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Alloa. 2. Dumbarton. 0 Clyde. 1. Peterhead. 0 East Fife. 1. Airdrie. 3 Falkirk. 1. Montrose. 1 Queens Park. 1. Cove. 1

You’ll find the exact same set up at East Fife owners who take nothing to do with running the club or putting in a penny. Both clubs relying on a board that are basically fans running the clubs. Only interest is the profit that can be made from around the stadium.

Cove Rangers and Kelty Hearts average home attendance this season is 660 and that’s on a season where they are having runaway league success. Airdrie running a full time set up averaging 800 fans clearly outside resources funding all this, at what stage does the Gretna impact kick in. When your depending on one man like Brooks Mileson then it will clearly run it’s course. How long can Falkirk go on running a full time club paying one player a reported £1500 per week . Good luck to them all but the figures don’t add up,

It’s no coincidence to find East Fife and Dumbarton in dire straights the whole ownership thing of both clubs is a mess that doesn’t look like being resolved any time soon. Silent owners not interested in the football side of things only seeing the land round about the stadiums as a cash cow. No financial input from either owners so there is no way any of the two of us are competing against teams paying players £500 per week. I’d assume a good wage at East Fife or Dumbarton would be £250 to £ 300. You need owners who are going to engage with the community at this level and engage with local businesses. There is no way the East Fife team of the last 2 weeks will win 2 more games so Dumbarton pretty safe in 9th place. Since your Kelly’s and Cove have came around and started to fling silly money around it’s been a dream for players as they can negotiate much bigger salaries. If your team can’t afford the £500 per week gong rate for a league one player you’ll find it harder and harder to compete.

Unbeaten against Peterhead in 4 games this season with one victory and a draw at Balmoor one a cup tie. Having said that after our last 2 performances I’d say your probably right.

Majority of players just not good enough for 1st division level just look at the boy Boyd playing for Alloa today couldn’t get a sniff of a game for East Fife a couple of years ago but he would comfortably be our best striker by some distance now. Lost a lot of quality and just never been replaced, last 2 weeks have been as bad as it has been. Not sure about Crawford but I’ll give him the benefit of building his own team and see where we go. Decent home crowd today but not sure many people will part with £15 to watch what has been served up last fortnight. Board not blameless in the mess we find ourselves in.

Airdrie. 0. Cove Rangers 1 Dumbarton. 0. Montrose. 1 East Fife. 2. Alloa. 1 Peterhead. 1. Falkirk. 1 Queens Park. 2. Clyde. 0

Airdrie 0. Queens Park. 0 Alloa. 3. Peterhead. 2 Clyde. 0. East. Fife. 0 Montrose. 0. Cove 1 Dumbarton. 1. Falkirk. 2

Our luck with injuries this season have been the worst I can ever remember, huge credit to the guys who came in today and played out of position. The whole team gave it their all and over the piece deserved the 3 points. The difference with Crawford is the teams work rate has increased 10 fold and they are making the opposition work for everything they get. The early goal gives the whole place a massive lift and was a really good finish by Kyle Connol. We were on the front foot until Dumbarton came into it a bit before half time. We started the 2nd half well and missed a couple of golden chances and you get a feeling it could bite you in the bum. If ever a player deserved a goal it was Danny Denholm his work rate was unreal and how he enjoyed his moment. Still a lot of work to be done but we have given ourselves a fighting chance. I’m sure Stevie Crawford won’t be getting carried away as he knows a lot of twist and turns lie ahead on the road to safety.

Cove Rangers. 3. Clyde. 0 East Fife. 0. Dumbarton 0 Falkirk. 1. Airdrie. 3 Peterhead. 0. Montrose. 1 Queens Park. 2. Alloa 1

Crawford has certainly made us harder to beat and we have managed to stop losing goals by the barrow load. Think most Fife fans would have taken a point if offered before the game. Think the board will now be wishing they hadn’t given Darren Young so much time, as games are running out. Crawford has turned things round the last half dozen games after it took him time to root out the players who just weren’t putting in much effort. Still lacking a bit of quality in the final a third and our lack of goals for is the one big concern in our bid for survival. Three massive games coming up against bottom 5 teams Dumbarton , Clyde and Alloa. These games will make or break our season.

Alloa. 1. Airdrie. 1 Clyde. 0. Falkirk. 1 Cove. Rangers. 2. Peterhead. 0 Dumbarton. 0. Queens Park. 3 Montrose. 2. East Fife. 2.

Airdrie. 3. Clyde. 0 Alloa. 1. Cove Rangers. 1 Falkirk. 1. East Fife. 1 Peterhead. 0. Dumbarton. 0 Queens. Park. 1. Montrose. 0

The sense of entitlement by some Queens posters on here even one poster suggesting you play your reserve team in Methil yesterday and save your super stars for a game against Montrose next week. Think you should be called Royal Queens Park.

I’m struggling to get used to this Billy big time theme from queens supporters. They have had 3 attempts to beat the poorest East Fife team in a while and failed miserably on each occasion. Just because your flinging stupid money at a full time set up doesn’t mean part time teams just going to role over because the mighty Queens are coming to town. I don’t know who is footing the bill for all this but it sure looks like money down the pan.

Cove Rangers. 3. Falkirk. 1 Dumbarton. 1. Alloa Athletic 1 East Fife. 2. Queens Park. 2 Montrose. 2. Clyde. 0 Peterhead. 1. Airdrie. 2

Hopefully visually cleared up any doubts about the big calls the referee got right.

For any Alloa fan still thinking that Durnans elbow to the face of Steele wasn’t a penalty have a look at East Fifes highlights shows clearly that Dumbo Durnan is clearly guilty. So instead of showing your anger at the referee I would suggest you blame the stupid defending right in front of the ref.

Think you’ll find the penalty was for a blatant elbow in the face if you employ that tactic you’re asking the referee to make a decision. Defenders more often than not get away with it at set plays but now and again the ref will ping them

Not much sour grapes there sometimes you just have to take defeat on the chin. Blaming everyone else other than your own deficiencies is short sighted.

Always thought we had a chance today in our first two games against Alloa we had arguably been the better team. You definitely seen at Bayview they were pretty poor at the back and looked vulnerable to pace. Any way congratulations to Stevie Crawford and just rewards for all his hard work. Need to try and get something from next two games and give ourselves a fighting chance going into the last quarter.

Airdrie. 2. Montrose. 2 Alloa 1. East Fife 1 Clyde. 1. Dumbarton. 1 Cove. 2. Queens Park. 1

As I posted last night bottom 5 teams have won only 3 of the last 25 games played between them. Now by anyone’s standards that is completely horrific. . I know East Fife haven’t won since October but the other 4 teams recent records must be pretty poor. Can’t see any way back for East Fife and a total shambles of summer recruitment has ultimately led to our worst season for many a year. 2nd bottom probably between Alloa, Dumbarton, and Peterhead anyone’s guess as they are all much the same.

I’ve just been looking at the form guide for league one. Would you believe that the bottom 5 teams in their last 25 games between them have only won 3 games. Some standard being set there

Cove Rangers. 2. Airdrie 1 East Fife. 3. Clyde. 1 Falkirk 1. Queens Park. 2 Montrose. 2. Dumbarton. 0 Peterhead. 1. Alloa. 1