If you rate the two clubs on comparative European records it's a no brainer - the Pars played significant names in Euro competitions like Anderlecht and Dinamo Zagreb , usually only beaten on the away goals rule - they knocked Everton out of the Fairs Cup and West Brom from the Cup Winners Cup. The Bairns one venture into Europe ended in defeat to a team from Lichenstein !!!
Interesting video thanks for the content. Dunfermline belong in the Scottish premier league. We are currently on our journey back up to the top 🏁⚽️🏆 McPake at the wheel !!!
@@mattthegroundhopper9242 Absolutely f**kin NOT 😂 Tbf we got relegated last season when we were joint or second favourites to be promoted to the Premier League...I think the club will be looking for promotion play offs to call it a successful season.
Hello Ben, I have been impressed with the attendances this year, people outside of Scotland are starting to realise it’s not all about the old firm. I will keep pushing the message 👍🏻
I wasn't looking for this video, Matt. It just popped up. I'm a 'Derbyshire Par' as well as a 'Derbyshire Canary' and have actually managed to pop up a couple of times to East End Park in my time - against Morton on 21st March 1987 and against my older brother's adopted Scottish club, Aidrieonians, on 4th May 1996 for a memorable post-match promotion party all over the Auld Grey Toun. I'm glad the Pars won this contest, certainly taking into account the remarks on European-level competition by @MACONE Scotland Another possible fierce local rival to the Pars could be Raith Rovers, whose Stark's Park I dropped by for a bit of a laugh during my last visit. Not a patch on East End Park! Noting that you've been to Portman Road when are you going to Carrow Road for an 'Old Farm Derby' club comparison? Taking into consideration the fact that you've been to my home city stadium, Pride Park I dare say that for my Rams'-supporting brother an 'A 52/Brian Clough Derby' club comparison with the City Ground would be fascinating. Oh, I know that RU-vid itself is all part of today's online world, but what is comparing clubs on the basis of social media presence all about, if you don't mind my saying? What has it got to do with real football?
Thanks Christopher for your comments. I will be visiting Carrow Road sooner rather than later as I have a friend who lives in Norwich. Doing a 'Who's Bigger' for Norwich v Ipswich and Nottm Forest v Derby would be interesting, I will elevate them up my list. Regarding the social media following, it was suggested to me via a comment from another earlier video, about judging the size and the following of a club online and we do now live in a digital age. The rounds are fluid, so any new suggestions would be gratefully received!
@@mattthegroundhopper9242 Thanks for getting back to me so soon, Matt. I'll certainly look forward to those two comparisons. Yes, maybe, for good or ill, social media has become part of the game for some, but for me, even as a blogger myself - on the strange subject of female Pop of the former Soviet Bloc! - it still is personally partially divorced from following either the Canaries or the Pars as I like to think of that as part of my 'real' life, if you understand what I mean.
@@mattthegroundhopper9242 I'm glad I filled you in on that, Matt! If you do want the full story there's a post dated 24th May 2022 at 'Girls Of The Golden East' entitled '"Article for 'Englishman In Slovakia' - Fifth Anniversary Supplement", including an embedding of my copy of my current all-time No. 1 by Valinka, 'Říkáš pořád, jak ti na mně záleží' ('You Always Say How You Care For Me'), plus the track off my copy of the 'Braňo Hronec Uvázda' ('Braňo Hronec Presents') LP that was a cover of one of the songs that started it all, Middle Of The Road's 'Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum', 'Pochod trpaslíkov' ('The Shining Path').
Hello Gregory, I actually want Falkirk to get promoted so I can see the derby next season. I see Falkirk play away at Queen of the South in Oct/Nov time last year and I was impressed with the amount of away Falkirk fans there were which is a fair old trip down to Dumfries.
@@mattthegroundhopper9242 the support for the bairns is really good! john the manager has done a hell of a load of good for us. shame we didnt win the title, but got the Scottish cup semi final, (and hopefully final) to look forward too! would be great to have you along to the stadium :)
@@thecasualgamer2781 yes, I forgot you was in the cup semi final, be great for the competition if you got to the final! I will be visiting both grounds early part of next season, in the summer 👍🏻
Dunfermline fan here and it pisses me off the media constantly ignore our derby games. IMO one of the biggest rivelrys in Scotland and always an amazing atmosphere
@@peterlockhart8997 it is a great game between us two. Congrats on winning the league. ( ill soon be executed by the KGB for that!) Hope to follow yous up and have more derby days!
Honestly, I thought it was all about hatred of Raith Rovers for Dunfermline Athletic. It’s worth seeing on Footy adventures film of a Dunfermline away goal at Falkirk; honestly it’s bonkers! The celebration looks amazing!!! Both these clubs have brilliant badges. It seemed to me Dunfermline were in the premier league for years!
@@mattthegroundhopper9242 It's due for road works soon I believe -in which case there is the newer Clackmannanshire bridge nearby which would be used for diverted traffic.
@@mattthegroundhopper9242 my personal thoughts is Hearts. Yes Aberdeen had some success in the 80s including a European trophy in 1983, but they've done very little since.
Failkirk second best again! Pars on their way back up to where they belong the top league. Scotland has the biggest average attendance per head of population in Europe, Dunfermline has the biggest support per head of population in Scotland. Nothing can beat pride in your local club something rangers and celtic fans will never have despite all their silverware.
Yes i did see that stat you mentioned. I get frustrated when someone from (for example) Livingston supports the old firm, support your local side and try and close the gap. We have it here in England where people from Kent support Liverpool or Man Utd, it’s madness.
You can count that on your extra finger. We've been denied promotion twice which would score us more if we were promoted. There celebrating league 1 like it's the European cup. We're going for scottish cup this year. Syd puddefoot world transfer record, west ham to Falkirk the only team in Britain to break world transfer record. Stadium capacity means nothing if there average attendance is 30 folk more than us. We're the bigger club easy, look at scottish semi final in 2009 against them we wipe the floor with them and more of a support.
@@davidwilson-rc4pf hello David, thanks for your comments, good luck in the SF, I will definitely be looking out for that, be good to see Falkirk in the final 👍🏻
@@davidwilson-rc4pf "Big" team Falkirk fail to turn up for cup semi, then well and truly beaten in playoffs, home and away (Super Tuesday at the Excelsior) by Airdrie to endure a fifth consecutive season in the third tier. Meanwhile Dunfermline take the title with only one league defeat all season.
This is the worst period in the clubs history. Look where man city were 20 years ago. Leeds Utd took 18 years to get back to premier league. That doesn't make us a small team, judging a team when they're at their lowest doesn't make them a small team. We've been in 3rd tier of scottish football for 4 years in the middle of a living crisis where money is scarce and poverty is on the rise and we still get 4k supporters everyweek. That is dedication. 💙💙💙💙 COYB
