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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 11 Mar 14:01
SPFL Reserve League, (home), Tuesday 11th March 2025 – closed doors
Due to work being carried out at New Central Park, Kelty this fixture was played behind closed doors at the Dunfermline Athletic Training Ground.
It was a young side that made up the Dunfermline reserve team to play Queen of the South in the final Reserve League match of the season. Lucas Fyfe who turned 16 only last week, was joined by on loan players Tommy Fogarty, Owen Hampson and Omar Taylor-Clarke and five players out on loan from the club. Deniz Mehmet was in goals and with 32 years of age definitely the elder statesman in the game.
DUNFERMLINE: Deniz Mehmet: Liam Hoggan, John Tod, Sam Young, Tommy Fogarty, Omar Taylor-Clarke, Owen Hampson, Freddie Rowe, Taylor Sutherland, Lucas Fyfe, Andrew Tod
SUBS: Mark Beveridge, Jake Sutherland, Ewan McLeod, Liam Middleton, Thomas Margetts (GK)
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH: Mark Thomson: Joe Thomson, Callum Hill, Stevie Harkness (c), Lennon Kerr, Alex O’Hagan, Taylor Davidson, Rhilay Walls, Reilly Dillon, Finlay Millar, Billy Gray
SUBS: Josh Kelly, Loui Currie, Matt Smith (GK)
REFEREE: Jordan Kinnon
WEATHER: Fine 8°C
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Tue 11 Mar 14:45
I thought Sam Young was on loan at Forfar. Can he play for two clubs simultaneously?
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: Connor560
Date: Tue 11 Mar 14:46
Believe he can play in the reserve league but not for the first team.
C'mon Ye Pars!
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Tue 11 Mar 14:57
6-0 to pars at half time
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: parsmad68
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:08
Sam doesn’t seem to have been getting game time at Forfar. Every time I check, I am not seeing his name 😕
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Topic Originator: Playup_Pompey
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:12
Dunfermline went ahead in just 82 seconds. A good passing move up the right side saw Liam Hoggan swing the ball to the back post where it was played back for Andrew TOD in front of goal to finish. 1-0
The home side kept up the intense pressure with a Freddie Rowe cross headed narrowly wide by Fogarty on four minutes and Taylor Sutherland bringing a fine save out of Queens’ keeper Mark Thomson, four minutes later. Fyfe lofted an inviting ball to A Tod on the right side of the visitors box but his headed attempt was cut out. Sutherland made Thomson hold the next shot on target but in 17th minute Sam YOUNG ghosted in to turn Freddie Rowe’s corner from the right in at the near post. 2-0
Taylor Sutherland melted an Andrew Tod cross on target four minutes later but the keeper did really well to turn the ball over his crossbar. Next John Tod turned up on the right side of the box to test Thomson with a low shot. Then great individual skills from Owen Hampson saw the Sheffield United man waltz his way in from the right and tuck the ball away low at the near post. 3-0
A Fyfe cross just evaded Sutherland and Hoggan had an on target drive blocked. The keeper made a fantastic save to deny Young’s header from an A Tod free kick. The fourth goal came ten minutes from the interval when A Tod bore in from the left and released a shot that SUTHERLAND turned in at the far post. 4-0
In 39th minute Taylor-Clarke switched the ball to the right for Rowe to tee up Hoggan but when he was blocked the ball fell nicely for A TOD to send a spectacular 20 yard shot into the top left. 5-0
When the Queens’ keeper was light with a clearance his side lost their second goal in two minutes as Hampson cut back for FYFE to smash home. 6-0
It didn’t really need said that with seven corners and six goals it had been a first half totally dominated by Dunfermline. They had played good free flowing football and might have led by even more at the break.
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:21
8-0 now.
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: kozmasrightfoot
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:29
Hampson is the last of the new players to get any real game time due to injury. Who knows,if that`s him fit now, he might just save our season 🤞.
Pars fan.
Magpies fan.
Mens tennis fan.
Alternative rock fan.
Not a fan of much else.
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Topic Originator: Jeffery
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:30
9-0
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:37
11-0
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:46
May as well play this lot on Friday. At least they know how to score.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:48
Are they playing it out from the back?
😀😀😃
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:50
Quote:
wee eck, Tue 11 Mar 15:48
Are they playing it out from the back?
😀😀😃
Did QOS have a ‘back’ ? Lol
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: Playup_Pompey
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:55
John McLaughlan made four substitutions before the second half got underway. Mehmet, Fogarty, Taylor-Clarke and Hampson went off to be replaced by Thomas Margetts, Ewan McLeod, Mark Beveridge and Jake Sutherland. Dunfermline again struck early, Jake’s pass for ROWE so firmly struck that the keeper just couldn’t hold. 7-0
In 59 minutes a fine pass from Beveridge set up for Andrew Tod to rifle in goal number eight. Taylor Sutherland was kept out with two great saves and in between Billy Gray was denied a goal when J Tod cleared off his goalline.
ROWE fired in the ninth in 75 minutes and McLEOD made it double figures two minutes later with a fairly rudimentary shot into the Queens net. 10-0
A perfect Jake Sutherland cross from the right led to Liam MIDDLETON’s 81st minute side footed finish. Mark Thomson pulled off another good save to turn a J Sutherland rocket away for a corner.
There would be no more scoring and needless to say no time was added. In the 90 minutes Dunfermline had fifteen corners, QOS none and the scoreline was emphatic.
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Topic Originator: Bannockburn Par
Date: Tue 11 Mar 15:59
Lanza John tactics——goals goals and more goals. Tidser would have lost that match….
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 11 Mar 16:23
DUNFERMLINE: Deniz Mehmet (Thomas Margetts HT): Liam Hoggan, Sam Young, Tommy Fogarty (Ewan McLeod HT), John Tod: Omar Taylor-Clarke (Mark Beveridge HT), Owen Hampson , Freddie Rowe, Lucas Fyfe (Liam Middleton 68), Taylor Sutherland (c), Andrew Tod
SUBS ALL USED:
SCORERS: A Tod (2, 39, 59), Young (17), Hampson (24), Sutherland (35), Fyfe (40), Rowe (50, 75), McLeod (77), Middleton (81)
YELLOW CARD: Taylor-Clarke (37)
In the reverse fixture QOS won 2-1!
Sam Young came on as a sub for Forfar on Saturday. On the BBC website he`s often shown in the line-up as a forward!
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Topic Originator: parsmad68
Date: Tue 11 Mar 16:28
Quote:
wee eck, Tue 11 Mar 16:23
DUNFERMLINE: Deniz Mehmet (Thomas Margetts HT): Liam Hoggan, Sam Young, Tommy Fogarty (Ewan McLeod HT), John Tod: Omar Taylor-Clarke (Mark Beveridge HT), Owen Hampson , Freddie Rowe, Lucas Fyfe (Liam Middleton 68), Taylor Sutherland (c), Andrew Tod
SUBS ALL USED:
SCORERS: A Tod (2, 39, 59), Young (17), Hampson (24), Sutherland (35), Fyfe (40), Rowe (50, 75), McLeod (77), Middleton (81)
YELLOW CARD: Taylor-Clarke (37)
In the reverse fixture QOS won 2-1!
Sam Young came on as a sub for Forfar on Saturday. On the BBC website he`s often shown in the line-up as a forward!
Cheers Wee Eck. I was thinking there was potentially 2 Youngs in their squad.
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Topic Originator: Westies squint kicks
Date: Tue 11 Mar 16:30
Flashscore make the same error, they believe he`s and English centre-forward of the same name.
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Topic Originator: GJS93
Date: Tue 11 Mar 16:56
its a pity championship sides dont play a side made up of 15 and 16 year olds
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Tue 11 Mar 17:04
Thanks or all the updates P P .. put the same guys out on Saturday including L. J.
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: vasco
Date: Tue 11 Mar 17:05
Maybe the first team would perform better at Rosyth behind closed doors.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 11 Mar 17:32
John McLaughlan`s post-match thoughts -
After the reserves resounding victory over Queen of the South coach John McLaughlan said that it was hard to evaluate since the opposition were a young side and the team that they could put out was hampered because of having a injuries at first-team level:-
“They had to come up with an under-18 side. I spoke to the manager beforehand. We’ve all been there. Looking at the Dunfermline positives, eight different scorers. Andrew Tod coming back after a long lay-off, scoring a hat-trick and his overall play was really good. Freddie Rowe, you can see Freddie’s got real quality. People like Owen Hampson and Tommy Fogarty wanted to play, and also young Omar (Taylor-Clarke), and you can see the real quality they’ve got. So, looking at it, you expect us to be dominant and I think we showed that. All you can ask for as a coach, is that they be as professional as they can but keep the ruthlessness in front of goal.
“I said to them, don’t be wanting to go now and score goal after goal. Try and wait for the openings and keep possession and that’s what we tried to do in the second half, try and make it more possession-based. I’m delighted because it’s a clean sheet for both goalkeepers and we can only play what’s in front of us. I told them to go and enjoy themselves today and that’s what they did.”
Sometimes when a team is six up at half-time that don’t get so many goals in the second half but you’ve scored another five?
“Their goalkeeper`s made some really good saves as well and that shows you the chances we created. The amount of chances we created was the most pleasing thing. We scored early, first minute, first attack and that kind of set the tone. There were a lot of good performances individually but we got through the 90 minutes and it’s getting minutes into the legs for some of the players that don’t play at first team level.”
There were some good finishes, Andrew Tod’s into the top corner and Owen Hampson walked through their defence. John said that he was really pleased with some of the individual goals:-
“I think some of the set plays were good, the corners were better and you can see them try to work things. It’s good to hit as many goals as you can but reserve football is about developing players for the first team and I think a few showed their real quality today.”
Plenty of practice from corners, there were 15?
“We tried different variations because we try and work through the same stuff the first team do. We saw a lot of that today, front post and different deliveries and across the face. It was really pleasing. Reserve football is all about performing to the best of your ability and I think we did that today.”
Next up is the Reserve Cup semi final away to Queen’s Park next week?
“That will be a much greater challenge. Hopefully we can go there and represent the club the right way and hopefully get to a final because we’ve got good quality and it’s all about now trying to put it together. They’ll be the same, they’ll have real quality. They’re in one final, the Challenge Cup, so the reserves will be looking to get into their final also.”
Post Edited (Tue 11 Mar 17:36)
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Topic Originator: kozmasrightfoot
Date: Tue 11 Mar 21:52
Tod jr should be in the first team squad. Maybe give Freddy Rowe a wee run too. Chances of that happening though?
Pars fan.
Magpies fan.
Mens tennis fan.
Alternative rock fan.
Not a fan of much else.
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Topic Originator: the saline hill puma
Date: Tue 11 Mar 22:00
Quote:
kozmasrightfoot, Tue 11 Mar 21:52
Tod jr should be in the first team squad. Maybe give Freddy Rowe a wee run too. Chances of that happening though?
Rowe is out on loan I think he got sent off at the weekend.
Don`t think either are ready for playing in the first team yet. Tod probably a bit closer to that though
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Topic Originator: Jeffery
Date: Tue 11 Mar 22:15
Tod`s loan to east fife was initially reported as `season long` by East Fife. It was obviously announced he was returning to us early because of injury but maybe he could go back?
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Topic Originator: StevenPar77
Date: Tue 11 Mar 22:49
Rowe was named as a sub for the Queens game, I think, but St. Andrews United said he was back on loan with them after (another) admin error.
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Topic Originator: Westies squint kicks
Date: Wed 12 Mar 07:42
Quote:
StevenPar77, Tue 11 Mar 22:49
Rowe was named as a sub for the Queens game, I think, but St. Andrews United said he was back on loan with them after (another) admin error.
Yes it was announced the morning of the QP game that he’d been recalled and then was named initially as a sub on social media but I don’t think he was actually present that day, I’ll stand corrected but I don’t recall seeing him. In addition the report on Cows does not list him as a sub either so this might be the clerical issue that St Andrews refer to.
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