Dunfermline Athletic F.C. are the latest in a long line of football clubs suffering from years of financial mismanagement at the hands of the blazerati, who have been masquerading as upstanding custodians of our proud 128-year-old football club.
Our club is now in administration and Pars fans are pulling together to raise enough funds to get us through the remaining weeks of the season.
One of our initiatives is a fundraising evening at East End Park this Saturday, where we will have a number of ex-players and managers appearing. We are also running an auction and raffle and we are appealing to the wider football community to lend us a hand.
You can do this by purchasing a raffle ticket for £5. Payment can be made via Paypal to:
matthew_lafferty@hotmail.com.
Here is a list of raffle prizes you could win:
* Signed (x 10) 1961 Pars Scottish Cup-winning team photograph
* Collection of signed football memorabilia (2 signed Southampton pics, signed Ipswich Town programme, signed Tim Howard pic)
* Framed DAFC 'Dream Team' presentation
* Squad-signed Pars First Division champs photo
* Richie Byrne's signed, matchworn Nike Mercurial boots
* 'The Complete Poems & Songs of Robert Burns' book, signed by the First Minister, Alex Salmond
* 'A Shirt Box Full of Songs' book, signed by Barbara Dickson
* 'Hibs Boy' book, signed by Andy Blance
* Pars home top signed by Toploader
* Athletic Club Bilbao home top
* Match-prepared, squad-signed Pars 'Harris 55' long-sleeved away top
* Paton and Campbell signed Pars photo with First Division trophy
* 3 signed Stewart Petrie Testimonial programmes
* Framed, signed Scotland top
* One night dinner, bed & breakfast at the Pitbauchlie, Dunfermline
* The Big Black & White book, signed by 11
* Alhambra Theatre poster for the cancelled event, 'Pars Cup Heroes', signed by 11
* Signed Dumbarton top
* Signed Pars balls x 4
* Signed Alloa ball
* Signed Hibs ball
* Signed Cowdenbeath ball
* Squad-signed Cowdenbeath home top
* Bottle of Cowdenbeath whiskey
* Woodrow's Pars 1991-92 calendar, signed by 16
* 2011-12 championship-winning Pars photograph, signed by 22
* Sheffield Wednesday squad signed top
* Pars-style jewellery
* Signed Sale Sharks top
* Matchworn, squad-signed Raith Rovers long-sleeved top
* Squad-signed Pars home top
* Squad-signed, Scotland rugby top
* Matchworn, signed Marco Ruitenbeek Pars goalie top
* Pars black and red away top signed by 25 legends
* Irn Bru SFL ball, signed by 25 Pars legends
* Signed Gordon & Sarah Brown books
Your £5 will make a huge difference and we appreciate any assistance you can give us.
For more info and photographs of our items, check out our Facebook (intothevalleydafc) and Twitter (@parsodyssey).
All the best,
Into The Valley
