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Dunfermline Athletic won the Fife Cup and the Fife 2nd XI Cup in the year 1887

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Dunfermline Athletic won the Fife Cup and the Fife 2nd XI Cup in the year 1887. The semi-final first match against Lassodie which was abandoned due to fighting, but he did play in the second attempt, played at Kingseat, which Dunfermline won 5-1.

The final, against Burntisland Thistle, took 36 days and three matches to settle but, following a near-riot, protests and two replays, Dunfermline Athletic brought their first trophy back to East End Park. The team that won 3-1 at Crawford’s Park, Cowdenbeath consisted of:-
Farquharson; Lamond, Ross; Campbell, Dewar, Westwood (captain); Sandilands, Toddie, Rolland, Bathgate and Nicol.

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Yellow metal fob medal `Won by G Bathgate Dunfermline Athletic FC 1887`, 4.2g gross.

Yellow metal fob medal of shield shape `DAFC`, inscribed to the reverse `Won by A Rolland Dunfermline Athletic FC 1887`, 4.2g gross.

Dunfermline Athletic Heritage Trust

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