Dunfermline Athletic 1 - 1 Dundee

Published on Saturday 31 October 2009 20:11

HONOURS were shared but it was Dunfermline who were left kicking themselves for failing to take all three points against Dundee.

The hosts were unlucky not to score after four minutes when Willie Gibson turned inside Dens defender Eric Paton and his shot from the rightflashed inches past goalkeeper Tony Bullock's post. If that was an early wake-up call for Dundee they got another one as Greg Ross let fly, but the ball was deflected away for a corner to the relief of the Dundee fans.

Dundee were living dangerously and there was another scare when Andy Kirk shot over the bar.

By their high standards Leigh Griffiths and Sean Higgins were having a quiet time up front for Dundee, although the blue-booted Griffiths was only a whisker away from applying the finishing touch to a Gary MacKenzie knock-on.

Dundee, however, stepped up the tempo after the break and a Griffiths drive from only a few yards out was brilliantly blocked by on-loan Oldham goalkeeper Greg Fleming. Then, a Gibson shot on the turn was pushed around the post by Bullock as Pars re-applied the pressure.

But the home fans were left stunned when Gary Harkins headed home a Sean Higgins corner on the hour mark before substitute Graham Bayne, who had only just come on, levelled the match with his first touch of the ball, a header from Gibson's free-kick.

Then Bullock produced a stunning one-handed save to stop David Graham's net-bound shot with eight minutes left.