Away From The Numbers
All good things come to an end. Or so they say. AFTN has been around since 1989, first as a fanzine and then making the jump to a website and forum in 2003. We've been through the many ups and down at East Fife in those 12 years but policing the forum has become a giant pain in the ass in recent years. As such, we made the decision not to renew it when it expired.
The forum is no more and will remain as a locked archive until it is eventually deleted by the host. We're looking in to try to save some of the content as an archive.
This is not the end of AFTN though. The site will continue and will be revamped and return in its full glory for the start of the 2016/17 season. Maybe even sooner. There will be a comment sections and possibly even a new, registered forum. Check our Twitter (@aftnwebsite) for all the latest info and we'll also post in on the EFFC memories Facebook page.
Until then, have a last browse here, thanks for all your support over the years, and 'Mon the Fife.
GoF
1-antell,2-durie,3-mccormack,4-campbell,5-johnstone,6-muir,7-sloan,8-pollock
9-samuel,10-willis,11-jamieson
subs 12-forster,14-brown,15-gormley,16-wardlaw,21-collier
forfar 1-2 e.fife stoney,willis
D.Mccormack sent off 
whats the story with mcmanus? thats half the season hes been missing,could do with him back getting goals. anybody got any gen on whats going on ?
The buck stops with he the club physio he is the one who deals with new players and checks them over and from what I'm led to believe McManus told the club he was injured but was told he would be fit for new season . He missed pre season games and was thrown in to the Team due to not enough strikers at the club even though he has been carrying the injury all season. The club have taken too long for him to get fit and it looks like he will be out for remainder of the season.
The Fife held them at bay for a while in the second half without really threatening going forward. A nice move by Forfar saw the ball laid into the path of the left winger who hit a shot straight at Antell who only proceeded to palm the ball up in the air over his head and into the net. The third goal followed a couple of minutes later and it looked like we could have got a hammering but we dug in and Billy Brown was fairly adventurous as we played with three strikers near the end forcing a few corners but never really testing the keeper.
The Referee had a shocker, with so many pushes etc going unpunished but players were booked for winning 50/50 challenges - Stoney. The McCormack red card was probably the correct decision.
The lengthy injury list didn't help our cause today with Brown, McManus, Smith, White, Barr and McBride all missing. McCormack came straight back in after injury and had he been fully match fit I'm sure he would have cleared the ball rather than hesitating and giving away the penalty. Wardlaw was thrown into the action despite not having played for 6-7 weeks.
Hopefully, the Arbroath game will see some of the injured players available again. If Brown is fit he should get a start as Antell does not command his area and there seemed to be a lack of communication at times today, plus the second goal was avoidable. We missed Barr big time today and McBride would have helped too. Hopefully Billy Brown may be able to wheel and deal a little in January as there are still one or two players who seem to automatically get a start as there is no one in the wings to put them under pressure for the shirt.
The league is so tight that three wins can get you right in the mix at the top but three defeats sees you drawn back to the wrong end of the table. Hopefully we can win the next three and push at the top end.
A well balanced account of the game - spot on.
We scored two quick first half goals today...but after that the red card to McCormack change the game into forfar hands and we struggled like we have been this season been truthful...I see from that line up there was no darren smith or david white there...our defence has been very weak all season though and durie is our best right back we have got at the club. Surely Antell's loan will expire in a couple of days to see broony back between the sticks...hopefully BB will get to sell and buy when January comes. This game i thought we would of got something from but left with nothing, sadly. Roll on wednesday if we can pick up points because ayr, stenny and the bottom two arent too far behind us.
Is Craig Gordon fit? not herd of him much after he left sunderland how did samuel play today? wonder if he can break his goal drought sooner rather than later to get his confidence in him again
The buck stops with he the club physio he is the one who deals with new players and checks them over and from what I'm led to believe McManus told the club he was injured but was told he would be fit for new season . He missed pre season games and was thrown in to the Team due to not enough strikers at the club even though he has been carrying the injury all season. The club have taken too long for him to get fit and it looks like he will be out for remainder of the season.
Way out of order to blame our Physio ( unless you know something the rest of us don't)
The vast majority of our fans welcomed Paul back - he's got an injury that's taking longer to heal that first thought- happens all the time at every club- what basis do you have to blame Brian & his team?
Seen him at work with the youngsters -saved my step sn from long term injury. Gives up a lot of his time( and I'm led to believe his own money at times) for the club.
We should be grateful we have such a dedicated professional rather than casting false accusations at him
BB if you have info to the contrary I'm sure we'd all like to hear it
The buck stops with he the club physio he is the one who deals with new players and checks them over and from what I'm led to believe McManus told the club he was injured but was told he would be fit for new season . He missed pre season games and was thrown in to the Team due to not enough strikers at the club even though he has been carrying the injury all season. The club have taken too long for him to get fit and it looks like he will be out for remainder of the season.
Way out of order to blame our Physio ( unless you know something the rest of us don't)
The vast majority of our fans welcomed Paul back - he's got an injury that's taking longer to heal that first thought- happens all the time at every club- what basis do you have to blame Brian & his team?
Seen him at work with the youngsters -saved my step sn from long term injury. Gives up a lot of his time( and I'm led to believe his own money at times) for the club.
We should be grateful we have such a dedicated professional rather than casting false accusations at him
BB if you have info to the contrary I'm sure we'd all like to hear it
Hi Brian
The buck stops with he the club physio he is the one who deals with new players and checks them over and from what I'm led to believe McManus told the club he was injured but was told he would be fit for new season . He missed pre season games and was thrown in to the Team due to not enough strikers at the club even though he has been carrying the injury all season. The club have taken too long for him to get fit and it looks like he will be out for remainder of the season.
Way out of order to blame our Physio ( unless you know something the rest of us don't)
The vast majority of our fans welcomed Paul back - he's got an injury that's taking longer to heal that first thought- happens all the time at every club- what basis do you have to blame Brian & his team?
Seen him at work with the youngsters -saved my step sn from long term injury. Gives up a lot of his time( and I'm led to believe his own money at times) for the club.
We should be grateful we have such a dedicated professional rather than casting false accusations at him
BB if you have info to the contrary I'm sure we'd all like to hear it
I spoke to shagger up in the bar at the stenny game and I asked him how long till he is back and he was optimistic that he will hopefully be back training next week. He said the injury has been seen by billy browns contacts and that they had got to the bottom of the matter because he has had it all year. He did say the club had sent him for ex ray a while back and found out he had a torn ligament but it hadn't healed the way it should have and this is what has kept out. He said he can't wait to get back to the form he showed last season and is looking forward to be playing under the new manager. This shows that our physio has done everything to get him back playing but it has just not worked out the way everyone hoped. Once we get all our players back we will stand a good chance of a play off position.
Hi Brian
