Match Report - Alloa Athletic

East Fife continued their Premier Sports Cup action with a visit to the Indodrill stadium to face Alloa Athletic. East Fife only made change to the starting eleven that lost to Dunfermline Athletic in the previous game with Lucas Williamson, making his first starting appearance for the club replacing Alan Trouten. Alloa’s line-up consisted of a few notable names, with the likes of Connor Sammon, Stefan Scougall and ex-East Fife player Daniel Church staring for the Wasps.

Alloa started very brightly, East Fife however had the first chance of the game when Liam Newton drove forward from his half into the final third and played the ball to Ryan Schiavone on the edge of the box who took a shot but the curling effort was well wide and over. 

Alloa took the lead on the 12th minute after Scougall whipped in a good cross to the danger area of the box where Aaron Steele, attempting to clear the ball, could only turn it into his own net putting the Wasps 1-0 up. 

Alloa dictated most of the possession for the rest of the half, yet it was East Fife who were growing into the game considerably towards the end of the half, with a few good chances. In the 43rd minute Brogan Walls sent a delightful low cross towards the centre of the box which was met by an unmarked Newton but his shot was straight into Jay Hogarth’s hands. To the disappointment of the away fans, the half time whistle went shortly after, curtailing the East Fife momentum. 

The teams came out for the second half and the ref got the game going again with East Fife needing a result to keep alive our hopes in the competition. 

The visitors came out all guns blazing, with clear intentions that they were looking for a victory. After 3 minutes East Fife created a good chance with Williamson, after playing a very good 1-2 with Scott Shepard, drove into the box, rolling the ball along the face of goal, the Walls just failed to get a touch on as the keeper collects comfortably. 

Cameron O’Donnell was the first to go into the referee’s book after a challenge on Aaron Steele that he was perhaps fortunate to see only a yellow card.

With 20 minutes to go excitement began to brew in the away end as Scott Mercer was over a free kick in a dangerous position on the edge of the box. He took the free kick very well with the ball bouncing back off the post into the path of Shepard who calmly scored into an open net, levelling the game at one each.

Both teams were keen to net a winner to avoid the nervy nature of penalty kicks with the play flowing end-to-end but nothing really challenged either goalkeeper. After 3 minutes of added time the ref blew up for full time and penalty kicks would decide who would take home a bonus point.

East Fife started the shoot-out well with Mercer, Mikey Cunningham and Jack Healy all scoring their penalties, putting us into a 3-2 lead heading into Alloa’s third penalty, taken by Andy Graham which was well saved by Fleming at the centre right of the goal. East Fife seemed to be in a good position before Stewart Murdoch hit the cross bar with his spot kick, levelling the shootout at 3-3. Newton and Walls then slotted home their respectively penalties nicely. The shootout was into sudden death and level at 5-5 when Pat Slattery’s spot kick was saved by Hogarth, giving Alloa a golden chance to win the shootout which they duly took as George Stanger slotted home to claim the bonus point for the Alloa Athletic. 

The shootout result wasn’t what we wanted, but a good performance by the team against a squad in a league higher, gave the Fife faithful a good deal of optimism heading into the final two cup games before the league campaign begins.

 Andrew Laing

Club Open Day - Saturday 16th July 2022

We’re pleased to confirm details of our open day this Saturday (16^th July).

An open training session will take place from 10:45am when supporters are invited to watch the session from either the stand or The Jeek Fleming Lounge. 

This will be followed by an opportunity to meet the players and management team before a question and answer session with Manager Stevie Crawford and the Board of Directors from 12:15pm. 

Those unable to attend the Q&A can submit their questions in advance by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Jeek Fleming Lounge will be open throughout the day for refreshments and the club shop will also be open.

Please note, no access to the stand will be permitted prior to 10:45am.

Kevin Smith Testimonial Golf Day

The next event in Kevin’s Testimonial year is a golf day at Royal Musselburgh Golf Club on Friday 5^th August 2022.

There are only 39 spaces available which will be released on a first-come, first-taken basis by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The cost is £65 per player and the day will consist of a bacon roll & tea/coffee on arrival, round of golf and a two-course evening meal with various prizes also presented.

Details of the full day’s programme will be released nearer the time.

Demand is sure to be high for this so please book your space as soon as possible.

Match Preview - Alloa Athletic

We travel to the Indodrill Stadium this evening to take on Alloa Athletic in our second match in the Premier Sports Cup.

Squad News

Manager Stevie Crawford will again be without Connor McManus and Scott Gallacher this evening with both carrying long-term injuries.

There are not other fresh injury concerns ahead of the match.

Team Colours

East Fife will be in our third-choice kit of green tops, white shorts and white stockings with the goalkeeper in all-green.

Alloa Athletic will be in their traditional home colours of black & gold tops, black shorts and black & gold stockings with the goalkeeper in sky blue.

Last Meeting

The last meeting between the sides took place at Bayview in March this year with the visitors running out 3-0 winners thanks to goals from Cawley, Scougall and Henderson.

East Fife Team: J Smith, Mercer, Murdoch, C Higgins, L Watson (Healy 75’), Blair, Millar, Pollock (Semple 61’), Swanson, Denholm (Newton 80’), Connell

Alloa Athletic: Morrison, Graham, Durnan, Howie, Taggart, Scougall (Niang 81’), Boyd (O’Donnell 81’), Robertson, Cawley (King 68’), Sammon, Henderson

The last encounter at the Indodrill Stadium saw East Fife come out on top with a 3-1 victory in February with goals from Wallace, Connell and Denholm after Durnan has put the home side ahead.

Alloa Athletic Team: Hutton, Taggart, Graham, Durnan, Church, Riley-Snow (Robertson 46'), King (Armour 84'), Cawley, Niang (O'Donnell 61'), Scougall (Boyde 46'), Henderson

East Fife Team: J Smith, Steele, Dunlop, C Higgins, Mercer (Murdoch 70'), D Watson, Blair, Millar, Semple (Denholm 70'), Connell (Swanso 82'), Wallace (Healy 82')

Match Officials

Referee this evening is Barry Cook and he will be assisted by Colin McAlpine and Clyde Buchan.

Match Tickets

Tickets for today’s match are available to buy online here ahead of the game. Tickets can be presented digitally or printed at home.

Ticket prices are as follows:

Adults - £15

Over 65s - £10

Under 16s - £6

Live Streaming

Those unable to attend today’s game can watch the match live on Wasps TV for £15. The match can be purchased here.

East Fife TV Overseas Gold subscribers can watch the match as part of their regular subscription.

Matchday Programme

Alloa Athletic’s matchday programme The Wasp is available to this evening for £3. Programmes can also be purchased online here.

Match Report - Dunfermline Athletic

East Fife got competitive action underway in the 2022/23 season with a Premier Sports Cup tie at home to fellow Fife team Dunfermline Athletic. Ryan Schiavone, Scott Shepherd, Alan Trouten and Sam Denham all made their competitive debuts, as they were all named in the starting eleven for the Methil men. Stewart Murdoch was given the privilege of wearing the captain’s armband. 

There was very little to split the two teams in the first half. East Fife had a half chance after 5 minutes. Brogan Walls won the ball off a Pars player excellently in the centre of the pitch, before playing a pass to Scott Shepard down the left flank who sent a cross into the box however the Dunfermline defender got there ahead of the onrushing Allan Trouten to clear for a corner to East Fife. 

Dunfermline had the best chance of the half with 5 minutes to go. Joe Chalmers sending in an in-swinging corner, which was met by the head of a leaping Lewis McCann but Fleming got down well and quickly to stop the ball from hitting the back of the net. Chalmers then blazef the ball high and wide of the goal on the follow up effort. Referee Iain Snedden blew for half time shortly after.

East Fife began the second half with an early sight of the goal with Trouten laying off a pass to Schiavone whose effort was dragged wide. The Fifers made two substitutions by the hour mark with new signing Lucas Williamson replacing Trouten and Schiavone making way for starlet Jack Healy. 

Dunfermline opened the scoring when McCann smashing home a volley from close range following a corner. Sam Denham was the first to go into the referee’s book following a cynical challenge on the Dunfermline forward shortly after.

With 10 minutes to go, East Fife made their third and final change with Pat Slattery coming on for Denham. A short while after, the Pars were awarded a penalty when Comrie was fouled inside the box. McCann doubles his scoring tally and doubles the lead for the Pars as he slotted into the bottom corner.

With the 90 minutes up, the referee blew the whistle for full time and Dunfermline take all three points back to East End Park. Despite the visitors getting the better of East Fife, the chance to qualify for the second round is not yet over, just a little bit more difficult. 

Andrew Laing