The photographs in this week’s trip down Memory Lane look at Dunfermline Athletic’s footballing past.
Coming up on Thursday October 31 in the Carnegie Hall is a ‘Football Comedy Night’ presented by former Pars manager Dick Campbell - and we have another pair of tickets to be won in a competition.
Dick is best remembered for his time managing Dunfermline Athletic after he became Bert Paton’s assistant.
Joining Dick as he takes to the stage with his hilarious stories and football anecdotes will be the very popular after dinner speaker George McNeill and the star of BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Off the Ball’, Tam Cowan.
Bert and Dick had an eye for spotting footballing talent and brought in players such as Andy Tod, Mark Millar, Derek Fleming and Jackie McNamara, as well as one of Dunfermline’s most popular players Stewart Petrie who can be seen in our next photograph signing for the Pars.
Craig Hynd remembers that player: “What a time to be a Pars fan.
"I had my first season ticket the year we won the 1st division (1995-96) and remember the scenes at Tannadice after Petrie’s goal in the second last game of the season.
"I sat at school all the following week a nervous wreck and bursting out greeting thinking we might blow the league against Airdrie on the final day!”
Our next photograph shows manager Jock Stein with members of the 1961 Scottish Cup winning Pars side.
Helen Doig remembers the scenes when the team paraded the cup in an open topped bus down Dunfermline High Street: “I was at the games and stood outside the Saxone shop and watched them bring the cup home.
"My father-in-law Geordie Doig drove their bus. I still have the Dunfermline Press photo from then.”
David Clark also recalls that occasion: “I was at both games with Par Travel Club and, like many, skipped school on the Wednesday and got home late after celebrations in the High Street.
"What a night for a very happy 14-year-old. Happy days thanks to Jock Stein and the boys.”
Stuart Russell also remembers that era: “I have pictures of my dad as a kid on that day with a broken leg, holding the cup with Jock Stein signing his plaster cast.”
The final photograph shows fans queuing outside East End Park for Scottish Cup tickets in 1961.
More photographs like these can be seen in Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries as well as at facebook.com/olddunfermline
Tickets for the ‘Football Comedy Night’, supported by Ian Brown Motor Engineers and with the Dunfermline Press as media partners, are on sale from the Carnegie Hall box office on 01383 602302, as well as online at Onfife.
To enter a competition for a pair of tickets to the event simply answer the following question:
Which team did Stewart Petrie score against in the penultimate game of the 1995-96 season?
Email the answer, as well as your name and contact telephone number, to editorial@dunfermlinepress.co.uk, with Football Comedy Night in the subject box, by 5pm on Wednesday August 21.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here