East Fife F.C.
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| Full name | East Fife Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Fifers or The Fife |
| Founded | 1903 |
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Bayview Stadium, Methil, Scotland |
| Capacity | 1,980 |
| Chairman | Jim Stevenson |
| Manager | Barry Smith |
| League | Scottish League One |
| 2015–16 | Scottish League Two, 1st (promoted) |
| Website | Club home page |
East Fife Football Club is a semi-professional football club established in 1903 in Methil, Fife, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League. They compete in League One, the third tier of the Scottish football league system.
The club were the first club to win the Scottish League Cup three times and one of only two clubs from the second tier of the Scottish league system to win the Scottish Cup. This makes them the most successful club in Fife in terms of major honours won.
East Fife are one of four senior clubs based in Fife, 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.
The club's East Fife Ladies team competes in the Scottish Women's Football League Second Division East. They are a developing club at all ages including first-team for ladies' football, and play their home games in Levenmouth, 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 Eastern League for season 1904–05. The following season East Fife joined the Northern League, which included clubs such as Dunfermline Athletic and St Johnstone. The club remained in the Northern League until the 1908–09 season. In 1909, East Fife joined the Central League, which consisted of many of the teams who had played in the Northern League, with the addition of Alloa Athletic, Stenhousemuir and King's Park from Stirling.
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