# 2020–21 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Dunfermline Athletic's fifth season in the Scottish Championship, having finished 6th in the 2019–20 season.

## Squad list

    As of 4 May 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Signed in | Signed until | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Owain Fôn Williams | GK | (1987-03-17) 17 March 1987 (age 37) | Hamilton Academical | 2020 | 2022 | 32 | 0 |
| 20 | Cammy Gill | GK | (1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26) | Dunfermline Athletic youth teams | 2016 | 2021 | 19 | 0 |
| 30 | Ben Swinton | GK | (2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 23) | Raith Rovers | 2019 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Aaron Comrie | DF | (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 27) | St Johnstone | 2019 | 2021 | 55 | 1 |
| 3 | Josh Edwards | DF | (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 24) | Airdrieonians | 2019 | 2021 | 42 | 0 |
| 4 | Lewis Martin | DF | (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 28) | Dunfermline Athletic youth teams | 2012 | 2021 | 164 | 5 |
| 5 | Euan Murray | DF | (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28) | Raith Rovers | 2019 | 2021 | 33 | 7 |
| 6 | Kyle MacDonald | DF | (2000-01-11) 11 January 2000 (age 25) | Airdrieonians | 2021 | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Vytas Gašpuitis | DF | (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 30) | Panevėžys | 2021 | 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | Matthew Bowman | DF | (2000-11-26) 26 November 2000 (age 24) | Scarborough Athletic | 2019 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Miller Fenton | DF | (2003-10-16) 16 October 2003 (age 21) | Fife Elite Football Academy | 2019 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lewis Mayo | DF | (2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 24) | Rangers (loan) | 2020 | 2021 | 24 | 0 |
| 44 | Paul Watson | DF | (1990-12-20) 20 December 1990 (age 34) | Dundee United | 2020 | 2022 | 27 | 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Ewan Henderson | MF | (2000-03-20) 20 March 2000 (age 24) | Celtic | 2021 | 2021 | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | Ryan Dow | MF | (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 33) | Peterhead | 2019 | 2021 | 35 | 8 |
| 12 | Scott Cusick | MF | (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 22) | Celtic | 2020 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Iain Wilson | MF | (1999-12-15) 15 December 1999 (age 25) | Kilmarnock | 2020 | 2022 | 27 | 0 |
| 16 | Steven Whittaker | DF | (1984-06-16) 16 June 1984 (age 40) | Hibernian | 2020 | 2021 | 23 | 0 |
| 18 | Paul Allan | MF | (2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 (age 24) | Fife Elite Football Academy | 2017 | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Fraser Murray | MF | (1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 (age 25) | Hibernian (loan) | 2020 | 2021 | 30 | 6 |
| 23 | Dom Thomas | MF | (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 28) | Kilmarnock | 2020 | 2022 | 29 | 1 |
| 24 | Kerr McInroy | MF | (2000-08-31) 31 August 2000 (age 24) | Celtic (loan) | 2020 | 2021 | 22 | 0 |
| 25 | Scott Banks | MF | (2001-09-26) 26 September 2001 (age 23) | Crystal Palace (loan) | 2021 | 2021 | 12 | 0 |
| 26 | Matty Todd | MF | (2001-06-14) 14 June 2001 (age 23) | Fife Elite Football Academy | 2018 | 2022 | 15 | 0 |
| 27 | Lucas Berry | MF | (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 22) | Fife Elite Football Academy | 2019 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Kyle Turner | MF | (1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 (age 27) | Stranraer | 2019 | 2021 | 40 | 5 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Kevin O'Hara | FW | (1998-08-11) 11 August 1998 (age 26) | Alloa Athletic | 2020 | 2023 | 32 | 11 |
| 9 | Craig Wighton | FW | (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 27) | Heart of Midlothian | 2021 | 2021 | 11 | 6 |
| 10 | Declan McManus | FW | (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994 (age 30) | Ross County | 2020 | 2022 | 69 | 19 |
| 14 | Lewis McCann | FW | (2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 23) | Fife Elite Football Academy | 2018 | 2022 | 31 | 0 |
| — | Gabby McGill | FW | (2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 (age 24) | Middlesbrough | 2019 | 2021 | 20 | 1 |

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

During the 2020–21 season, Dunfermline used twenty-six different players in competitive matches. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. Forward Declan McManus made the most appearances, playing thirty-six out of a possible 36 games. Kevin O'Hara scored the most goals, with eleven in all competitions.
    As of 8 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | WAL | Owain Fôn Williams | 33 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Aaron Comrie | 28 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Josh Edwards | 34 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Lewis Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Euan Murray | 34 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Kyle MacDonald | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Kevin O'Hara | 33 | 11 | 13+11 | 8 | 4+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ewan Henderson | 10 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Craig Wighton | 13 | 6 | 9+1 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Declan McManus | 36 | 10 | 22+5 | 9 | 5+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Ryan Dow | 19 | 3 | 11+2 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | LTU | Vytas Gašpuitis | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NIR | Lewis McCann | 16 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Iain Wilson | 27 | 1 | 15+5 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Steven Whittaker | 24 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Paul Allan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Miller Fenton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | SCO | Cammy Gill | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Fraser Murray | 31 | 6 | 12+11 | 4 | 4+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Lewis Mayo | 25 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Dom Thomas | 30 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Kerr McInroy | 22 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Scott Banks | 13 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Matty Todd | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Lucas Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Ben Swinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | SCO | Paul Watson | 28 | 3 | 18+2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | SCO | Kyle Turner (on loan at Airdrieonians) | 19 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Gabby McGill (on loan at York City) | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Scott Cusick (on loan at Brechin City) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | SCO | Tom Lang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Matthew Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Thomas Bragg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

During the 2020–21 season, twelve Dunfermline players scored 51 goals in all competitions.
    As of match played 8 May 2021
| Ranking | Position | Nation | Name | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Premiership play-offs |
| 1 | FW | | Kevin O'Hara | 11 | 8 | 3 | | |
| 2 | FW | | Declan McManus | 10 | 9 | 1 | | |
| 3 | DF | | Euan Murray | 7 | 3 | 4 | | |
| 4 | FW | | Craig Wighton | 6 | 6 | | | |
| 4 | MF | | Fraser Murray | 6 | 4 | 2 | | |
| 6 | MF | | Ryan Dow | 3 | 2 | 1 | | |
| 6 | DF | | Paul Watson | 3 | 2 | 1 | | |
| 8 | DF | | Aaron Comrie | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 8 | MF | | Ewan Henderson | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 8 | MF | | Dom Thomas | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 8 | MF | | Kyle Turner | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 8 | MF | | Iain Wilson | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 8 May 2021
| Squad number | Position | Nation | Name | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Premiership play-offs | Scottish Premiership play-offs |
| 22 | DF | | Lewis Mayo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | |
| 16 | DF | | Steven Whittaker | 7 | | 6 | | | | | | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | | Declan McManus | 7 | | 5 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 15 | MF | | Iain Wilson | 6 | | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 44 | DF | | Paul Watson | 6 | | 5 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 3 | DF | | Josh Edwards | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | MF | | Ewan Henderson | 3 | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | |
| 1 | GK | | Owain Fôn Williams | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | MF | | Ryan Dow | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 24 | MF | | Kerr McInroy | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | DF | | Aaron Comrie | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | DF | | Euan Murray | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | DF | | Kyle MacDonald | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | MF | | Kyle Turner | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | FW | | Craig Wighton | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | FW | | Lewis McCann | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 21 | MF | | Fraser Murray | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Dundee (O, P) | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 43 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 39 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 36 | |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 32 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 February 2021. Source: dafc.co.uk

### League cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DNF | FAL | KIL | CLY | DUM |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | — |
| 2 | Falkirk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | | 0–3 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Clyde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | | — | — | 0–2 | — | 3–2 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | — | — |

## Awards
### End of Season
#### Club

| Award | Player |
| Player's Player of the Year | Euan Murray |
| Joe Nelson Young Player of the Year | Josh Edwards |
| Centenary Club Lifeline Player of the Year | Aaron Comrie |
| The Manager & Coaching Staff Player of the Year | Paul Watson |
| The Manager & Coaching Staff Young Player of the Year | Josh Edwards |
| The DAFC Goal of the Season | Craig Wighton vs. Dundee |

## Transfers
### Reserve team

Players out
Date
Position
No.
Nationality
Name
To
Duration
Ref.
31 May 2020
DF
25
Gregor Jordan
Brechin City
Free
31 May 2020
DF
28
Josh Robertson
Free
Released
31 May 2020
FW
29
Lewis Crosbie
Free
Released
31 May 2020
GK
30
Craig Burt
Free
Released
31 May 2020
MF
32
Lewis Sawers
Free
Released
31 May 2020
MF
33
Paul Brown
Stenhousemuir
Free
31 May 2020
MF
36
Cameron Graham
Stenhousemuir
Free
31 May 2020
MF
38
Scott Cusick
Dunfermline Athletic
Re-signed :

## Contract extensions

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Length | Expiry | Ref. |
| 22 December 2020 | MF | | Ryan Dow | 1 year | 2022 | |
| 5 January 2021 | DF | | Aaron Comrie | 2 years | 2023 | |