward to continuing to build on that good work with them over the remainder of the season and beyond.

“To the supporters, I’d like to acknowledge all of the best wishes and good luck messaged I’ve received, it’s been greatly appreciated and, as a group, I can promise that we will work tirelessly to give you an East Fife team to be proud of”.

Chairman Jim Stevenson added: “We are delighted to announce the appointment of Greig McDonald as our new manager. Greig very much has East Fife in his heart, and it was very clear from both his interview and the conversations I’ve had with him over the last few weeks how he plans to improve the club going forward and, as a board, we will support him in any way we can.

“I’m also delighted that Paul Thomson has been named as Greig’s Assistant Manager. A lot of Paul’s work at the club until this point may have gone unnoticed to supporters but I know the players highly value his knowledge and input which many have highlighted in recent post-match interviews.

“The board was impressed with the standard of all applicants who were interviewed for the position, and we would like to wish them well for their future endeavours”.

Greig’s first official match as Manager will be on Saturday when we welcome Elgin City to Bayview.

Congratulations Greig!