11th September 2001

CIS League Cup  - First Round

East Fife 1 - Arbroath 0

Hinchcliffe
Rowe    Ritchie    McAulay   Florence
Heenan    Fallon    McKinnon    Mercer
Mallan    Brownlie

Substitutes: Wight, Cargill, Cusick, Gardner, McKay

In the battle of the basement boys from the First and Third Divisions both teams had chances in the first half with Mercer hitting the woodwork and Brownlie shooting over from in front of an empty goal. The second half saw East Fife take the lead then straight after the goal Mercer again hit the woodwork . We had to play for the last 20 minutes with 10 men when McKinnon was sent of for his second booking for deliberate hand ball as he tried to score. East Fife finished up the better team and Hinchcliffe had to look smart to pull of three great saves to prevent a bigger defeat.