Dunfermline Athletic F.C.

Beginning (1885–1959)

Dunfermline Football Club was formed in 1874, when members of Dunfermline Cricket Club decided to establish a football section, with the intention of maintaining fitness during the winter. A dispute over club membership caused some members to split away from Dunfermline Cricket Club, which resulted in the creation of Dunfermline Athletic Football Club on 2 June 1885. The club became the principal football club in Dunfermline and their first twenty-five years saw them compete primarily as an amateur team, until they turned professional in 1899. The club first entered into the Scottish Football League in 1912 where they took part in the Scottish Division Two. The fifty years following the club's admittance to the SFL saw little success, with the side most frequently playing in the second tier, with occasional appearances in the top flight.

Stein and Farm (1960–1970)

Dunfermline's finest period came during the sixties. After being appointed manager on 14 March 1960 and saving the club from relegation to Scottish Division Two, Jock Stein – in his first managerial appointment – guided the Pars to their first major piece of silverware, winning the Scottish Cup in 1961 after just thirteen months in charge. The years which followed saw Dunfermline consistently competing in European competitions, reaching the semi-finals of the 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup under George Farm. Although they lost by one goal on aggregate to eventual winners…

Major honours

Scottish Cup: Winners (2): 1960–61, 1967–68 Runners-up (4): 1964–65, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2025–26 Scottish League Cup: Runners-up (3): 1949–50, 1991–92, 2005–06

Minor honours

Scottish Championship, second tier: Champions (4): 1925–26, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2010–11 Runners-up (9): 1912–13, 1933–34, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1972–73, 1986–87, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–2000 Scottish League One, third tier: Champions (3): 1985–86, 2015–16, 2022–23 Runners-up (2): 1978–79, 2013–14 Scottish Challenge Cup: Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Club records

Highest home attendance: 27,816 vs Celtic, 30 April 1968 Highest home European attendance: 26,000 vs West Bromwich Albion, European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals, 15 January 1969 Biggest league win: 11–2 vs. Stenhousemuir, 1930 Biggest league defeat: 10–0 vs. Dundee, 22 March 1947 Biggest all-time defeat: 17–2 vs. Clackmannan, Midland League, 1891 Most capped player: Andrius Skerla, 84 for Lithuania 2000–2005 Most appearances: Norrie McCathie, 576 (497 league), 1981–1996 Most career goals: Charlie Dickson, 212 (154 league), 1955–1964 Record transfer fee paid: £540,000 to Bordeaux for Istvan Kozma, 9 August 1989 Record transfer fee received: £650,000 from Celtic for Jackie McNamara, 4 October 1995

European record