Honours

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Records

Record Victory
13-2 v Edinburgh City, 11 December 1937 (Bayview, Division Two)

Record Defeat
0-9 v Hearts, 5 October 1957 (Tynecastle, Division One)

Record Attendance
22,515 (v Raith Rovers, 1950)

Record Appearances
David Clarke, 517, 1968 - 1986

Record Goals
Phil Weir, 215

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Colours

Amber with black vertical stripe

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Notes

East Fife Football Club (known informally as The Fife or The Fifers) is a Scottish football club based in the Fife coastal town of Methil. They are longstanding members of the Scottish Football League and currently compete in the Scottish Second Division.

The club, established in 1903, boasts a distinguished and unique history, being the first club to win the Scottish League Cup three times and the only club to win the prestigious Scottish Cup that were not a Premier League Team, which at that time was the second tier of the Scottish league structure (it is now the third tier).

East Fife are one of four senior clubs based in the Fife region but are the only one to bear the name of the area. The three other clubs are Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline Athletic and the Kirkcaldy based Raith Rovers, all of whom have historically shared rivalries with East Fife.

Local demand for the establishment of a senior football team led to a public meeting being held in January 1903. and resulted in the formation East Fife Football Club. After spending its first season competing in the Fife League and the Scottish Qualifying Cup, as well as playing in a number of challenge matches, the club joined the

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Some club information was provided, with permission, by Brian McColl.