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Eugene Clarke
 Jul 23, 08 - 9:31 AM |
Courier Report Forfar Frinedly 230708
Forfar 1 East Fife 2 A DOGGED East Fife side kept Forfar from victory last night in their latest pre- season encounter at Station Park last night. Though the third division hosts dominated for long spells, they went down to the determined Fifers who held firm to deny them despite a series of chances. East Fife opened the scoring on seven minutes when Paul McManus was gifted the ball on the edge of the box and lashed a shot into the far corner. Then a long-range shot from Bobby Linn found the chest of Forfar keeper Ally Brown before the hosts were spurred into action. Kevin McLeish came close with a header before he got the equaliser on 21 minutes, weaving through the Fifers’ defence for a shot from just outside the box which found the back of the net after curling over the head of visiting keeper Michael Brown. There was a golden opportunity for the Loons to double their advantage eight minutes later when a free-kick was awarded in a dangerous position. But hopes were dashed when McLeish’s effort hit the crossbar. Forfar then failed to capitalise on several more chances either side of half-time. A flurry of substitutions just on the hour helped lift the Sky Blues but East Fife quickly shut down anything that looked dangerous. New East Fife signing Stevie Crawford (see story on Page 20) was quick to make an impact after he was brought on as a substitute and restored the visitors’ lead on 77 minutes when he got the better of the Forfar keeper from close range. After that the outcome never looked in doubt as Forfar failed to create any more real openings. Forfar—Brown, McNally, trialist, Winter, Keogh, Tulloch, McLeish, Brady, Lilley, trialist, Smith. Subs—Manson, Fraser, Duell, Donnachie, Fotheringham, Cruickshank, Dunn, Geddes East Fife—Brown, McDonald, Cameron, Smart, Tweed, Fotheringham, McManus, Stanic, Templeman, Linn, Nicholas. Subs—Stewart, Young, Crawford, O’Reilly, Gordon. Referee—Neil Watters. |
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Exile
Jul 23rd, 2008 - 11:35 AM |
Re: Courier Report Forfar Frinedly 230708
Brechin lost 3-1 to Forfar last week. |
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Mark
Jul 23rd, 2008 - 7:47 PM |
Re: Courier Report Forfar Frinedly 230708
Apart form Stevie Nic who id guess will make way for Stevie C I think that must be our best starting line up for this season with plenty extras on the bench. |
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Forest Fifer
Jul 23rd, 2008 - 7:50 PM |
Re: Courier Report Forfar Frinedly 230708
That was almost a 4-2-4 though - can you really expect us to play that in league games? Especially with another 3 forwards/wingers on the bench? Maybe we're going to try to win 7-4 every week? Also Nugent may come in for McDonald. |
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Niall
Jul 23rd, 2008 - 9:21 PM |
Re: Courier Report Forfar Frinedly 230708
I heard our formation for this season will be 3-4-2-1. The 1 will be the most interesting choice I think! |
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Bridie Boy
Jul 23rd, 2008 - 10:04 PM |
Re: Courier Report Forfar Frinedly 230708
The football on show from the Fife last night was poor.Big hoof back to front bypassing midfield.Won`t be good enough for the second division I dont think.J Smart was woeful.Basically hoofed the ball which ever way he was facing.Crawford looked decidely uninterested. |
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Eugene Clarke
Jul 23rd, 2008 - 10:35 PM |
Re: Courier Report Forfar Frinedly 230708
Guess I was at a different match but Crawford didn't stop running the whole time he was on the pitch. Not to mention a great goal. |
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the russian
Jul 23rd, 2008 - 10:48 PM |
Re: Courier Report Forfar Frinedly 230708
If we were so bad, how did we win? |
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Big Fifer
Jul 23rd, 2008 - 11:07 PM |
Re: Courier Report Forfar Frinedly 230708
It was Forfar |
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