Admission Prices versus Peterhead Tuesday, 15th August

To clarify tonight's prices - they are as follows -  Adults below 60 years of age = £10;  Concessions including children and those over 60 = £5.

Admission Prices versus Peterhead Tuesday, 15th August

Admission prices for Irn Bru Cup versus Peterhead are £10 for adults and £5 for children.

Fifers Impressed With First Win Of The Season

Ladbrokes League 1

Saturday 12^th August 2017

Bayview Stadium

East Fife 1 (Hurst 56’)

Alloa Athletic 0

East Fife XI: Goodfellow, Dunsmore, Docherty, Watson, Slattery, Duggan (Linton 89’), Hurst (Wilkie 70’), Millar, Gordon, Flanagan (Wilson 77’), Willis

Subs: Cordery, Reilly, Mutch

Alloa Athletic XI: Parry, Taggart, Crane, Graham, Meggatt, Robertson, Cawley, Flannigan, Malcolm, Fleming, Cook (Renton 65’)

Subs: McDowall, Hetherington, Thomas, McKeown, Martin, McDonald

Referee: Colin Steven

Attendance: 589

East Fife welcomed Alloa Athletic to Bayview for the first home match of the season and it was the hosts who picked up their first points of the season thanks to a second half strike by Greg Hurst. Manager Darren Young made one change to the side that lost to Stranraer last time out; Kyle Wilson making way for Hurst to make his full East Fife debut.

The first chance of the match fell the way of the home side when Nathan Flanagan cut inside from the right but his shot was blocked by the Alloa defence, the rebound fell to Pat Slattery who couldn’t find the target with his back to goal. The visitor’s best chances of the game fell within a couple of minutes of each other when first Ryan Goodfellow produced an excellent save to deny Craig Malcolm at point-blank range before Goodfellow produced another fine stop from Callum Crane’s cross-come-shot.

The home side were passing the ball about well and good link up play between Paul Willis and Chris Duggan gave the former a sight of goal on 18 minutes and Alloa ‘keeper Neil Parry was at full stretch to keep out his shot. At the other end Iain Flannigan tried his luck with a volley from 25-yards but it sailed way over before Jon Robertson strike from 30-yards flew just wide of the left-hand post on 26 minutes.

Duggan got a couple of opportunities before the half hour mark when first he was played in by Aaron Dunsmore but couldn’t keep his shot down before showing great technique to twice lift the ball over defender’s heads, trying to find space to get a shot away.

Flanagan curled a shot narrowly over from 25-yards on 37 minutes before Alloa had the final chance of the half when Scott Taggart got on the end of a cross but could only send his header well wide of the target.

East Fife started the better side after the break and almost found a break through 5 minutes after the re-start when Flanagan got to the by-line and sent in an inviting cross but good defending by Darryl Meggat prevented Hurst from heading into an open goal. Hurst wasn’t to be denied, however, scoring his first East Fife goal on 56 minutes when Parry missed a cross from the right by Willis leaving Hurst with a tap in the centre of the goal. Hurst should have added a second 10 minutes later when Parry failed to hold a free kick from Mark Docherty; Hurst reacted quickest but could only hit the bar much to the relief of the Alloa stopper.

The home side were content to sit in as the visitors pressed for an equaliser but the failed to break down a well-drilled East Fife defence. Substitute Kris Renton did manage to get a shot away 3 minutes from time but it was never going to trouble Goodfellow.

A fantastic and hard-fought win for East Fife with great performance all over the park. 

Fife Fan to Climb Mount Etna in Kilt and East Fife Strip

East Fife supporter Jock McInnes will be travelling to Italy and trekking to the summit of Mount Etna, Europe’s biggest and most active volcano, in a kilt and an East Fife strip at the end of the month to raise money for scottish national heroes in the form of if the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Family Support Trust.

Jock is a former Sargent in the Black Watch who has raise over £1.5m for charity and was awarded an MBE from the Queen in 2014 for services to charity. Jock’s previous challenges include climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Toubkal and Mount Elbrus (highest mountain in Europe), trekking across the Sahara Desert (twice) and Gobi Desert, taking aid to school kids in Nepal and accompanying Dundee FC supporters to the summit of a mountain in Morocco.

If you would like to sponsor Jock on his latest challenge please visit:

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=jockMcinnes%20MBE

Fifers Hoping to Take Sting out of Wasps

It’s the first home league game of the season tomorrow as East Fife entertain Alloa Athletic at Bayview Stadium. The Methil men have done well on their new surface with a draw against county rivals Dunfermline Athletic and a win over Elgin City.  

Although disappointed with the outcome of last week’s campaign opener at Stair Park, Manager Darren Young was keen to highlight the positives from the narrow defeat and has added to his squad with the acquisition of defender Scott Linton who will bring strength in depth in addition to his experience at Cowdenbeath, Dumbarton and Clyde.

The visitors from Clackmannanshire narrowly missed out on promotion last season, going down in the play-offs final to Brechin City and the Fifers can expect another stiff challenge from Jim Goodwin’s men, who were also unfortunate to concede a late equaliser at home to Raith Rovers last Saturday.

The Wasps were impressive throughout the 2016-17 campaign, winning both league encounters between the sides at the Indodrill Stadium, while the meetings at Bayview both ended all square. Prior to that goals from Bobby Barr and Paul Willis earned a 2-1 victory for East Fife back in April 2013.       

Supporters of both clubs are reminded that they are welcome to enjoy refreshments at the stadium bars before and after the game.