Archives | Dunfermline 0 Queen’s Park 0

On a tricky, sticky and slippery surface Dunfermline looked the better side and the more likely to find a winner but had to settle for one point in their second goalless match in a row.

Dunfermline welcomed Callum Davidson`s Queen`s Park to KDM Group East End Park, a side that they had lost 2-1 to in the previous two fixtures this season.

Michael Tidser made two changes from the side that drew with Livingston the previous Saturday `“ Chris Hamilton for the injured Aaron Comrie and Tashan Oakley-Boothe for Lewis McCann who was one of only seven subs listed in the absence of Chris Kane, Kane Ritchie-Hosler, Michael O`Halloran, Matty Todd, Josh Cooper and Owen Hampson. Deniz Mehmet was not fit for the bench and an emergency loan meant that 21 year old Jay Hogarth was brought in from Rangers as reserve goalkeeper.

Queen`s Park had their own injury list to contend with but Adam Devine started in place of Zach Mauchin in an otherwise unchanged starting eleven. The winter sun shone on the centre circle as Jack Turner kicked the match off attacking the goal at the McCathie Stand end. Connor Young won a fifth minute corner that Ewan Otoo played short for Archie Stevens to drive into the Queens box. His release was blocked but David Wotherspoon was able to crash an on target effort that was also blocked and then Kieran Ngwenya`s follow up from 20 yards suffered the same fate.

Dunfermline maintained a lot of possession and runs from Stevens and Yeboah tried to break through the Spiders` defence but to no avail. The Pars dominated much to the frustrations of the visitors. A Yeboah cross in 21 minutes was just too strong for Young to meet and next minute a run from midway inside his own half by Oakley-Boothe set up Stevens for a shot from the right but that went across the face of goal. Wotherspoon was next to try a pop at goal, his effort cleared Calum Ferrie`s crossbar.

Stevens looked a major attacking threat exchanging passes with a number of his team mates as he travelled across the pitch 25 yards out before eventually Otoo got a chance to shoot but he was off target. While it had been all Dunfermline, Queen`s had a good chance when Adam Montgomery pinged the ball through the Pars six yard box. A 30th minute corner from the right resulted from that and Ryan Duncan arrived late into the left side of the box to thump a good opportunity wide left.

A clip by Nikola Ujdur on Young handed the Pars a free kick on the left corner of the Queen`s box but Wotherspoon swept that through the box with no one able to get close to it. The first half stats would reveal the Fifers with twice as much possession as their opponents but there had been nothing to trouble either keeper. Only one corner apiece in a lacklustre first 45 minutes.

Half time: Dunfermline 0 Queen`s Park 0

An Oakley-Boothe cross into the Queen`s box earned the Pars a corner in the second minute of the second half and when Ngwenya delivered from the right, Wotherspoon`s flick on was defended. Oakley-Boothe found himself with a shooting opportunity but that was blocked and Wotherspoon dispatched the follow up over the bar. Tobi Oluwayemi was called into action in 50th minute diving at the feet of Zak Rudden as he raced into the home box.

Dunfermline had been much more positive in the opening ten minutes of the half getting further upfield and forcing corners and free kicks. Alas nothing came from those and then it required a good touch over his crossbar by Oluwayemi to keep out a Rudden header on a Montgomery cross. Lewis McCann came on for Connor Young in 61 minutes and the sub was immediately involved after Wotherspoon`s surging run set him up to send the ball in towards the Queen`s six yard box but the defence cut that out.

In 65 minute Stevens scrambled the ball back for McCann to rifle a 25 yard effort narrowly wide right. Next good chance came when Otoo played the ball off Yeboah to pass on to Hamilton on the right side of the Spiders box but the vice captain`s shot was wide. Then in 77 minutes a fine move let Otoo in for a shot at the far post but that was deflected for a corner on the left. Jeremiah Chilokao-Mullen headed that down but there was no one to convert and in the second phase Wotherspoon smashed a shot on target that was too easily held by Ferrie.

Yeboah was flagged for offside after Stevens and McCann created an opportunity for the on-loan Bristol City man to advance on goal. Then in 82 minutes Hamilton sent over an inviting ball from the right that just evaded Yeboah in front of goal. Dunfermline had piled the pressure on their visitors but just could not breach the opposing defence. Joe Chalmers and Dapo Mebude were late substitutes for Tashan Oakley-Boothe and Archie Stevens. Yeboah burst through in added time but chose to shoot when McCann to his right might have been a better option.

A draw possibly suited Queen`s Park more than Dunfermline since it stopped their three streak of losing league games 2-1 but for the home side the one point at least lifted them out of ninth place above Tuesday night`s opponents Hamilton Accies.

DUNFERMLINE: Tobi Oluwayemi: Chris Hamilton, Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen, Kyle Benedictus (c), Kieran Ngwenya: David Wotherspoon, Tashan Oakley-Boothe (Joe Chalmers 84): Archie Stevens (Dapo Mebude 85), Ewan Otoo, Ephraim Yeboah: Connor Young (Lewis McCann 61).
SUBS NOT USED: Tommy Fogarty, Craig Clay, Omar Rivaldo Taylor-Clarke, Jay Hogarth (GK)
YELLOW CARD: Hamilton (38)

QUEEN`S PARK: Calum Ferrie (c): Adam Devine, Will Tizzard, Nikola Ujdur, Adam Montgomery (Zach Mauchin 74): Sean Welsh, Louis Longridge: Jack Turner, Kyle Hurst (Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia 67), Ryan Duncan (Seb Drozd 85): Zak Rudden (Reece Evans 74)
SUBS NOT USED: Ben Jackson, Jadan Raymond, Josh Hinds, Max Thompson, Jack Wills (GK)
YELLOW CARD: Longridge (90+4)

REFEREE: Euan Anderson
ATTENDANCE: 4527 (inc 130 away fans)
WEATHER: Fine 10°C

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NEXT MATCH: William Hill Championship (away) v Hamilton Academical, Tuesday 25th February 2025, kick off 7.45pm at New Douglas Park

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