Arbroath vs Dunfermline Athletic – Match Preview
Betfred Cup – 2nd Round – Season 2020 / 2021
Saturday 28th November 2020, Gayfield Park, Arbroath, 3.00pm kick off
Arbroath return to action tomorrow as we welcome Dunfermline Athletic to Gayfield.
Championship League Leaders Dunfermline Athletic are the visitors and will be brimming in confidence having defeated league favourites Heart of Midlothian last Friday live on BBC Scotland.
The two sides met 3 times last season with each team claiming a win each with a goalless draw at Gayfield the last meeting shortly before lockdown.
The Dunfermline side has went through many changes since then with several high profile players making the move over the summer to East End Park making the Pars once of the most attacking sides in the Championship.
Arbroath will be without David Gold who serves a one-match suspension after picking up two yellow cards in the Group Stage. It is hoped Jason Thomson has recovered from his facial injury picked up last Saturday as Managed Dick Campbell promised to make changes after his side couldn’t find the net again against Greenock Morton last week.
It will be a huge test for the Lichties, but with the lure of getting into the final 8 of the Betfred Cup there is a huge incentive for everyone.
We hope you will get right behind the team from your living rooms!
C’mon the Lichties!
Dunfermline Athletic – (including summer arrivals)
Head Coach – Stevie Crawford
First Team Coach – Jason Dair
Assistant Head Coach – Greg Shields
Goalkeepers
1 – Owain Fon Williams (Hamilton Academical, loan made permanent)
20 – Cammy Gill
30 – Ben Swinton
Defenders
2 – Aaron Comrie
3 – Josh Edwards
4 – Lewis Martin
5 – Euan Murray
16 – Steven Whittaker (Hibernian)
17 – Matthew Bowman
19 – Miller Fenton
22 – Lewis Mayo (Rangers, loan)
44 – Paul Watson (Dundee United)
Midfielders
8 – Kyle Turner
11 – Ryan Dow
15 – Iain Wilson (Kilmarnock)
21 – Fraser Murray (Hibernian, loan)
23 – Dom Thomas (Kilmarnock, loan made permanent)
24 – Kerr McInroy (Celtic, loan)
27 – Lucas Berry
Strikers
7 – Kevin O’Hara (Alloa Athletic)
10 – Declan McManus (Ross County)
14 – Lewis McCann
East End Park Departures / Out on Loan
9 – Gabby McGill – Edinburgh City, loan
12 – Scott Cusick – Brechin City, loan
18 – Paul Allan – Albion Rovers, loan
26 – Matty Todd – Brechin City, loan
Kevin Nisbet – Hibernian, £250k
Lee Ashcroft – Dundee
Tom Beadling – Barrow
Danny Devine – Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Gregor Jordan – Brechin City
Ryan Scully – Hamilton Academical
Callum Smith – Hamilton Academical
Josh Robertson – Newburgh Juniors
Andy Ryan – Stirling Albion
Joe Thomson – Derry City
Paul Paton – East Kilbride
Tom Lang – Clyde, loan made permanent
Stuart Morrison – Queen’s Park, loan made permanent
Jonathan Afolabi – Celtic, end of loan
Dylan Duncan – Queens Park Rangers, end of loan
Ethan Ross – Aberdeen, end of loan
Arbroath vs Dunfermline Athletic – Head to Head
Arbroath 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic – Wednesday 4th March 2020,
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 27 – Season 2019 / 2020
Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 0 Arbroath – Tuesday 29th October 2019
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 11 – Season 2019 / 2020
Goals – Nisbet 59, 78
Arbroath 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 31st August 2019
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 04 – Season 2019 / 2020
Goal – Donnelly 50
Suspensions;
David Gold is suspended for the Lichties after picking up 2 yellow cards in the Group Stage.
Officials;
Referee – Nick Walsh
Assistant Referee 1 – Sean Carr
Assistant Referee 2 – Gordon Crawford
Fourth Official – David Dickinson
How to watch all the action;
The game will be streamed live on Arbroath FC TV from 3pm
A reminder that this match is available for £12 to all supporters over 18 (this age is down to a legal reason) You can sign up here; https://arbroathfc.tv/
Matchday Programme
Our matchday programme producers, JJ Sports Promotions Ltd have produced a physical programme for tomorrow’s game.
Copies of this programme can be purchased for £2 each plus £2 postage and packing, by emailing: terrybrumpton@yahoo.co.uk. It will be full colour and packed with great content and photography, but hurry because there is a limited print run
C’mon the Lichties!
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