Alloa are celebrating successive promotions as they returned to the First Division after seeing off Dunfermline 3-1 on aggregate in the play-off final.

PARTICK THISTLE are set to take their compensation claim against former manager Jackie McNamara to the Scottish Football Association for arbitration.

AS A player, Alloa Athletic’s manager Paul Hartley enjoyed success at the highest level with Hearts and Celtic, and as far back as 1999 he won a Scottish First Division medal with Hibs.

First team coach Neil McCann insists Dunfermline’s bid to turn the play-off final around has been bolstered by suggestions that they have already been relegated.

THE administrator in charge of crisis-hit Dunfermline believes that prospective new owners of the club will not be discouraged by relegation to the Second Division – thanks to Rangers.

DUNFERMLINE must play the role of comeback kings once more if they are to retain their First Division status.

DEFENDER Martin Canning has signed a new deal with Hamilton Academical, which will keep him at New Douglas Park for a further year.

ALLOA manager Paul Hartley is preparing for the biggest period of his short managerial career, but feels no pressure about securing a result against visitors Dunfermline in the first leg of their First Division play-off final.

THERE are tasks you wouldn’t think should be entrusted to an 18-year-old who hadn’t played a senior game of football until three months ago.

Dunfermline’s Andy Geggan admits he despises the play-offs as he desperately attempts to avoid a second successive relegation from the First Division.

Well, I must say: the boy’s done good. It was a big ask coming here today and, with all that pressure on him, he’s turning in a committed performance that belies his tender years.

Dunfermline Athletic have escaped with a transfer embargo following a Scottish Football Association disciplinary hearing into their insolvency.

FORFAR Athletic put a dent in the Pars’ play-off hopes last night with a 3-1 win over the Fife side at Station Park.

JIM Jefferies insists the Scottish Football League were wrong to hit Dunfermline with the points penalty that has plunged them into a nervy relegation play-off and put more jobs on the line.

SCOTTISH Football League chief executive David Longmuir has broadly welcomed the revised reconstruction proposal ­announced by the Scottish Premier League but insists it will be a “tough call” to put it in place for the start of next season.

LIVINGSTON’s management team of Richie Burke and Mark Burchill have started to reshape their team for next season.

The administrator running Dunfermline has pleaded with supporters to continue backing the financially troubled club as the Pars battle for their Irn-Bru First Division future.

Livingston last night announced the departure of ten high-profile players ahead of a squad overhaul this summer.

LIVINGSTON captain Liam Fox marked his final game for the club with a goal, but he was disappointed that he couldn’t sign off with a third-spot finish.

Dunfermline’s entry to administration in March, which was punished by a points deduction in April, could cost them very dearly in May as they slipped into second-bottom spot on the final league day of the First Division season.