Match Report
| East Fife | East Fife |  |  | Heart of Midlothian | Heart of Midlothian | ||||||||||||||||
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| John James | J. James |  | 58 | G |  | 1 | | G | 64 |  | Manuel Fernandes | M. Fernandes | |||||||||
| Don Souness | D. Souness | | 66 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 62 | | David Mcallister | D. Mcallister | |||||||||
| Colin Rae | C. Rae | | 63 | D | | 3 | | D | 62 | | Gary Hendry | G. Hendry | |||||||||
| Billy Young | B. Young | | 60 | D | | 4 | | D | 57 | | Don Campbell | D. Campbell | |||||||||
| Anthony May | A. May |  | 59 | D | | 5 | | D | 52 | | Alex Dickov | A. Dickov | |||||||||
| Andy Inglis | A. Inglis | | 62 | M | | 6 | | M | 77 | | Callum Rae | C. Rae | |||||||||
| Scott Ferguson | S. Ferguson | | 60 | M | | 7 | | M | 74 | | Sergio Ribeiro | S. Ribeiro | |||||||||
| Kelvin Grimandi | K. Grimandi | | 59 | M | | 8 | | M | 73 | | Stuart Greig | S. Greig | |||||||||
| Adel Arnaud | A. Arnaud |  | 50 | M | | 9 | | M | 68 | | Alex Thomson | A. Thomson | |||||||||
| Stuart McCoist | S. McCoist | | 71 | A | | 10 | | A | 66 | | Gavin Collins | G. Collins | |||||||||
| David White | D. White | | 67 | A | | 11 | | A | 57 | | Kevin Booth | K. Booth | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at New Bayview where East Fife play host to Heart of Midlothian. A crowd of 17,243 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both East Fife and Heart of Midlothian are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both East Fife and Heart of Midlothian are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0East Fife start the match!
4.20
0-0Stuart Greig decides to run forward with the ball. Stuart Greig lofts in a cross ball towards Kevin Booth. Kevin Booth is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. John James manages to gather it comfortably.
15.35
0-0Andy Inglis knocks the ball forward to David White. David White controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
18.34
Stuart Greig threads the ball through to Kevin Booth. Kevin Booth shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
20.01
Adel Arnaud deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Stuart McCoist. Stuart McCoist shoots from distance. The ball comes in low, but Manuel Fernandes easily smothers it!
21.17
0-0Kelvin Grimandi kicks a strong pass forward to David White. David White knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
24.24
0-1Alex Thomson deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Gavin Collins. Gavin Collins lofts in a cross ball towards Kevin Booth. Kevin Booth powers a header at goal. It's there!! John James has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
39.35
Andy Inglis kicks a strong pass forward to David White. David White knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Gary Hendry.
42.14
Colin Rae controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Adel Arnaud. Adel Arnaud deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Stuart McCoist. Stuart McCoist knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Don Campbell.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
Heart of Midlothian start the second half!
54.05
Billy Young deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Scott Ferguson. Scott Ferguson knocks the ball forward to Stuart McCoist. Stuart McCoist lofts in a cross ball towards David White. David White powers a header at goal. Manuel Fernandes easily picks it out of the air!
55.53
Andy Inglis makes a beautiful pass to the feet of David White. David White knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
61.12
Don Campbell passes the ball forward to Stuart Greig. Stuart Greig chips the ball to his team mate, Gavin Collins. Gavin Collins shoots from long range. Magnificent save by John James!
69.30
Sergio Ribeiro sees space and advances. Sergio Ribeiro sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
73.49
0-1Kelvin Grimandi catches Sergio Ribeiro on the ankles. The referee calls over Kelvin Grimandi and warns him to calm down! Sergio Ribeiro stretches but gets up unharmed.
81.34
84.56
Stuart Greig knocks the ball forward to Gavin Collins. Gavin Collins shoots from distance. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Gavin Collins!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
2
Shots on Target
3
4
Shots off Target
1
2
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
46.7%
53.3%
Play Area
21.3%
50.7%
28%
Scorers
| Colin Rae 81 | Kevin Booth 24 Gavin Collins 85 |