# 2018–19 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Dunfermline Athletic's third season in the Scottish Championship, having finished 4th in the 2017–18 season.

## Season review
### January

* 9 Jan 2019: After three-and-a-half years, Allan Johnston resigned as manager, along with assistant manager Sandy Clark. In a brief statement, club chairman Ross McArthur thanked both coaches for their efforts. First-team coach Stevie Crawford was announced as interim manager for the following league match against Dundee United.
* 10 Jan 2019: Crawford was appointed as head coach the following day, with former Pars defender Greg Shields returning from America to take up the position of assistant head coach. The club also announced changes to the management structure, with the appointment of former player Jackie McNamara as a consultant to offer ongoing technical support.

## Squad list

    As of 4 May 2019, the final match of the season
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Signed in | Signed until | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Sean Murdoch | GK | (1986-07-31) 31 July 1986 (age 38) | Rochester Rhinos | 2015 | 2019 | 114 | 0 |
| 16 | Lee Robinson | GK | (1986-07-02) 2 July 1986 (age 38) | Queen of the South | 2018 | 2019 | 49 | 0 |
| 20 | Cammy Gill | GK | (1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26) | Dunfermline Athletic youth teams | 2016 | 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | Ryan Scully | GK | (1992-10-29) 29 October 1992 (age 32) | Greenock Morton | 2019 | 2019 | 101 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Ryan Williamson | DF | (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 29) | Dunfermline Athletic youth teams | 2013 | 2019 | 136 | 1 |
| 3 | Jackson Longridge | DF | (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29) | Livingston | 2018 | 2020 | 41 | 5 |
| 4 | Lewis Martin | DF | (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 28) | Dunfermline Athletic youth teams | 2012 | 2019 | 131 | 3 |
| 5 | Mark Durnan | DF | (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 32) | Dundee United | 2018 | 2019 | 20 | 0 |
| 6 | Lee Ashcroft | DF | (1993-08-29) 29 August 1993 (age 31) | Kilmarnock | 2016 | 2020 | 132 | 8 |
| 14 | Danny Devine | DF | (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 32) | Partick Thistle | 2018 | 2020 | 37 | 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Kallum Higginbotham | MF | (1989-06-15) 15 June 1989 (age 35) | Kilmarnock | 2016 | 2019 | 113 | 19 |
| 8 | Tom Beadling | MF | (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 29) | Sunderland | 2018 | 2020 | 30 | 4 |
| 10 | Louis Longridge | MF | (1991-07-05) 5 July 1991 (age 33) | Falkirk | 2018 | 2019 | 29 | 6 |
| 11 | Aidan Connolly | MF | (1995-08-15) 15 August 1995 (age 29) | York City | 2018 | 2019 | 25 | 1 |
| 15 | Myles Hippolyte | MF | (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994 (age 30) | St Mirren | 2018 | 2020 | 39 | 6 |
| 17 | Joe Thomson | MF | (1997-01-14) 14 January 1997 (age 28) | Celtic | 2018 | 2020 | 32 | 2 |
| 19 | James Vincent | MF | (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 35) | Dundee (loan) | 2018 | 2019 | 44 | 2 |
| 28 | James Craigen | MF | (1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 (age 33) | Falkirk | 2018 | 2019 | 58 | 2 |
| 35 | Ryan Blair | MF | (1996-02-23) 23 February 1996 (age 29) | Swansea City (loan) | 2019 | 2019 | 11 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Andy Ryan | FW | (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 30) | Airdrieonians | 2017 | 2019 | 43 | 13 |
| 12 | Bruce Anderson | FW | (1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 (age 26) | Aberdeen (loan) | 2019 | 2019 | 13 | 5 |
| 18 | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | FW | (1992-11-08) 8 November 1992 (age 32) | Dundee (loan) | 2018 | 2019 | 125 | 46 |
| 23 | Callum Smith | FW | (1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 (age 25) | Fife Elite Football Academy | 2016 | 2020 | 25 | 4 |
| 36 | Robbie Muirhead | FW | (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 29) | Milton Keynes Dons | 2018 | 2019 | 14 | 0 |

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| 6 | DF | Lee Ashcroft | | 44 | Club Captain |
| 7 | MF | Kallum Higginbotham | | 1 | |
Last updated: 4 May 2019 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Appearances and goals

During the 2018–19 season, Dunfermline used twenty-eight different players in competitive matches. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. Defender and captain Lee Ashcroft made the most appearances, playing forty-four out of a possible 45 games. Myles Hippolyte and Louis Longridge scored the most goals, with six in all competitions. Loanee Bruce Anderson finished as the top-scorer for league matches, with 5 goals.
    As of 4 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Sean Murdoch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Ryan Williamson | 23 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Jackson Longridge | 41 | 5 | 32+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Lewis Martin | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | SCO | Mark Durnan | 20 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Lee Ashcroft | 44 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Kallum Higginbotham | 28 | 2 | 17+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Tom Beadling | 22 | 3 | 17+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Andy Ryan | 20 | 5 | 9+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Louis Longridge | 29 | 6 | 19+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Aidan Connolly | 25 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | SCO | Bruce Anderson | 14 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | IRL | Danny Devine | 37 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Myles Hippolyte | 39 | 6 | 13+18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ENG | Lee Robinson | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Joe Thomson | 32 | 2 | 24+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 34 | 3 | 21+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | James Vincent | 32 | 2 | 25+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | SCO | Cammy Gill | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Stuart Morrison | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Callum Smith | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Matty Todd | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Lewis McCann | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | James Craigen | 41 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Ryan Blair | 13 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | SCO | Robbie Muirhead | 14 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | IRL | Ryan Scully | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Dunfermline Athletic but left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | FRA | Malaury Martin | 12 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | IRL | Aidan Keena | 12 | 4 | 10+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Challenge Cup |
| 16 | GK | | Lee Robinson | 10 | 7 | | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | GK | | Ryan Scully | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Last updated: 4 May 2019 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

### Goalscorers

During the 2018–19 season, sixteen Dunfermline players scored 51 goals in all competitions, with 2 goals having been an own goal.
    As of match played 4 May 2018
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Challenge Cup |
| 1 | FW | | Louis Longridge | 6 | 3 | | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | MF | | Myles Hippolyte | 6 | 2 | | 4 | |
| 3 | FW | | Bruce Anderson | 5 | 5 | | | |
| 3 | DF | | Jackson Longridge | 5 | 4 | | 1 | |
| 3 | FW | | Andy Ryan | 5 | 2 | | 3 | |
| 6 | FW | | Aidan Keena | 4 | 4 | | | |
| 7 | FW | | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 3 | 1 | | 2 | |
| 8 | MF | | Tom Beadling | 3 | 3 | | | |
| 8 | MF | | Joe Thomson | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 8 | DF | | Danny Devine | 2 | 1 | | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | | James Vincent | 2 | 1 | | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | | Kallum Higginbotham | 2 | | | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | Ryan Blair | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 13 | MF | | Aidan Connolly | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 13 | MF | | James Craigen | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 13 | FW | | Callum Smith | 1 | | | | 1 |
| — | — | — | Own goal | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 9 March 2019
| Squad number | Position | Nation | Name | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Challenge Cup | Scottish Challenge Cup |
| 6 | DF | | Lee Ashcroft | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | 1 | | | | |
| 7 | DF | | Kallum Higginbotham | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 15 | MF | | Myles Hippolyte | 8 | | 6 | | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 14 | DF | | Danny Devine | 5 | | 4 | | 1 | | | | | |
| 18 | FW | | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 4 | | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 28 | MF | | James Craigen | 5 | | 4 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 3 | DF | | Jackson Longridge | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 19 | DF | | James Vincent | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | MF | | Lee Robinson | 3 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 8 | DF | | Tom Beadling | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | FW | | Andy Ryan | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 17 | DF | | Joe Thomson | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | DF | | Aidan Connolly | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | FW | | Bruce Anderson | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 23 | FW | | Callum Smith | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 35 | FW | | Ryan Blair | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 36 | FW | | Robbie Muirhead | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | DF | | Mark Durnan | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 12 | MF | | Malaury Martin | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | |
| 27 | MF | | Lewis McCann | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 46 | |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 43 | |
| 7 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 41 | |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 39 | |
| 9 | Queen of the South (O) | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |

#### 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 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 May 2019. Source: Scottish Championship

### League cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DNF | DND | BRE | STI | PET |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 12 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | — | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Dundee (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | | 1–7 | — | — | — | 0–0p |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | | — | 0–4 | 1–2 | — | — |
| 5 | Peterhead | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 2 | | — | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | — |

### Home attendances

Win  Draw  Loss
| Comp | Date | Score | Opponent | Attendance |
| League Cup | 17 July 2018 | 3–0 | Peterhead | 1,848 |
| League Cup | 28 July 2018 | 3–1 | Stirling Albion | 2,359 |
| Championship | 11 August 2018 | 1–3 | Ross County | 4,949 |
| League Cup | 18 August 2018 | 0–1 | Heart of Midlothian | 8,601 |
| | | | Average league attendance: | 4,949 |
| | | | Total league attendance: | 4,949 |
| | | | Average total attendance: | 4,439 |
| | | | Total attendance: | 17,757 |
Last updated: 20 August 2018 Source: Match reports in Results

## Awards
### Monthly
#### Scottish Championship Manager of the Month

| Month | Name |
| February | Stevie Crawford |

#### Club

| Month | Name |
| August | Jackson Longridge |
| September | James Craigen |
| October | Malaury Martin |
| November | Jackson Longridge |
| December | Joe Thomson |
| January | Joe Thomson |
| February | James Craigen |
| March | Ryan Scully |

## Contract extensions

| Date | Position | Name | Length | Expiry |
| 17 May 2018 | GK | Lee Robinson | 1 year | 2019 |
| 17 May 2018 | DF | Lee Ashcroft | 2 years | 2020 |
| 17 May 2018 | MF | James Craigen | 1 year | 2019 |
| 24 May 2018 | GK | Craig Burt | 1 year | 2019 |
| 24 May 2018 | MF | Brandon Luke | 1 year | 2019 |
| 1 June 2018 | DF | Lewis Martin | 1 year | 2019 |
| 14 June 2018 | MF | Kallum Higginbotham | 1 year | 2019 |