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Dunfermline Athletic

Dunfermline Athletic FC

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Founded

1885

Years standing

141

Home ground

East End Park

Country

Scotland

The Trophy Cabinet

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
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, 2022–23
Runners-up (2): 1978–79
Scottish Challenge Cup:
Runners-up (1): 2007–08
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

Nickname: The Pars

The Case For Them

Dunfermline Athletic work as a second team because they come with their own geography: Scotland, East End Park, and a set of rivalries you will absorb faster than you expect.

Easy weekend
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is about 15km from the ground, and Dunfermline Upper railway station is 1km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.
The calendar you inherit
Scotland Championship is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. Scotland does not do easy neutrals.
Deep roots
Founded in 1885, Dunfermline Athletic were playing organised football before floodlights, substitutes or televised highlights existed. You are adopting 141 years of accumulated grudges.
Loaded cabinet
10 distinct honours on record, including Scottish Cup:. Adopt them and you inherit expectation, which is more fun than it sounds when the trophies keep coming.

Matchday Trip

Ground: East End Park. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

Edinburgh Airport (EDI)

15 km / 9 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Dunfermline Upper railway station

Walkable from the platform

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Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Things To Do Near East End Park

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to East End Park