2018–19 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

Dunfermline Athletic
2018–19 season
Chairman	Ross McArthur[1]
Manager	Allan Johnston[2][3]; (Until 9 January 2019); Stevie Crawford[4][5]; (From 10 January 2019)
Stadium	East End Park; Dunfermline, Scotland; (Capacity: 11,480)
Championship	Seventh
Challenge Cup	Third round, lost to Alloa Athletic
League Cup	Second round, lost to Heart of Midlothian
Scottish Cup	Fourth round, lost to Raith Rovers
Top goalscorer	League: Bruce Anderson (5)[6]; All: Myles Hippolyte &; Louis Longridge (6)[6]
Highest home attendance	League: 6,349[7] vs. Dundee United; (27 October 2018); Cup: 8,601[8] vs. Heart of Midlothian; (18 August 2018)
Lowest home attendance	League: 4,347[7] vs. Ross County; (2 February 2019); Cup: 1,046[8] vs. Inverness CT; (17 July 2018)
Average home league attendance	5,015[7] (228[9])
Biggest win	League: Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 Greenock Morton[8]; (1 December 2018) ; Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 Partick Thistle[8]; (26 February 2019) ; Cup: Brechin City 1–7 Dunfermline Athletic[8]; (25 July 2018)
Biggest defeat	League: Ayr United 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic[8]; (25 August 2018) ; Cup: Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 Heart of Midlothian[8]; (18 August 2018)
	All statistics correct as of 4 May 2019.

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.[10][11] 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.[4][5] 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[12]

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	Rochester Rhinos	2015	2019	114	0
16	Lee Robinson	GK	(1986-07-02) 2 July 1986	Queen of the South	2018	2019	49	0
20	Cammy Gill	GK	(1998-04-07) 7 April 1998	Dunfermline Athletic youth teams	2016	2019	4	0
40	Ryan Scully	GK	(1992-10-29) 29 October 1992	Greenock Morton	2019	2019	101	0
Defenders
2	Ryan Williamson	DF	(1996-03-14) 14 March 1996	Dunfermline Athletic youth teams	2013	2019	136	1
3	Jackson Longridge	DF	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995	Livingston	2018	2020	41	5
4	Lewis Martin	DF	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996	Dunfermline Athletic youth teams	2012	2019	131	3
5	Mark Durnan	DF	(1992-11-28) 28 November 1992	Dundee United	2018	2019	20	0
6	Lee Ashcroft	DF	(1993-08-29) 29 August 1993	Kilmarnock	2016	2020	132	8
14	Danny Devine	DF	(1992-09-07) 7 September 1992	Partick Thistle	2018	2020	37	2
Midfielders
7	Kallum Higginbotham	MF	(1989-06-15) 15 June 1989	Kilmarnock	2016	2019	113	19
8	Tom Beadling	MF	(1996-01-16) 16 January 1996	Sunderland	2018	2020	30	4
10	Louis Longridge	MF	(1991-07-05) 5 July 1991	Falkirk	2018	2019	29	6
11	Aidan Connolly	MF	(1995-08-15) 15 August 1995	York City	2018	2019	25	1
15	Myles Hippolyte	MF	(1994-11-09) 9 November 1994	St Mirren	2018	2020	39	6
17	Joe Thomson	MF	(1997-01-14) 14 January 1997	Celtic	2018	2020	32	2
19	James Vincent	MF	(1989-09-27) 27 September 1989	Dundee (loan)	2018	2019	44	2
28	James Craigen	MF	(1991-03-28) 28 March 1991	Falkirk	2018	2019	58	2
35	Ryan Blair	MF	(1996-02-23) 23 February 1996	Swansea City (loan)	2019	2019	11	1
Forwards
9	Andy Ryan	FW	(1994-09-29) 29 September 1994	Airdrieonians	2017	2019	43	13
12	Bruce Anderson	FW	(1998-09-23) 23 September 1998	Aberdeen (loan)	2019	2019	13	5
18	Faissal El Bakhtaoui	FW	(1992-11-08) 8 November 1992	Dundee (loan)	2018	2019	125	46
23	Callum Smith	FW	(1999-11-13) 13 November 1999	Fife Elite Football Academy	2016	2020	25	4
36	Robbie Muirhead	FW	(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996	Milton Keynes Dons	2018	2019	14	0

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

30 June 2018 Friendly	East Fife	1–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Methil, Scotland
14:00	Court 60'	Match report	Todd 62' McCann 81'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Referee: Irvine

4 July 2018 Friendly	Raith Rovers	2–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
20:00	Gillespie 15' Matthews 36'	Match Report	McCann 20'	Stadium: Starks Park Attendance: 701 Referee: Dallas

7 July 2018 Friendly	Dunfermline Athletic	0–4	Tranmere Rovers	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		Match Report	Cole 40' Soukouna 51' Walker-Rice 70' Long 87'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 723 Referee: Munro

9 July 2018 Friendly	Arbroath	0–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Arbroath, Scotland
19:45		Match report	Todd 62'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Referee: Ross

12 July 2018 Friendly	Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	Motherwell	Dunfermline, Scotland
19:30		Match report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 901 Referee: Clancy

Scottish Championship

4 August 2018 Match 1	Dundee United	2–3	Dunfermline Athletic	Dundee, Scotland
15:00	Clark 44' Aird 89'	BBC Sport report	Thomson 59' J. Longridge 67' L. Longridge 84'	Stadium: Tannadice Attendance: 6,532 Referee: Collum

11 August 2018 Match 2	DunfermlinBarry Athletic	1–3	Ross County	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	L. Longridge 28'	BBC Sport report	Mullin 25' Gardyne 42' Watson 68'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,949 Referee: Thomson

25 August 2018 Match 3	Ayr United	4–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Ayr, Scotland
15:00	Forrest 5', 37' Shankland 39' Moffat 81'	BBC Sport report	J. Longridge 55'	Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 2,597 Referee: Anderson

1 September 2018 Match 4	Dunfermline Athletic	0–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	Rooney 51' Polworth 72' Oakley 83'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 5,138 Referee: Robertson

15 September 2018 Match 5	Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	Alloa Athletic	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,568 Referee: Roncone

22 September 2018 Match 6	Greenock Morton	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Greenock, Scotland
15:00	Tiffoney 81'	BBC Sport report	Ryan 68'	Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 2,084 Referee: Anderson

28 September 2018 Match 7	Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	Partick Thistle	Dunfermline, Scotland
19:45	Connolly 69'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,740 Referee: Clancy

6 October 2018 Match 8	Falkirk	0–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Falkirk, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	Ryan 40' Hippolyte 90'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 6,173 Referee: Madden

20 October 2018 Match 9	Dunfermline Athletic	0–1	Queen of the South	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	Todd 83'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,443 Referee: Reid

27 October 2018 Match 10	Dunfermline Athletic	0–2	Dundee United	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	McMullan 24' King 60'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 6,349 Referee: Kirkland

30 October 2018 Match 11	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Inverness, Scotland
19:45	Calder 20' White 34'	BBC Sport report	Keena 10', 29'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 1,994 Referee: Cook

3 November 2018 Match 12	Alloa Athletic	0–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Alloa, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	J. Longridge 69'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 1,169 Referee: Munro

10 November 2018 Match 13	Dunfermline Athletic	0–1	Falkirk	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	Rudden 71'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 5,762 Referee: Dallas

24 November 2018 Match 14	Ross County	2–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Dingwall, Scotland
15:00	McKay 9' Lindsay 60'	BBC Sport report	Higginbotham 15' Draper[lower-alpha 1] 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Referee: Muir

1 December 2018 Match 15	Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	Greenock Morton	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	Keena 3' El Bakhtaoui 42' (pen.) Craigen 86'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,370 Referee: Beaton

8 December 2018 Match 16	Partick Thistle	2–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow, Scotland
15:00	Spittal 12' Storey 56'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,566 Referee: Clancy

15 December 2018 Match 17	Queen of the South	0–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Dumfries, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report		Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 727 Referee: Kirkland

22 December 2018 Match 18	Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	Ayr United	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,916 Referee: Steven McLean

29 December 2018 Match 19	Falkirk	2–4	Dunfermline Athletic	Falkirk, Scotland
15:00	McKee 2' Harrison 74'	BBC Sport report	Hippolyte 13' Beadling 17', 51' Vincent 67'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 5,786 Referee: Steven

5 January 2019 Match 20	Dunfermline Athletic	2–2	Alloa Athletic	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	Kenna 18' Flannigan 73' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report	Trouten 49', 90+2'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,723 Referee: Ross

12 January 2019 Match 21	Dundee United	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Dundee, Scotland
15:00	Clark 81'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Tannadice Attendance: 5,913 Referee: Muir

26 January 2019 Match 22	Greenock Morton	0–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Greenock, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report		Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 1,907 Referee: Newlands

2 February 2019 Match 23	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	Ross County	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	Anderson 41'	BBC Sport report	McKay 52' Gardyne 77'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Cook

16 February 2019 Match 24	Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	Thomson 47'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,497 Referee: Kirkland

23 February 2019 Match 25	Ayr United	0–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Ayr, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	L. Longridge 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 2,202 Referee: Munro

26 February 2019 Match 26	Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	Partick Thistle	Dunfermline, Scotland
19:45	Anderson 47', 86' Devine 74'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,904 Referee: Aitken

2 March 2019 Match 27	Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	Queen of the South	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	Blair 74'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,708 Referee: Duncan

9 March 2019 Match 28	Alloa Athletic	0–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Alloa, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	Anderson 53'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Anderson

16 Mar 2019 Match 29	Dunfermline Athletic	P – P	Dundee United	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00				Stadium: East End Park
Note: _{Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch[15]}

26 Mar 2019 Match 29^{(Rearranged)[16]}	Dunfermline Athletic	0–1	Dundee United	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	Pawlett 24'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 6,096 Referee: Anderson

29 Mar 2019 Match 30	Dunfermline Athletic	0–1	Ayr United	Dunfermline, Scotland
19:05		BBC Sport report	McDaid 24'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,671 Referee: Duncan

6 April 2019 Match 31	Partick Thistle	2–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow, Scotland
15:00	Blair 31' (o.g.) McDonald 77'	BBC Sport report	Beadling 10' Anderson 24'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,850 Referee: Clancy

9 April 2019 Match 32	Ross County	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Dingwall, Scotland
19:45	Grivosti 60'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 3,222 Referee: Robertson

13 April 2019 Match 33	Dunfermline Athletic	0–1	Falkirk	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	Keillor-Dunn 77'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 6,089 Referee: Collum

20 April 2019 Match 34	Queen of the South	2–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Dumfries, Scotland
15:00	Wilson 44' Todd 52'	BBC Sport report	J. Longridge 90+5'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,704 Referee: Reid

27 April 2019 Match 35	Dunfermline Athletic	0–1	Greenock Morton	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	J. Longridge 73'	BBC Sport report	Kiltie 84' (pen.)	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,883 Referee: Dallas

4 May 2019 Match 36	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Inverness, Scotland
15:00	Austin 35'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,828 Referee: Beaton

Scottish League Cup

Table

Pos	Team	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	—

Source: [17]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[18]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Matches

17 July 2018 Match 1	Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	Peterhead	Dunfermline, Scotland
19:45	Hippolyte 42' Higginbotham 88' (pen.) Ryan 90+3'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 1,848 Referee: McLean

22 July 2018 Match 2	Dundee	0–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Dundee, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	Longridge 2'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 2,870 Referee: Madden

25 July 2018 Match 3	Brechin City	1–7	Dunfermline Athletic	Brechin, Scotland
19:45	Shields 60'	BBC Sport report	Devine 7' Longridge 10' El Bakhtaoui 15', 43' Ryan 57', 63' Hippolyte 85'	Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 658 Referee: Newlands

28 July 2018 Match 4	Dunfermline Athletic	3–1	Stirling Albion	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	Hippolyte 47', 90+1' Vincent 56'	BBC Sport report	MacDonald 35'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 2,359 Referee: Roncone

18 July 2018 Scottish League Cup Round 2	Dunfermline Athletic	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00		BBC Sport report	Lee 79'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 8,601 Referee: Madden

Scottish Challenge Cup

14 August 2018 Challenge Cup Round 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Inverness, Scotland
19:45	White 61'	Match report	Higginbotham 24' (pen.) Smith 87'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 1,046 Referee: Muir

8 September 2018 Challenge Cup Round 1	Boreham Wood	0–0 (5–6 p)	Dunfermline Athletic	Borehamwood, England
15:00		Match report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1001 Referee: Boyce
	Penalties
	Murtagh Umerah Fyfield Ilesanmi Hackett-Fairchild C. Smith		M. Martin Craigen Hippolyte El Bakhtaoui Connolly Muirhead

13 October 2018 Challenge Cup Round 3	Dunfermline Athletic	2–2 (4–5 p)	Alloa Athletic	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	L. Longridge 28', 47' (pen.)	Match report	Trouten 8', 70'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 1, 469 Referee: Walsh
	Penalties
	Craigen L. Longridge Hippolyte Beadling Connolly		Taggart Flannigan Zanatta Trouten Graham

Scottish Cup

19 January 2019 Scottish Cup Round 4	Raith Rovers	3–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
15:00	Vaughan 69' (pen.), 78', 81'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 6,013 Referee: Madden

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		Scottish Championship		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sean Murdoch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Ryan Williamson	23	0	15+4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
3	DF		Jackson Longridge	41	5	32+1	4	1	0	5	1	2	0
4	DF		Lewis Martin	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	FW		Mark Durnan	20	0	11+2	0	0+1	0	5	0	1	0
6	DF		Lee Ashcroft	44	0	36	0	1	0	5	0	2	0
7	MF		Kallum Higginbotham	28	2	17+5	0	1	0	3	1	2	1
8	MF		Tom Beadling	22	3	17+2	3	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
9	FW		Andy Ryan	20	5	9+4	2	0	0	0+5	3	2	0
10	FW		Louis Longridge	29	6	19+3	3	0	0	5	1	2	2
11	MF		Aidan Connolly	25	1	12+5	1	0	0	0+5	0	2+1	0
12	FW		Bruce Anderson	14	5	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Danny Devine	37	2	30	1	1	0	5	1	1	0
15	MF		Myles Hippolyte	39	6	13+18	2	1	0	5	4	0+2	0
16	GK		Lee Robinson	28	0	21	0	1	0	4	0	2	0
17	MF		Joe Thomson	32	2	24+3	2	1	0	3	0	1	0
18	FW		Faissal El Bakhtaoui	34	3	21+7	1	1	0	3	2	2	0
19	MF		James Vincent	32	2	25+1	1	1	0	2+1	1	2	0
20	GK		Cammy Gill	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	DF		Stuart Morrison	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW		Callum Smith	4	1	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
26	MF		Matty Todd	10	0	4+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW		Lewis McCann	8	0	0+6	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
28	MF		James Craigen	41	1	31+2	1	1	0	5	0	2	0
35	MF		Ryan Blair	13	1	12+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW		Robbie Muirhead	14	0	4+8	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
40	GK		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		Malaury Martin	12	0	8+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
35	FW		Aidan Keena	12	4	10+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Clean sheets

No.	Pos	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			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[6]

Place	Position	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
	DF	Jackson Longridge	5	4		1
	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
	MF	Joe Thomson	2	2
	DF	Danny Devine	2	1		1
	MF	James Vincent	2	1		1
	MF	Kallum Higginbotham	2			1	1
13	MF	Ryan Blair	1	1
	MF	Aidan Connolly	1	1
	MF	James Craigen	1	1
	FW	Callum Smith	1				1
—		Own goal	2	2
Total			51	33	0	14	4

Disciplinary record

As of match played 9 March 2019[19]

Squad number	Position	Nation	Name	Total		Scottish Championship		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Scottish Challenge Cup
Squad number	Position	Nation	Name
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				51	2	42	1	2	1	3	0	4	0

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team	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

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[20]
(O) Play-off winner.

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

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2019. Source: DAFC.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	11	8	17	33	40	−7	41	5	3	10	13	18	−5	6	5	7	20	22	−2

Last updated: 11 May 2019.
Source: Scottish Championship

Home attendances

Win Draw Loss

Comp	Date	Score	Opponent	Attendance
League Cup	17 July 2018	3–0	Peterhead	1,848[21]
League Cup	28 July 2018	3–1	Stirling Albion	2,359[22]
Championship	11 August 2018	1–3	Ross County	4,949[23]
League Cup	18 August 2018	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	8,601[24]
			Average league attendance:	4,949[7]
			Total league attendance:	4,949[7]
			Average total attendance:	4,439
			Total attendance:	17,757

Last updated: 20 August 2018
Source: Match reports in Results

Awards

Scottish Championship Manager of the Month

Month	Name
February	Stevie Crawford[25]

Club

Month	Name
August	Jackson Longridge[26]
September	James Craigen[27]
October	Malaury Martin[28]
November	Jackson Longridge[29]
December	Joe Thomson[30]
January	Joe Thomson[31]
February	James Craigen[32]
March	Ryan Scully[33]

Transfers

First team

Players in

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2018	DF	3	Jackson Longridge	Livingston	Free	[34][35]
1 June 2018	FW	10	Louis Longridge	Falkirk	Free	[34][35]
6 June 2018	DF	14	Danny Devine	Partick Thistle	Free	[36][37]
6 June 2018	DF	5	Mark Durnan	Dundee United	Free	[37][38]
15 June 2018	MF	17	Joe Thomson	Celtic	Free	[39][40]
18 June 2018	MF	18	Willo Flood	Dundee United	Free	[41][42]
20 June 2018	MF	11	Aidan Connolly	York City	Free	[43]
1 July 2018	MF	8	Tom Beadling	Sunderland	Free	[44]
13 July 2018	MF	15	Myles Hippolyte	St Mirren	Free	[45]
31 August 2018	FW	36	Robbie Muirhead	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	[46]
24 January 2019	GK	40	Ryan Scully	Greenock Morton	Free	[47]

Players out

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
23 May 2018	FW	10	Nicky Clark	Dundee United	Free	[48]
31 May 2018	DF	4	Jean-Yves Mvoto	Nybergsund	Free	[49][50]
31 May 2018	DF	5	Callum Morris	Ross County[51]	Free	[52]
31 May 2018	MF	8	Nat Wedderburn	Raith Rovers[53]	Free	[54][55]
31 May 2018	MF	11	Joe Cardle	AFC Fylde[56]	Free	[55][57]
31 May 2018	MF	13	Aaron Splaine	Derry City[58]	Free	[59]
31 May 2018	DF	14	Jason Talbot	Cowdenbeath[60]	Free	[61][62]
31 May 2018	MF	15	Michael Paton	Dumbarton[63]	Free	[59]
31 May 2018	MF	18	Conner Duthie	Stenhousemuir[64]	Free	[65]
31 May 2018	MF	19	Scott Lochhead	Bentleigh Greens[66]	Free	[65]
31 May 2018	MF	27	Dean Shiels	Derry City[67]	Free	[68][69]
1 June 2018	MF	17	Fraser Aird	Dundee United	Free	[70][71]
6 June 2018	FW	9	Declan McManus	Ross Rounty	Free	[72]
27 June 2018	MF	18	Willo Flood	Bali United	Free	[73]

Loans in

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Duration	Ref.
3 July 2018	MF	19	James Vincent	Dundee	End of season	[74]
12 July 2018	FW	18	Faissal El Bakhtaoui	Dundee	End of season	[75]
31 August 2018	MF	12	Malaury Martin	Heart of Midlothian	End of season (recalled in January)	[76]
31 August 2018	FW	35	Aidan Keena	Heart of Midlothian	End of season (recalled in January)	[76]
31 January 2019	FW	12	Bruce Anderson	Aberdeen	End of season	[77]
31 January 2019	MF	35	Ryan Blair	Swansea City	End of season	[77]

Loans out

Date	Position	No.	Nationality	Name	To	Duration	Ref.
24 August 2018	FW	23		Callum Smith	Arbroath	End of season (recalled in January)	[78]

Contract extensions

Date	Position	Name	Length	Expiry	Ref.
17 May 2018	GK	Lee Robinson	1 year	2019	[79]
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	[80]
24 May 2018	MF	Brandon Luke	1 year	2019	[81]
1 June 2018	DF	Lewis Martin	1 year	2019	[82]
14 June 2018	MF	Kallum Higginbotham	1 year	2019	[83][84]

Notes

The BBC Sport article incorrectly attributes the goal to Dunfermline player Jackson Longridge; however, an own goal was scored by Ross County defender Ross Draper.[13][14]

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