| Club: | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Season: | 2007–08 |
| Manager: | Stephen Kenny (up until 4 December 2007) Jim McIntyre (from 3 January 2008) |
| Chairman: | John Yorkston |
| Stadium: | East End Park |
| League: | Scottish First Division |
| League Result: | Fifth |
| Cup4 Result: | Second Qualifying Round, Lost to BK Häcken |
| League Topscorer: | Mark Burchill (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Mark Burchill (15) |
| Highest Attendance: | League: 4,946 vs. St Johnstone, 2 September 2007 Cup: 6,017 vs. BK Häcken, 16 August 2007 |
| Lowest Attendance: | League: 2,444 vs. Hamilton Academical, 11 March 2008 Cup: 1,744 Ayr United, 2 October 2007 |
| Average Attendance: | 3,695 |
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| Prevseason: | 2006–07 |
| Nextseason: | 2008–09 |
The 2007–08 season was Dunfermline Athletic's first season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2006–07 season.[1] Dunfermline Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup, Scottish Cup and the UEFA Cup.
Dunfermline Athletic's first season after relegation from the Scottish Premier League started with disappointment. One win in seven games left them languishing in second last place and even more pressure was put on manager Stephen Kenny after they were knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the knockout qualifying round by Swedish minnows BK Häcken. Despite this the team managed to get to the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they played against St Johnstone but lost 3–2.[2]
At the start of December, Stephen Kenny was sacked as manager of Dunfermline after just over a year in charge.[3] Jim McIntyre was immediately given the role of caretaker manager and after a successful run in which he won four out of six games, he was appointed as Dunfermline manager on a full-time basis on 3 January 2008. He signed a two-and-a-half-year deal.[4] McIntyre started his reign by allowing 6 members of his squad to leave to try to cut the squad size down.[5] McIntyre's changes to the squad seemed to have a positive effect as the Pars eventually finished 5th overall, beating Queen of the South by 4 goals on the final day of the season.
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007–08 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.
See main article: 2007–08 Scottish First Division.
See main article: 2007–08 Scottish Challenge Cup.
See main article: 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final.
See main article: 2007–08 Scottish League Cup.
See main article: 2007–08 Scottish Cup.
See main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup.
See main article: Fife Cup.
Last updated 25 June 2015|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Dunfermline Athletic but left during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Total | width=80 | Scottish First Division | width=80 | Scottish Cup | width=80 | Scottish League Cup | width=80 | Scottish Challenge Cup | width=80 | UEFA Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | Mark Burchill | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | MF | Stephen Glass | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | MF | Kevin Harper | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| MF | Stephen Simmons | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| FW | Jim Hamilton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | FW | Stevie Crawford | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| MF | Owen Morrison | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | DF | Scott Wilson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 9 | MF | Alex Burke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| FW | Jim McIntyre | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| FW | Tam McManus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| DF | Scott Morrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| MF | Nick Phinn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| MF | Scott Thomson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| MF | Iain Williamson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 48 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2007 | MF | Stoke City | Free | [16] | |||
| 17 July 2007 | MF | Stephen Glass | Hibernian | Free | [17] | ||
| 1 January 2008 | GK | Paul Gallacher | Free | [18] | |||
| 7 March 2008 | MF | Alex Burke | Free | [19] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2007 | DF | Hartlepool United | Free | [20] | |||
| 28 June 2007 | MF | St Mirren | Free | [21] | |||
| 5 July 2007 | MF |  | Frédéric Daquin | Dundee | Free | [22] | |
| 6 July 2007 | GK |  | Swansea | Free | [23] | ||
| 11 July 2007 | DF | Andy Tod | Raith Rovers | Free | [24] | ||
| 25 July 2007 | FW | Calum Smith | Brechin City | Free | [25] | ||
| 25 September 2007 | David Muir | East Fife | Free | ||||
| 9 January 2008 | MF |  | Bobby Ryan | St Patrick's Athletic | £11,000 | [26] | |
| 14 January 2008 | DF | Phil McGuire | Inverness CT | Undisclosed | [27] | ||
| 30 January 2008 | FW | Jim Hamilton | St Mirren | Undisclosed | [28] | ||
| 31 January 2008 | GK | Unattached | Free | ||||
| 31 January 2008 | DF | St Patrick's Athletic | Undisclosed | ||||
| 14 February 2008 | MF | Owen Morrison | Derry City | Free | [29] | ||
| 28 March 2008 | FW | Tam McManus |  Colorado Rapids | Free | [30] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Duration | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2007 | GK | Paul Gallacher | Norwich City | Loan | [31] | ||
| 2 November 2007 | DF | Danny Murphy | Motherwell | Loan | [32] | ||
| 9 November 2007 | MF |  | Michael McGlinchey | Celtic | Loan | [33] | |
| 5 February 2008 | MF | St Mirren | Loan | [34] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Duration | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2007 | DF | Phil McGuire | Inverness CT | Loan | [35] | ||
| 31 January 2008 | DF | Aaron Labonte | Finn Harps | Loan | |||
| 8 February 2008 | MF | Scott McBride | Arbroath | Loan |