Jim Leishman has confirmed that supporters group Pars United are to begin the process of putting together a bid to buy Dunfermline Athletic.

WHILE despondency has been the overriding emotion at Dunfermline Athletic of late, it was with a sense of dignity that they finally bowed out of the Irn-Bru First Division.

PLAY-OFFS are inherently nervous, unsettling occasions but there will be an additional layer of discomfort for Darren Young over the next few days.

DUNFERMLINE Athletic pulled off a stunning escape to keep alive their chance of retaining their Irn-Bru First Division status, winning in extra time against a Forfar Athletic side that finished with eight men.

Dunfermline's season of woe shows no sign of easing after a defeat which leaves their first division survival hanging by a thread.

JIM Jefferies might have thought he had seen it all and done it all during his time in Scottish football.

The coalition of Dunfermline supporters, Pars United, will work with the club's administrator, Bryan Jackson, to try to pull together a Company Voluntary Arrangement proposal for the creditors by early July.

A memorable season came to a remarkable end at Firhill yesterday.

Jim Jefferies has revealed he would be happy to stay at Dunfermline Athletic beyond this term pending assurances that the club is heading in the right direction off the pitch.

THE sense of charity was palpable around East End Park yesterday.

Jim Leishman has admitted Dunfermline Athletic need fans' to offer up their savings and holiday money if the club is to survive administration.

THERE are supposed to be five stages of grief but Paul Gallacher was only interested in one yesterday.

Bryan Jackson, the administrator in charge at Dunfermline Athletic, last night informed half of the Fife club's first-team squad that they were being made redundant and warned those who remain that they will receive none of their salaries for March.

The players and staff of Dunfermline Athletic will discover their fate today, with administrator Bryan Jackson seeking to make significant cuts to try to save the club.