Dunfermline

When it comes to promotion and relegation between the Premiership and Championship much is made of the gap between the divisions. Is it a gulf or little between clubs at the lower end of the top flight and upper echelons of the second tier?

Home continues to be where the hurt is for Dunfermline. A string of disappointing results at East End Park, yielding only two wins in ten games, signalled the end of Allan Johnston’s tenure as manager

It was an afternoon to forget and a result which summed up a turgid performance from both sides and did neither club any favours as they strive to get into the play-off spots.

Two teenagers have been charged after flares were thrown on to the pitch during a Scottish Cup football match in Fife.

Raith Rovers ruled the Kingdom today and Lewis Vaughan was their king after his hat-trick won a frantic Fife derby and sealed progress in the Scottish Cup.

Stevie Crawford will dig into his past experiences order 
to build a bright future for Dunfermline.

Nicky Clark has never known a season like it. Signed back in the summer with a clear remit to provide goals in their quest for promotion, the Dundee United striker has instead spent much of his time injured on the sidelines as his team-mates toiled in his absence.

They were initially miffed behind the scenes at Raith Rovers when the first Scottish Cup Fife derby in 33 years – and only the second in just under half a century – wasn’t chosen as one of the live television selections. Such feelings have now given way to a sense of anticipation over what might be the product of that decision. When Dunfermline make the 14-mile trip to face their fiercest rivals at Stark’s Park on Saturday, John McGlynn hopes the desire to say “I was there” will ramp up the sense of occasion.

Somehow out of a game that nearly drowned in nothingness, Dundee United wrenched away three points and are right back in it when it comes to the race for automatic promotion from the Championship.

Dunfermline chairman Ross McArthur is confident a promotion push is possible after moving swiftly to replace axed manager Allan Johnston with Stevie Crawford.

Dunfermline have appointed Stevie Crawford as their new head coach, 24 hours after their former striker stepped up as caretaker manager.

Dunfermline Athletic have parted ways with manager Allan Johnston.

This one hurt for Dunfermline – really hurt. Having put together a few decent results recently, two-nil up at half time and playing some delightful football with it, they collapsed in the face of a typically spirited comeback by Jim Goodwin’s part-timers, who snatched an equaliser right at the death through Alan Trouten.

Championship clubs could scupper plans for the introduction of a fifth division after being told Rangers and Celtic “colt” teams would be allowed to be promoted as far as the second tier.

Ross County defeated Highland neighbours Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-1 in a fiery affair with their success opening up a three-point lead at the top.

In what has become an annual tradition, Craig Fowler looks back at another bonkers 12 months in Scottish football.

Like the festive season itself, this has turned into a time of great expectations for Ayr United. This game was a gentle reminder, however, that not everything that is wished for might turn up – Ian McCall’s well drilled, free scoring side certainly didn’t show up here yesterday and after a poor 90-minute stalemate they meekly surrendered pole position in the Championship promotion race.

The 727 supporters who braved the arctic weather must have been left ruing their decision after enduring a dreadful goalless draw.

Gary Caldwell heaved a sigh of relief as he finally achieved his first win as Partick Thistle manager.