North of Kirkcaldy, lucky are those - from Levenmouth through the
East Neuk to the Tay - who can count East Fife as their Club. It
is, by some standards, a very young team, founded some 20 years
after Raith Rovers, and a good 30 years after senior football had
begun to take off. The first Scotland International was played in
1872, and the first Scottish Cup final took place in 1874, yet East
Fife didn't kick their first football until 1903. The other teams
got off to a good start, but East Fife caught up. They played in
Methil at Bayview, from where in 1927 the team reached the Scottish
Cup Final and, in 1938, won the trophy, all while in the Second
Division. After the Second World War came three great League Cup
triumphs in 1947/48, 1949/50 and 1953/54, before teams like Celtic
and Hearts had even appeared in a final. In 1998, the club moved to
a new ground, much closer to the sea, and sometimes called New
Bayview. The story of these achievements includes tales of players
- famous and less well-known - and of managers, supporters,
referees, chairmen, directors and club officials. There are over
100 photographs of players, teams, strips, and crowds. Plus a full
Index of names, clubs, grounds, competitions, newspapers, sponsors
and spiders. In the words of the author: `Every East Fife supporter
would love to see the great days come back. It does not look, at
the moment, all that likely, it has to be said, but then who am I
to say that?'
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