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Just reading my old neebor Irvine Welsh's book Crime and he mentions a Donald Lowe who used to play in goals for Montrose and East Fife. Can anyone remember him and if so how many games he played for us? Jim Corstorphines excellent book On That Windswept Plain seems to miss out any reference to him!

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At the risk of being wooshed I thought that was because he was a fictional character

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Woosh!

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Could be loosely based on Davie Gorman. What kind of a character was he?

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Short, brave, good shot stopper, bit rubbish in the air.

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Or Ray Charles, also a stalwart for both East Fife and Montrose

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Ah,ma big pal Don.Played alongside The Lowman for years,until drink got the better of me and turned me into a gibbering pish stained jaikey!Tell ma wee neebur Toj ah wiz askin fur um!!

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Just to put this question firmly to bed (I know, I know, it was a tongue in cheek question in the first place!) - the only Lowe ever to play for East Fife was John Lowe in season 1908/09. Montrose have had two players by the name of Lowe; Bradley Lowe (a midfielder) signed in in 2000 and Malcolm Lowe, who played for the club from 1972 until 1979.
No player called Donald Lowe has ever played for a Senior Scottish club.

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I was reading an old 'Tiger' magazine the other day and there was a brilliant story about a player called Roy Race who apparently played for a team called Melchester Rovers. Seems he was one hell of a player.
Can any East Fife historian tell me if he ever played against East Fife (or for East Fife?) and if East Fife have ever played Melchester Rovers?

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Jim Corstorphine
Just to put this question firmly to bed (I know, I know, it was a tongue in cheek question in the first place!) - the only Lowe ever to play for East Fife was John Lowe in season 1908/09. Montrose have had two players by the name of Lowe; Bradley Lowe (a midfielder) signed in in 2000 and Malcolm Lowe, who played for the club from 1972 until 1979.
No player called Donald Lowe has ever played for a Senior Scottish club.

Interestingly, the said John Lowe went on many years later to become world darts champion at the age of 104. He's the only person ever to play for East Fife and become world darts champion. Jocky Wilson was also a bit good at darts for a while and still turns out for Raith Rovers - so I've heard.

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KotS
Jim Corstorphine
Just to put this question firmly to bed (I know, I know, it was a tongue in cheek question in the first place!) - the only Lowe ever to play for East Fife was John Lowe in season 1908/09. Montrose have had two players by the name of Lowe; Bradley Lowe (a midfielder) signed in in 2000 and Malcolm Lowe, who played for the club from 1972 until 1979.
No player called Donald Lowe has ever played for a Senior Scottish club.

Interestingly, the said John Lowe went on many years later to become world darts champion at the age of 104. He's the only person ever to play for East Fife and become world darts champion. Jocky Wilson was also a bit good at darts for a while and still turns out for Raith Rovers - so I've heard.


Jocky was an East Fife fan. Stayed in Dysart but followed the Fife.

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In the interests of completeness, I should also metion that the next closest we came to this feat was when Jim George played for us in the seventies. The midfielder, on whose physique the honey monster, and later Shrek, were originally modelled, had a twin brother Bobby who was world darts champion at the time.

Dougie McCracken had a go at darts at one point - but he was shite at that as well.

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To follow on and to hopefully draw a line under this, I notice everyone has missed out the legend that is Brian Jenkins who`s Cousin is currently playing in the Darts Premier League.
Fellow forumers, I give you Terry "Bully" Jenkins, cousin Brian "Zico" Jenkins!!!

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Ken O'Way
I was reading an old 'Tiger' magazine the other day and there was a brilliant story about a player called Roy Race who apparently played for a team called Melchester Rovers. Seems he was one hell of a player.
Can any East Fife historian tell me if he ever played against East Fife (or for East Fife?) and if East Fife have ever played Melchester Rovers?

I can confirm that Roy Race did, indeed turn out for East Fife. It was during the war years when he was a commando stationed at Arbroath and he guested for the Fife when not performing heroics on the war front. In fact, one Saturday morning he swam out into the Firth of Forth and attached a magnetic mine to a German U boat that was on its way to blow up the Forth Bridge, before arriving at Bayview (by way of Methil Docks) just in time for kick-off. He scored a hat-trick - still wearing his flippers - and laid on the other three goals in a 6-0 win in a friendly against - you've guessed it - Melchester!

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An East Fife Historian
Ken O'Way
I was reading an old 'Tiger' magazine the other day and there was a brilliant story about a player called Roy Race who apparently played for a team called Melchester Rovers. Seems he was one hell of a player.
Can any East Fife historian tell me if he ever played against East Fife (or for East Fife?) and if East Fife have ever played Melchester Rovers?

I can confirm that Roy Race did, indeed turn out for East Fife. It was during the war years when he was a commando stationed at Arbroath and he guested for the Fife when not performing heroics on the war front. In fact, one Saturday morning he swam out into the Firth of Forth and attached a magnetic mine to a German U boat that was on its way to blow up the Forth Bridge, before arriving at Bayview (by way of Methil Docks) just in time for kick-off. He scored a hat-trick - still wearing his flippers - and laid on the other three goals in a 6-0 win in a friendly against - you've guessed it - Melchester!


Sure it wasnae Raith? Wankfester Rovers.

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It must have been the Third Bridge - the Forth one wasnae built yet.

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KotS
It must have been the Third Bridge - the Forth one wasnae built yet.


I think you took that A Bridge To Far!!!

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King Kebab
KotS
It must have been the Third Bridge - the Forth one wasnae built yet.


I think you took that A Bridge To Far!!!


A Bridge Two Far?

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Fife Fan
King Kebab
KotS
It must have been the Third Bridge - the Forth one wasnae built yet.


I think you took that A Bridge To Far!!!


A Bridge Two Far?


Or as Craigie would say it

"A Bridge toof arh arh arh arh arh!!!"

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It is well known that former Fife Central MP and Scottish First Minister Henry McLeish played for East Fife. What most people don't know however is that his predecessor as First Minister, Donald Dewar, was the first cousin of his 60's goalscoring machine team mate George Dewar.

Whilst Henry ploughed his trade down the left flank both on the pitch and in his political career, George Dewar was more of a centerist always keeping one eye as to what was going on over on the right. This no doubt accounted for his 195 goals, making him the club's record post-war goalscorer.

McLeish, on the other hand, scored more own goals over a 40 year career than any other person ever to pull on the famous black and gold

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Politicians -
Gordon Brown played some games for East Fife in the late 1990s?